Magic Tree Collective

Folk Fusion at the Carnegie Library

Presented by: Herne Hill Music Festival

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0	LONDON: Carnegie Library
P	Saturday 18th October, 2025
N	2:00pm

Event information

Garwyn Linnell and David Edward are the founders of the Magic Tree Collective, a platform for a multitude of creative projects all centered around a core ethos of celebrating the magic of nature through integrating music with art, poetry, meditation, and movement. Garwyn and David Edward are the founders of the Magic Tree Collective, a platform for a multitude of creative projects all centered around a core ethos of celebrating the magic of nature through integrating music with art, poetry, meditation, and movement.

The collective cultivates a vibrant eco system of artists and creators in community through a variety of diverse projects bringing together artists from different cultural backgrounds and artistic disciplines. Drawing on folk music traditions, MTC compose and improvise original music in a variety of performances, events, and festivals with a recent highlight being a project with Sinfonia Cymru.

As a duo, Garwyn and David bring new and re-imagined Celtic folk music with voice, cello, and violin. A range of arrangements of Welsh folk songs and original works that bring in elements of the traditions of their mixed ethnic heritage.

• "The Magic Tree Collective ... stunned us with their creative approach to combining classical and folk music. ... an innovative programme of classical music reimagined, creating a truly unique offering ... " - Conwy Classical Music Festival

• “There's a difference between attending a music gig and having fun and attending a ceremony. David and Garwyn (offer) a transformative journey through sound but their deep connection to the meaning, their why for performing the music, takes the audience beyond the surface, in a dimension where everything is connected ... real art in true service of spirit that is what ... the world needs right now! - Roxani Eleni Garefalaki (Therapist, Performance Artist, Founder of Iasis UK)