The Manchester Chorale is a busy, high-quality, auditioned, mixed SATB 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:

We're looking forward to performing with Bury Youth Big Band at 7:30pm on Saturday 15 March in Bury Parish Church, The Rock, Bury BL9 0JR.  Tickets available here: 
 

Previously...

 
Previously, 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

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...

The Armed Man - an audience member comments

06/11/2013 12:35
Dear Manchester Chorale Not an enquiry, but just a brief email to say how wonderfully you sang at today's Bridgwater Hall concert. The sound was perfectly balanced, but given the size of the choir I...

Autumn Concert at St Michael's, Flixton

06/11/2013 12:24
The Flixton concert didn’t have snow like last year ... but we did get thunder and lightning, which went very well with Reg’s stunning programme cover ‘Sunset and the Dark’ning Blue’. The title...

Choirs for Cancer

21/10/2013 12:49
Jeffrey Wynn-Davies, founding Musical Director of the Chorale is putting on a concert in aid of The Christie Hospital and Kidney Research UK at Withington Girls' School on Sunday 1st Decemeber at...

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.

St Michael's Church, Flixton

28/08/2013 15:19
The new season is upon us - first rehearsal Tuesday 3rd September - and we kick off with an Autumn Concert at St Michael's, Flixton, followed by 'The Armed Man' at the Bridgewater on November 3rd.

Didsbury Arts Festival

24/06/2013 14:46
Our first appearance in the Didsbury Arts Festival went very well. We sang a wide variety of music to a substantial and enthusiastic audience. As one of them posted on our Facebook page: 'A...

Spring Concert at St Ann's

07/05/2013 14:38
There's some splendid music on offer at our Concert on Saturday. Here's the programme content:   First Half Prelude - Ola Gjeilo;   Versa est in luctum - Alfonso Lobo; Nunc...
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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:

 

  • 15 March 2025, 7:30pm, with Bury Youth Big Band at Bury Parish Church
  • 10 May 2025, 7:30pm, with the Master Singers at All Saints Parish Church, Cawthorne
  • 5 July 2025, 7:30pm, at the Bridge Church, Otley
Tickets can be reserved here

 

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