Côr Heol y March

Côr Heol y March
Country representing: Cymru
Number of performers in the whole group: 35
Group Website: Facebook
Competitions Participating In: Senior Children’s Choirs, Children’s Open Choirs, Children’s Folk Song Choirs
Biography:

Côr Heol y March was established by Eleri Roberts in 2009. Current membership comprises around 30 children aged 10-18 years.

After numerous successes at the National Urdd Eisteddfod of Wales the choir went on to win the coveted Children’s Choir of the World prize at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in 2014. In 2015, it was victorious in the grand final of the Côr Cymru (Choir of Wales) competition on S4C. Also in 2015, it recorded its first CD Suon y Don on the Sain label. In 2016 the choir participated in a performance of a major work, Cantata Memoria, by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.

In 2018, at the International Choir Festival of Wales held in Cardiff, after winning the Young Voices category, the choir went on to win the main prize, the Sir Karl Jenkins Trophy, in the Choir of Choirs competition. In 2022 it won the Youth Category in S4C’s choir competition Côr Cymru. In June 2023, the choir successfully launched its second CD ‘Gwahoddiad’, and, a few weeks later, at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, won the Children’s Folk Choir Competition.

This year, at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the choir won the Youth Choir Category under 25 years.