Worrall Male Voice Choir News
(older articles can be found in our Archive section)
Like Many choirs throughout the country WMVC cannot sustain it's finances through singing alone, so from time to time it looks towards mixing fundraising with a good old social night!
These take many different forms, below is a little of what they're all about.
6th March 2010
The Choir held the first concert of the year at St Polycarps Church, Malin Bridge. Our guests were Sheffield Harmony Chorus, fresh from winning the Barbershop category at the Hazel Grove Music Festival (more details to follow).
December 2009 - Christmas Engagements
Click the picture above to read about the Christmas 2009 Season
14th November 2009
Click the picture above to read about the Race Night and Social Evening at Niagara Sports & Social Club
24th October 2009
Click the picture above to read about the Support Group Autumn Fayre 2009
17th October 2009
Click the picture above to read about the Annual Autumn Concert at Christ Church, Stannington
5th October 2009
Click here to access the latest Choir Newsletter
22nd August 2009
The choir sang at the wedding of Stacey Ann Lee and Nicholas Edward Baxter at St Leonard's Church, Wortley at 2pm. We sang 3 pieces before the service (With a Voice of singing, The Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly and My luve is like a Red Red Rose), and 2 further pieces whilst the registers were being signed (The Rose and Love Changes Everything). We were conducted by our MD, Dr Nigel Russell and our accompanist was Steve Vickers.
11th July 2009
A number of Choir members manned an Recruitment / Information Stall at the 2009 Stannington Carnival.
20th June 2009
The choir sang at the Wedding of Sally Louise Casson and John Barry Whitehead at St Leonard's Church, Wortley at 1pm. We sang 3 pieces before the bride arrived (With a voice of singing, My luve is like a Red Red Rose and True Love, and 3 more pieces during the signing of the registers (Love changes everything, The Rose and My heart will go on). We were conducted by our MD, Dr Nigel Russell, and our accompanist was Doug Jones.
6th June 2009
Click the picture above to read about the Annual Spring Concert at Wisewood Methodist Church
5th June 2009
The choir have been in discussion with Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir for the last few months to try and formulate a strategy aimed at recruiting new members to join. Click here to read more details.
15th May 2009
The choir visited Loxley Park Care Home to entertain the residents. We sang a number of pieces from the Albert Hall repertoire (excluding the Welsh pieces) in two 20 minute segments, and finished by singing the "Medley from Les Miserables". The residents and staff enjoyed the performance, and we will be returning to entertain them again at Christmas.
9th May 2009
The choir began the spring season by performing in a concert at Bradfield Church to help raise money for the Church Organ fund. We sang 14 of the pieces performed at the Welsh Association concert last month (2 in Welsh - Gwahoddiad and the first solo outing of 'Y Tangnefeddwyr'). The Church Organist, Mr Roy Chamberlin, provided the rest of the evening's entertainment, playing 8 pieces of Organ music. We concluded our singing with the ever popular "Medley from Les Miserables", before the concert finished with the communal singing of "Cwm Rhondda".
24th-26th April 2009
Click the picture above to read about the Welsh Association of Male
Choirs Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
6th April 2009
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23rd March 2009
The David Clover Competition for Singers 2009 concluded yesterday, and the The Michael Peaker Memorial Trophy for Oratorio and Sacred Song aged 18 yrs. and under and The Doug Crossland Memorial Trophy for Best Female Singer were both won by Harriet Eyley. Harriet has agreed to join us at out Annual Spring Concert in June.
15th March 2009
Members of the Choir who are taking part in the Welsh Association Massed Choir Concert attended the final rehearsal for this event at Corwen in Denbighshire, North Wales. This was the second of the 2 final rehearsals - the first being held last weekend in Neath for the Choirs from the South. The MD for the event, Alwyn Humphries took us through the pieces, starting with the remaining 6 pieces not covered by the previous 2 rehearsals, and then running through the remaining 12 pieces that we have been rehearsing for some time. The rehearsal went well, and we now begin to polish the pieces ready for the concert next month.
23rd February 2009
The Choir AGM was held at Worrall Independent Chapel (see the latest newsletter for more details).
30th January 2009
The Choir performed another mini-concert at Loxley Park Care Home to entertain the residents and staff. We sang a number of pieces from our current repertoire - these are currently being polished ready for our participation in the Welsh Association concert at the Royal Albert Hall in April in the first half. After a short break, we sang another couple of pieces from the Albert Hall repertoire, and then finished with a communal sing-along of well known songs (We'll meet again to name but one). We have been invited back again, so they must have enjoyed it.
Last updated: 08 March, 2010