News
Tickets are now available for the world premiere of Gareth's Dioddefaint Sant Mathew [St Matthew's Passion in Welsh] (Tenor Solo/SATB/Piano). This will take place on Saturday 13th March 2027 at 4pm at Swansea Minster, Swansea. Tickets may be reserved here.
"(One of) the finest emerging choral composers of our time."
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Biography
Award-winning Gareth Treseder composes choral works that have been performed and recorded globally. A Song Was Heard at Christmas and Blessed be that Maid Marie were recorded by the BBC Singers and subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3. These works, alongside several others, have since been published by Boosey & Hawkes, Stainer & Bell and the RSCM.
Gareth has written several Christmas carols to help raise money for various charities, including the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Macmillan Cancer Support, The Royal Society of Musicians and Whittington Babies.
In 2026, Gareth was very grateful to have been granted the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales' Silver Jubilee Development Award, which will fund the upcoming premiere of his setting: Dioddefaint Sant Mathew [Tenor Solo/SATB/Piano], or St Matthew Passion in Welsh. The first performance is scheduled to be held at Swansea Minster in March 2027.
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