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Another Composer in the choir....
10/09/2013 18:24
Chris O'Hara, who sings bass, has written a piece which The Chorale is currently working on.
An interview wirh Chris can be found on the People page.
Anonymous Donation
28/10/2014 15:42
During the summer, we received a very handsome gift – over £1,300 was anonymously donated to The Manchester Chorale.
It was immediately put to good use by our Musical Director who used it to buy music for the choir. Jill must have spent a long time deliberating over how to spend it. She has chosen...
Aled Jones to sing with the Chorale
06/05/2015 15:36
The Chorale occasionally get to back famous people. At Christmas, we will be singing in the Bridgewater Hall with Aled Jones MBE. It won’t be the first time some of the Chorale have sung with Aled. A Songs of Praise from Gorton Monastery comes to mind. This time it’s The Glory of Christmas concert...
Adiemus and The Armed Man
22/11/2017 16:25
We are just recovering after our second concert with Sir Karl Jenkins. A 2-hour rehearsal followed by a 2-hour concert is very wearing – not so much on the voice, but on the knees. The choir gets to sing in most of the Symphonic Adiemus and The Armed Man, so are stood up for most of it. It’s not...
A wet evening at St Paul's Withington
31/07/2023 15:30
Our 2022/23 season finale was a concert of music from around the world, sung at St Paul's Withington. The weather was best described as "unseasonal", but that only added to the atmosphere and ambiance, with lightning flashes as we sang of "the scorched earth [crying] out in vain" during Frank...
A review of this year's Bolton Abbey Priory Church Concert
28/10/2012 13:49
"MANCHESTER CHORALE
The Priory is very fortunate in the quality of musical talent that Colin Crabtree and his team bring before us in the course of our Concert Series. A prime example was the visit of The Manchester Chorale with their conductor Jill...
A Glorious Evening in Macclesfield
01/05/2023 11:10
What a time we had in Macclesfield, in concert with Silk Brass and Macclesfield Youth Brass Band at St Michael's and All Angels.
A Concert so unique we are presenting it twice!
10/02/2020 14:11
A highlight of The Manchester Chorale’s 40th Anniversary Year, we are singing Mass in Blue composed by Will Todd in 2003 , featuring Soprano soloist Elizabeth Woods and accompanied by a Jazz Quartet.
This modern setting of the Mass is influenced strongly by Will’s love of jazz (he is an...
A Christmas Celebration
03/12/2022 15:00
A concert of christmas favourites, and maybe some new tunes too.
St Margaret's church, St Margaret's Road, Prestwich, M25 2QB
50+ Show done!
02/03/2013 14:07
A half hour of splendid singing in front of an appreciative audience, ably conducted by our Assistant Musical Director Dave Robinson.
The are some photos on our Flickr site
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