EXCELSIOR - Treorchy Male Choir

oadcast to a staggering 80million homes. At Derby we performed once
more with the Derwent Brass Band and we hope very much to welcome them
to our hometown in the near future.
As the year drew to a close, two concerts remain foremost in my memory. The
performance at Llandaff Cathedral for the cancer charity, Tenovus with the
Queen’s Gold Medal winner for Poetry, Gillian Clarke-Thomas and the
Tenovus Choir and Howells Junior School Choir and the intimate atmosphere
of Ludlow which created unique and emotional evening for the Choir.
Much of the year’s preparation was geared towards recording the first CD
album in several years with an emphasis on the more contemporary musical
items in the repertoire. This was held at St German’s Church in Adamsdown,
Cardiff, and I would very much like to thank Richard Kuhnel and staff for
their patience and assistance in using this wonderful building for our recording.
Working with Adrian Munsey and Gareth Williams for the second time
in three years was a great privilege and we recognise their musical and promotional
expertise. We wait with great anticipation for the release of
“Timeless” in 2011 and look forward to many more collaborative recordings
with them both. They certainly made life so much easier in the recording studio
as we relied on their superior musical and technical opinions.
Jan with Beryl Thomas, daughter of founder
accompanist Tom Jones
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How we select our music
is often due to the many
suggestions of the choristers
and audiences,
allowing us the feedback
of extensive and varied
musical taste helps compile
combinations of
differing genres. 2010
was certainly another fulfilling
year as we renewed
old arrangements and
introduced many new
items which continually
evolve, including ‘Let It
Be Me’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’ (as part of the Abba medley), Elgar’s ‘Ave
Verum’, ‘One’, ‘Wonder Of You’, ‘The Rose’ (to the words of ‘Calon Lan’)
and the new arrangement of ‘Liberation Hymn’.
The revival of ‘Liberation Hymn’ – by popular demand – gave us an ideal
opportunity to support the charity work of the Help for Heroes fund.