Area: Vale of Glamorgan

The Category Vale of Glamorgan is a subset of South Wales.

Established 2010 in the Vale of Glamorgan: ‘We have always felt that Cowbridge would be the perfect location to host a music festival. It is an area of fantastic natural beauty with a fascinating story to tell ... As well as the main evening concerts, we look forward to our annual Chamber Music Seminar, the celebrated Family Concert, several concerts in local care homes and five full days of workshops and concerts in schools’. Held Mid September.

'If you would like to join like-minded ladies and enjoy community singing, then please contact us. There is no need to be able to read music. We rehearse weekly; regularly visit OAP groups, nursing homes etc to entertain them; put on public concerts with guest artistes or in collaboration with other musical groups; and enjoy social activities together.'

'We are a four part mixed choir (SATB) of about forty voices ... Our main objective is to enjoy singing. Each year we give a number of concerts in the locality sometimes in support of charitable causes. We also give occasional shorter recitals such as singing on stage in the foyer of Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and at local residential care homes at Christmas.'

‘Cerddorfa Dinas Powys Orchestra is a community orchestra which provides a place for local musicians to use their talents in an orchestral setting ... We will always welcome new players, to help us develop our orchestral capabilities and repertoire. If you play, or used to play and would like to take it up again, please consider joining us.’

‘The Society is a community based Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, located in the Penarth area. We are made up of adults and children many of which are family members. We perform four main productions annually, two plays from our drama section, a musical and a pantomime from our musical section.

‘A Penarth-based chamber choir ... We're a mixed SATB choir of experienced choristers from around Cardiff and the Vale numbering just 16 voices. We may be compact but we make a surprisingly big sound and specialise in singing a cappella (without accompaniment). The choir's name reflects the extensive range of music we perform, from show tunes and pop songs in concert to classical pieces and sacred music in cathedrals.‘

‘Formed in 2009 at St Donats Arts Centre in the Vale of Glamorgan to be a community choir for the area. This allowed anybody who wished to sing, to do so ... With over 50 members and now a registered charity in its own right, the Chorale has a musical repertoire of over 80 pieces of music, including Handel's Messiah, Bach's St John Passion, Faure's Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria and more modern pieces from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Pieces are sung in different languages - Welsh, English, Italian, French German and Norwegian- the choir has a strong reputation to uphold.’