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Another composer in the Chorale

11/12/2017 11:17
It seems we have another composer in our midst. Tenor Justin Evans has just taken third prize in the 2017 Nantwich Carol Composition Competition with his rendition of Past Three O'Clock. The first three winning carols can be heard in the Family Carol Concert given by Nantwich Choral Society on...

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...

An Ot-er-ley Fabulous Concert

06/07/2025 16:33
Yesterday we enjoyed fine weather for our return visit to the Bridge Church, Otley, for a concert of wonderful choral music. As previously, we were well looked after with hot and cold drinks and snacks (every choir needs plenty of these!) and the audience seemed to enjoy the evening. Looking...

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...
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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