Tim Rhys-Evans
Timothy Rhys-Evans MBE FRWCMD (born c.1972[1]) is a Welsh conductor and best known as the founder and musical director of the choir Only Men Aloud![2] and Only Boys Aloud. He also formed the children's choir Only Kids Aloud in 2012.[3]
Tim Rhys-Evans | |
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Born | Timothy Rhys-Evans |
Occupation | Conductor |
Spouse(s) | Alun Rhys Jenkins |
Rhys-Evans, from New Tredegar, was a vocal tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[4] He has conducted several choirs, including The Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales and Dunvant Male Choir.[5] He founded Only Men Aloud! in 2000[6] (also known at Cantorion) and led them to victory in the Last Choir Standing competition in 2008.
In August 2010, Rhys-Evans was one of several new members admitted to the Gorsedd of bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He is a Champion for the charity Music in Hospitals Cymru/Wales. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.[7]
On 5 July 2019 Rhys-Evans was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[8]
In January 2020, Rhys-Evans was appointed Director of Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. [9]
Personal life
Tim has a civil partnership with Welsh tenor Alun Rhys Jenkins.[10]
External links
Dunvant Male Choir (http://www.dunvantchoir.org)
References
- Wales Online: Interview with Tim Rhys Evans
- Wales Online - New Welsh face of 2008
- BBC News - Only Kids Aloud follow in footsteps of Only Men Aloud Accessed 24 February 2013
- RWCMD
- BBC Last Choir Standing Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 17.
- "Graduation 2019". Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 5 July 2019.
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 8 January 2020 http://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/press-release/rwcmd-appoints-only-men-alouds-tim-rhys-evans-mbe-as-new-director-of-music/. Missing or empty
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(help) - Melissa Thompson (4 December 2012). "'I was bullied at school but now my choir's on X Factor final': Only Boys Aloud maestro having last laugh". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 27 November 2018.