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Website last updated 1st June 2009

 

About the Choir:  Warrington Male Voice Choir is one of the oldest choirs in the United Kingdom, tracing its formation back to 1898.  During its long history the choir has performed in famous concert halls and cathedrals throughout Great Britain, Ireland, Europe and Canada more....

The Parr Hall Spring Concert took place on Saturday 25th April 2009.  Have a look at some photos of the evening's entertainment.    more....

What are we doing in 2009?....  The Choir's Events Calendar for this year

Choir helps Father Canning celebrate fifty years as a priest, and tries to recruit him. more...
Choir sings at Service of Blessing.  Choristers recently took part in a services to bless the marriage of a chorister's son.  Have a look at pictures of the happy event.... more
The Cavaillé-Coll Organ in Warrington's Parr Hall.  Click to read about the town's unique musical possession.  More.....

Gareth Roberts signed up to the challenge of fulfilling a lifelong ambition of running in the London Marathon.
Well, the London Marathon has now been run.  How did Gareth do?  Did he find his own chariot of fire, or did he fall by the wayside? Find out shortly. Watch this space. 

Choir Concert - raises funds for St Luke's Cheshire Hospice.
Warrington Male Voice Choir recently performed at Comberbach Methodist Church in a memorial concert
more    and.......

75 Engineer Regt present cheque to St Rocco's


Peninsula Barracks, Warrington

.... Just before last Christmas, 75 Engineer Regiment, Warrington's Territorial Army Regiment, hosted a charity carol concert, in which the choir took part.  The Choir's chairman and secretary recently visited the barracks to witness the handing over of a cheque to St Rocco's    more

I’ve always enjoyed mountaineering. My climbing career reaching its ‘peak’ whilst I was living in Tanzania in 2005.  I spent a week climbing the heights of Kilimanjaro.   This was the most physically draining thing I’ve ever done, but also one of the most memorable, and was definitely worth the effort!  

Maybe not quite as challenging as Kilimanjaro, but climbing in the Lake District can present its own problems.  David Graham on his sponsored climb for WaterAid.   Will you sponsor him?......more

The Choir's new CD Warrington Male Voice Choir Down The Years' is now availableThe  compilation has its origins in the demand for back copies of the choir’s past recordings, the majority of which are no longer available for general sale.  The choir’s first recording, at 78rpm of Beethoven’s Creation’s Hymn and Schubert’s Night, was made in 1956 on the suggestion of the town’s Mayor who felt that the choir ought to be recorded for posterity more....

Have a look at Photos from the Choir's Christmas Concerts: 

The chairman writes about the Choir's contribution to the cause of reconciliation in Northern Ireland. An article that was written in August, last year. more.....

Warrington Male Voice Choir remembers Alfred Higson conductor from 1919 to 1959. 
 Those who were privileged to attend the first rehearsal with Mr Higson in Thewlis Street School at once realised that they were in the presence of a genius, and, with the passing of time..........
Read an article by John Newhill of the Sale Chamber Orchestra.

Harmony In Blue.  A new venture for the choir with the focus solely on the younger members.  Read on...

The Tipperary Peace Convention will, this year, make its internationally recognized Peace Award for 2008 to the Cluster Munition Coalition.  Have a look at the Convention's website for more information http://www.tipperarypeace.ie  but, did you know that one of the 2008 nominees for this award was the Warrington Male Voice Choir.  Well, the choir did not get the award, but is, nevertheless, anxious to publicly record its pleasure and delight at having been nominated ....... more

 

 

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