There were a number of personnel changes during the start of the year. One of our newest members, Dave Nicholls, had been lured out of retirement to take up a post in Abu Dhabi. We wished him the best...

We performed at the St David’s Welsh Festival over the weekend of 6th & 7th of March (see the Gallery for some pictures). This is now the 3rd time in as many years that we have sung at this festival....

  Our Annual Concert took place on the 29th May at the City Temple, Swansea. This year we had the Mousehole Male Voice Choir from Cornwall appearing with us and soprano soloist Laura Nicholas. The concert...

  We joined forces with the Spirit Choir for a concert in the Workmen’s Hall, Blaenavon on 12th June. The Spirit Choir is a mixed choir and was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Their musical director...

We gave a short concert at Swansea University on July 6th for around 80 lecturers in French,  from all over Britain. They were attending a conference at the university and we were asked to give...

We had just the one concert during April, which was held at All Saints Church, Oystermouth. It was organised by the Rotary Club and raised funds for The Longfields Association, a local charity. We were...

Well, this was been a busy month!! We started by singing at the wedding of Kelly and Craig at Llangyfelach Church on Saturday 4th and then on Friday 17th we sang at Holy Cross Church, West Cross....

On Saturday 9th we sang at a Harvest concert at St Peter’s Church, Newton. Our guest artiste on this occasion was Bronwen Beckett-Evans who recently played ‘Casilda’ in a production of the Gondoliers...

We sang at 2 events to mark Armistice Day. The first was a massed choir concert of around 400 voices in St David’s Hall, Cardiff. The evening was billed as the Welsh Festival of Remembrance and was compèred...

Our series of Christmas concerts appears to be taking on a familiar look! Our first concert, on Tuesday December 7th, was the annual Christmas carol concert arranged by the Ladies Section. This took place...

This has been a quiet month for us except that we are proud to announce that our accompanist, Rhian, is expecting her first child. Congratulations to Rhian and Ben and we all hope that everything goes...

We completed our 4th visit to the St David’s Welsh Festival in Disneyland, Paris. This took place over the weekend of 5th – 6th March and was, as always, a great success (see the Gallery for a selection...

We sadly reported the passing away of Rose, wife of Cliff Prosser, 2nd tenor with the choir. We gave a concert at All Saints Church, Kilvey on Sunday 27th. This was organised by Rev. Andrew Meredith to...

On Sunday May 1st we sang at the wedding of Anne-Marie Evans and Troy Clements at St Joseph’s Cathedral. It was an early start and unfortunately, through no fault of our own, we did not have time...

We travelled to Northampton over the weekend of 4th and 5th June. Our first engagement was for the wedding of Jo Tyson, daughter of John Morgan, one of our 1st basses. This took place in...

What an amazing night! It was held in All Saints Church, Oystermouth, which was packed to the rafters, with extra chairs being put out to accommodate the audience. We had 50 choristers on stage, the biggest...

We were pleased to announce that Rhian gave birth to Mali Olivia on 26th July. Congratulations were passed on to the proud parents and she has also made her first visit to practice to see the boys...

We were pleased to announce that Rhian gave birth to Mali Olivia on 26th July. Congratulations were passed on to the proud parents and she has also made her first visit to practice to see the boys...

Our first Golf Society meeting took place at Clyne Golf Club on 2nd September. Unfortunately a number of the members were unavailable, but we enjoyed a fine morning, and some good golf. It was great...

October was dominated by our visit to Kraków, Poland, which took place from Thursday 6th to Monday 10th. The first day was mostly travelling, but we were able to take in a few sights of the city during...

This was a quiet month for the choir, but it helped us prepare some music for our Christmas concerts. However, we had a social evening, to raise funds for the choir, in the form of a quiz night which was...

Our first concert in December was held at The Gorseinon Workingmen’s Club to raise funds for the Gleision Colliery appeal. Although there was a disappointing turnout, the small audience was very appreciative....

On January 14th we sang at Oldwalls, Llanrhidian, for the wedding of Sara Thomas and John Morgan. Sara is the granddaughter of Vernon Simons, one of our longest serving members and, from a very small girl,...

