The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir is pleased to announce that it will holding a concert at St. Michael’s Church in Galmington, Taunton on Saturday 9th July at 7pm. The choir will perform a varied programme and are very pleased to be joined by the outstanding trio of female singers, Serin. The choir has been […]
Month: June 2016
Repertoire Review: ‘Tydi a Roddaist’
In the Aber Valley MVC Blog we will take the occasional closer look at some of our favourite songs, here is the first of what we’ll call our “Repertoire Review…” One of the most popular songs in the Aber Valley MVC’s Welsh-language repertoire is the hymn ‘Tydi a Rhoddaist’, composed by the late Arwel Hughes […]
Repertoire Review: ‘Tydi a Roddaist’
In the Aber Valley MVC Blog we will take the occasional closer look at some of our favourite songs, here is the first of what we’ll call our “Repertoire Review…” One of the most popular songs in the Aber Valley MVC’s Welsh-language repertoire is the hymn ‘Tydi a Rhoddaist’, composed by the late Arwel Hughes […]
Aber Valley MVC Raises Over £1,000 for Velindre Cancer Centre
Last month the Aber Valley MVC hosted a concert in St. Helen’s Church in Caerphilly in aid of Velindre Cancer Centre. The choir performed a variety of old favourites such as ‘California Dreamin’, ‘Pokahare Ana’ and ‘Kings of Swing’ in front of a wonderful local audience. We are pleased to announce that we were able […]
AVMVC Concert in Ireland a Huge Success
The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir have recently returned from a very successful tour to Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. From the 19th to 22nd of May, the AVMVC embarked on a short tour of Ireland, culminating in a near sell-out performance in front of an audience of 800 people in the […]
1901 Mining Disaster Remembered
Although much of the infamy surrounding the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd concerns the horrendous loss of life that occurred in 1913 when 440 men and boys perished, this last week marked an equally poignant anniversary. It is 115 years since the 1901 disaster which claimed 81 souls. On May 24, 1901, as the night shift […]