Tim rhys-evans biography

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Timothy Rhys-EvansMBE FRWCMD (born c. )^[1] is a Welsh conductor and best known as the founder and musical director of the choir Only Men Aloud!^[2] and Only Boys Aloud. He also formed the children's choir Only Kids Aloud in ^[3]

Rhys-Evans, from New Tredegar, was a vocal tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.^[4] He has conducted several choirs, including The Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales and Dunvant Male Choir.^[5] He founded Only Men Aloud! in ^[6] (also known at Cantorion) and led them to victory in the Last Choir Standing competition in

In August , Rhys-Evans was one of several new members admitted to the Gorsedd of bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He is a Champion for the charity Music in Hospitals Cymru/Wales. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.^[7]

On 5 July Rhys-Evans was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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Tim Rhys-Evans interview: 'Mental illness should never be suffered in silence - there is always hope'

Tim Rhys Evans' life has always been full of music. From the age of five, piano-playing was his passion. He met his husband Alun when they were both choristers and later founded male voice choir Only Men Aloud, which made its way into the public consciousness when the piece ensemble won a BBC talent show. A five-album record deal, tours and a series of high-profile performances followed, the Royal Variety Show, the Olympic Opening Ceremony among them, Rhys-Evans at the centre of it all “sprinkling the stardust”, as one close friend puts it.

Yet in , the same year as being awarded a MBE for services to the industry he made a suicide attempt and was admitted to Cardiff’s Whitchurch Hospital, a psychiatric facility. While his mood was being stabilised by medication, he made another attempt on his life and he was left unable to listen to music. “It was too painful a reminder of the man that I wasn’t and it was also a reminder of a life I thought that I would never have back,” he tells me. “It was a self-defence mechanism to shut it out.” Then, a laugh: “I couldn’t even listen to my beloved The Archers."

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