Afternoon Choral Concert

FREE EVENT - no tickets needed. All welcome!

Enjoy a Sunday afternoon performance of wonderfully calming choral music sung by the nationally renowned Diocese of Manchester Choral Scholars. 

Before the performance budding singers of all abilities and experience have the unique opportunity to rehearse with the choir & learn the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah and Alleluia, by Leonard Cohen’s, performing the pieces at the end of the concert.

Whether you'd like to take part in the singing workshop, or simply attend the concert it will be a wonderful afternoon of choral singing in the splendid setting of St Margaret's Church.  

3.00pm Come-and Sing Halleluiah workshop  

4.00pm Break

4.15pm Doors open for concert 

4.30pm Concert 

About the Diocese of Manchester Choral Scholars

 The Diocese of Manchester Choral Scholarships offer a programme of stimulating and educative choral training, working across churches in Manchester with the music team from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. The scheme is aimed at choral singers wishing to embark on a professional career in singing. The Choral Scholarships provide an opportunity for up to ten singers to enjoy an intensive, focused period of development alongside others of a similar standard and interests whilst building on a tradition of musical excellence in churches in the city centre and beyond.

The Choral Scholarship programme is part of a wider project called ‘Sing my Soul’, which aims to develop new music and faith initiatives in a number of churches in the Diocese of Manchester, supported by the Church of England Strategic Development Fund.

As well as their regular commitments, the Manchester Choral Scholars have sung for broadcasts of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3, taken part in Church of England online services for Christmas and the Platinum Jubilee, and participated in concerts in London and Manchester, including a collaboration with vocal ensemble I Fagiolini. They have taken part in workshops with choral leaders including Neil Ferris, Jamie Wright, Robert Hollingworth and Stuart Overington.

In 2024-25 the Choral Scholars will be based at St Paul’s Church, Withington, South Manchester, singing for services on Wednesday evenings, alongside some Saturday performances in St Stephen Audenshaw, Oldham Parish Church and other churches throughout Manchester.

More information: https://www.manchester.anglican.org/faithlife/sing-my-soul/choral-scholarships/