 From 1922 to 1929 he edited the periodical Y Cerddor Newydd (The New Musician); from 1923 he was Director of Music for the Gorsedd of Bards of the National Eisteddfod; from 1933-1957 he was secretary of the Welsh Folk Song Society and become the Society's chairman in 1957.He was editor of the Society's Journal for thirty years from 1946.In 1937 he founded the Gwynn Publishing Company with the aim to increase the repertoire of traditionally inspired vocal and choral music.