Grand Concert ~ The North American Welsh Choir & The Three Welsh Tenors
~ Buy Tickets Ticket Required, not covered by a NAFOW Pass
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Seating is general admission.
Adult $40 / Students (18 and under or student ID) $10.
Seating is general admission.
Adult $40 / Students (18 and under or student ID) $10.
~The Three Welsh Tenors are Rhys Meirion, Aled Hall and Aled Wyn Davies, three distinct and unique voices that complement each other perfectly. With a program of classics from opera and musicals, famous Welsh songs and hymns, and contemporary compositions, they have something for all tastes and to suit every occasion.
~The North American Welsh Choir is truly the “Community Choir that Spans the Continent,” drawing members from across the United States and Canada. Director Dr. Mari Morgan leads the choir as it celebrates the 20th anniversary of its debut in 1999 with a return to the Festival of Wales.
~ Dr. Mari Morgan founded the North American Welsh Choir (Côr Cymry Gogledd America) in,1998 becoming its Artistic Director and Conductor. The choir’s major debut was at the 1999 ‘National Gymanfa Ganu’ Grand Concert. Twenty years on, Côr Cymry Gogledd America choristers of old, as well as a host of talented new singers, have answered Mari’s call to sing together again in order to honor the generations who have celebrated and cherished their Welsh heritage and identity. Côr Cymry Gogledd America will celebrate its twentieth anniversary by performing at the 90th Grand Concert in the Helen Bader Concert Hall, and the Cymanfa Ganu.
Choir Accompanist, Keith David Trievel ~ Though largely self-taught (or as he prefers- God taught), Keith has been participating in music as long as he can remember. While still in elementary school, he became regular church pianist and school accompanist. Those skills got him into touring groups that have taken him to all 48 contiguous states and over 40 countries. Currently Keith serves as music director at Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and director/ accompanist of a 12-member choral group called the Suburban Singers. Additionally, Keith is an accomplished artist and landscape designer with studies at Westminster College, Taylor University, Purdue University, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His greatest joy is his family: wife Patti, 2 sons and a daughter, 4 grandchildren and 2 grand dogs.