Only Girls Aloud
We are excited to be developing new choral activities for young women in Wales. Our new project has been established in response to high demand from the communities we work with.
Only Girls Aloud is our choir programme for young women in years 7 to 13 in Wales which launched in 2022.
Rehearsals take place monthly in Cardiff and are free and non-auditioned.
Only Girls Aloud choir members have the opportunity to meet a variety of inspirational guest speakers and hear about their life-experiences, career paths, and stories. This has resulted in an engaged and aspirational group who support each other to develop their confidence and self-expression.
Previous guest speakers have included Chloe Smith founder of Bigmoose Coffee Co, Welsh singer and actress Sophie Evans, Captain Natalie Willcox a BA Pilot, and Photographer Rebecca Toner.
Only Girls Aloud made their debut performance in the Aloud Anniversary Concert 2022. They also appear on the new anniversary album GEN Z and featured in the 4 part Aloud documentary for S4C.
Only Girls Aloud is a safe, inclusive, friendly, and non-judgemental environment and we’re always welcoming new members.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more how to get involved contact: [email protected]
We would like to thank Arts Council of Wales: Create, Scops Arts Trust and Ty Cerdd for their support of Only Girls Aloud.
Previous Guest Speakers
Chloe Smith of Bigmoose Coffee Co.
Chloe has been involved with Bigmoose Coffee Co. since its inception, and her passion to help others shone through from the two years she spent helping feed rough sleepers in Cardiff.
A determined individual, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro aged 15, ran a 42 mile ultramarathon aged 22, and opened Bigmoose Coffee Co. aged 23.
Chloe exudes a passion for helping others, and is a keynote speaker, with an infectious spirit of can do!
Previous Guest Speakers
Chloe Smith of Bigmoose Coffee Co.
Chloe has been involved with Bigmoose Coffee Co. since its inception, and her passion to help others shone through from the two years she spent helping feed rough sleepers in Cardiff.
A determined individual, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro aged 15, ran a 42 mile ultramarathon aged 22, and opened Bigmoose Coffee Co. aged 23.
Chloe exudes a passion for helping others, and is a keynote speaker, with an infectious spirit of can do!
Sophie Evans, Cantores a’r actores
Daeth y gantores a’r actores o Gymru, Sophie Evans yn ail allan o 10,000 o ymgeiswyr yng nghystadleuaeth Andrew Lloyd Webber i ddod o hyd i Dorothy yn 2010, ac o ganlyniad cafodd ei dewis i fod yn ddirprwy Dorothy yn Theatr y Palladium yn 17 oed. Ers hynny mae wedi perfformio ledled y byd.
Mae Sophie wedi perfformio mewn nifer fawr o sioeau ond yn fwyaf diweddar fel Glinda yn Wicked yn y West End. Bu’n perfformio mewn sawl prif leoliad ac arena ar draws y byd, gan gynnwys Theatr Lyric ar Broadway a The Colosseum yn Caesars Palace, Las Vegas gyda ‘Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance’. Yn ogystal, mae Sophie wedi gwneud gwaith Teledu a Ffilm, gan gynnwys gweithio â Simon Pegg a Nick Frost ar eu ffilm ‘The Worlds End’.
Canodd Sophie fersiwn hyfryd o ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ gydag Only Boys Aloud yn ystod y cyfnod clo ac yna aeth ymlaen i recordio cân ar gyfer albwm pen-blwydd Aloud.
Mari Thomas, Artist
Mari Thomas is one of Wales’ leading artists. She has exhibited nationally and internationally as a contemporary designer jeweller and she celebrates 25 years in business this year.
During her career she has won numerous design awards including the prestigious Gold Medal for Craft and Design at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. In recognition for her contribution to the arts in Wales she received an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales Trinity St David.
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