Blwyddyn Newydd Dda / We wish you a Healthy and Happy New Year

- May 2021 be the antidote to 2020!

The Fron Choir, or to give its full title, Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir or Côr Meibion Froncysyllte, is an amateur Welsh Male Voice Choir from the village of Froncysyllte, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales. The village overlooks the amazing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford in the 18^th Century and now a World Heritage Site.

Founded in 1947 to compete in the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, set up in that year to promote world peace and harmony, the Choir has an illustrious history in competition that continues to this day, with three first prizes at the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival 2017 and, in 2018, took their fourth win in the Best Male Voice Choir in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

The Fron has made many recordings including the Voices of Valley series of six albums, topping the classical charts, achieving Gold and Platinum Disc status and worldwide sales of over 2 million for the series to date and our new album, Voices of the Valley - Echoes, can be pre-ordered by following the link below.

When restrictions are lifted and we are able to sing together once more, visitors are always given a warm welcome to our rehearsals which are held each Monday and Thursday evening. If you wish to visit us please follow this link for further details.

a new SINGLE - a new ALBUM - a new VIRTUAL CONCERT - a new FRON CHOIR CALENDAR

We are very excited to announce the release of the first single from our new album . . .

Pre-order the album here: Fron Male Voice Choir - Voices of the Valley: Echoes (orcd.co)

and buy the single here: Bring Him Home

During August 2019 we spent a lot of time in The Forge Recording Studio, Oswestry, where we recorded all the previous Voices of the Valley albums.The production team, producer Jon Cohen, engineer Al Unsworth and studio owner Phil Beaumont, along with our wonderful music team, Leigh, Jason and Owen worked tirelessly with the boys of the choir over long days and nights to complete the recording of the vocal lines. Jon scored, recorded the backing tracks and mastered the album during lockdown and we are delighted our record company, Silva Screen, has set a launch in time for St. David's Day, Friday 26^th February 2021 – please keep your eyes peeled for social media updates and also make sure you follow the link below to sign up to our monthly newsletter for updates.

We are very proud that VOICES OF THE VALLEY - ECHOES carries on the standard and values of the previous five recordings in the Voices of the Valley series. It is full of songs audience favourites from our concert repertoire plus a couple of new songs:

1. A Million Dreams (From "The Greatest Showman")

2. Llanfair

3. And So It Goes (Billy Joel)

4. She (Charles Aznavour)

5. The Bandits' Chorus

6. The Seal Lullaby

7. Spaséniye Sodélal

8. The Lord's Prayer

9. Maria (From "West Side Story")

10. O Iesu Mawr

11. Bring Him Home (From "Les Misérables")

12. Tydi A Roddaist

We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did making it and thank you for your support for this alum would not have been possible without it.

The Virtual Fron . . .

Whilst in lockdown we have produced a series of 'At Home With The Fron' virtual, video concerts and some virtual choir pieces. All these can be found on our YouTube channel.

Our final virtual concert of the year takes the place of our beloved annual visit to the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme. This year would have been our 35^th consecutive visit on the last Saturday before Christmas and we will miss it dearly. So, to help us all celebrate, we present a Virtual New Vic concert on our YouTube channel:

Please subscribe to see all our virtual performances and so much more . . .

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There are many video concerts on our YouTube channel. please pop along and see for yourself . . .

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Merchandise

Please pop along to our Merchandise page to see our new Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir pens - the ideal present for those who cannot spell Froncysyllte - our new Fron Cufflinks, a wonderful gift for every smart gent, and the brand new, and very fashionable, face coverings . . .