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Name:
John/Sioni Good/Dda
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Tramor (Overseas) is the new traditional music project of John Good. John is well known through out the West, South, Midwest and in his native Wales as a multi-instrumentalist, Welsh piper, singer/songwriter, composer and poet. Veteran of many Celtic festivals and concerts, including Estes Park, Chicago, San Diego and Denver, he brings the subtly different flavor of traditional Welsh music to the traditional stage.
About Me:
Born in 1949 in Cwmafan, South Wales, UK., into a house where the Welsh Language was spoken. Educated in Sandfields Comprehensive School, Hull then Cardiff Universities, where he studied with renowned Welsh composer Alan Hodinott. Taught in the London School system for several years. Immigrated to the USA in 1975, living and performing in San Francisco, Los Angeles then moving to Phoenix in 1989.
Over the last 20 years he has worked in America as performer, session musician, producer, teacher; has led workshops and given bilingual presentations on Welsh and Celtic Culture, including poetry, music and literature to various societies and organizations including Phoenix area Universities, schools, college and library systems, at Welsh/Celtic Festivals and Highland Games, on local radio and television and for the Humanities Council. His session work includes recordings with Robin Huw Bowen, Jack Bruce, L. Shankar, Tony Williams and Zaker Hussain.
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree (Hull university)
Masters Degree (Cardiff University)
Teachers Certificate (Maricopa County Community Colleges)
Teaching Positions Held
High school Class Teacher (London School System)
Instructor (Academy of Celtic Studies, Phoenix)
Lecturer (Maricopa County Community Colleges)
Tutor (Cwrs Cymraeg,[Immersion Welsh week])
Private tutoring and lecturing for 30+ years (Welsh Language and Music)
Publications
Columnist, Desert Shamrock Newspaper, Phoenix.
Cambria Magazine, Wales/International.
Yr Angor, Welsh Language Newspaper, Wales.
Y Drych, Welsh/American Newspaper.
Ninnau, Welsh/American Newspaper.
Articles and poetry in various magazines, newspapers, newsletters and on many web sites, including the BBC.
Societies
President, Welsh League of Arizona
Former Vice-President, Phoenix Poetry Society
Member, Cymuned (Society)
Member, The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association (North America)
Member, Cymru Annibynnol
Goal
To strengthen a fledgling, Welsh cultural presence in the Southwest and North America, by creating regional focal points, where American and Welsh-born people with an interest in their heritage, culture and language would come to reconnect with their own living history.
Y Gymraeg (Celtic Welsh), as with the languages of all cultures, is the foundation on which to build. Welsh League of Arizonas language class (now in their 7th year, John Good head teacher), are producing small numbers of enthusiastic and proficient speakers of the old language. With their new, permanent home in the Irish Cultural Center and under the auspices of the Academy for Celtic Studies, with even fairly modest financial aid, the language class would surely allow interested, local residents -- and national and international visitors -- to experience the numerically healthiest of living, Celtic tongues.
Hometown:
Cwmafan/El Mirage, Cymru/Wales/Arizona
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Cerddor/Musician/Bardd/Poet
Schools:
Sandfields Comp. Hull/Caerdydd (Cardiff) Uni.
Interests:
Yfed/Rygbi
Movies:
Documentaries
Music:
Acoustic/traditional
Books:
Hanes/barddoniaeth/history/poetry
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