Music at Brecon Food Festival brings melodious tones to a great family day out.
As well as being the most wonderful innovative food festival Brecon Food Festival always has an eclectic mix of live music being performed.
This year music at Brecon Food Festival has the traditional male voice choir, a solo harpist and community choirs that is epitomised in one of the choirs straplines namely ‘Dare to Sing has no social barriers’.
Very much on their home territory is Brecon Male Voice Choir also known as Côr Meibion Aberhonddu. With around 40 voices they keep the tradition of the Welsh male voice choir singing at the heart of Welsh culture. Their repertoire is wide and varied from West End pieces to famous operettas and not forgetting the traditional Welsh hymns.
Music at Brecon Food Festival is made all the better with a return visit of Alive and Kickin.
Their mantra is “Enjoy singing beautiful and inspiring songs & have lots of fun!” and this fun and enthusiasm shows in every performance.
Founded just a few years ago in 2013 by singer songwriter Tanya Walker Alive and Kickin is a community choir. The choir members come from so many different back grounds and start with varied abilities. With such professional directional abilities from their leader Tanya the resulting sound is melodic, harmonious and resounding.
As with Alive and Kinkin, Dare to Sing is so much more than pure music, although that is their foundation. Rather than put a mundane description their own introductions says it all
An upbeat Ladies Choir for everyone!
‘Dare To Sing has no social barriers; all are welcome and as a collective we come together to sing upbeat songs for pure enjoyment. Having grown into an ensemble of more than 90 ladies, we have step by step expanded our repertoire, dusted off our diamante earrings, and ventured into performing at local events, fundraisers, gatherings and galas. We cherish our opportunities to sing, whether it be through our weekly rehearsal or in front of the public. Dare To Sing provides a relaxed yet focused environment to create and experience feelings through music that can transcend other areas in the different lives we all lead. If you’re as passionate about singing as we are, we’d love to hear from you.’
Music at Brecon Food Festival has more than an affinity with the sentiments of the other choirs performing at the food festival.
Affinity is an all female choir, founded in 2012 by the now Musical Director, Diane Wright, based in Cardiff. The choir performs an eclectic range of music from a variety of genres including musical theatre, pop and light classical.
Importantly Affinity is a non-auditioned choir with around 50 members ranging in age from 18-80, and no previous experience is required but enthusiasm and love of music is essential.
Music at Brecon Food Festival continues with a harpist Bethan. A professional Welsh award-winning harpist and singer. Having a superb reputation within the Welsh folk scene under her performing name ‘Bethan Nia‘. Bethan is a modern and versatile harpist, being just as comfortable playing classical and traditional Welsh music as she is pop standards or jazzy improvisations. Bethan plays a Welsh made harp known as ‘The Eos’, appropriately translated as Nightingale.
From a more traditional theme Talgarth Male Voice Choir completes the most wonderful. music at Brecon Food Festival. The Choir’s Repertoire covers many musical genres. Traditional Welsh Hymns (of course), songs from the shows, classics from the past, classics from the charts, traditional folk songs, songs from overseas…..all have a part to play in the make-up of our programmes. The Market Hall in Brecon is a very small venue for this choir that has sung at the Royal Albert Hall no less than six times. At heart though the Talgarth Male Voice Choir is a local choir.
