Life Members
Life Membership of the Treorchy Male Choir is the highest accolade that can be presented to a chorister. Traditionally the title of Life Membership was presented to a chorister who had contributed above and beyond the call of duty to the benefit of the Choir.Â
The choristers are nominated for Life Membership and this is decided upon by the four members of the Life Membership Committee. If they deem the nomination should be upheld, then it is referred to the Management Committee for decision and then brought before the full Choir for approval.Â
In 1980 it was decided that all those choristers who had appeared in the Choir’s first official photograph in 1949 would receive Life Membership. In 2005 the Constitution was changed to allow choristers who had been members for 35 years to automatically receive the honour. At present both methods of receiving Life Membership of the Treorchy Male Choir are accepted.Â
Find below a list of all those individuals who have received Life Membership of the Choir since the honour was first presented more than sixty years ago.

Tom Jenkins
Secretary of the Pre-War Choir; Vice President 1946-1966

David Jenkins
First Tenor 1946-1951; Founder Member, Treasurer 1946-1951;Â Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph

T. Dewi Hopkins
Second Bass 1951-1955; Publicity Officer 1952-1954

David J. Davies
Founder Member; Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph

Edward Knapgate
Second Bass, Founder Member 1946-1971; Vice Chairman 1946-1963; Chairman, 1964-1966; Vice President 1967-1971

George Neighbour
Founder Member 1946-1963; Chairman 1946-1963; Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph

John Jones
Second Bass, Founder Member 1946-1968; Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph

Trevor Protheroe
Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph; Founder Member; First Tenor 1946-1964; Committee Member 1953- 1955

John Haydn Davies MBE
Conductor, 1946-1969; Conductor Emeritus 1969-1991; Vice President 1971-1991

Tom Jones
Accompanist 1946-1971

William John "Donna" Griffiths
Second Bass 1946-1980; Founder Member, Publicity Officer 1948-1952; Secretary 1952-1980; Vice Chairman 1980-1981; Chairman 1981;Â Long Service Member;

Gwynne Williams
Second Bass 1948-1979; Treasurer 1952-1979; Long Service Member;

Haydn Thatcher
First Tenor 1946-1976; Founder Member; Long Service Member; Committee Member 1950-1956; Contributions Secretary 1956-1966; Vice Chairman 1967-1972

David Galliford
Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph; Second Bass 1948-1975; Long Service Member

Idris Thomas
First Tenor 1953-1979; Registrar 1952-1957; Long Service Member

Sam Griffiths
Baritone Soloist 1948-1987

Edmund Evans
First Tenor 1947-1998; Long Service Member

William Jones
Second Bass 1946-1988; Founder Member; Long Service Member; Committee Member 1953-1960; Vice Chairman 1975; Chairman 1975-1976

Cas Powell
Second Tenor 1947-1987; Founder Member, Long Service Member; Vice Chairman 1975-1976; Chairman 1976-1977

Ben Grifiths
Second Tenor 1948-1998; Long Service Member, Life Member, Committee member 1968-1991; Fifty Year Member

Ieuan Davies
Appeared on the 1948 Official Photograph; First Tenor 1948-1992; Long Service Member

Ben Jackson
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph. Fifty Year Member 1997

Haydn Erasmus
Founder Member; Committee Member 1961-1966; Chairman 1967-1973 & 1989-1991; Fifty Year Member 1996; Vice President 2007-2013

Islwyn Morgan
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph; Assistant Secretary 1968-1980; Secretary 1980-2001; Fifty Year Member 1997; Vice President 2007- present; Sixty Year Member 2007; Seventy Year Member 2017

Walter Breeze
First Tenor 1946-1990; Founder Member; Long Service Member

Alun Hughes
Second Bass 1970-1993; Long Service Member, Life Member, Committee Member 1977-1978 & 1992-1993; Vice Chairman 1983-1984 & 1984-1985 & 1990-1991; Chairman 1984-1985

Norman Martin
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph. Registrar 1962-2002; Honorary Archivist 1962-2002; Fifty Year Member 1997; Vice President 2007- present; Sixty Year Member 2007; Seventy Year Member 2017

Roy Bobbett
Appeared on the 1948 photograph; Second Tenor 1947-1992; Long Service Member

John Davies M.A
Second Bass 1969-1993; Long Service Member, Life Member, Publicity Officer 1980-1990; Chairman 1977-1978 & 1991-1993

David Rees
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph

Edward Davies
First Bass 1946-1987; Founder Member; Long Service Member; Committee Member 1953-1962; Chairman 1979-1980

Dan Williams
Second Bass 1946-1989; Founder Member; Long Service Member; Committee Member 1969-1977; Chairman 1978-1979

Reg Davies
Founder Member. Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph. Librarian 1958-1962; Committee Member 1978-1979; Chairman 1980-1981

Robert Griffiths
Second Bass 1953-2009, Long Service Member, Committee Man 1968-1970; 1979-1983, Vice Chairman 1972-1974, Chairman 1985-1987; 1997-2000; Fifty Years Member; Vice President 2009

Peter Jones
Member for 35 Years; Second Bass 1970-2015; Long Service Member

Ieuan Lawrence
Appeared on the 1948 Photograph; Second Bass 1947-2000; Long Service Member, Fifty Year Member