After a quiet February we had a busy fortnight at the beginning of March. On March 1st we sang at the Woodman, Blackpill as part of their St. David’s Day celebrations. Although staging the choir was...

On Saturday 28th April, we had 2 functions. Our first engagement was at Oldwalls, Llanrhidian, for the marriage of Sam and Danny. Sam is the stepdaughter of Anthony Marmont, one of our first tenors....

We had another busy weekend at the beginning of May. On Friday 11th we sang at St Hilarys, Killay. The church was full and joining us for the evening was Jonathan Lycett, who was accompanied by John...

On Friday 15th June we sang at the wedding of Nicola Kelly at St Joseph’s RC Church and the following day we were booked to sing at the re-opening of Oystermouth Castle. However, due to the high winds...

On Saturday 21st July we travelled down to the Kiln Park, Tenby. to entertain at the Executive Members Summer Ball. This was an outdoor event, but fortunately the weather was hot and sunny, and there were...

This has been a very busy month for us. Our first performance was on Friday 7th at the wedding of John Hopkins at Christchurch on Oystermouth Road. Then we had a busy weekend with 2 weddings and a concert....

Following our trip to Mannheim we had a quiet few months before the busy Christmas period. However, this gave us the opportunity to have some additional rehearsals to learn some new items. We started December...

We did not have any concerts in January, so took the opportunity to have some additional rehearsals to start learning new pieces for our annual in June. The new items are an arrangement by Alwyn Humphries...

We performed at St David’s Church, Morriston on Sunday 3rd. It was a concert for the charity ‘Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline’, which raises funds so that children from Belarus can come to Britain to get...

We performed again at Swansea University on March 1st, St David’s Day, at a lunchtime recital. The main hall at Fulton House was packed with diners who stayed throughout the performance and were very appreciative....

We had our annual quiz night, organised by our Ladies Committee, on Thursday 11th, which was held at the Commercial, Killay. It was another successful evening raising funds for the choir and the main event...

On Friday May 3rd we were the guest choir for the first annual concert of the Swansea Tenovus ‘Sing With Us’ choir. This choir comprises singers who are suffering from cancer or whose immediate family...

On Saturday 1st June we held our annual dinner dance at the Marriott Hotel, Swansea. There were over 90 choristers and friends at the event and the meal was excellent. We had the usual raffle which was...

On Saturday 20th we sang at St Hillarys, Killay. We were joined by Jonathan Lycett, who sang a number of songs from the shows. The evening was compered by Rev. Tim Williams and funds were raised for the...

Although we did not have any performances, we carried on with rehearsals, as usual, and attendances were very good. We are pleased to announce that Cyril Garbutt has passed his audition and has joined...

We had a very busy weekend to start September. On Saturday 7th a ‘cultural’ trip around Gower was organised by Hefin Jones. A bus picked us up at the Uplands Tavern and we stopped at a number...

We went to Bruges, this year, for our annual concert tour. We had a party of 64, made up of 37 choristers, wives, partners, and friends and left Swansea on Thursday 26th September and travelled to Dover,...

Following our trip to Bruges, we had a week off from rehearsal, but then went straight into another concert at Holy Cross RC Church, Gendros, on Sunday 13th. The concert was organised by Tony Young and...

On Saturday 23rd November we went on our travels again – this time to Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells. We sang at a concert for the Twinning Association between Llandrindod Wells and Contrexeville,...

We are pleased to welcome Glyn Williams to the choir following his audition. He has joined the baritone section and we wish him a long and happy stay with us. We have also started planning a trip to France...

We had an early start to our concerts this year when we sang at the Tabernacle Chapel in Mumbles. They were raising awareness and funds for Prison Fellowship and a school in Zambia. It was a very spiritual...

On Sunday 2nd we returned to St David’s Church, Morriston, to sing at a charity concert in aid of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline. This is the second time we have supported this charity following...

On Thursday 27th we sang at St Thomas church with the St Thomas Junior Community School choir. It was great to sing in the old church, which is not used during the winter, and for one of our choristers,...

We were fortunate to sing in the lovely church of St Peter’s, Newton, following an invitation from the Singleton Singers, a ladies choir. The evening was introduced by Canon George Bennett and ably...

