We are planning our 10/18/2026 78th Cymanfa
Hope to see you there. Details about our conductor and special music will be released soon.
We hold our Gymanfa Ganu on the 3rd Sunday in October at 2:30 pm at Central College Chapel located at 975 South Sunbury Road, Westerville, Ohio;
The Gymanfa Ganu is a traditional gathering for hymn singing.
The WSCO Gymanfa Ganu features special music performed by a soloist or choir and is followed by a complimentary Te Bach (little tea) which features Welsh tea cakes accompanied by, of course, tea, along with coffee and punch.
"Loaner" songbooks are available for use during the Gymanfa.
Conductor will be Truman Littler
Truman lead WSCO's 2025 Cymanfa and has
conducted the Venedocia, Ohio Cymanfa.
Special Music - James Hildreth
We welcome back organist James
Hildreth, who is in his 24th year of
playing for WSCO’s Gymanfas. Jim
has been organist for the Broad Street
Presbyterian Church in Columbus
since 1987 and has been organist of
the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
since 1988. Jim teaches organ
privately and at Ohio Wesleyan University.
An active member of the
American Guild of Organists, he has
served as a judge and coordinator of
local and regional AGO competitions,
is on the Executive Committee of the Columbus Chapter, and has reviewed
recordings for their journal, The American Organist. Jim and his wife,
flutist Valorie Adams-Hildreth, perform together as Duo Celeste.
Gymanfa Ganu Welsh Hymn Singing