Rising Tide
Wales One World Choir
Celebrating the voices, cultures and stories of people seeking sanctuary.
Free to attend but booking essential, you are invited to pay what you think.
Gallery open from 11am
We are happy to welcome back Wales One World Choir
Rising Tide is an innovative, immersive piece combining song, dance and spoken word to celebrate the voices, cultures and stories of people seeking sanctuary.
Collaborating with multi-disciplinary artist Ffion Campbell-Davies and featuring International Percussionist Beibei Wang, Rising Tide brings people together and shares ‘infectious joy’.
3- 4pm performance
4 - 4.30 pm Q&A and song sharing
The gallery is open from 11am for exhibitions, cafe and shop
The performance launches Shaping Nations - an exhibition from Welsh Refugee Council tracing stories of migration
For a decade the choir has been a lifeline for people seeking sanctuary in Cardiff.
Faced with restarting their lives in an unknown country, they’re also often confronted with a language that is completely new. And yet music transcends these barriers, helping people to make friends and build community together, giving our members a voice, and a shared language, in their new home.
Your work enables people who may not have had the fortune to interact with people seeking sanctuary before, to share a moment of solidarity and reflect on our shared humanity.
They bring a wealth of lived experience to communities that may not have direct access to the stories and cultures they share. Their touring to rural communities helps to foster connection and stronger cultural understanding in the wider community, while bringing powerful representation for our Global Majority community members. Bethan Touhig-Gamble - Span Arts
A community, a home for creativity, a place to develop skills and empower people, a place of hope and opportunity. The "nothing about us without us" ethos is central to the approach and a key strength - the work is participant led. We have seen the choir absolutely transform opportunities for musicians. Deborah Keyser - Ty Cerdd
In a world that is so fractured, WOW Choir spreads a message of unity and collaboration in a way that is joyful, uplifting, inspirational and generous. This wonderful choir shows us that music can speak across languages, cultures, ages and perspectives to unite us as one hopeful community. Caroline - Sinfonia Cymru
The gallery is open:
Tuesday - Saturday 10-4
Cafe closes at 4
Except for special events
Closed bank holidays
Most events at Oriel Davies are free to attend but we suggest making a voluntary donation here to support our continuing work delivering accessible workshops, events, activities and projects.