Sydney Welsh Choir

The Sydney Welsh Choir, with more than seventy men and women drawn from all parts of the Sydney area, puts the Wales into NSW. Not all choir members were born in Wales; some have Welsh family links while others simply like being part of a group which sings with such evident enjoyment and enthusiasm to very appreciative audiences. The concert schedule is busy but enjoyable with events two or three weekends a month. Practices are held most Wednesday evenings at 6.45pm at the church hall of Concord Baptist Church, Carrington St, Concord just off Concord Rd near the end of the M4. This is one of the most accessible places in the Sydney metropolitan area and some choir members come from as far as the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains. The Sydney Welsh Choir is always happy to welcome visitors or potential new choristers, male and female, at its practice sessions. The choir has sung at all the main performance venues in Sydney as well as at such famous overseas venues as York Minster,Canterbury and Winchester Cathedrals in England, the American National Cathedral in the USA, The Madeleine in Paris and Assisi Basilica in Italy. Since 1990 the choir has made five trips back to Wales,with performances in many of the main castles, cathedrals and concert halls there, as well as in many countries along the way. The choir helps raise large sums of money for charity, and was the only choir presented with an award by the Govt of NSW at the Seniors Week Awards Ceremony in Angel Place Recital Hall in April 2008.