John Mallin
Publicity Officer 1970-1979; Treasurer 1979-2006

John Cynan Jones
Associate Conductor 1965-1969; Conductor1969-1991; Conductor Emeritus 1991-

Clifford Taylor
President 1967-1998

Clifford Chislett
First Bass 1953-1993; Long Service Member, Life Member, Librarian 1968-1989; Assistant Librarian 1990-1993

John Hopkins
First Tenor 1959-2006; Long Service Member, Life Member, Committee Member 1965-1983

Dean Powell
Publicity Officer; Tenor Soloist; Compere;Â Editor of Excelsior;Â Founder of Treorchy Male Choir Appreciation Society;Â Concert Organiser; Fundraiser;Â Author of "Treorchy Male Choir - A Photographic History"

Michael Gale
Contribution Secretary 1967-1968; Assistant Secretary 1981-1989

Reg Stephens
Member For Over 35 Years

William Watkin
Member For Over 35 Years; Fifty Year Member 2007

Leonard Gale
Member for 35 Years, First Bass 1959-2009; Long Service & Life Member, Fifty Year Member

Peter Morris
Member For Over 35 Years. Fifty Year Member 2006

David Powell
Member For Over 35 Years; Committee Member 1994-2001; 2002-2009; Fifty Year Member 2011

Bryn Howells
Committee Member 1983-2006; Member For Over 35 Years

Bryn Jones
Member For Over 35 Years

Ken Simcox
Member For Over 35 Years

Roger Morse
Member for Over 35 years; Committee Member 1989-1990; Vice Chairman 1998-2000; Chairman 2000-2005

Alun Davies
Member for Over 35 Years; Committee Member 1997-2007; 2009-

Cyril Bevan
Member for Over 35 Years

Dilwyn Llewellyn
Member for Over 35 Years

Daryl Stacey
Member for Over 35 Years; Committee Member 1984-87; 1995-96; Assistant Secretary 1996-01; Registrar 2003-2009

Alan Iles
Life member

Alwyn Lewis
Life member

David Williams
Life member

Gwyn Morgan
Life member

Robert Hopkins
Life member

Ivor Lock
Life member

Norman Cox
Life member

Phillip Edmunds
Life member

Ron Evans
Life member

Gareth Evans
Life member

Wyn Davies
Life member

Andrew Costin
Life member

Derek Langley
Life member

John Weaver
Life member

Alan Lewis
Life member

Gary Hogan
Life member

Alan Bowen
Life member and choir archivist

Michael Russ
Life member

Selwyn Jones
Life member , Long Service Member and committee member

Raymond Daniels
Life Member

Brian Williams
Life Member
50 Year Members
This page is in dedication to those members who have reached the fantastic 50-year membership milestone.

Haydn Erasmus
Became Fifty Year Member in 1996
Founder Member; Committee Member 1961-1966; Chairman 1967-1973 & 1989-1991; Fifty Year Member 1996; Vice President 2007-2013

Cliburn Willis
Became Fifty Year Member in 1996
Second Tenor 1946-1998; Founder Member; Long Service Member; Life Member; Fifty Year Member, Committee Member 1960-1967; Librarian 1946-1954 & 1956-1958; Vice Chairman 1981-1982 & 1986-1987 & 1989-1990; Chairman 1982-1983 & 1987-1989

Norman Martin
Became Fifty Year Member in 1997
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph. Registrar 1962-2002; Honorary Archivist 1962-2002; Fifty Year Member 1997; Vice President 2007- present; Sixty Year Member 2007; Seventy Year Member 2017

Islwyn Morgan
Became Fifty Year Member in 1997
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph; Assistant Secretary 1968-1980; Secretary 1980-2001; Fifty Year Member 1997; Vice President 2007- present; Sixty Year Member 2007; Seventy Year Member 2017

Ieuan Lawrence
Became Fifty Year Member in 1997
Second Bass 1947-2000; Long Service Member, Life Member, Fifty Year Member

Ben Jackson
Became Fifty Year Member in 1997
Appeared in the 1949 Official Photograph. Fifty Year Member 1997

Ben Griffiths
Became Fifty Year Member in 1998
Second Tenor 1948-1998; Long Service Member, Life Member, Committee member 1968-1991; Fifty Year Member

Robert Griffiths
Became Fifty Year Member in 2000
Second Bass 1953-2009, Long Service Member, Life Member, Committee Man 1968-1970; 1979-1983, Vice Chairman 1972-1974, Chairman 1985-1987; 1997-2000; Fifty Years Member; Vice President 2009

Peter Morris
Became Fifty Year Member in 2006
Member For Over 35 Years. Fifty Year Member 2006

William Raymound Watkin
Became Fifty Year Member in 2007
Member For Over 35 Years; Fifty Year Member 2007; Vice President; Sixty Year Member 2017

Leonard Gale
Became Fifty Year Member in 2009
First Bass 1959-2009; Long Service & Life Member, Fifty Year Member

Reg Stephens
Became Fifty Year Member in 2010
Member For Over 35 Years; Fifty Year Member

David Powell
Became Fifty Year Member in 2011
Member For Over 35 Years; Committee Member 1994-2001; 2002-2009; Fifty Year Member 2011

Bryn Jones
Became Fifty Year Member in 2015
Second Bass Member since 1966

Ken Simcox
Became Fifty Year Member in 2022
2nd Tenor since 1970