Welcome to the Melbourne Male Welsh Choir official information page for Singer of the Year 2025 – now it its 32nd year! History The inaugural Singer of the Year Competition was held in 1993 and since then it has become one of Australia’s leading performance competitions. It is one...
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Rehearsals back at Federation Estate
We are pleased to be back rehearsing at Federation Estate after 3 months being unable to use the venue as it underwent essential upgrades.
First Rehearsal 2025 – 7pm Wed 15th Jan
but with a temporary change of venue: Wantirna College While Maroondah Federation Estate is undergoing an upgrade we'll be rehearsing at Wantirna College.
Pen-blwydd hapus yn ddeugain oed!
What a way to celebrate 40 years of singing, fellowship and camaraderie.The choir’s 40th anniversary dinner was held on 16th November 2024 and with over a hundred currentand past choristers and their partners present, was a memorable and heart-warming occasion.From the opening welcome - “Pen-blwydd hapus yn ddeugain oed” whichtranslated...
Singer of the Year 2024
Patrons who attended the choir’s 31st Singer of the Year competition were left in no doubt about the quality of the finalists (together with their brilliant accompanist Konrad Olszewski) and of the concert by the men of the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir. Once again, the audience was treated to a veritable...
Singer of the Year Finalists 2024
Singer of the Year Finalists 2024 The 3 finalists are Esther Counsel (soprano), Ben Glover (tenor) and Lisette Bolton (soprano). They will perform with the choir at our concert on Sunday September 22nd. buy your tickets online here
Mooroolbark Winter Concert
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2024 Singer Of The Year Finals Concert
The three finalists will perform with the choir in concert at the James Tatoulis Music Auditorium - MLC, Barkers Rd Kew (map) on Sunday 22nd September at 2:30 Buy your tickets (here)
YouTube video release “Let’s Sing”
Prior to the choir celebrating its upcoming 40th anniversary in 2024, we have released the 20-minute video Canwn – "Let’s sing" which sets out to depict life as a choir member. The video includes excerpts of the choir rehearsing, interviews with of some of the choir members and includes a real-life...
Australian Youth Band Concert – MLC on 20th August 2023
The choir enjoys a great working relationship with the Australian Youth Band (AYB), who provided the instrumental accompaniment, for our concert to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of WWI on the 11th of November 2018, at the Melbourne Town Hall.To return the favour, we performed with the AYB...