Cian Brennan Gavin Email and Phone Number

Creative and Musical Director for a community choir based in Chiswick.Conduct and run rehearsals for 100 member choir, leading several concerts a year.

• First Aid & DBS• Coaching individuals from the age of 4 - 70• Facilitating development drills sessions for groups of beginner/intermediate/ advanced players • Hosting junior group improvement classes• Running & organizing tournaments

In this placement I worked as a voluntary counsellor within the institute’s wellbeing team for a full academic year with clients on a time-limited basis of six sessions. Working with clients who were in training to enter the music industry

This voluntary placement offered long-term open-ended counselling to low cost clients. Over this period I worked with a number of clients of different demographic backgrounds, spanning time frames from three months to over a year.

This voluntary placement offered online long-term open-ended counselling to low cost clients.

• Lead Singer as part of the group ‘Viva Voce’• Performing as Headline act on board ships worldwide (performing to 700 per night)• Companies include P&O, Royal Caribbean, Holland & America, Princess.

• Lead Bass/Baritone singer• Headline narrator

Part of the sixteen man group that won BBC’s Last Choir Standing, in turn altering the image of the traditional male voice choir• BBC’s ‘Last Choir Standing’ Winner (2007)• Performed with Only Men Aloud! at three sell out tours in the UK over a five-yearperiod and toured the USA• Performed in venues including London’s O2, The Mall in London, Buckingham Palace,HMS Belfast, Cardiff international arena, The Gherkin London, Drury Lane, The Palladium London (Royal Variety Performance), Washington’s National Mall & Essex House NYC• Performed with a number of celebrated performers including Bryn Terfel, Catherine Jenkins, Josh Groban, Shirley Bassey, Lesley Garrett, Juan Diego Florez, Kerry Ellis and Bonnie Tyler;• Between 2008-2013 has recorded 4 major albums, “In Festive Mood” Only Men Aloud! (2011) “Only Men Aloud Band of Brothers” Topping the Classical Charts (2009), “Only Men Aloud!” September (2008), “This Land Of Ours” Karl Jenkins & Only Men Aloud! (2007)AchievementsAs Part of Only Men Aloud Cían Has achieved• Classical Brit Award Winner for “Best Album’ 2010• Sold over 300,000 albums including Silver & Gold Album sales• Been recognised as a Lifetime Ambassador for Cardiff• Cían has also been honoured in a ceremony of recognition for hisachievements in music by the Co.Westm