Jayne Bell was appointed Musical Director of Cefn Hengoed Ladies’ Choir in July 2009. Jayne was educated at Lewis Girls’ School, and then obtained a B.A. Hons degree in Music at Cardiff University. After completing her PGCE at Swansea University, Jayne taught for 1 year at Lewis Boys’ School and then became Head of Music at the school for 12 years. During this time she shared the directing of the Caerphilly Youth Choir. A talented violinist and violist, Jayne performs regularly with the Cambrensis Orchestra and Camerata Solisti. Husband Niall is also a musician and they have 2 young boys. Jayne currently holds the position of co-ordinator of Programme One, in the Junior Music and Access Studies (JMAS) department of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD). Co-ordinator duties include directing, organising and arranging music for the choir, ensemble and rhythmic movement classes. Jayne has successfully helped to set up a similar department at Queens’ University, Belfast. Sopranos   Glenys Lippiett    Nesta Rowlands Pat Thomas Joan Thompson Catherine Lewis Lynne Hopkins Maria Hardisty Marie Osborne Erika Neck Norah Burns Patricia Martin Jenny Price Karol Szymczak Aimee Camplin Alison Dacey Charlotte Birchell   Seconds   Peggy James Christine Pittwood Ceridwen Rogers Amanda Halling Mary Hougham Gill Orr Beryl Murphy Jackie Wilkins Nerys Harries Diane Weyman   Altos   Kitty Richards Marge Whittle Carole Pepperell Ann Richards Pam Weaver Vicki Hyams Lesley Price Jane Irving Jenny Ludlow Gill Cooper Susan Davies Donna Watkins Coleen Osborne Christine Rogers   Malcolm Watts - Deputy Conductor/Accompanist ’ Philip May - Accompanist Philip is delighted to have been invited to accompany the Cefn Hengoed Ladies' Choir from mid-2011. He is currently undertaking a Masters Degree at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, focussing particularly on the music of the Second Viennese School and recently of the late British composer William Alwyn. He is also an on-call continuo player for the RWCMD's early music ensemble Badinerie and (at the other extreme) is involved with Cardiff's Wreckhead Ensemble, who work closely with contemporary composers from within Wales and beyond in order to perform and often premiere new compositions. Malcolm obtained a B.Mus. (Hons) at Cardiff University. Malcolm was head of Music at several Welsh Schools and Organist and Choirmaster in several Churches. In 1984, he became Organist and Choirmaster at St. David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, and is presently, Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s Church, Maindee, Newport. He was appointed Assistant Accompanist to the Choir in 2007. An examiner for the ABRSM, Malcolm has composed choral music; he is a freelance accompanist for choirs and musical examinations.