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Had a brilliant time visiting these gents on Tuesday - seeing them in action and hearing more about their approach to all things Choral was so inspiring! Not to mention hearing MK Chorale rehearse their upcoming concert - it'll be a gem! Watch out my choirs, new ideas are forming.. 😉 #mkchorale
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Let's take opera into the classroom 🎭 Delivering Opera in Primary Education is a free five-day course for opera singers and repetiteurs, run by the National Opera Studio with the Royal Ballet and Opera 🎶 Learn from expert practitioners, lead a workshop in a local Wandsworth primary school, and discover how to inspire children through creative music-making 🗓️ 21-25 November Head to the link in bio to find out more and apply. Applications close 30 October 🔗 #NationalOperaStudio #RoyalBalletandOpera #OperaEducation #OperaSingers #Repetiteur #ArtsEducation #UKOpera Two women in a rehearsal space sing and gesture as they take part in a workshop, one in a cream shirt with wavy hair and one in a lilac jumper with her hair up. A grey-haired man in a white shirt and glasses stands behind them, and a screen showing a list is visible on the left. Text reads: “Delivering Opera in Primary Education. 21-25 November, National Opera Studio. A free course equipping opera singers and repetiteurs with the skills, knowledge and experience needed to work effectively with primary age children. Learn from expert practitioners. Lead a workshop in a local Wandsworth school. Inspire children through creative music making.” The National Opera Studio and Royal Ballet & Opera logos sit at the bottom right.
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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
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Are you passionate about bringing opera to young audiences? Well this short course might be for you 🎶 Delivering Opera in Primary Education is a free, five-day intensive course at the National Opera Studio, in partnership with the Royal Ballet and Opera. Combining CPD sessions, workshops, observation opportunities and experience in local primary schools, this course gives opera singers and repetiteurs the practical skills, confidence and knowledge to work effectively with primary-aged children. 🗓️ 21 - 25 November To find out more and to apply, head to the link in bio 🔗 #OperaEducation #PrimaryEducation #NationalOperaStudio #RoyalBalletAndOpera #MusicEducation
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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
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Introducing our Assistant Musical Director, Alex Aitken! @alexaitken91 📸 @fionascottphotography #mkchorale #choralconductor #pianist #classical #music
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Thinking about starting a choir? Or already leading one and looking to get back to basics? 🎶 Bookings are now open for ABRSM Voices Choral Leadership Level 1 on 6 November. We’ll spend the day exploring vocal technique, choir warm-ups, teaching songs, conducting basics, and choosing repertoire that really works for young singers. It’s practical, supportive, full of take-home ideas... and you’ll be spending the day with yours truly. 😊 Book via the ABRSM Teacher Hub (link in my bio) and come and join us! #ABRSMVoices #ChoralLeadership #ChoirLeader #MusicEducation #SingingForAll
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📣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
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✨ We are thrilled to present the White Horse Festival Opera Gala Dinner 2026 ✨ Presented in partnership with Chef James Graham and the stunning @carvershill estate, this spectacular evening features soprano @hilarycronin8, tenor @xavierhetherington.tenor and pianist @alexaitken91 - musicians at the forefront of the country’s classical landscape. James Graham and his team from @thebell.ramsbury present an authentic, understated Italian three-course menu, while each ticket includes a welcome glass of wonderful Carvers Hill rosé. With an hour of opera split over three delicious courses; we invite you to slip on your black tie and join us for a truly unmissable event in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside on 10th October. This promises to be an evening to remember.
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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
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Get excited… #chorale #miltonkeynes #choir #singing #music
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At what point did you realise what this song was? 🦁 👑 A clip of Blue and Green choirs learning @alexaitken91’s new arrangement of the Circlr of Life, the Elton John / Hans Zimmer classic opening song from Disney’s The Lion King with lyrics by Tim Rice. BRB, watching the film. #lionking #circleoflife #eltonjohn #timrice #hanszimmer
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