Chorus UK

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Chorus UK (styled Chorus) is a large community choir based in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, and Birmingham, England. The choir is managed by Andy Booth Presents, formerly Fono Productions, and the Musical Director is Andy Booth.

The choir is formed predominantly from singers without professional musical experience, and has grown from 50 to over 500 members. New members are recruited through regular 'come and try singing' workshops.[1] With the ethos that 'anyone can sing' the choir welcomes all members and does not require auditions.

The choir sings a variety of popular music, from broadway, pop, and rock. Across a term of 12 weeks, the choir prepares for a large concert at various venues including Sheffield City Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Leeds Town Hall. The concerts are supported by the Sheffield Pops Orchestra and have featured guest soloists such as Lance Ellington and Jonathan Ansell.[2]

ChorusUK expanded in to Manchester in April 2016 and then in to Leeds shortly after, with new branches opening in Birmingham, Nottingham, and Chesterfield opening in 2017. Members of the choir supported Russell Watson on his 'Songs from the Heart' tour in July 2016. The choir was also invited to re-record a song with James Toseland and his band, Toseland, to be the anthem of the 2017 Special Olympics.[3]


Concerts

The choir have now held 18 large scale concerts, with a variety of other performances for charity.

Date Title Description Location
14 July 2013 Steel City Sings Celebrating the City of Sheffield's music, movies and people City Hall, Sheffield
17 November 2013 When You Believe Songs from Disney City Hall, Sheffield
30 March 2014 Magical Movies Music for films old and new Octagon, Sheffield
7 June 2014 Knowing Me Knowing You Celebrating 40 years of ABBA and the songwriting of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus City Hall, Sheffield
29 November 2014 Broadway Baby The music of Broadway City Hall, Sheffield
29 March 2015 Princes of Rock An electric concert exploring the world of classic rock City Hall, Sheffield
21 June 2015 Requiem for a Soldier Marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo City Hall, Sheffield
13 December 2015 Christmas Celebration Christmas songs old and new City Hall, Sheffield
10 April 2016 Out of this World Space themed music from pop to classical City Hall, Sheffield
3 July 2016 Rise of the Heroes Music from superhero movie soundtracks City Hall, Sheffield
2 December 2016 Christmas Celebration Christmas classics old and new RNCM, Manchester
11 December 2016 Christmas Celebration Christmas classics old and new City Hall, Sheffield
19 March 2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies Town Hall, Leeds
2 April 2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies City Hall, Sheffield
7 April 2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies RNCM, Manchester
25 June 2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits Octagon, Sheffield
2 July 2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits Left Bank, Leeds
21 July 2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits RNCM, Manchester

The next concert is Christmas Celebration at City Hall, Sheffield on Sunday 10 December 2017, Stockport Town Hall on Friday 15 December 2017, Leeds Town Hall on Friday 22 December 2017.

International Appearances

References

  1. ↑ "CATS workshops". choruschoirs.com.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Ansell sings with Chorus UK". Jonathan Ansell official website. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "We'll Stop At Nothing - Special Olympics 2017 Anthem". Twitter. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "ChorusUK performing When You Wish Upon A Star at Disneyland Paris". Facebook. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.


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