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Christmas!

06/01/2025 11:22
We had a wonderful time singing Christmas music at Didsbury Baptist Church back in December. This was followed by the annual Christmas carol singalong in the Bridgewater Hall on Christmas Eve. We've had a well-earned break, and look forward to singing for you in March in Bury Parish Church. Get...

Christmas has passed, our thanks to John, new music

31/01/2018 17:40
Well Christmas was hectic – four concerts in two weeks, three of those at the Bridgewater in the week up to Christmas Eve. Lesley had her photo taken with Alan Titchmarsh; the fire alarm went off at the end of the Christmas Spectacular concert (will there be another pyrotechnic display next year?);...

Christmas Carol Singalong

24/12/2022 15:00
A rousing concert of Christmas music and carols, with plenty of opportunities for audience participation. Bridgewater Hall, tickets here.

Christmas at The Bridgewater Hall

08/11/2021 12:15
We're involved in two Raymond Gubbay Christmas Concerts this year! First, it's Grand Christmas Classics with Alan Titchmarsh, scheduled for Monday 20th December at 7.30pm. Then it's the wonderful Christmas Carol Singalong, with Jonathan Cohen on Friday 24th December at 3.00pm. Fingers crossed that...

Choral Music at St Mary's

27/01/2015 12:41
It's not so much the music that's local, but the music makers are. Our rehearsal venue at St Matthew's Church Hall, Stretford is not far at all from Davyhulme. We have a very varied programme for you! There are pieces by Bob Chilcott, (former King's Singer and increasingly well-known choral...

Choirs for Cancer

21/10/2013 12:49
Jeffrey Wynn-Davies, founding Musical Director of the Chorale is putting on a concert in aid of The Christie Hospital and Kidney Research UK at Withington Girls' School on Sunday 1st Decemeber at 3.00pm, compered by Nicholas Owen of the BBC. Moat of the performers are groups Jeffrey has been...

Change of rehearsal venue

15/07/2014 09:40
Tonight is our last rehearsal at Luther King House, Rusholme. We will be rehearsing for Karl Jenkin's 70th Birthday Concert in November (Armed Man, Adiemus, Requiem, Stabat Mater, Peacemakers). From September 2014, our new home for rehearsals will be St Matthew's Church Hall, Stretford.

Cawthorne 2019 – a typical Chorale programme

15/05/2019 10:32
This is what we sang to a very appreciative audience on Saturday 11th May 2019. We finished off the concert with an encore of My Lord What a Morning and then all dashed home over the Woodhead pass. We have been invited back to Cawthorne for 2021.

Black Dyke Band with Manchester Chorale CD available on Amazon

13/11/2012 15:02
Track Listing 1. Four Minute Mile (Judith Bingham) 2. Pure Gold - A 4 x 4 Relay (Luke Carver Goss) with the Chorale 3. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Derek Bourgeois) 4. Pictures at an Exhibition...

Big Band, Big Sound!

24/03/2025 09:46
Did you see us in concert with Bury Youth Big Band last weekend? We thoroughly enjoyed performing alongside them - such a talented ensemble of young musicians. We wish them all well in their musical futures.
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Our Musical Director

 

Jill Henderson-Wild has been with us since 2006.

Her biographical notes are here.

Our Assistant Musical Director

Dave Robinson

See his biographical notes here.

2025/6 Concert Dates:

 

  • 18 October 2025, 3:00pm, at St Bernadette's Church, Whitefield, with Meltham Brass Band
  • 6 December 2025, 3:00pm, at Christ Church, Didsbury
  • 24 December 2025, 3:00pm, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  • 14 March 2026, 3:00pm, St Anne's Church, Sale
  • 16 May 2026, 7:30pm, Didsbury Baptist Church
  • 20 June 2026, 7:30pm, Eccles Town Hall
  • 4 July 2026, St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead
  • 26 September 2026, 3:00pm, Bridgewater Hall, with Sir Karl Jenkins
Tickets can be purchased h ere