Christmas in Knareborough

Join us for an evening of song at Holy Trinity Church in Knaresborough on 13th December. Details on the poster.

 

Our Next Concert

Our next concert will be on 22nd November in Whixley. For tickets, visit www.whixley.org/hmvc-concert

 

Our next rehearsal

After a brilliant Annual concert, performed to a sellout audience and featuring the choirs of Rossett Acre and Oatlands schools, we are now on a Summer break.

Fancy joining us for next season? Our first rehearsal back is on Tuesday 2nd September, 7.30pm at Woodlands Methodist, Wetherby Road, Harrogate. We’ll all be starting on some new music so it’s a great time to join us!

 

 

 

Annual ‘Sing Out’ Concert 2025

 

 

 

West Park Concert 14th June 2025

Some photos from out recent concert, featuring Duncan Goodwin as guest soloist.

 

 

 

Our Next Concert

Scan for tickets. We’re so excited to be performing alongside Duncan, star of Channel 4’s ‘The Piano’

 

 

‘Sing Out’

The choir enjoyed a mini concert at Rosset Acre Junior school on the 8th May, followed by a rehearsal with their ‘Singing Squad’ ahead of our Annual concert on 5th July. Thanks to the school for making us so welcome. A lovely way to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, with a heartfelt performance of both ‘For the Fallen’ and ‘Let there be peace on Earth’.

Eskdale Festival 2025

HMVC attended the National Choir Day on 12th April, competing against some of the finest choirs in the North. We were delighted with a second place in the MVC class behind Millhouse Green MVC and second in the ‘Song from the shows’ class, narrowly pipped by a very strong Colne Valley MVC. In the evening recital, we achieved a respectable joint third with Colne Valley, with ‘Outstanding’ and ‘Honours’ scores. Our thanks to the organisers for a great day in Whitby.

Sing with us!

Go on, you know you want to…

Following conversations with local Social Prescribers, this flyer is making its way to local surgeries and organisations to ‘sing’ about the health and community benefits of joining a choir.

Look out for our choir flyer!

‘Let the Music Speak’ Friday 4th April, Holy Trinity Church Ripon, 11am

 

A brilliant daytime concert on Friday 4th April saw us helping to raise over £1200 for Ripon Community Link

We were joined onstage by their Sing and Sign group, as well as Man About Town Ukulele group for a rousing version of a new song to us (but one that will become a regular part of our repertoire), Count on me by Bruno Mars.

Our thanks to Holy Trinity Church Ripon for making us so welcome and to Heck Food Ltd for supplying a post-concert sausage van!

 

‘Let the Music Speak’ Friday 4th April, Holy Trinity Church Ripon, 11am

 

Come along to hear us performing at this unique event supporting Ripon Community Link at Ripon Walled Garden, featuring RCL Sing and Sign Group, The Music Men, Leeds Ukulele Group and Singer/Songwriter Emma Jane

Where: Holy Trinity Church Ripon

When 11am, Friday 4th April

Tickets: click on this link: Ripon Community Link 

2025 Update

It’s so easy, it seems, to let the time slip without updating websites. Hence ‘latest news’ soon becomes ‘olds’! With renewed intentions, here are some highlights of the last 6 months:

September/October – Joint concerts

In September we enjoyed a concert at St. James’ C of E Church Wetherby with our friends the Lyrical SoNGbirds from Nottingham , followed by Starbeck Methodist Church in October with the fabulous Ryelarks ladies choir from Pickering. We were thrilled to share repeat concerts with these two impressive choirs.

November/December – Christmas

Our run up to Christmas included performances at Green Hammerton village hall, supported by some excellent local young pianists, followed by a concert at West Park Centre in early December. Both concerts raised much needed funds for good causes, while our traditional Christmas concerts at Pannal Methodist and Woodlands Methodist Churches ensured everybody eased into the Christmas spirit.

January/February – new repertoire, conferences and festivals

The beginning of the year kicked off with the learning of some fresh new repertoire and the annual Harrogate Community Choirs Festival at the Royal Hall. We were thrilled to share the stage with Skipton Choir, The Stray Notes, Knot Another Choir, The Daytones, Ryelarks and Love Pop Choir, proving that choral singing in Harrogate and the surrounding area is indeed thriving. We were relieved that our MD made it back in time for the Festival, having spent the day attending the ‘Peterborough Sings’ Male Voice Choir conference. He returned with plenty of great ideas to implement over the coming months/years.

March/April

Having enjoyed performing at Oatlands Junior schools assemblies in March (ahead of performing with their choir, and another from Rosset Acre Primary, at our annual ‘Sing Out’ concert in July), we now look forward to a daytime concert in aid of Ripon Walled Garden on 4th April, followed by a trip to Whitby to compete in the Eskdale Festival.

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Concert 7th June 2024

It’s about time we had a concert! Come and Join us at West Park United Reformed Church for a varied evening of music, 7.30pm on Friday 7th June 2024. Further details below.

