Cirencester Male Voice Choir

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR CONCERTS IN 2023. YOUR GENEROSITY KEEPS OUR CHOIR ALIVE AND RAISES MONIES FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL CHARITIES.

We are indebted to our Patron, Lord Bathhurst, to St James’ Place and to Lewington Wealth Management for their generous support.

We are sending our best wishes and keeping fingers are tightly crossed for the Choir as they travel to Cornwall to take part in the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival – the world’s largest event of its kind. The festival features 50 choirs from all over the globe, and this year we will be entering the CIMCF competition and singing against some wonderful choirs.

LOOKING BACK ON A WONDERFUL YEAR OF HIGHLIGHTS

It was been a year of wonderful highlights and some emotional times as we enjoyed high fives and were honoured to be invited to perform at funerals for loved ones.

Our Christmas Concert was widely supported and the performances of our guests, the Willshire Piano Duo guaranteed success.

And another guest star who delighted was West End musical star Lucy May Barker, whose joie do vivre in singing with us in October genuinely had the audience swaying in the aisles with their arms in the air – and scoffing as a backing group of elderly gents accompanied her in ‘When I Grow Up’ from the musical ‘Matilda’.

Should we be doing a concert with music from the great musicals?

It also was our first attempt to introduce some Gloucestershire spirit as we performed the lovely ‘Linden Lea’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was born in Down Ampney just five miles away from Cirencester.

We welcomed the award-winning choir, The Wessex, and the remarkable Parti Llwchwr ladies choir from South Wales. For a recap on the year ahead, and the dauting challenge of competing in the world’s largest male choral festival, read on.

PLEASE JOIN US TO RAISE MONEY PEOPLE IN NEED

We love to sing, but we are driven by a desire to help the local and national charities that do so much to help people in need.

There aren’t many more enjoyable ways to raise funds than through song, and we offer an open invitation to new members to join us and to help those who give aid to others in these trying times.

The Choir is led by Music Director, James Willshire and he is superbly supported by accompanist Louise Matley. James is internationally known as a pianist and educator, and Louise is a vastly experienced pianist, a former Head of Music and an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and examines any instrument up to diploma level all over the country. Their partnership is making rehearsal and performance a real joy.

Listen to some of our performance at the All Saints Church, Falmouth.

Let It Be Me

Speed Your Journey

American Trilogy