The choir has a membership in excess of 70, drawn from many walks of
life. Our repertoire
includes many modern as well as traditional male voice choir pieces.
An increasing number of these have been specifically arranged for
Chelmsford Male Voice Choir by our Musical Director, John Taylor.
The choir has sung with
the Band of the Grenadier Guards at Colchester before an audience of 900
and at the Essex W.I. Christmas Concert to an audience of
over 1000 in the Brentwood Centre. We have travelled to Brecon in South Wales to sing with Talgarth Male Choir
and performed concerts at Whitby as guests of The Dalesmen Singers. The
choir members were thrilled to sing in York Minster. In 2004 we
recorded our first CD entitled "Deep Harmony"
Our musical director John Taylor was
born in Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
Family links with chapel and choral groups ensured that, at an early age,
he was introduced to the traditions of Welsh music making.
John became musical director in 1995 and is a member of the Association
of British Choral Directors. He arranges a range of music specifically
for the choir. The choir has grown in strength and has improved the
quality of its performance through John's guidance.
Our
accompanist Claire Lowe has played the piano from the age of eleven,
having gained a place on the Performing Arts Programme offered by the
former Rainsford High School (now St. Peter's College). At 18 she
achieved Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade 8
with distinction. Claire continued her musical studies at Colchester
Institute, graduating in 2007, with a 2:1 honours degree. in the same
year she was awarded the ABRSM Diploma of Music in Piano Music
Performance. She is currently with Havering Music School, teaching
classroom music and piano throughout the Borough of Chelmsford.
Should you wish to
engage our services to help in any fund raising activities or indeed to
join our ranks, please contact our Secretary, Peter Freeman on
Chelmsford 01245 600277.
