Cardiff Male Choir will be opening the The Lord Mayor’s Charity Gala Concert and will be appearing alongside…

Thank you to all who came to the Cardiff Male Choir Christmas Concert at the Temple of Peace. A festive evening was had by all as Cardiff Male Choir entertained for the evening. The choir were joined by the Saxophone Quartet ‘Saxophony’.

Photos to follow shortly.

A fabulous night was had by all at the Cardiff Male Choir Cabaret evening last night. £450 was raised for Velindre Hospital, a fantastic result. Guests were entertained with items from the choir’s repertoire as well as a number of solo items performed by choir members. John and Brenda Manley performed several lovely items including ‘Love Changes Everything’ from ‘Aspects of Love’. Dr David Davies got everyone singing and clapping with a medley of traditional Welsh songs, including ‘Ar Lan Y Mor’ and ‘Sospan Fach’. Performances from Ray Mawn, George Chichester, Brain Spernaes, Terry Herring and duets from Becky Shipley and David Harrington were all fantastic, and the stories read by Ivor Morgan had us all in stitches!

All agreed that this would become an annual event for the choir. There are some photos below, with more to follow shortly.

Cardiff Male Choir will be raising funds for Velindre Hospital at a Cabaret Evening this November. The choir will be performing songs from their repertoire as well as solo items from our members. The evening promises to be a relaxed and enjoyable cabaret night, with a raffle and bar available throughout the evening.

Saturday 19th November     Whitchurch Rugby, Sports and Social Club      7:30pm

Entry to the event is free, with voluntary donations collected for Velindre Hospital.

Velindre Cancer Centre

 Cardiff Male Choir Annual Christmas Concert

Tickets are now on sale for the Cardiff Male Choir Annual Christmas Concert! Join the choir for a festive evening with carols and Christmas songs, including ‘O Holy Night’, ‘Christmas Time Is Here’, ‘I Saw Three Ships’ and many more. There will be refreshments including wine and mince pies available and a festive raffle!

 Temple of Peace           Friday 16th December          7:30pm

Tickets £6 – available by emailing the choir, by ringing 07985754889 or on the door.

Reserve your tickets now to avoid disappointment!

Cardiff Male Choir are entering their busiest time of year – Autumn and Winter. The choir are rehearsing for three weddings in September, October and December as well as numerous fundraising concerts and corporate events. The choir will be providing entertainment at a charity concert at Cyncoed Methodist Church, raising money for St Ederyn’s Church Roof (Saturday 23rd September, 7:30pm). The choir will be hosting a charity concert of their own, raising money for Velindre Hospital (Saturday 19th November, 7:30pm). The concert will be a cabaret evening with a variety of music from the choir and choir members.

Information about out upcoming concerts will be coming soon including concert posters and information on how to buy tickets.

Songs of Praise

Cardiff Male Choir were involved in a recording at the Tabernalce Welsh Baptist Church in June. Songs of Praise celebrates 50 years this year, and 3 specials programmes will be broadcast this year. The first programme was broadcast today, Sunday the 18th of September and pictures from the programme (featuring members of Cardiff Male Choir) are now on our website (see the side bar, Flikr).

Songs Of Praise was first broadcast on BBC Television on Sunday 1 October, 1961. Fifty years on, the programme – the longest running religious TV programme in the world – continues to showcase the very best in congregational hymn singing and inspirational music, featuring the very best choirs and soloists from across the UK and beyond.

In 1961 the first ever Songs of Praise came from the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church in Cardiff. For the first anniversary programme, Fifty Years Ago, Songs of Praise turns the clock back as Pam Rhodes returns to the Chapel to join the congregation as they sing the hymns chosen for that first broadcast. A children’s choir will also recreate the ever-popular All Things Bright And Beautiful and guest soloist Elin Manahan Thomas will perform the anthem originally sung by soprano Heather Harper. Former presenter Geoffrey Wheeler talks about his role and Sir Cliff Richard recalls life in the sixties when Songs of Praise was in its infancy.

It is a little-known fact that the BBC programme started life at the Tabernacle on The Hayes, Cardiff, on Sunday, October 1, 1961, with a service conducted by Welsh composer Mansel Thomas and featuring a children’s choir singing All Things Bright and Beautiful. Half a century later, Songs of Praise is back at the Tabernacle recording an anniversary special. Choirs from around South Wales have been invited to join the songs of praise choir for the celebration and members from Cardiff Male Choir will be singing. This week Cardiff Male Choir are busy rehearsing for the television recording and the show will be aired in September.

 Cardiff Male Choir performed at St Mary’s Church, Kirkintilloch to over 800 people on Saturday 2nd April 2011. They joined the Kirkintilloch Male Voice Choir in celebration of their 90th Annual Concert. Both choirs performed a selection of gospel songs and spirituals, songs from the musicals, classics and both choirs performed music from their homeland including a special Scottish commission. There were joint performances of Gwahoddiad and Morte Criste which were accompanied by the church’s beautiful organ. It was a long trip for Cardiff Male Choir, leaving Thursday and returning Sunday by coach but all our members agreed that it was a fantastic tour with many lovely memories and a few stories to tell!

Sally McLellan posted this to us this week:

On behalf on everyone at Kirkintilloch Male Voice Choir I would like to thank Emma, David, Val the gentlemen of the choir and their partners for a great weekend.
They all made our 90th Annual Concert so memorable with their friendship and willingness to engage with the weekend. As for their performance on the Saturday night that was just breathtaking. So many good comments were and are still being made by members of the audience. Cardiff Male Choir were a credit to Cardiff, Wales and Male Voice Choral singing during their stay with us and we hope to have the opportunity to sing with them again in the future.

Yours in Music,

Sally McLellan
Musical Director
Kirkintilloch Male Voice Choir

Saturday’s concert was a huge success raising over £350 for Papyrus! St Teilo’s Church was full and buzzing about the performances from Cardiff Male Choir and Serenity Female Voice Choir!

 Papyrus is a UK national charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive metal health and emotional wellbeing  in young people.

Papyrus

Serenity Female Voice Choir

Cardiff Male Choir is a registered charity and performs regularly for charity concerts and events. We do this free of charge in order to generate as much money for your fundraising event as possible. We have some spaces in the diary this year so if you would like the choir to perform then drop us an email!

CMC are performing two charity concerts this month with the Lewis Merthyr Band for the Bowel Cancer Wales and with Serenity Female Voice Choir for Papyrus.

Joint Concert with the Lewis Merthyr Band

Music for Springtime is the theme for a joint concert between Cardiff Male Choir and the Lewis Merthyr Band. Join us at Whitchurch Rugby Club (where CMC rehearses) for a glass or two and relax with an evening of popular songs and music. All proceeds from the event go to Bowel Cancer Wales.

Visit the Lewis Merthyr Band website: www.lewismerthyrband.co.uk

For more information about Bowel Cancer Wales visit: www.bowelcancerwales.co.uk

Joint Concert with Serenity Female Voice Choir

A joint concert with Serenity Female Voice Choir is coming up! Saturday the 26th of March is a date to put down in your diaries! More information about the concert will follow shortly. Visit Serenity’s website.

www.serenitychoir.co.uk

Tour to Kirkintilloch

The choir is very busy rehearsing for their tour to Scotland. Cardiff Male Choir will be singing at St Mary’s Parish, Kirkintilloch with the Kirkintilloch Male Voice Choir on Saturday 2nd April 2011. A variety of music is promised from two superb choirs. Details of how to buy tickets for this event will follow soon. Visit the KMVC website for more information.

www.kmvc.co.uk

If you have any questions, then do not hesitate to email us or ring Emma on 07985754889.