On Friday 9th we were guests, for the 2nd year,  at the Tenovus Swansea ‘Sing With Us’ choir’s annual concert at All Saints, Oystermouth. Once again the Bishopston Primary School Choir...

Our Annual Concert took place on June 28th at All Saints Church, Oystermouth. The venue was full to capacity and the choir was introduced by our Chairman, Ed Parton. We started with the rousing Welsh hymn...

On Sunday 27th, the Ladies committee had organised a garden party at our chairman, Ed Parton’s house. An excellent number turned up and over £450 was raised by the ladies through a number of raffles,...

On Monday 4th we sang at a service at Clyne Chapel to commemorate the beginning of the First World War. It was a beautiful evening and it was held in the gardens of the church. Singing outdoor is never...

We travelled to St Paul les Dax, south west France, for our tour this year, leaving on Thursday 18th.  We had our usual stop in Sally Pussey’s Inn, just outside Royal Wootton Bassett, for lunch and...

No sooner had we returned from France, than we had a phone call from ‘Channel 4 TV’ who were recording a programme about popular Christmas songs. They wanted to include ‘Stop The Cavalry’,...

On Friday 14th we travelled to Bath to sing at a wedding in St John’s RC Church. Chloe Jeffries was marrying Lee Gavin and Chloe’s father, Barry, was a member of the choir for a short time...

Well, this was a December to remember. We sang at 7 events, altogether, in 17 days, and an appearance on television! The first, on Thursday December 4th, was our annual concert at the Vivian Hall in Blackpill....

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Tom Bartley following a long illness. Tom was a very popular chorister and a great ambassador for the choir. He filled many roles in his 9 years...

We’ve had a quiet January following our very busy end to 2014. However, we have taken the opportunity to have a few extra rehearsals to learn a new piece to our repertoire, the wonderful ‘Y...

We have had a slow start to the year, which continued through February and March. Our only concert in February was on Friday 28th at lunch time in Fulton House, Swansea University. There had been a Food...

On April 20th we sang at the Waterfront Museum at a conference organised by Swansea University College of Engineering. It was for Ser Solar, and the conference was entitled ‘Printed Photovoltaics:...

Our annual concert was held again at All Saints Church, Oystermouth, and our guest artistes were LaSe. We also added an extra dimension to the concert by inviting ‘Crying Out Loud’ to join...

On Saturday 13th we sang at the wedding of Daniel Lloyd Jones and Christina Viviani at St Paul’s, Sketty. Christina hails from the USA and a number of her family were at the wedding and Daniel is...

Following our annual concert we had a week off from rehearsal to recharge the batteries. On July 18th the Ladies Committee organised a barbeque at The Commercial Inn, Killay. We were very lucky with the...

On Saturday 15th August we sang at the wedding of Sara Nash and Mark Rowland at the lovely Clyne Chapel.  This is a very small church and we are limited when we can sing there, but on this occasion...

On Friday we sang at a concert in Langland Bay Golf Club.  Their captain, Tony Lovell, introduced the choir and we sang our usual varied programme.  We had a very enjoyable time, created a great atmosphere...

Our annual tour, this year, took us to Emmeloord, Holland, which is a small town, about an hour’s drive from Amsterdam.  The idea came from Adrian Crowley, who has friends in the area, and he, along...

On Friday 2nd October we sang at the wedding of Lois John at Oldwalls, Gower.  This is a lovely setting, but a bit awkward for the choir to stage.  Unusually, we did not sing before the ceremony...

On Monday, 2nd we gave a short concert at Clyne Golf Club at an evening in aid of ‘Save The Children’. There were many different small stalls set up selling a variety of items and £725.00 was...

Our Christmas concerts had a familiar feel about them this year, as, having been invited back, we sang at the same venues as last year. Firstly was our visit to the Vivian Hall, Blackpill, on Thursday...

We have had a quiet start to the year. We sang in the early evening at the School of Management in the new Swansea University Bay Campus on Monday 25th. This was part of the prize giving ceremony that...

It was great to welcome a new chorister to the fold. James McCarry has passed his audition and has taken his place with the first tenors. Well done James. On Sunday 21st we sang at the wedding of Daniel...

