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Milton Keynes Chorale

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The largest auditioned choir in Milton Keynes. Est. 1974.
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On Tuesday evening we held our AGM. Our fabulous Board and Musical Director presented their annual reports, celebrating the successes of the last twelve months.

Cyril Wood and Ruth Wilkinson are both stepping down as trustees after reaching their maximum permitted years of service. Cyril has tirelessly spent every rehearsal break opening the MKC shop, and has managed our finances meticulously. Ruth spearheads our hugely successful Come and Sing events every year, and creates our wonderful concert programmes; she will continue in those roles but retires from the Board. Both have supported and enhanced the choir’s growth and development over the last few years, for which we are enormously thankful.

We now welcome our newest Trustees, Pam Furnis (Treasurer), Gill Wood (our current Librarian), Joss Spear and Jo Wallwork. We’re thrilled to have you.

This year’s AGM also marked the end of Glenys Bloomfield’s reign as Membership Secretary; a post she took up in 2014. We give heartfelt thanks as she also stands down after reaching her maximum number of years as a trustee.

We also welcome our wonderful new Community and Membership Lead, Liam Friend!

We’re so excited to welcome these excellent humans to our already fabulous Board of Trustees. Onwards and upwards!

#miltonkeynes #chorale #music #classical #thankyou taken in The Church of Christ the Cornerstone by @mkchorale

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A cracking warm up this evening from @riyikesheenamusic to activate our breathing in preparation for some work on Lili Boulanger’s Hymne Au Soleil and Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light!

See you at our concert on Saturday 14 November! Tickets available now at MKChorale.org.uk

#chorale #miltonkeynes #classical #choral #singing taken in The Church of Christ the Cornerstone by @mkchorale

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11 days ago

Applications for our 2027 Conducting Fellowship are now OPEN!

Deadline: 15 November at 6pm

Could this be you?

More information on mkchorale.org.uk

📷 @susieqz2

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Happy Birthday to George Gershwin, born on this day in 1898! I’ve been dusting off Rhapsody in Blue in preparation for @mkchorale’s concert on 21 February in Milton Keynes. I first learnt it as a teenager; having begun the long process of reworking it, I discover I didn’t really learn it properly in the first place... Does that sound familiar to anyone else? Here’s a snippet of the early stages of my slightly wiser, more accurate, version. Much more to do… Tickets from mkchorale.org! 💙

#gershwin #rhapsodyinblue #pianistsofinstagram #mkchorale #musiciansofinstagram taken in Milton Keynes by @mkchorale

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21 days ago

Introducing our Assistant Musical Director, Alex Aitken!

@alexaitken91
📸 @fionascottphotography

#mkchorale #choralconductor #pianist #classical #music by @mkchorale

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19 days ago

Introducing our Musical Director, Mark Jordan!

#conductor #music #choral #classical #choralconductor by @mkchorale

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23 days ago

📣Announcing the MK Chorale 26/27 Season!

#choral #classical #miltonkeynes #music

Eternal Light

Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil
Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Howard Goodall: Eternal Light

‘Where words fail, music speaks.’
Hans Christian Andersen

This remembrance season, MK Chorale presents three remarkable works from France, America and England that each explore illumination, solace and hope. Opening with the blazing and arresting brilliance of Lili Boulanger’s Hymne au Soleil ☀️ (Hymn to the Sun), the first half of the concert then focuses on the serene beauty and shining harmonies of Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. Howard Goodall’s remarkable Eternal Light forms the second half of the concert. In the spirit of Brahms’s requiem, Goodall aims to provide solace to the living who mourn, and pairs extracts of traditional texts from the Requiem mass with some of the finest English poetry of the last 500 years.

Join us for what promises to be a moving and contemplative journey through music united by the desire to always find the light. 💡

Christmas with the Chorale

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Rutter: What Sweeter Music
and much more!

Join us for our annual Christmas celebration and kick off Christmas with style! With audience carols, seasonal readings, plenty of humour, some surprises, and the all-important mince pies and mulled wine, we promise to bring some seasonal magic to all the family.

Come and Sing: Belshazzar’s Feast

Join our Musical Director Mark Jordan and Assistant Musical Director Alex Aitken for a rewarding day focussed on one of the masterpieces of early twentieth-century English choral music - Walton’s mighty dramatic cantata Belshazzar’s Feast. The day will culminate with an informal performance to friends and family at the end of the day.

Few choral works give singers the sheer adrenaline rush of this remarkable work that is often cost prohibitive to perform. Walton’s musical language combines thrilling counterpoint with jazz-inflected rhythms, jagged syncopations, fiery rhythmic vitality and explosively brilliant choral writing.

An immediate sensation at its 1931 première, the work ultimately became a landmark of by @mkchorale

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a month ago

First rehearsal back at @mkchorale. And some cracking repertoire ahead this term!

#mkchorale #choirsofinstagram #miltonkeynes #mortenlauridsen #howardgoodall taken in The Church of Christ the Cornerstone by @mkchorale

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📣 Calling all singers! Join Milton Keynes’ largest auditioned choir and sing some of the best music ever written, under the inspired direction of @mark.conductor expertly assisted by @alexaitken91 . Get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

👀 Turn your volume up for a sneak peek at what’s in store this term 🎶

#chorale #miltonkeynes #classical #sing #choir by @mkchorale

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Get excited…

#chorale #miltonkeynes #choir #singing #music by @mkchorale

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2 months ago

How was this three weeks ago already?! We’re still not over our amazing Sea Pictures concert on 5 July. Here are a few of our favourite moments from the day. 🌊⛵️🌊

If you enjoy singing and want to join a very friendly choir with high standards, innovative programming and plenty of laughs along the way, then get in touch or visit mkchorale.org.uk for more information.

Rehearsals are on Tuesdays in term time, at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in central Milton Keynes, and are led by our nationally respected music team - Musical Director @mark.conductor and Assistant Musical Director @alexaitken91.

📸 @susieqz2 👏

#mkchorale #miltonkeynes #choirsofinstagram #singing #choir taken in The Church of Christ the Cornerstone by @mkchorale

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3 months ago

Happy Birthday to Gerald Finzi, born on this day in 1901. Last year I got to perform one of my favourites, his Eclogue, with @alina_orchestra as part of @mkchorale’s Summer Concert. It was written originally as the middle movement of an ultimately unfinished piano concerto. Reposting a snippet from that concert, conducted by @mark.conductor, and with permission from the orchestra. Enjoy!

#finzi #finzieclogue #pianistsofinstagram #alinaorchestra #mkchorale taken in The Church of Christ the Cornerstone by @mkchorale

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