Côr Meibion Taf was formed in 2004 by Robert Nicholls and he was the conductor of the choir for the first decade. During the last twenty plus years the choir has grown to include over sixty members who live in and around Cardiff.
The choir has won first prize three times at the National Eisteddfod, and has performed regularly in Wales and beyond. Successful tours have been held over the years including memorable visits to North America, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall.
The choir has appeared on the stage of St David’s Hall as part of the Welsh Proms and we will be returning to the Royal Albert Hall in June this year to sing at the 2027 London Welsh Male Voice Choir Festival. The choir is often called upon to give concerts in aid of various charities, and we have performed several times at the Principality Stadium before Wales international rugby matches.
The highlights of the past year include winning the male voice choir competition at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland during Easter 2026 together with appearing at the Millennium Centre at the retirement celebrations of Geraint Thomas, the Cardiff cyclist, in November. It was a great privilege and honour for the choir to receive an invitation to present the music at the funeral of footballer Terry Yorath in Leeds at the beginning of this year (January 2027).
In October this year we will be returning to Italy as the guest Welsh choir in the annual Carwyn James Choral Festival held in the Rovigo region in thje north-east of the country.
The choir has released two CDs, ‘Gwinllan a Roddwyd’ and ‘Gwahoddiad’.
To get in touch with Côr Meibion Taf go to our Facebook and X (Twitter) pages or visit the website www.cormeibiontaf.cymru
Conductor – Steffan Jones
Steffan was born in Cardiff in 1987. He was a Choral Scholar in the Chapel Choir of Worcester College, Oxford University, before moving to London to study voice at the Royal College of Music.
As a soloist, he has sung with Welsh National Youth Opera, Welsh National Opera MAX, performed Fauré’s Requiem at St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Bernstein Mass at the BBC Proms in 2012. In 2011, he won the Under 25 Solo at the National Eisteddfod and as a result, he competed in the Bryn Terfel Scholarship on S4C. During 2014, he traveled as a soloist to Ottawa, Canada, to perform in a series of concerts with the city’s Welsh Society. at the 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, he reached the final of the Blue Riband Competition. During his time in London, Steffan founded Aelwyd yr Urdd, alongside others. He was the first conductor of the Aelwyd’s choir and the Girls Choir won at the Snowdonia Urdd Eisteddfod in 2012. Since November 2015, Steffan has been the conductor of Côr Meibion Taf and since then he has led the choir on tours to Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Cornwall and in numerous performances and competitions across Wales and Europe.
Accompanist – Lowri Guy
Lowri hails from Penrhyn-coch near Aberystwyth. She graduated from University College of Wales, Bangor with first class honours in music, also receiving a Master’s degree. She is the Head of Music at Ysgol Llanhari yn Rhondda Cynon Taf. Lowri is in great demand as an accompanist, having appeared as one of the official accompanists at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and for the Bryn Terfel Urdd Gobaith Cymru Scholarship on several occasions. Lowri has been the choir’s highly respected accompanist since 2006. She’s married to Tom, a member of the bass section, and they have two young children, Wil and Hanna.
Officials
Chair: Rhodri Jones 07770 559961
Secretary: Colin Williams 07768 900738