This is the South Wales Male Voice Choir, whose patron is King Charles III.

At the concert, they will be joined by the combined Military Wives Choir of Brize Norton and the award winning Defence Academy. The show will be directed by Dr Huw Rees.

The South Wales Male Choir was formed in 1982 to undertake a tour of the Eastern United States, because of Welsh American promotors witnessing a Royal Albert Hall 1000 Welsh Male Voice Concert. Success and enjoyment in the 1983 tour had been so great that back home at the ‘winding-up’ meeting, no fewer than 153 choristers (the number present!) unanimously voted to continue; the ‘raison d’etre’ being to continue to take abroad the traditions of the Welsh Male Choir.

To date, 28 tours have taken place - USA (4); Canada (3); France, Gibraltar, Eastern Europe, Australia, together with no fewer than seven Commemorative Tours to the WWI and WWII Battlefields of Flanders and Normandy performing often before Royalty, Government Leaders and most importantly Veterans. The choir has even travelled to Monaco for a one-off concert in the International Sporting Club and cruised the Baltic with shore-based concerts in Russia, Estonia and Norway.

Regular concerts in the UK have been included since the late 80s with St David’s Day celebration concerts nearly always being performed outside Wales.

The South Wales Male Choir’s ethos can be summed up by its original piano accompanist Bryan Davies who said: “Music is a serious business, but it’s got to be fun”. Three loud ‘Amens’ to that!

Tickets for the event are available from www.Cirenparish.co.uk, Cirencester Tourist Information Centre and the Corinium Museum and cost £25 with an online booking fee.

More information on the South Wales Male Voice Choir can be found here.