# Tim Rhys-Evans

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Welsh conductor

Tim Rhys-Evans MBE Rhys-Evans conducting at the AMIS Honor Choir 2019 in Beijing, China Born Timothy Rhys-Evans New Tredegar, Wales Occupation Conductor Spouse Alun Rhys Jenkins

**Timothy Rhys-Evans** [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) FRWCMD (born c. 1972)[1] is a Welsh conductor and best known as the founder and musical director of the choir [Only Men Aloud!](/source/Only_Men_Aloud!)[2] and [Only Boys Aloud](/source/Only_Boys_Aloud). He also formed the children's choir Only Kids Aloud in 2012.[3]

Rhys-Evans, from [New Tredegar](/source/New_Tredegar), was a vocal tutor at the [Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama](/source/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 2000[6] (also known at Cantorion) and led them to victory in the *[Last Choir Standing](/source/Last_Choir_Standing)* competition in 2008.

In August 2010, Rhys-Evans was one of several new members admitted to the [Gorsedd](/source/Gorsedd) of bards at the [National Eisteddfod of Wales](/source/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](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.[7]

On 5 July 2019 Rhys-Evans was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[8]

In January 2020, Rhys-Evans was appointed Director of Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[9]

## Personal life

Tim has a civil partnership with Welsh tenor Alun Rhys Jenkins.[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Price, Karen (29 July 2010). ["Tim Rhys-Evans: 'I wasn't blessed with a wonderful voice'"](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/tim-rhys-evans-i-wasnt-blessed-1910547). *WalesOnline.co.uk*. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["New Welsh Face of 2008: Tim Rhys-Evans"](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-welsh-face-2008-tim-2136220). *WalesOnline.co.uk*. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [BBC News - Only Kids Aloud follow in footsteps of Only Men Aloud](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17557322), Bbc.co.uk, accessed 24 February 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["RWCMD"](http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/other/news/headlines/only_men_aloud.aspx). *Rwcmd.ac.uk*. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["DUNVANT MALE CHOIR"](https://www.dunvantchoir.wales/). *Dunvant Male Choir*. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["BBC Last Choir Standing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090307205415/http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchoirstanding/choirs/onlymen/). Archived from [the original](https://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchoirstanding/choirs/onlymen/) on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["No. 60534"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60534/supplement/17). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Graduation 2019"](http://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2019/07/05/graduation-2019/). *Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama*. 5 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["RWCMD Appoints Only Men Aloud's Tim Rhys-Evans as New Director of Music"](https://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/press-release/rwcmd-appoints-only-men-alouds-tim-rhys-evans-mbe-as-new-director-of-music/). *Blog.rwcmd.ac.uk*. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Melissa Thompson (4 December 2012). ["'I was bullied at school but now my choir's on X Factor final': Only Boys Aloud maestro having last laugh"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/only-boys-aloud-tim-rhys-evans-1471530). *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

## External links

- [Dunvant Male Choir website](http://www.dunvantchoir.org)

Authority control databases: Artists MusicBrainz

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