Is Wales still the land of song?
Beaufort Male Choir comes from a town with a choral tradition stretching back to the 1860s
"We have no no ex-miners. We have loads of teachers. We have sales people, people making packaging, self-employed, etc," said Chris. "Some choirs lost members who passed away because of Covid. Others lost confidence in being able to get together in groups again and decided to just knock it on the head.
Now director of music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Tim, from New Tredegar, Caerphilly county, grew up in the Welsh chapel movement. He focused on boys' singing initially for two reasons - the tradition, but more importantly, the "pressure on boys not to sing... So Only Boys Aloud was about creating an environment where boys could feel safe and encouraged to sing".
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