 

 

2024 so far

While slightly quiet with our announcements, HMVC has has a very successful start to the year: focusing on new repertoire, competing in the Harrogate Competitive Festival (achieving a ‘merit’ performance and coming a close second to Main Street Sound), and taking part in the annual Harrogate Festival of Choirs at the Royal Hall. We thoroughly enjoyed performing alongside our friends from Skipton Choir, Love Pop Choir, Knot Another Choir, The Stray Voices, The Daytones, Yorkshire Voices and St. John Fisher’s Junior School. Sadly, the choir has also had to say a fond farewell to two stalwarts of the choir in recent weeks; Peter Allen and John Dawson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming concerts

HMVC now moves its focus to Christmas, with concerts coming up in Green Hammerton, Pannal and Harrogate. See our ‘Hear Us’ page for details of these.

 

October concert

On 15th October we travelled to Pickering to perform with the fabulous ladies choir The Ryelarks. A great day had by all, performing to a full church and premiering our brand new song, Starlight Song.

 


September concert

In September HMVC enjoyed a joint concert with the Sound Fellows at Gracious Street Methodist Church in Knaresborough, raising nearly £600 for charity. This concert can be live streamed from the Gracious Street Facebook page here: https://fb.watch/no72AEo1ng/

 

 

Upcoming concert

“Our postponed concert in Pickering with the Ryelarks will now take place on Sunday 15th October (afternoon concert). See ‘Hear us’ for further details”

 

Summer break after two concerts in two weeks

“Two concerts in two weeks
HMVC is now enjoying a well earned Summer break, but we ended the season in style with two concerts in consecutive weeks. Firstly, we enjoyed our Annual Sing Out concert at Harrogate Grammar School, alongside the brilliant children’s choir from Western Primary School. We then performed at St. Mary’s Church Boston Spa and received positive reviews from audiences at both events. HMVC resume their Tuesday evening rehearsals at Woodlands Methodist Church on 5th September – prospective new members always welcome!
Photographs by Will Pearse”

Upcoming concert!

HMVC enjoyed a mini concert at Western Primary this week followed by a rehearsal with the brilliant children’s choir ahead of our annual Sing Out concert on 13th May. Tickets still available!

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Postponed concert in June

Sadly, our joint concert with Ryelarks in Pickering this June has had to be postponed.

Two festivals in one day – 18th March

HMVC had a busy day on Saturday 18th March, competing in the Harrogate Competitive Festival during the day and then in the Harrogate Choral Festival at Harrogate Theatre in the evening. In competition, we won the open choir class with a ‘commended’ adjudication for our performance of Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon (Ukrainian lullaby) and Shenandoah. The win put us into a playoff class in which we performed the same two songs. We lost the class to a fabulous barber shop quartet but were delighted to improve our performance result by earning a ‘distinction’ from the adjudicator.
In the evening, we performed in the first Harrogate Choral Festival hosted by our friends at The Stray Notes. A thoroughly entertaining evening involved performances from The Stray Notes, Love Pop Choir, Skipton Choir, Rock Choir, Knot Another Choir and the gentlemen of HMVC. Here’s hoping that we will be able to take part in both these events again next year.

Photos and videos from February 11th concert

2022 at a glance

Our choir has been proactive this past year. We have we have given five concerts’, the last being on the 13th December 2022. Additionally, in April, we competed and performed well in the Eskdale Choir Festival, Whitby.

It has been a milestone year for our choir in as much that we had a joint concert with a lady’s choir from Nottingham called the Lyrical SoNGbirds. This was the first time Harrogate Male Voice Choir had performed in the same concert with a lady’s choir. Similarly, it was the first time that Lyrical SoNGbirds had sung outside their hometown, Nottingham. It was a most enjoyable and successful event which took place at the West Park United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenueand was in aid of Saint Michaels Hospice, Harrogate. We raised a total of £654 for the Hospice.

Our association with The Lyrical SoNGbirds was forged during ‘Lockdown’ when their Musical Director, Ian Watts invited members of HMVC to join Carlton Male Voice Choir (he is also their Musical Director) on their ZOOM sessions, during those difficult times – evidence of the wonderful fellowship within the choral community, where distance has no bounds.

Including the amount raised for Saint Michael’s, a total of £3,492 was raised for various charitable organisations in the year.

HARROGATE MALE VOICE CHOIR IS CONSTANTLY IN RECRUITMENT MODE AND WOULD WELCOME ANY GENTLEMAN WHO ENJOYS SINGING AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US AT WOODLANDS METHODIST CHURCH HALL, WETHERBY ROAD, HG2 7SG.
WHEN? EVERY TUESDAY EVENING BETWEEN 7.30PM – 9.30PM FOR REHEARSALS. ON AVERAGE, WE HOLD 10 CONCERTS THROUGHOUT OUR YEAR WHICH LASTS FROM SEPTEMBER TO THE END OF JUNE.

WE ARE A FRIENDLY GROUP OF GENTLEMEN, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND FIND SINGING AND SOCIALISING VERY ENJOYABLE AND FULFILLING.  GOOD FOR ONES’ HEALTH AND WELLBEING!

WHY NOT COME AND TRY IT OUT. PLEASE GIVE LAWRIE COULTHARD A CALL ON 07905515492.