John Hugh Thomas

John Hugh Thomas has lived a life steeped in music: he was founder and then conductor and Musical Director of the renowned Swansea Bach Choir for almost five decades; lecturer in Music at the Universities of Swansea and Cardiff; Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; Chorus-Master of the BBC Welsh Chorus; tutor and conductor of the National Youth Choir of Wales; Conductor of the Gwent Bach Choir; Conductor of the Cardiff Polyphonic Choir; on the Committee for the Swansea Festival and former President of the Gower Festival.