News January 2019

Happy New year to all of our members, fans and followers.

2018 was quite a year:

Take a look at our blog and Facebook page to get a flavour of it all.  

We had a very full house at our first rehearsal of the year yesterday and wasn’t it good to get back together and sing after a two week break.    

Before the rehearsal our committee met and 2019 is already filling up. Here are some firm dates:

3 March the MACC  The Manchester Amateur Choral Competition. Read more about it here.   The general  public can purchase tickets and if you enjoy listening to choirs this is a real treat. A whole day of it for a very reasonable price.  And we’d love to see your friendly face in the audience.  

29-31 March  Rome Yes, some of us are off to Rome. One of our members has contact with a choir there and so we’re delighted to be working with the Coro della Colina. Extra rehearsals for some of us now!

15 June Chorlton Choirs festival We’ll again be taking part in this festival. It is a relaxed, quite informal occasion and was really good fun last year. It is open to a public audience. Details to follow.

6 July  We’re off to the Llangollen Eisteddfod for the whole day. We’re not competing but we’re performing. This is a public-facing event. If you happen to be there that day, look out for us.

13 July Swinton Grove Family Fun Day. We’ll be there right at the beginning, helping to open the event.  We’ve attended this event many times before and it’s lovely.  Good food including excellent ice cream on offer.  If you come along, you may be able to combine it with a visit to the Gaskell House.     

20 July Buxton Fringe Festival  Again we offer two concerts: 11.00 a.m. at the United Reformed Church and 3.00 p.m. at St Mary’s. Tickets are already on sale. More details here.  This is one of our A Cappella and cake events so you’ll also be able to enjoy some delicious snacks. The Buxton Fringe anyway is full of delightful entertainment.  Take a look at their brochure.  Items are being added constantly.   

Some of our events are still under discussion and awaiting confirmation.  These include charity concerts, community events, workshops and no doubt plenty of Christmas activity in December and late November.  Watch this space. 

   

        

News 15 April 2018

The year is rolling along nicely now and our calendar is filling up.

See details below.                  

You can also find details on our Facebook page and we’ll usually put links on Twitter as well.

At most of our events you can get tickets on the door. However, we do recommend getting tickets in advance where we offer this. It helps us and it guarantees that you won’t be turned away at the door. We’ve not had to do that yet but we’ve come close to it.    

 

22 April Concert by Honour, The Lowry, Aldridge Studio, 8.00 p.m.   

So, yes, the first event we'll mention is one by our sister choir, Honour. Many of our members are also members of Honour.  The event features new music by Manchester composer, Andrew J Smith, and specially commissioned spoken word, alongside some old favourites. Great War / World War I themes.  More details and how to book are found at https://www.thelowry.com/events/honour-choir

12 May Concert Brunswick Parish Church M13 9TQ

We join other performers here to help raise funds for a young person to travel to the World Scout Jamboree.  Cake and tea will also be provided.  The concert starts at 2.30 p.m.     

   

13 May Concert at St Mary & St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, Radcliffe, M26 4DG

The concert begins at 2.00 p.m. We have performed here before and have held a couple of rehearsals in this lovely space when our normal venue has not been available.  Read more about the Church here.      

 

7 July Buxton

As usual we're doing two concerts:

11.00 a.m. United Reformed Church, Hardwick Square East, Buxton, SK17 6PT

3.00 p.m. St Mary's Church Dale Road, Buxton  SK17 6LN
on SK17 6PT

Tickets are available here:  https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ordsallsingers  

And as usual there will be cake.

Like to see what we've done there in the past? Take a look here. 

8 September Victoria Baths Open Day   

14 October Victoria Baths Food Festival

On both occasions we'll be singing early afternoon. We've been here many times. It's an amazing building.  Read about our previous visits here.    

The Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0FE, are well worth a visit in any case.  Read more about them here.  

Other events

We'll also be performing at the Chorlton Festival of Choirs on 16 June.