‘CON  PASSIONATE’ - DRAMA S4C (with subtitles)

Shân has just finished filming the second series of ‘Con Passionate’ (6 month drama shoot) - the successful drama series which took Wales by storm last year following the adventures of Côr Meibion Gwili (Gwili Male Voice Choir) under the dangerously saucy baton of Davina Roberts (played by Shân Cothi!).
Anyone who needs to find out more about the confessions of a chorister should watch this programme!

The second series is being broadcast on S4C on Sunday April 2nd at 9pm and will be repeated on Tuesday evenings at 10pm with subtitles.

‘DECHRAU  CANU  DECHRAU  CANMOL’ - S4C

Shan featured as a special  guest on ‘Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol’ (April 2nd) choosing her favourite hymns which included the first ever showing of a new video she recorded before Christmas ‘Dros Gymru’n Gwlad’ - a new arrangement of ‘Finlandia’ from her debut album ‘Passione’ 

UNED  5 - S4C

Shan was recently a guest on Uned 5 on S4C (March 31st - 7pm) promoting her album ‘Passione’ which has just been released in the UK - she was also chatting about the long awaited 2nd series of ‘Con Passionate’.

CLASSIC  FM  TV

Shân has just been informed that her new promotional video of ‘CARO  MIO  BEN’ from the album ‘PASSIONE’ has been added to the Classic FM TV playlist. Feel free to request it on the Channel!

This is great news as it will open doors to the Classic FM market - “I’m absolutely over the moon!”

This video was shot last summer in the beautiful setting of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales - now 9 million more viewers will be able to enjoy the stunning gardens by catching the video on Classic FM’s TV screens.

The TV music special entitled ‘Gwyn a Shân’ was repeated again in Dec on S4C - an hour of music and chat with renowned tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones who Shân has performed with many times. Guests included Welsh soprano and International opera singer Mary Lloyd Davies and acclaimed pianist from North Wales Iwan Llewelyn Jones. 

The TV recording of Handel’s Messiah performed in Welsh at St. Asaph Cathedral was also seen again on S4C over the Christmas holiday.

Soloists were Bryn Terfel, Shân Cothi, Rhys Meirion and Eirian James accompanied by the Sinfonia Orchestra.

3 combined Welsh choirs sang the choruses.

This tour took place all over Wales in Autumn 2006 to rave reviews and sell-out audiences. It had an amazing response and the Cothi & Cream team are absolutely delighted with the reaction from all over Wales.

They performed at 9 venues - the final performance was at the Weston Studio WMC on November 13th (other venues included Pavilion Rhyl, Wyeside Builth Wells, Galeri Caernarfon, Blackwood Miners Inst., Theatr Mwldan Cardigan, Theatr Taliesin, Swansea, WMC Weston Studio (2 perf) and Great Hall Aberystwyth). The Arts & Kids and community projects supported by Arts & Business and Barclays has been a fabulous part of the tour and has been extremely successful.

Keep an eye out for a mention in the Arts & Business Awards this year.

Thanks to all who supported us.

Keep a look out for the next tour!

October 1st - Pavilion Theatre Rhyl

October 8th - Wyeside Arts Centre Builth Wells

October 9th - Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff

October 22nd - Galeri Caernarfon

October 28th - Mwldan Theatre Cardigan

October 29th - Tailiesin Arts Centre Swansea

November 8th - Blackwood Miners Institute

November 12th - Aberystwyth Arts Centre

November 13th - Wales Millenium Centre Cardiff

January 26th - Holocaust Memorial Concert at the WMC – National Holocaust Day in the presence of Tony Blair

January 28th - Grand Concert with soprano Shân Cothi, tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, harpist Catrin Finch and Treforis RFC Male Voice Choir.Tabernacl Chapel, Treforis, Swansea

February 8th - Celtic Manor (WDA) Shân Cothi with Only Men Aloud!

February 23th to 27th - Shân travelled to San Francisco for ‘Glamorous Night’ to celebrate the music of Ivor Novello with Sinfonia Britannia.

March 1st - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea with BBC NOW Orchestra - recorded by BBC Radio Cymru and broadcasted on March 5th

March 4th and 5th - Tabernacl Machynlleth - Shân in concert with tenor Rhys Meirion and Cor Godre’r Arran (MD - Eirian Owen)

April 1st - Catrin Finch is launching her 14 piece Big Band - CF47  in the Great Hall Aberystwyth Arts Centre - Shân will be appearing as a guest artist along with Rylan Teifi.

April 2nd - Hanley Town Hall - Shân Cothi, tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones and Ingrid Surgenor with Audley Male Voice choir - Stoke

May 2nd - afternoon community concert in Neuadd Bro-fana Ffarmers in the company of Shan Cothi and Jeffrey Howard (made possible by Arts & Business and Barclays) Free admission!

