[{"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Haldon Evans was born in Llanelli and grew up in Pontarddulais. He is a former lecturer in music at Swansea College, and a former head of faculty at Q E High School, Carmarthen. He is now a freelance composer, arranger, trumpeter and tutor."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "A graduate of Cardiff University, he studied postgraduate composition with Alun Hoddinott, gaining an M.Mus in 1975. Detailed research into the compositional techniques of Be\u0301la Bartok prompted him to explore the possibilities inherent in Welsh folk music. This influence remains central to his output as both composer and arranger."}]