About Us / Amdanon Ni

The choristers of Caerphilly Ladies’ Choir share a love of singing. The choir has a broad repertoire and is equally at home singing Welsh melodies, spirituals, operatic choruses, sacred music, popular songs and songs from the musicals.

Caerphilly Ladies Choir performs around fifteen concerts a year, all for worthwhile causes. Venues vary from care homes, small churches and community centres to large halls and cathedrals. The choir has performed at Caerphilly Castle, Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, St. David’s Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Principality Stadium, the Royal Albert Hall, the Millennium Dome and at York Minster.

The choir enjoys an annual tour in May and has visited towns and cities in Wales and England and in 2017 travelled to Bray in Ireland. Usually the tour includes a joint concert with a local choir and we have performed with choirs from York, Hull, Bournemouth, Chester, Torquay and Bideford as well as Serendipity (Barbershop) Chorus, Bray. The choir has also toured abroad in France, Germany and Spain.

The early days / Y dyddiau cynnar

Caerphilly Ladies’ Choir was formerly known as The Margaret Roach Singers. Margaret Roach began the choir in 1966 with Jean Davies as Accompanist. Over the years the number of choristers rose from twenty to forty. Margaret was the Musical Director until her death in 1976, after which Margaret Webb became the Musical Director.

In 1996 the choir celebrated thirty years of making music, giving enjoyment to others and raising thousands of pounds for worthwhile causes. At this thirtieth anniversary the choir changed its name to Caerphilly Ladies’ Choir, emphasising its connection with the town and county of Caerphilly, well known for its historic castle with leaning tower, and its tasty cheese.

The choir today

In January 2001 Margaret Webb, who had by now been with the choir for almost thirty years, retired. Under her leadership the choir had progressed in technique, increased in number, greatly widened its repertoire and built up an excellent reputation.

Jean Davies, who had been the Accompanist, became the Musical Director in July 2002, and Beverley Baker, who was one of the choristers, became the Accompanist.

Following Jean’s retirement at the end of 2018, our Assistant Musical Director Ellie Baker took over as Musical Director.