We sang at lunch time in Fulton House, at Swansea University, on Tuesday, March 1st. This has become an annual event to celebrate St David’s Day. This always goes down well with the students and...

It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Keith Davies. Keith has been a member of the choir for 25 years and was a great and faithful chorister. He rarely missed a rehearsal or concert...

On Thursday 7th we sang at the 100th Theology Public Lecture at the Great Hall, Swansea University Bay Campus. This is a new venue in Swansea and we were the first choir to have the privilege of singing...

We had a quiet May but the Ladies had organised an ‘Italian Night’ at the Linden Centre in West Cross. A good number of choristers, wives and friends turned out and a good time was had by all....

Following more than eighteen months of hard work and organisation, we held our 50th anniversary concert. The committee had worked tirelessly and the evening was a spectacular success. We performed at the...

We sang at the wedding of Claire Thomas and Owen Smith on Saturday 4th, once again returning to St David’s Church, Morriston. On Wednesday 15th June we sang at the Great Hall for the Swansea U3A,...

Following our anniversary concert we were quiet in July. However, we had one sad piece of news in that Cliff Prosser passed away peacefully at Singleton Hospital. Cliff had been a member of the choir for...

The Ladies Committee organised a social afternoon on Sunday 7th August. We were very lucky with the weather and the event took place at Ed and Jan Parton’s house and garden in the Mayals. There were...

On Saturday 24th September we sang at the wedding of Rachel Wilson at St Catherine’s, Gorseinon. When Rachel and her family visited us at rehearsal we were learning ‘A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley...

Our engagement on 1st October was to sing at the wedding of Jonathan Clewett, the son of our hard working secretary Alan, and Aleisha, who hails from Scotland.  The wedding took place at Norton House,...

We were really pleased to have two new members pass their audition during the month. We welcome Clive Dowell to the baritones and Phil Withy to the second tenors, although Nick may be ‘promoting’...

We had a very busy period this December. Our first concert was at Clyne Golf Club on Saturday 3rd, where we were introduced by club captain Ken Dent. We sang a number of Christmas items including ‘Santa...

Following our very busy December, we started the year very quietly. Our MD was away for the first two rehearsals, but Steve ably stood in to take them and we were also delighted to welcome back Gareth...

It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Terry Osborn at the age of 89.  He was a very long standing choir member who sang with the baritones and was their part steward.  He served as...

We sang at Fulton House, Swansea University, at lunch time, on March 1st to celebrate St David’s Day. This has become a regular date in our diary and there was a good audience, many of whom, stayed...

We are delighted to welcome Jeff Herdman to the choir. Jeff has passed his audition and has joined the 2nd tenors. Jeff, who made more than 250 appearances for Swansea RFC, really enjoys the ‘banter’...

On Friday May 5th we sang at a concert for ‘Hands Up For Downs’, at the Uniting Church, Sketty. This was a wonderful evening and we were so pleased to support this charity for Down’s...

On Saturday 17th we held our Annual Concert and we were back at our spiritual home in All Saints Church, Oystermouth. Our guests were Coppercaillie, a local ‘Ceilidh’ band who were very entertaining...

On 1st July we sang at the wedding of Sophie Carmichael at St Thomas Church. Sophie is daughter of our baritone, Les, and they were lucky to have a beautiful day for the ceremony. We had a late request...

We sang at the wedding of Vicky Smith and Thomas Mogford  in the lovely church at Llangennith on Thursday 10th. Once again, we managed to squeeze in to the space allowed, but we did a great job and the...

The choir is very sad to report the death of Roy Snaydon.  Roy was a true gentleman and an excellent bottom base, always very sure and precise in all his singing.  He joined the Gwalia around 2006 and...

The first thing everybody asks is ‘Where is Grado!’  Grado is situated on the North-east coast of Italy between Venice and Trieste, and is a small island connected to the mainland by a causeway...

We held our Annual Dinner on Saturday 21st at Mumbles Cricket Club. The evening was opened by our President, Geoff Wheel and Chairman, Clive. We had a lovely meal provided by Paul Cullen’s catering...

We had a quiet November which gave us a chance to learn some new music, and review items from previous years for our busy month ahead. We have added ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’...

