Who's Who..







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Jeffrey Howard is a vocal coach at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and Welsh National Opera and is pursuing a freelance career as a pianist, organist and accompanist. He accompanies many choirs and soloists, including international opera singers, working frequently with Serendipity and Only Men Aloud! He is the regular organist for the "1000 voices" male voice festival at the Albert Hall. He is a music arranger for BBC's Songs of Praise and has had orchestrations recorded by the Royal Philharmonic and Budapest Symphony Orchestras. Jeff attends Highfields Free Church, Cardiff.

Kelvin Thomas is a professional bass-baritone and has sung with many companies and ensembles including the Welsh National Opera, Music Theatre Wales and Psappha, with whom he has recently recorded a highly acclaimed CD of Maxwell Davies' Music Theatre piece, "Eight Songs for a Mad King." He is an artistic director of The Gate, a new arts centre in Roath, Cardiff, which is committed to encouraging people to discover and develop their artistic gifts with a full programme of training, performances and exhibitions. He is on the advisory panel of London School of Theology's Music and Worship Course and a trustee of the Academy of Spiritual Music in Moscow. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Cardiff.

Anne Brown is administrator of Cambrensis Ministries. She is assistant director of the choir and leads the Cambrats and the St David's Praise Youth Choir. She used to be a secondary school music teacher in Gwent and now lives in Porthcawl, from where she runs the Cambrensis office and teaches piano. She and her husband James have recently taken up a new pastorate in Calfaria Baptist Church, Llangeinor. James set up and maintains the Cambrensis web site.

Jonathan Davies is Cambrensis' accompanist and is also an accomplished organist. He is Head of Music at Treorchy Comprehensive School where he leads a number of choirs and directs the school's musicals. He plays on an occasional basis for a number of choirs in Cardiff, including the Cardiff and Vale Youth Choir. Jonathan is a deacon at Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff.



 
David Lewis, orchestra leader, got involved with Cambrensis when he played with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra in Cardiff. Since that time he has studied at London Bible College and is now a freelance violinist and an Early Music specialist. David is co-principal of the English Haydn Orchestra and works with many orchestras, including the London Handel Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and the 18th Century Orchestra.
 
Please make initial contacts through the Cambrensis Office:
Tel or Fax (0)1656 784376
Or e-mail admin@cambrensis.org.uk Or write to:
The Administrator, Cambrensis Ministries, 21 Windsor Road, PORTHCAWL, Bridgend CF36 3LR, Wales, United Kingdom

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