Helen and John with the choir in Gdansk

Conductor: Bethan Wynne Phillips

Cor Ty Tawe is a mixed choir, established in Swansea 1990 as a Welsh medium choir. Over the years it has held many concerts,mainly in Swansea and west Wales, and has competed successfully in competitions and eisteddfodau. It has gained the first prize four times in the Pan-celtic competition, held annually in Ireland.

The choir has travelled on many European tours, giving concerts in Munich, Berlin, Prague, Salzburg, Gdansk, Krakow, Barcelona, Wittenberg and travelled in 2011 to Rovigo, Italy. The choir has sung since then in London and Liverpool.

The choir sings a variety of Welsh traditional and modern songs, and also has a classical and religious international repertoire.

The choir welcomes Welsh speakers and learners of Welsh, and offers the latter an ideal opportunity to immerse themselves in Welsh culture and to enjoy socialising in the Welsh language.

The choir was led by Helen Gibbon, who has won the soprano solo compeition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales four times. The accompanist was John Evans who is an accomplished performer on many instruments.

After both retired during the covid period, the choir has been excellently led by Bethan Wynne Phillips.

The choir meets every Wednesday evening, at 7 p.m. at Ty Tawe, Swansea’s Welsh Centre at 9 Christina Street, Swansea.

The choir welcomes enquiries for performances. Please contact the conductor: bethanwynnephillips@gmail.com

The choir has recorded two CDs, the lastest featuring ‘Ym Mhenrhyn Gwyr’ with words by Mererid Hopwood, the first female winner of the National Eisteddfod Chair, and music written especially for the choir by Swansea composer Eric Jones.