Codi'r To. Website

Codi'r To is a community regeneration project that brings the world-renowned El Sistema teaching method to North Wales. We work in two schools, Ysgol Maesincla in Caernarfon, and Ysgol Glancegin in Bangor. Three professional music tutors work in the schools leading activities and lessons, giving each child in year 4 of Ysgol Glancegin, and year 5 of Ysgol Maesincla the opportunity to learn to play brass and percussion instruments. They also make connections with the families and the neighbourhood surrounding the schools by bringing live music to the community. The aim of Codi'r To is to transform lives through music. It is a community development project that aims to improve the lives of individuals and families, by working in primary schools to give new experiences through musical tutoring. The project was developed by a Steering Group representing arts, community and education interests in Gwynedd who came together because they wanted to apply the distinctive El Sistema approach in a Welsh cultural context. The original Steering Group had representatives from: Cwmni Cofis Bach, which runs community projects using music and the arts with young children at Canolfan Noddfa in Peblig in Caernarfon.