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

 

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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:

At 3:00pm on Saturday 18 May 2024 we'll be at Wilmslow United Refored Church for a concert of wonderful choral music in a wide variety of styles from around the world and through the centuries. Reserve your tickets here

 
 

Previously...

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
Our 2022/23 season finale was at St Paul's Withington
An evening of choral music at the priory church of Bolton Abbey
 

 

An evening with Silk Brass and Macclesfield Youth Brass Band
"Knick Knack Paddy Whack" with the children of Springfield Primary School

 

News

Karl Jenkins 70th birthday concert

10/11/2014 11:45
For a second year running, the Chorale was engaged to provide a large choir to sing highlights from Karl Jenkin's popular repertoire. This year the programme for his 70th birthday tour included...

Singing and Cocktails

28/10/2014 15:44
Like it says somewhere in this website, we do all sorts of stuff. Big stuff at The Bridgewater Hall, little stuff in small hotels like The Manchester Hilton. October 15th saw a small but perfectly...

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...

'Absolutely mesmerised'

23/07/2014 15:32
I recently saw a performance by The Manchester Chorale for the first time – their Spring Concert at Platt Church – and was absolutely mesmerised by every moment of it! The evening was hosted in a...

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...

Summer Concert at Platt

14/07/2014 22:11
Our last concert before the summer break was only a stone's throw from where we rehearse. Holy Trinity Platt Church just inside Platt Fields in Rusholme was the venue for what the audience that I...

Music for a summer evening in Hawkshead

14/07/2014 21:31
Saturday, 5th July saw us all travelling up to the Lake District to take part in Music for a summer evening. This is an annual programme of events put on in the Parish Church of St Michael & All...

Lovely day out at Cawthorne

26/06/2014 14:19
We had a terrific day out in Cawthorne, Yorkshire. last Saturday. The ladies of the parish provided a typical Yorkshire tea - sandwiches, sausage rolls etc, with tea and scones (butter, cream and...

Three concerts in nine days – and all quite different.

15/04/2014 20:00
On Sunday, 23 March, we were at The Bridgwater Hall again to take part in the Grand Organ Gala. We sang four pieces, three of which we knew fairly well (Zadok, Hallelujah Chorus and Pomp and...

£820 raised for Dr Kershaw's Hopsice

11/03/2014 15:39
The Chorale concert in St Edward's Church, Lees, Oldham was much appreciated by a good-sized audience.The concert was dedicated to the loving memory of Steven Bradshaw (1951 - 2013), whose final days...
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Our Musical Director

 

Jill Henderson-Wild has been with us since 2006.

Her biographical notes are in the People page.

Our Assistant Musical Director

Dave Robinson

See the People page for more details

2024 Concert Dates:

 

  • 18 May 2024, 3:00pm, at Wilmslow United Reformed Church
  • 29 June 2024, 7:30pm, in Didsbury (venue tbc)
  • 6 July 2024, 7:30pm, at the church of St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead
  • More concerts tbc soon!
Tickets can be reserved here

 

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