The Manchester Chorale is a busy, high-quality, auditioned, mixed SATB choir based in Manchester, UK

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www.manchesterchorale.com 

Looking for a choir to join? We're especially looking for tenors and a 2nd bass at the moment, and of course upper voices are always welcome to apply!

 

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In 2020, to celebrate our 40th anniversary, we commissioned a Choral Composition Competition. We were finally able to perform the top three at St Ann's Church, Manchester on 2 July 2022. Here are the Winners

 

 

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Coming next:

Our first concert of hte 2025/6 season is at St Bernadette's Church, Whitefield, M45 7SX at 3:00pm on Saturday 18 October. We will be performing with our guests, Meltham & Meltham Mills Band,  and you can buy tickets here: 
 
 
We completed the 2024/5 concert season on 5 July at the Bridge church, Otley:
 
 
Previously we performed on 10 May with the Mastersingers in Cawthorne:
 
 
We thoroughly enjoyed performing with Bury Youth Big Band on 15 March in Bury Parish Church: 
 

 

 
We celebrated Christmas with our deliciously festive concert at Didsbury Baptist Church, and then in the the annual Christmas Carol Singalong at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on Christmas Eve afternoon:
 
 
On Saturday 29 July 2024 we were at Emmanuel Church, Didsbury 
 
 
On Saturday 18 May wesang at Wilmslow United reformed Church.
We had a great time singing with Sir Karl Jenkins in the Bridgewater Hall for the final concert of his 80th birthday tour
 
On Saturday 2 March 2024 we were at the church of St Mary the Virgin in a joint concert with Bowdon School Choir. 

 

We had a blast at the Bridgewater Hall on Christmas Eve with Jonathan Cohen and Louise Dearman. 
 

Our Christmas concert was a joint event with Besses o'th' Barn Band, at St Bernadette's Whitefield

 
We launched our 2023/24 season with an evening of Simply Sublime Music at the Bridge Church, Otley
 
 
 

 

 

News

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...

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...

The Christmas Story

23/11/2017 13:04
St Clement's Church, Chorlton, M21 9JF. Saturday, 9th December 2017 at 7:30 pm. The Manchester Chorale will be presenting The Christmas Story, a charity Christmas concert in music and words for all...

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...

We’re going to be busy!

14/09/2017 17:02
Before our summer break, we performed three great concerts. The first two were joint concerts with Koor Acantus from Belgium. This was a reciprocal visit after our tour to Antwerp last October. The...

Manchester bombing

24/05/2017 14:27
The recent atrocity at the Manchester Arena has touched the Manchester Chorale members deeply. As performers, we identify ourselves with the audience who went to what was a joyous occasion that...

The Earthly Rose in Cawthorne

24/05/2017 14:25
The Chorale returned to All Saints Parish Church in Cawthorne, Yorkshire on 20th May 2017. It was 2014 when we last sang here and the Church members had been looking forward to our return. We had...

The Enchanted Concert in Stockport (18th March)

28/02/2017 14:08
The Manchester Chorale has a vast repertoire of songs from all over the world and from all ages. Some are serious, some light-hearted, some tell a story, some are mysterious, most are exciting. In...

What better way to start the New Year than with Caribbean food!

09/01/2017 15:39
The 3rd January saw the Chorale back to rehearsal but not a lot of singing was done. Handing in and collating Christmas concert music was the first task, followed by singing through three new pieces....

The beer was Belgian!

12/12/2016 22:30
The Chorale’s trip to Belgium was an unqualified success. The weather was fine, the food was good, the singing was excellent and the beer was Belgian. Four days of heaven! Our host choir Koor Acantus...
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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

 

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