Musical Director: Rhian Yamin-Ali

Rhian has played the piano from a very early age and is also proficient with cello, guitar, and recorder and has also had voice training.  After specialising in the Sciences at school, Rhian had a change of direction and attended the Welsh College of Music and Drama where she gained heB.Ed(Hons).Previously she had become a Licentiate of Trinity College, London. Her combined knowledge of Music and French led to her appointment as Piano Teacher in Municipal Music Schools in France, where in 1992 she was awarded the Licence d’Anglais of the Universite d’Avignon.
Returning to this country, Rhian was appointed as a Music teacher at Maesteg Comprehensive School and in 1998 was promoted to Head of the Music Department where she arranges music for, and conducts the school orchestra and choir.

Rhian joined the Choir in January 1998 and her musical talent and confidence on the concert platform brings out the best in the choristers under her baton

Accompanist: Ryan Wood

Ryan began playing the piano at an early age. When only 13 he became Assistant Accompanist of Maesteg Children’s Choir, later becoming their Accompanist
A former pupil of Maesteg Comprehensive School, Ryan accompanied the school choir and played cello in the school orchestra. At the age of 16 he became Assistant Accompanist of Cor Meibion Maesteg a’r Cylch and was appointed Official Accompanist in 1999. As well as being a proficient accompanist, in 2002 he achieved an ambition by becoming the Musical Director of the Spotlight Theatre Company in the Rhondda for their production of the musical ‘South Pacific ’. They have also completed a very successful production of ‘Copacabana’.

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