May 5th - Builth Wells - with Builth/Talgarth and Rhaeadr Massed Male Voice Choirs - Royal Welsh Showground

May 18th - Wolverhampton - 'Here comes the Classics' Series - Proms concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Shân sings Mozart’s ‘Exultate Jubilate’, Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ and J. Strauss’s ‘Laughing Song’

May 29th - The Big Anthem Fawr -, Pontypridd - concert to celebrate the 150 yrs of the Welsh National Anthem - recorded by the BBC. Shan will be appearing with Only Men Aloud and performing songs from 'Cothi 'n Cream'. Aled Jones, Hayley Westenra, Max Boyce, Owen Money, Mike Doyle, Ryland Teifi, Mal Pope and Daisy Blue and the Morriston Orpheus Male voice will be performing among others. Free admission!

Highlights of 'The Big Anthem' concert can be seen on BBC One Wales on Saturday June 3rd at 10.20pm where you can see Shan also presenting the show.

June 8th - 'Friday Night is Music Night' with the BBC Concert Orchestra - recorded at the Mermaid Theatre, London with live audience - concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Friday June 9th at 7.30pm Shan will be performing tracks from her new debut album 'Passione'

June 10th - 'An evening with Shan Cothi' - singing classics by Gershwin, Weill and Rodgers & Hart - at the Trinity Carmarthen Music Festival opening concert - Shan performs with MD John Quirk and the Shan Cothi Orchestra

June 24th - July 8th - Music Festival at sea Norway/'Arctic Explorer' on the Aurora (P & O) - with tenor Wynne Evans, baritone, Mark Evans and Jeff Howard (accompanist) and Rachel Howard (harpist).

"The cruise was a great success. The classical concerts were so popular that we had to put on extra performances which were a joy to perform as the audiences were so appreciative. Tenor Wynne Evans and baritone Mark Evans (the Fratello brothers) and our fabulous accompanists, Jeffrey Howard (piano) and charming wife Rachel Jones (harpist), were absolute stars to work with. We had such fun putting the programmes together - the Opera Gala received a standing ovation as well as the other musical offerings and Novello was certainly a firm favourite! The whole classical team were a great mix of talent and made the trip truly memorable.

My album 'Passione' sold very well - and the CD sales competition was a close one! Well done Fratello!! I look forward to the next trip - Amazon here I come!"

July 19th - Shan appears as guest in Bethania Chapel, Cardigan - Baptist Union of Wales - service with songs

August 4th to August 12th: National Eisteddfod of Wales - in Swansea

August 10th 2006 - National Eisteddfod of Wales - Shân performs in concert with Catrin Finch and her big band CF47 and the fabulous Serendipity mixed choir (Cor Cymru winners - 2005) - Ryland Teifi also guests

Presenting: You can see Shân pop up on your TV screens (S4C) all week as she presents the week's events with the Eisteddfod presenting team

Wales Theatre Company directed by Michael Bogdanov, music by Mal Pope - returns with their successful new production about the 1904 revival.

Opening at the Grand Theatre Swansea - October 23rd; Aberystwyth Arts Centre; back to the Grand Theatre Swansea; WMC Cardiff Bay, and North Wales Theatre, Llandudno

Dates of tour to be confirmed - watch this space!

PROMS - 'Under The Stars' -Sept. 3rd - Shan is guest soprano with the Royal Philaharmonic Orchestra - Central Park, Newham, East Ham, London - 7.30pm (Free admission!) Conductor - Andrew Nethsingha

Shan performed 'Rusalka's song to the Moon' (Dvorak), 'O Mio Babbino caro' (Puccini), 'O soave fanciulla' (Puccini) with tenor Andrew Sritheran and 'On my lips every kiss is like wine' ('Giuditta' by Lehar)

Shan reports - "What a fabulous event and a fantastic atmosphere. The RPO were on top form as usual and entertained the crowd with a fabulously entertaining programme under the very competent baton of guest conductor Andrew Nethsingha who conducted the arias extremely sensitively.There were thousands (approx. fifteen thousand were reported) of people having a whale of a time! Well done Newham council!"

PROMS IN THE PARK - Sept. 9th - Singleton Park Swansea with BBC NOW Orchestra - Aled Jones, Michael Ball, Shan Cothi, Paul Watkins (cellist) and Eric Stern - guest conductor - with the BBC chorus - with live link up to the Last Night of the Proms

Shan sparkled singing 'I feel pretty' (Bernstein), Suo Gan (Welsh trad - arr. by John Quirk) and got the crowd on their feet dancing to the sounds of the My Fair Lady favourite 'I could have danced all night' - a crowd of ten thousand was reported to have turned out on this spectacular Proms evening

Western Mail reports (11/9/06) with photo of Aled Jones, Shan Cothi and Michael Ball with the crowd.

