Few tenor voices ever equalled that of Treorchy Male Choir soloist Wyn Davies. The lyric tenor left audiences the world over spellbound with his nightingale-like quality of sound, which raised the spirits and broke your heart in equal measure.

Wyn Davies originally came from Ystrad in the Rhondda but lived his married life in Pontypridd where he ran his own furniture store. It was as a chorister in Cor Meibion Pontypridd that he first developed his solo voice and following extensive training entered the competitive arena, winning first prizes and the praise of each adjudicator.

On joining the Treorchy Male Choir as a member of the First Tenor section, his reputation for being gifted with such a talented voice was nurtured by the Conductor John Cynan Jones and from 1976 to 1990 Wyn gave 59 solo performances plus many hundred performances of songs for solo voice and choir combined.

His first concert was in the Parc Hospital in Bridgend in December 1976 and over the next twenty four years he enchanted audiences throughout the UK. In 1980 he was the Choir’s tenor soloist for their first overseas tour to Canada and thrilled at every performance.