Warrington Male Voice Choir join in the revulsion felt following the Manchester Arena attack last night and our thoughts are with those killed or injured, with their families and friends and with others affected. As a choir we used our music to help build peace and reconciliation over many years, following the Warrington bombings in 1993. We used it again in 1996, following the...
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Joint Concert with Chester MVC – 13th May 2017
Saturday 13th May 2017 saw us host a joint concert with our good friends from City of Chester MVC. The concert was held at St Oswald's RC Church in Warrington.
Its such a lovely sight and sound when two of the countries best Male Voice Choirs perform together in concert.
For more photos see our Photo Gallery.
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People urged to ‘fill for the fallen’ on 6th November.
People across Warrington are being urged to ‘fill for the fallen’ and come together at the Parr Hall on 6 November, to remember and honour those who lost their lives in the Great War and in other conflicts since and to mark the Centenary of World War 1.
‘We will remember them’ Festival of Remembrance 2016 is being staged by Warrington Male Voice Choir, in association with Th...
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Geoff Higham – 1934 – 2016
It is with a saddened heart that earlier today, Thursday 13th October, Geoff Higham who was our longest serving member, passed away.
Geoff was 82 years old and had been a member of the choir for 61 years. He was a valued member of the 1st Tenor section. Geoff was loved by everyone and will be missed by everyone. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife Sheila and the fami...
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Houghton Weavers
On Saturday 3rd September we performed at the Parr Hall in Warrington where we were joined by our guests, The Houghton Weavers.
The Houghton Weavers have been entertaining folk for over 40 years - some might say they are still 'new' to the business, compared to Warrington Male Voice Choir who can trace their roots back to 1898, making us 118 years old!!
Those of you who a...
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Life Member – Jim Mainwaring
On Monday 27th June, we surprised one of our members with 'Honorary Life Membership' to the choir. Jim Mainwaring recently had to give up singing with the choir due to ill health. A decision he fought hard against having to do. However Jim and his wife Eileen still come to all our concerts and are huge supporters of us. Eileen is our greatest supporter and sells the most ti...
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Thank You Centenary Theatre Company
As you may be aware, our chosen charity for 2016/2017 is 'Alzheimer's UK'. This is a charity very close to our heart. Not only do some of our members have family & friends who have suffered or are suffering with Alzheimer's, but in fact we have had in the past a few of our own members who suffer from this disease and no doubt sadly there will be many more cases in the com...
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In Concert with the Houghton Weavers
On Saturday 3rd September we will be performing our 'September Songs' concert at the Parr Hall, Warrington. We are extremely delighted to announce that our guests once again will be the Houghton Weavers.
The Houghton Weavers have a huge fan base and are extremely popular with folk of all ages.
Tickets are available from the Pyramid Parr Hall Ticket office (see ...
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Proms in the Park
On Saturday 2nd July the Choir performed at Peninsula Barracks for their annual 'Proms in the Park' alongside the Band and Corps of the Royal Engineers, Warrington Pipe Band and Opera Singer - Jon Christos.
The concert had its challenges due to the weather - sun, rain, wind, you name it we had it!! Our poor Accompanist Helen Everett was stuck in a trailer to avoid electrocu...
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Update on ‘Thank You Terry’ Concert
On Saturday 16th April, the choir held a concert by way of a thank you to Terry Waite CBE for being our Patron for the past 20 years. We were joined not only by Terry Waite himself, but by Bowdon Prep School Choir.
We had a wonderful evening and at the end the audience gave both choirs a standing ovation. Lots of money was raised for Emmaus UK (a charity which Terry is Pre...
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