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It is the most successful choir in Wales and is internationally renowned having performed in many parts of Europe as well as Canada and the United States. [1] It has achieved a record seventeen first place wins at the Royal National Eisteddfod, the latest of which was at Cardiff in 2018. [2] The choir also won the Choir of the Festival award in ...
Choirs based in Wales. Pages in category "Welsh choirs" ... Only Men Aloud! P. Pontarddulais Male Choir; R. Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir; S.
In the UK, the choir has performed in a variety of venues, including nine appearances at the London Welsh Festivals of Male Choirs in the Royal Albert Hall, singing before Wales v Fiji in 2002 and Wales v South Africa in 2008 at the Millennium Stadium and numerous appearances at Cardiff Arms Park itself. The choir took part in the World Choir ...
Only Men Aloud is a male voice choir from Wales. The choir came to national prominence in the UK when they won the Last Choir Standing competition run by BBC television during 2008. [ 1 ]
Daniel led the choir to success in both the National Eisteddfod of Wales and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, winning a first-prize double in 1977. [citation needed] The choir has had several overseas tours, notably representing the United Kingdom at the Expo World Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1986. [citation ...
In 1966 the choir came second in the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Newtown. The choir's tours continued; during their early foreign tours, they received a request in August 1968 from West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger to perform at his private palace, Bebenhausen Palace near Stuttgart. The performance was later shown on television.
The choir's President from 2005 to 2010 was singer/songwriter Mal Pope. He was succeeded in 2011 by former Wales international rugby union rugby player Geoff Wheel . Alvin Stardust 's funeral took place at St Thomas Church in Swansea on 5 December 2014 at which the Gwalia Singers sang Calon Lân , a Welsh hymn which was a particular favourite ...
The choir would later disband after the South Wales Valleys suffered during the massive economic downturn of the Great Depression in the United Kingdom and two World Wars. The present Treorchy Male Choir was reformed on October 16, 1946, under the baton of John Haydn Davies, who led the choir for 20 years.