'Wales' stars sparkle at Proms in the Park'

'Bright Night - Proms in the Park at Singleton Park, Swansea, and the stars of the show, from left, Aled Jones, Shan Cothi and Michael Ball'

GLAMOROUS NIGHT - Sept. 10th - Shan will be starring in a tribute concert to Ivor Novello in London with Sinfonia Britannia and Musical Director George Daugherty at the Novello Theatre West End, London - with an all star cast - Marilyn Hill Smith, Rosie Ashe, Rhys Meirion and Tom Solomon - leader of the orchestra - Gillian Findlay

Western Mail (10/9/06) Arts page - Claire Hill

'Glamorous Night's Shan yearns for Novello musicals - West End showcase could help prompt a full-scale revival of works'

(half page report)

October 8th - Wales Theatre Company puts on a concert in the New Theatre Cardiff - tbc

October 20th - Concert in Bancffosfelen TBC

November 5th - WMC Cardiff - YFC Wales celebrates 50th anniversary

November 25th - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea - guest artist with Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir

November 26th - Wales to the World honourary tribute concert - WMC Cardiff tbc

December 10th - Shan performs a recital with harpist Ieuan Jones - Meifod

December 16th - Shan performs a recital in Rhosygilwen Mansion

Feb/March 2007 - Dates to be confirmed - Shan is guest soprano with P & 0 Classical themed cruise - Amazon and Opera House Maneus

April 13th 2007 - Shan is guest artist with Cor Pendyrus at Pontygwaith, Rhondda

July 22nd 2007- Shan is a guest performer with the Harp Symposium WMC Cardiff tbc

PRESS  NEWS  to date:

Golwg:

Shân’s album cover was on the front cover  (Welsh language weekly magazine - Dec. 8th edition 2005).

Wales on Sunday - (Dec. 11th) Headlines “Shân’s Rock Shock!” referred to Shân’s album Passione/Con Passionate drama series and ‘Cothi & Cream’ tour – also Tiger Tailz glam rock band and her partner Pepsi Tate who plays bass in the band. (Justin Smith) They have just re-released their album with Sanctuary records and had a fab review from Kerrang after their Rock City gig last weekend!

South Wales Echo - “Shân’s Diva Fever”

Penarth Times - articles 3 weeks running reporting on album launch and Shân’s career during the release of ‘Passione’

Western Mail - “Cothi creams off solo album” (report on tour and album)

Western Mail - reports on Shan's BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer for S4C's successful drama series 'Con Passionate'

Western Mail - 'WMC to take its Ivor Novello show to the West End' - reports on Ivor Novello tribute concert in the Novello Theatre West End London - Exporting Song - big photo of Shan - Shan Cothi who stars in the Ivor Novello gala concert - The show recreates the golden age of West End musical theatre. (5/8/06)

Look forward to a new Classical  music series to be broadcasted on  BBC Radio Cymru with Shân and Aled Hall co-presenting the first programme in Autumn 2006. It starts on Oct. 1st 2006 - it's a Sunday morning programme - but be warned, you'll have to set your alarm clock early - it starts at 5am!! You can listen online too. We'll keep you informed if there's a repeat at a more sensible hour of the day!!

Shan is also presenting a one off special programme on the Diva, Adelina Patti who was an international opera star at the turn of the 20th century - and who chose to live most of her busy life in Mid Wales Wales in her own magical castle - Craig y Nos. Broadcast date to be confirmed.

PASSIONE - SHAN COTHI - ALBUM NEWS!

Shan's debut album 'Passione' is selling well and is growing in stature in the classical world

NEW VIDEO ON CLASSIC FM TV!!

'Dros Gymru'n Gwlad' (Finlandia) the final track of the album Passione - is up on the Classic FMTV choice - this features guests Serendipity choir with the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales - so get voting!!

TO VOTE - for the video - please text Classic 3 - to the number 84211 or phone 0901 114 6403

CONGRATULATIONS SHAN!! (Sept. 25th 2006)

Shan's video 'Dros Gymru'n Gwlad' the beautiful new arrangement of Sibelius' classic melody 'Finlandia' has just been voted Classic FM's Most Wanted Video of the Month on Classic FM TV!! Check out the Classic FM website. This is brilliant news for Shan and her debut album 'PASSIONE'.

Thanks to everyone who voted! Shan is absolutely thrilled with the support she has received and wants to thank all the musicians and artists involved with the recording. A special thanks to Jeffrey Howard for the fabulous arrangement. Shan also wishes to congratulate the filming crew and all those involved with the video shoot, especially director Justin Smith who is a fantastic talent. We're already looking forward to the next one!