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         <title><![CDATA[For information about our Musical Director and committee, please go to ]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[To book the Manchester Chorale please visit our new website]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Website!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Have you seen our new website? It's here www.manchesterchorale.com

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         <title><![CDATA[An Ot-er-ley Fabulous Concert]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[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 forward to next time.
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         <title><![CDATA[Masterful Singing in Cawthorne]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Yesterday we were blessed with warm sunshine for our joint concert in Cawthorne with the Mastersingers. The very appreciative audience was treated to a varied programme of music, with two items perfomed by both choirs together.
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         <title><![CDATA[Big Band, Big Sound!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Did you see us in concert with Bury Youth Big Band last weekend? We thoroughly enjoyed performing alongside them - such a talented ensemble of young musicians. We wish them all well in their musical futures.
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         <title><![CDATA[Christmas!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful time singing Christmas music at Didsbury Baptist Church back in December. This was followed by the annual Christmas carol singalong in the Bridgewater Hall on Christmas Eve. We've had a well-earned break, and look forward to singing for you in March in Bury Parish Church. Get your tickete here!
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Autumn Treats in Prestwich]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We opened out 2024/45 concert season at St Margaret's Prestwich to a very appreciative audience - who as well as Simply Sublime Singing, were also treated to lots of cake!&nbsp;
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         <title><![CDATA[Sublime Summer Singing at Wilmslow United Reformed Church]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We were blessed with beautiful weather for our afternoon concert of summer (or was it spring?) music in Wilmslow. Either way, we were treated to an incredible saxophone solo during the concert, we enjoyed singing there, and the audience was most appreciative too.&nbsp;
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         <title><![CDATA[Sir Karl Jenkins 80th Birthday Concert Tour]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We were thrilled to take part in the final concert of Sir Karl's 80th birthday tour. The Bridgewater Hall was packed full of his fans, who had a wonderful time - as did we!
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         <title><![CDATA[It's Christmas!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We got Christmas off to a fantastic start with Besses o' th' Barn Band at St Bernadette's Whitefield on 9 December.&nbsp;
The church was packed with apprieciative audience members who joined in with the community carol singing and enjoyed schlummering to "Schneewaltz".
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         <title><![CDATA[Summer Finale]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This will be the finale of our 2022/23 concert season, held at St Paul's Church, Withington. Please save the date and join us there!
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         <description><![CDATA[Join us at Bolton Abbey, Skipton for our spring concert. Ticket and programme details to follow, but save the date!
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         <title><![CDATA[Concert with Silk Brass Band]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Details of programme and venue tbc, but save the date!
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         <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Concert with Springfield Primary School]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A joint concert with the choir of Springfield Primary School, at St Paul's Church, Sale.
Details to follow.
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         <title><![CDATA[Christmas Carol Singalong]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A rousing concert of Christmas music and carols, with plenty of opportunities for audience participation. Bridgewater Hall, tickets here.
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         <title><![CDATA[A Christmas Celebration]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A concert of christmas favourites, and maybe some new tunes too.&nbsp;
St Margaret's church, St Margaret's Road, Prestwich, M25 2QB
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         <title><![CDATA[Rhythm of Life]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday 15 October 2022, 7.30pm, All Saint's Parish Church, Cawthorne, S75 4DW
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         <title><![CDATA[Last Night of the Autumn Proms]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Classic favourites, with well-known and much loved audience participation to round off the 2022 Proms season
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         <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[2022]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[12 March&nbsp; &nbsp; Spring into Song St Bernadette's RC Church Whitefield. 4pm
16 April&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Karl Jenkins in Concert The Bridgewater Hall 7.30pm
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[2021]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[
	
		
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				Sat 14 Oct
			
			
			
			
				Sing for Joy! St Paul's Church, Withington. 7.00pm
			
			
		
		
			
			
				Sat 4 Dec
			
			
			
			
				Christmas Charity Concert,United Reform Church, Wilmslow. 3.00pm
			
			
		
		
			
			
				Mon 20 Dec
			
			
			
			
				Christmas Classics with Alan Titchmarsh. The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.30pm.
			
			
		
		
			
			
				Thurs 24 Dec
			
			
			
			
				Jonathan Cohen's Christmas Carol Singalong, The Bridgewater...]]></description>
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	&nbsp;

	Jill Henderson-Wild 2006-Present

	
	Born in Oldham in 1966, Jill Henderson-Wild studied the ‘cello with Joan Dickson, a professor at the Royal College of Music, before becoming a Choral Scholar at Girton College, Cambridge, where she read Music. After graduating, she won a two year scholarship from the Swiss Government to study choral and orchestral conducting with Michel Corboz and Arpad Gerecz at the Conservatoire in Geneva and was awarded ‘Le Prix du Conseil de l’Etat’ with her...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Interview with a composer: Robin Stevens]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Until recently Robin Stevens sang baritone in The Manchester Chorale, and he is also a composer. The Chorale took part in his annual charity concert at Emmanuel Church, Didsbury on 28th April 2012, so we asked him a few questions about his life as a composer.
Q &nbsp;When did you start composing?
I came from a musical family, and as a child used to sing myself to sleep with melodies from the piano pieces my mother was practising at home. I began playing the cello when I was 8, and piano at 11 –...]]></description>
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					There are a few within The Chorale who were there at its inauguration. There are some for whom membership of The Chorale has proved profoundly life changing. There are some who came, sipped the heady wine that is The Chorale, but had to move on. There are many who, having sipped, were tempted to take a deeper draught and who fell beneath its spell. Together, we seek to continue its original avowed intent: “Musical excellence, its aim; musical versatility, its style; musical...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[21st Birthday Season - read all about it!]]></title>
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	&nbsp;

	The season 2000 - 2001 has been one of the busiest and most exciting in the Chorale's history. 

	To start at the end, we finished off the season by celebrating our 21st Birthday in two ways. Firstly there was a celebratory concert at the Royal Northern College of Music (venue of the inaugural concert in December 1979) on Saturday 30th June. Secondly, the following weekend saw a Dinner Dance and singing day for members past and present at the Palace Hotel, Manchester....]]></description>
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