Here's a link to a report on the Guardian website.

"More than 200 teenagers aged 14-19 have been brought together as Only Boys Aloud – a project aimed at unearthing the next generation of singers from the valleys of south Wales, the heartland of the Welsh male voice choirs.

It comes amid concerns that the tradition is dying out. The popularity of Only Men Aloud, the Welsh group who won BBC's Last Choir Standing, helped revive interest and prompted OMA founder Tim Rhys-Evans to set about attracting younger voices.

Over the last few months teenagers, some with experience of singing but many with none, have been meeting at Welsh rugby clubs to learn about choral singing as well as to rehearse. The result has been inspiring, said Rhys-Evans. "Choral singing was a waning tradition. I wanted to do something to save it from disappearing completely." "