Rossendale Male Voice Choir's Podcast
Rossendale Male Voice Choir's Podcast
Podcast Description
Choir News and UpdatesWelcome to the official platform for all the latest news and concert information from our choir! We are excited to keep you informed about our performances, events, and the wonderful music we create together. Plus our Maestro Series by Mr Matthew Thomas MD. This is a choir with both a great history and, we believe, a great future. In 2024 we will celebrate a hundred years since we were founded by Fred Tomlinson. He took a group of local singers and made of them a choir which, among other honours, would go on to win the Llangollen Eisteddfod an unprecedented THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES (1952-54)Fred led the choir for over 50 years before handing the baton to his son, Ernest, an accomplished arranger and composer. We won more competitions later under the 24-year leadership of Beatrice Wade, and her successors, until our current maestro, Matthew Thomas, took over the reins in 2015. Matthew has brought a 21-st century approach to our repertoire, adding a more theatrical element and delivering excellent performances at concerts and competitions, winning “Song of the Competition” at the Cornwall International Choir Festival 2019, and more recently, the Lancashire Choir of The Year Award 2022.But it’s not only competitions we take seriously. Our love of singing starts here in the Valley, where we regularly perform to raise funds for local charities, which also gives us the chance to let our hair down a little and really entertain our friends and neighbours. As well as our true choir repertoire Matthew has now developed “The Irwell Shantymen”, a parallel group offering a more varied menu of musical offerings.
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The podcast delves into themes such as the choir's century-long history, its competition achievements, and community engagement, highlighted by episodes like discussions on competition successes and the development of unique musical projects such as 'The Irwell Shantymen'. It also showcases special segments like the Maestro Series, where well-known composers and conductors share their expertise and experiences.
Choir News and Updates
Welcome to the official platform for all the latest news and concert information from our choir! We are excited to keep you informed about our performances, events, and the wonderful music we create together. Plus our Maestro Series by Mr Matthew Thomas MD.
This is a choir with both a great history and, we believe, a great future. In 2024 we will celebrate a hundred years since we were founded by Fred Tomlinson. He took a group of local singers and made of them a choir which, among other honours, would go on to win the Llangollen Eisteddfod an unprecedented THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES (1952-54)
Fred led the choir for over 50 years before handing the baton to his son, Ernest, an accomplished arranger and composer. We won more competitions later under the 24-year leadership of Beatrice Wade, and her successors, until our current maestro, Matthew Thomas, took over the reins in 2015. Matthew has brought a 21-st century approach to our repertoire, adding a more theatrical element and delivering excellent performances at concerts and competitions, winning “Song of the Competition” at the Cornwall International Choir Festival 2019, and more recently, the Lancashire Choir of The Year Award 2022.
But it’s not only competitions we take seriously. Our love of singing starts here in the Valley, where we regularly perform to raise funds for local charities, which also gives us the chance to let our hair down a little and really entertain our friends and neighbours. As well as our true choir repertoire Matthew has now developed “The Irwell Shantymen”, a parallel group offering a more varied menu of musical offerings.
We’re on TV!
Rossendale Male Voice Choir are absolutely delighted to have featured in episode 7 of BGT ‘Unseen’ on ITVX! Being on ‘Unseen’ means that we are now ‘The Rossendale Male Voice Choir – as seen on Britain’s Got Talent!’
Our performance will also appear on BGT’s YouTube channel – so will be available internationally to a huge worldwide audience of almost 22 million subscribers.
We loved the way our audition day was edited – opening the show as ‘Lancashire poster boys’, then our stage entrance being accompanied by old-time music, followed by the joyous atmosphere of the performance itself. Nobody would have been expecting us to sing an Oasis classic!
BGT Unseen offers a different perspective to the ITV1 show, featuring just three acts and often with more in-depth coverage than is possible on the TV broadcast. So it’s brilliant that we are one of the acts given not just a few seconds but a few minutes of airtime and a proper chance for everyone to share in the excitement of our BGT audition at Blackpool's wonderful Winter Gardens.
Please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIA3iVeYpvk&pp=ygUbcm9zc2VuZGFsZSBtYWxlIHZvaWNlIGNob2ly
For the full video.
Welcome to the Rossendale Male Voice Choir podcast! I'm Michael Banham-Guerrero, the Media Manager for this historic choir. The Rossendale Male Voice Choir has been an integral part of our community since its inception in 1924, founded by the visionary Fred Thomlinson. Over the years, this choir has not only entertained audiences but also brought together men from various walks of life, united by their love for music.
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