MUSIC
Ambassadors
It is the only Welsh choir to have performed in the White House and the Kremlin, and at the British Embassies in Washington and Moscow, and, for good measure, has given impromptu "mini-concerts" in Baffin Island, Bahrain, Greenland, Iceland and Singapore during the course of its travels.
WOW Temptation
For two nights of the week the choir is offering a unique opportunity to make a difference to your way of life. Don’t worry, there is no voice test and you are not expected to be a soloist. BUT, if you do have ambitions...more
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Latest News
March 18, 2007
Pendyrus sooths the audience in St. David's Hall
Cardiff.
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Sell-out concert
At the London Welsh Association Centre, 157/163 Gray's Inn
Road London WC1 the choir created a musical memory for
the capacity audience.
"This was the best sound I have
heard by a Welsh male choir for many years. Class".
KENNETH BOWEN
Conductor London Welsh Chorale.
February 17th 2007
Choir gave its first performance for the The Stroke Association
in the Memorial Hall Barry
Music Repertoire
We have an extensive and impressive list from which we can choose and create a programme to suit all occasions. Click here to o view our current list
Engagements 2008
| 25 Jan | Wine ~ Dine with Pendyrus [....more] |
| 1March | Tredegarville Baptist Church The Parade Cardiff (Stroke Association) |
| 15 March | Tredegar House Newport (w) | 16 March | King George's Fund for Sailors, Annual Concert |
| 28 March | Soar Chapel Pontygwaith (W) |
| 12 April | Ely Cathedral |
| April | UCH Cardiff |
| 9 May | Tylorstown Sports Centre (with Rebecca Evans) |
| 21 June | Dinas Powis Music Festival |
| 19 July | Saltford , Bristol |
| 14 Sept | 470th Anniv'sary of Dissolution of Monastery - Penrhys | 27 Sept | The Priory, Leominster (RNLI) |
| 1 Nov | Bancyfelin Carms 50th Anniv'sary Concert | 8 Nov | Catenian Society, Swindon |
Pendyrus Music Makers
Musical Director John Samuel
was born in Treorchy,
now lives in Caerphilly, and is a graduate of University College Cardiff.
His working life has been spent in education, as head of Music at
Caerphilly Boys’ Grammar Technical School, Senior Lecturer in music at the
College of Education in Barry, and finally Senior Lecturer and Chief Vocal
Coach at the (now Royal) Welsh College of Music and Drama.
John has had a
distinguished career as a choral conductor and as piano accompanist. He
has directed Caerphilly Male Choir (he is now their Patron), the Royal
Welsh, Ebbw Vale and Dowlais Male Choirs and was, for almost thirty years,
accompanist to the celebrated tenor Stuart Burrows. More recently, he has
assisted other choirs, both on the podium and at the piano, in Wales and
overseas, and was the Guest Accompanist on Pendyrus’ tour of New Zealand
and Australia in 1998.
The untimely death of
Glynne Jones, Pendyrus’ director from 1962 – 2000, brought John Samuel out
of ‘retirement’ to help the choir fulfil its commitment at this most
difficult time. Subsequently, he was invited to become its Musical
Director in March 2001 (only the fourth in the choir’s history) – and
invitation he was delighted to accept.
Most recently, he has
directed the Association of Male Choirs tour of New Zealand and Australia
and of South Africa. He has also conducted their ‘1000 Voices’ concert at
London’s Royal Albert Hall.
This year, John Samuel
has reached a musical milestone and is celebrating fifty years as a
conductor of male choruses.
Accompanist Gavin Parry
was educated at Cardiff High
School, and read Physics at Bristol University, where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree. He studied piano while at school,
becoming a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music , and
resumed his studies on leaving university. Gavin Parry was appointed accompanist to Pendyrus in September
1973, and was awarded Life Membership of the choir in 1994.
Pendyrus Male Choir is a choir that has a passion to perform and is proud to have been singing since 1924