Our first concert took place at All Saints Church, Oystermouth on Friday 9th. The concert was in aid of ‘Maggie’s’ a cancer charity and was arranged by Dr Pat Steane. We were joined by...

Once again, following on from our busy Christmas we had a quiet start to the year. We also found that our new rehearsal room was not what we wanted and, thanks to Walter Jones, we moved to Holy Cross Church,...

We held our AGM on Tuesday 6th and it was well attended. Our president, Geoff Wheel, opened the meeting and our chairman, Clive, thanked all the officers for their hard work and also the musical team for...

On Friday 20th April we sang at the wedding of Shaun Sturgess and Aimee Jones at St Hilary’s, Killay. It was a beautiful day and we sang the happy couple out with ‘All You Need is Love’. The following...

On Friday 11th May we sang at St Peter’s Church, Newton, for the Rotary Club of Mumbles. The church was full and we started with ‘Cwm Rhondda’. In the first half we included ‘Nella fantasia’ and ‘How Great...

June is always a busy month with our Annual Concert coming closer. However, this year our minds were taken off the concert for a while, as we were asked to sing at a 90th birthday party on Wednesday 20th...

This was a wonderful evening – probably the best yet! We were fortunate to have the fantastic ‘Bella Voce’ with us, who had only 5 weeks earlier performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with the massed...

We’ve had a quiet summer but on Sunday 29th we were asked to sing at Stouthall (Carreg Adventure) for a group of students, who were visiting Wales, from Kuwait. Having previously entertained foreign students...

Again, another quiet month but we continued to rehearse and have welcomed 2 new members to the choir. John Barnett has joined the 2nd bass and Rogers Gadd, the baritone section. We were also able to work...

On Thursday September 13th we sang at All Saints Oystermouth for the Mumble Festival of Music. This is a series of concerts is held annually, in September, at the church and we were delighted to take part...

Our European tour took us to Kiel, North Germany this year and had its origins in Mannheim in 2012 when we sang with a mixed choir from Kronshagen (a suburb of Kiel). We had kept details of their MD, Imre...

Our first concert following our tour to Kiel was held at Clyne Golf Club on November 12th. The club was packed and we had a lovely evening. The concert was in aid of ‘Save the Children’ and we raised £1100...

We had a very busy Christmas, as usual, and our first concert was at All Saints, Oystermouth, in aid of ‘Maggies’, a cancer charity. The church was full and the choir was directed by Gareth Widlake, who...

We had a quiet start to the year, but a good number of the choir enjoyed a get together at the Queens on Thursday 3rd. This has become an annual event and we were well looked after by the staff at the...

We welcomed Peter Beales to the choir, following his audition, and he has joined the second tenors. Peter was at the Queens the previous month and enjoyed the afternoon so much that he decided he would...

On Saturday 2nd we gave a concert to raise funds for our forthcoming trip to Barbados. We held it in St Mary’s Church and our guests were the Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda Brass Band and The Eclectics, from...

Well. What can we say?! This was the biggest and, surely, the most exciting venture that the choir has ever undertaken. The Festival has been running for nineteen years and has not had a male voice choir since...

Following our adventure to Barbados we had a quiet few weeks before singing at Dobbies (formerly Wyevale) on the Swansea Enterprise Park on Saturday 13th. This was a short recital in the afternoon, as...

We sang at the wedding of Steven Geaney and Danielle Malson on 17th at Oldwalls, Llanrhidian. It was a warm day and we had to gather in a portioned off, dark area of the reception room as, unknown to us,...

On Saturday 7th September we sang at a dinner of the Boy’s Brigade of UK and ROI at the Marriott Hotel, Swansea. The Boy’s Brigade were holding their Annual Conference in Swansea and they had organised...

On Saturday 12th October we went on our travels to Llandrindod Wells to sing in Holy Trinity Church. We supported a local charity ‘AGLMUK’ which partners a school and church in Uganda, to enhance the lives...

We have rehearsed well for our forthcoming Christmas concerts, although not introducing any new items this year. We have also had two new members in Richard Jones and Peter Cooke who have passed their...

Once again, we had a very busy Christmas period. On December 7th we performed a concert at All Saints, Oystermouth for the ‘Maggies’ cancer charity. This is fast becoming an annual event and we were joined...