PLAY! Festival 2026

Two musical worlds meet across continents. A piano quartet brings a contemporary spin to traditional folk songs from Singapore and Wales, reimagining familiar melodies through fresh arrangements created by the performers themselves.

The programme opens with Kelly Tang's Three Folk Dances, arranged for piano quartet by Bernadette Chin. You will hear the beloved Southeast Asian tunes Rasa Sayang, Bengawan Solo and Di Tanjong Katong transformed into chamber works that nod to their origins while embracing new colours and textures.

From Wales come four folk tunes arranged by Poppy Shingler: Hela'r Sgyfarnog, Calon Lân, and Dacw Nghariad. These melodies carry stories of landscape, longing and celebration, now voiced through the same piano quartet combination.

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk