In 2000, Tim Rhys-Evans set up a Welsh male voice choir called Only Men Aloud, a contemporary take on the Welsh choral tradition. Eight years later, it was voted the nation's favourite choir when it won BBC 1's Last Choir Standing. In 2010, as part of his mission to safeguard Welsh singing traditions, and to keep choral singing alive in the communities in which it first developed, Tim formed Only Boys Aloud. It's open to all boys between the ages of 14 and 19, without audition, and there are now nine separate choirs, in nine South Wales towns. Together they form Only Boys Aloud. Mentored by the adult members of Only Men Aloud, part of Tim's mission is to inspire the boys in other areas of their lives and one way he does this is by providing unique performance opportunities, such as TEDxObserver.
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The Kyrie from Jenkins' setting of the Mass 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' performed by 
Burgon composed his Corpus Christi Carol in 2001, he was well aware of its history and of the many settings for it that already existed and was determined to compose a piece that paid respect to the text's history and origins while simultaneously being fresh and firmly rooted in the twentieth century. I have to say that I think he succeeded brilliantly and that his solution reconciling his criteria has all the hallmarks of his ingenuity and very individual voice. 
