by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Previous Conductors
T Arwen Walters, 1970 – 2000 T. Arwyn Walters began his musical career as a violinist with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, an experience which has given him a lasting respect for the musical expression demanded by composers. A native of Pontlliw, he...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Previous Conductors
Thomas John Roderick, 1920 – 1925 T J Roderick, or Tommy Roderick as he was affectionately known throughout his life, was born in 1884, the youngest of five children, to William and Sarah Roderick or Brynaeron. An enthusiastic “First Lieutenant” under T C Richards,...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Previous Conductors
T C Richards, 1895 – 1920 Thomas Coslett Richards, born in 1870, was one of six children of Richard Richards, a stone mason, living in a humble small-holding at Cwm-y-Glo. Tom is variously described as a gentle and caring man, wise and reflective but yet with...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Previous Conductors
Emlyn Bevan, 1899 – 1953 “Brynhyfryd”, now 7 Killan Road, one of a row of three little stone cottages which clamber carefully up the breath-robbing Killan Road, is perhaps one of the oldest and most representative and inviting of habitations in the village. Step...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Previous Conductors
Emrys Bevan, 1904 – 1980 Life was not easy when Emrys Bevan took up his scholarship in Gowerton Intermediate by transferring from the village school where he had enjoyed the friendship of such lovable characters as Aubrey Jones, Davie Henry Jones and Griff Parry. He...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Previous Conductors
Ambrose Miles, 1945 – 1970 Although very much and adopted son of the village of Dunvant, Ambrose Miles was a native of Pontarddulais, the other village with an excellent male choir. He was born in 1906 in Oakfield Street, near Capel Siloh and the Bont Rugby...
