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Become a FRIEND
I welcome you to Pendyrus Male Choir. I trust that there will be an
opportunity for your association and the choir to work together. An
association with the Pendyrus Male Choir would be a means of bringing
your corporate name, image and product before a wider audience in the
venue of your choice in a unique way.
Music is a powerful emotional trigger and can be used effectively
in image building, as well as providing direct contact through the
audience with potential clients across the wide social spectrum.
Becoming a chorister is a route that may not be for you. However, as a
Friend of the Choir, you will have a direct link with the choir with the
full knowledge that you are helping Pendyrus who have a passion to
perform and are justly proud to be singing
since 1924
Sincerely
Creighton Lewis
Chairman
Let Us Help YOU!
It will make the hairs
stand up on the back of your neck
It will gladden the hearts of many an
audience
It will bring tears to the eyes of your audience
It will help fill your coffers!
Now is the time to make that call Secretary: 01
443 730 383
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Latest News
March 18, 2007
Pendyrus sooths the audience in St. David's Hall
Cardiff.
See 60th Appearance
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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
Our Music
......you can hear with your heart
Pendyrus Choir is young
enough to be popular yet is graced with a patina of age; members rehearse
and perfect their art of traditional singing in a modern setting.
At the St. David’s
Day Concert on 24 February, London Welsh spirits were lifted by Pendyrus
Male Choir’s performance. "This was the best sound I have heard by a Welsh
male choir for many years. It was class", said Kenneth Bowen Conductor
London Welsh Chorale and former
Head of Voice Studies at the Royal Academy of Music.
London. This was to a full audience despite Wales v France was on at the
same time. The promoters even had a waiting list for return tickets which
was never before experienced.
Just like good
Beaujolais, Pendyrus Male Choir from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales arrived in for a six concert tour
of Canada’s Maritime Region.
A choir with a passion to perform and proud to
be singing since 1924, Pendyrus Male Choir / Côr Meibion
is
internationally renowned, having appeared in many parts of Australia, New
Zealand as well as United States and other parts of Canada. It is the only
Welsh choir to have appeared in both the Kremlin and the White House.
A Spring-time gift from a Grammy Winner!
Grammy winner Rebecca Returns to
Sing
with Pendyrus in May 2008
Super star Rebecca
who won her coveted gong in the Best Opera Recording category at the Grammys
in LA on the weekend Wales beat Scotland knows exactly where this musical
Oscar will be displayed – in eight-year-old son William’s bedroom in
Penarth. Even though the Grammy will remain in Penarth, Rebecca will again be delighting the audience in Tylorstown.
Now in its 4th year, the Rhondda Fach Gala concert has
become an established
event in the Choral/Operatic calendar throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf County
Borough, attracting international superstars the like of Katherine Jenkins
2005, Rebecca Evans 2006 and Shân Cothi 2007. Following her sensational
performance at Tylorstown in 2006, and after a world tour during 2007,
Rebecca Evans has been released by Welsh National Opera for a one off
performance at this years concert which takes place on Friday May 9th.
2008.
Since releasing the date, tickets are already in demand, but will go
on sale to the general public on Wednesday January 9th. However, people
looking for a Xmas Gift for relatives or friends, will be able to purchase a
Xmas Gift Voucher from Monday December 3rd and exchange it for a guaranteed
ticket when they are released. Obtainable by e mailing
sian@pontygwaithreg.co.uk
sally@pontygwaithregen.co.uk
amanda@pontygwaithregen.co.uk
or by telephoning:
Pontygwaith Regeneration Partnership on 01443 732549,
Penrhys
Partnership on 01443 755008
Tylorstown Communities First on 01443 735920,
Ynyshir & Wattstown Communities First on 01443 686610.
And also through,
Pendyrus Male Choir telephone John Lewis on 01443 730383
You can WINE - DINE and enjoy PENDYRUS in concert
Friday 25 th January 2008
Pontyclun Rugby & Sports Club
Dinner Concert Success
2008 has started with Pendyrus breaking new ground and
one hundred and fifty guests were delighted with the enjoyable musical
supper evening that was full of warmth and cheer. In fact, the assembled
guests were left speechless! The choir has frequently been engaged to sing
at prestigious dinners such as major corporation awards and the national
conferences of professional bodies, invariably singing after guest speakers.
The Dinner Concert at Pontyclun Rugby & Sports Club on January 25th
was a significant departure; it was promoted by the choir, there were no
speeches, just good food and then straight into the singing. What a success
the evening turned out to be!
All tickets were sold within a week of their
release last October and there was a long list of hopefuls waiting to snap
up any returns. The committee, management and staff of the Pontyclun Club
were extremely helpful and gave diners and choristers a warm welcome. Church
Village Caterers lived up to their high reputation for quality and
efficiency and the choir took the stage on time at 9.45 p.m.
The Concert Hour, that followed was not cabaret, it included items from across the male voice repertoire, from “ O! na byddai’n haf o hyd” to “You’ll never walk alone” and from Alun Hoddinott to Adolphe Adam’s mighty “Comrades in Arms”.
The diners loved it and first-time guest Viv White
summed up the general feeling: “A most splendid, delightful evening, the food was excellent
and the singing was extraordinaire! I look forward to the next time.”
Without a doubt, Pendyus helped to shorten a winter’s evening.
London Welsh spirits were lifted by the choir's performance
"This was the best sound I have
heard by a Welsh male choir for many years. It was class".
KENNETH BOWEN
Conductor London Welsh Chorale.
Flying the flag in the heartland of England.
Best choir in living memory.
Member of LWAIt's nice to listen to a choir that doesn't shout. Audience comment
I heard that it was a superb concert (a London Welsh chorister on his return from Paris)
The choir performed as if it was a trained soloist - excellent performance. Iona Jones Music Critic for London Welsh Association
Deeply impressed by the choir's diction and tonal quality; thus quoted an Oxford University musician
There was a waiting list for return tickets - never been known before. Gareth Evans LWA
LIFE MEMBERSHIP ~ THEY'VE EARNED IT
Life membership is granted in recognition of exceptional services to the choir and since 1974, it been the practice to make the award to choristers who have completed 21 years’ membership. This year we have an Englishman, Irishman and a Welshman who have given loyal service to PENDYRUS. Congratulations to the three troubadours.
JOHN WIGGAM,a Lancashire man who moved to Tylorstown after his marriage. Over he ensuing years, John has mastered the pronunciation of the Welsh language. John joined the choir after Ferndale Male Choir was disbanded.
EDMUND DUFFY joined Pendyrus in June 1987 and has contributed not only as a chorister also as a soloist. Ed was born in Mountain Ash, one of the Cyber Commndos, but whose ancestral roots are in County Donegal. No prouder Welsh/Irishman can be found anywhere. Blessed with a fine baritone voice, Ed has now been with Pendyrus for 21 years.
EMLYN GREAVES who enrolled in the bass section has been with Pendyrus for 21 years. The Maerdy boy octogenarian joined the choir after the Ferndale Choir disbanded. Currently he is not in the best of health, but still keeps in touch with the choir.
They have helped to soothed countless audiences
Twice a week
the Bass back-row team rehearse and hold their committee meeting while at
the same time bribe the conductor with sweets. Between them, the four
troubadours whose combined age exceeds 200 years singing experience, have
helped to sooth countless audiences and gladdened the hearts
of thousands of people who attended performances at concert halls, theatres,
cathedrals and churches throughout the UK and abroad. A worthy record by
concert hardened veterans.
Photo: Carl Bowen