What we do

Concerts

We hold our own concerts through the year, from Christmas in Cardiff's churches and cathedrals to large works with orchestra, and we sing as guests of other choirs. Many raise money for charity. On St David's Day 2025 we sang twice: on the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, then to astonished tourists in the courtyard of Castell Coch.

Our Gloria, commissioned from Richard during lockdown, was performed with the British Sinfonietta and soloists Fflur Wyn and Trystan Llŷr Griffiths.

For our twentieth anniversary, on 3 October 2026 in St David's Metropolitan Cathedral, we sang a first half of music from across our twenty years, then gave the première of Richard's eight-part Magnificat, commissioned by the choir, with the British Sinfonietta and soloists Jessica Robinson (soprano) and Joshua Owen Mills (tenor).

Competitions

We compete at national standard. At the National Eisteddfod we have been placed second (2015) and third (2013 and 2026) in the mixed choir competition. We have also won first prizes at Llandudno, Cheltenham and Bournemouth, and at Eisteddfod y Cymoedd in 2016.

Latest: third in the choral competition at the 2026 National Eisteddfod, with our sister choir Côr Nefi Blŵs second in theirs; first for show tunes at Cheltenham Choral Festival in May 2026, a year after winning the same class at Oundle, where we were also named best four-part choir.

Tours

Every two years we take the choir abroad. In 2026 we toured Malta, singing Richard's arrangement of Llwynbedw beneath the dome of the Basilica at Mosta. Before that we sang at the Ontario Welsh Festival in Canada, at Hedd Wyn's grave in Belgium, in Scotland and in Spain. The Red Dragon comes with us wherever we go.

Matchdays

Singing on matchday is where the choir began. We have sung at the Arms Park, at a European cup final and at internationals in the national stadium, and in 2015 we were the official choir of the Rugby World Cup Fanzone in Cardiff, singing to 20,000 people before Wales played England.