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

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Have you seen our new website? 

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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Have you seen our YouTube channel? Listen to some of the songs we sang at recent concerts:

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

Dates for the diary

04/01/2013 15:56
2013 is unlikely to be as busy as 2012, but engagements are being confirmed with more to come. Concerts have been arranged in Rusholme, Manchester near to where we rehearse, The Bridgewater Hall,...

... and finally...

19/12/2012 12:15
Almost done for 2012! Yesterday was 'Words and Music for Christmas' at St Mary Magdalene, Ashton on Mersey. What a lovely accoustic and a nice warm church. It was a well constructed and...

Coming up

22/11/2012 17:02
Christmas is almost upon us, and after.the Morning Service, Broadcast live from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury.on BBC Radio 4 Long Wave at 9 45 am on Monday 26th November, listen here, we have a...

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...

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...
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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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