Chorus UK (styled Chorus Choirs) is a large professional choir performing with the community and based in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, England. The choir is managed by Andy Booth Presents, formerly Fono Productions, and the musical director is Andy Booth.

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The choir performs various concerts as well as paid professional work, and is formed predominantly from singers without professional musical experience, and has grown from 50 to over 500 members. New members are recruited through regular 'come and try singing' workshops.[1] With the ethos that 'anyone can sing' the choir welcomes all members and does not require auditions.[citation needed]

The choir sings a variety of popular music, from Broadway, pop, and rock. Across a term of 12 weeks, the choir prepares for a large concert at various venues including Sheffield City Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, and Leeds Town Hall. The concerts are often supported by the Sheffield Pops Orchestra and have featured guest soloists such as Lance Ellington and Jonathan Ansell.[2]

Chorus expanded in to Manchester in April 2016 and then in to Leeds shortly after, with new branches opening in Birmingham, Nottingham, and Chesterfield opening in 2017, and Liverpool in 2019. Members of the choir supported Russell Watson on his 'Songs from the Heart' tour in July 2016.[3] The choir was also invited to re-record a song with James Toseland and his band, Toseland, to be the anthem of the 2017 Special Olympics.[4]

Concerts

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The choir have now held many large scale concerts, with a variety of other performances for charity as well as paid work for television.

Date Title Description Location
14/07/2013 Steel City Sings Celebrating the City of Sheffield's music, movies and people City Hall, Sheffield
17/11/2013 When You Believe Songs from Disney City Hall, Sheffield
30/03/2014 Magical Movies Music for films old and new Octagon, Sheffield
07/06/2014 Knowing Me Knowing You Celebrating 40 years of ABBA and the songwriting of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus City Hall, Sheffield
29/11/2014 Broadway Baby The music of Broadway City Hall, Sheffield
29/03/2015 Princes of Rock An electric concert exploring the world of classic rock City Hall, Sheffield
21/06/2015 Requiem for a Soldier Marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo City Hall, Sheffield
13/12/2015 Christmas Celebration Christmas songs old and new City Hall, Sheffield
10/04/2016 Out of this World Space themed music from pop to classical City Hall, Sheffield
03/07/2016 Rise of the Heroes Music from superhero movie soundtracks City Hall, Sheffield
02/12/2016 Christmas Celebration Christmas classics old and new RNCM, Manchester
11/12/2016 Christmas Celebration Christmas classics old and new City Hall, Sheffield
19/03/2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies Town Hall, Leeds
02/04/2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies City Hall, Sheffield
07/04/2017 Cinemagic Magical songs from the movies RNCM, Manchester
25/06/2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits Octagon, Sheffield
02/07/2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits Left Bank, Leeds
21/07/2017 Princes of Rock 2 The best rock hits RNCM, Manchester
02/12/2017 Christmas Celebration '17 A festive concert for all the family Solihull Women's Institute
09/12/2017 Christmas Celebration '17 A festive concert for all the family St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
10/12/2017 Christmas Celebration '17 A festive concert for all the family City Hall, Sheffield
15/12/2017 Christmas Celebration '17 A festive concert for all the family Town Hall, Stockport
21/04/2018 Hallelujah St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham
28/04/2018 Hallelujah St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
29/04/2018 Hallelujah City Hall, Sheffield
07/07/2018 Mighty Jungle St Giles Church, Bramhope, Leeds
14/07/2018 Mighty Jungle Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
21/07/2018 Mighty Jungle St Anne's Church, Manchester
29/07/2018 Mighty Jungle City Hall, Sheffield
08/12/2018 Christmas Celebration A celebration of Christmas St Anne's Church, Manchester
09/12/2018 Christmas Celebration A celebration of Christmas City Hall, Sheffield
15/12/2018 Christmas Celebration A celebration of Christmas Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
16/12/2018 Christmas Celebration A celebration of Christmas St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
06/04/2019 Back to Broadway An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era St Anne's Church, Manchester
07/04/2019 Back to Broadway An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
13/04/2019 Back to Broadway An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era St Giles Church, Bramhope, Leeds
14/04/2019 Back to Broadway An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era City Hall, Sheffield
13/07/2019 Magic Everywhere A magical selection of Disney songs St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
14/07/2019 Magic Everywhere A magical selection of Disney songs Dronfield Civic Centre, Dronfield
20/07/2019 Magic Everywhere A magical selection of Disney songs St Anne's Church, Manchester
07/12/2019 Celebration - Hope A celebration of Hope Alder Hey Hospital Liverpool
08/12/2019 Celebration - Hope A celebration of Hope City Hall, Sheffield
13/12/2019 Celebration - Hope A celebration of Hope Leeds College of Music
14/12/2019 Celebration - Hope A celebration of Hope Cosmo Rodwald Concert Hall, Manchester
15/12/2019 Celebration - Hope A celebration of Hope St Thomas Centre, Chesterfield

International appearances

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Professional Work

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References

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  1. ^ "CATS workshops". choruschoirs.com.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Jonathan Ansell sings with Chorus UK". Jonathan Ansell official website. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Russell Watson - Songs from the Heart".
  4. ^ "We'll Stop At Nothing - Special Olympics 2017 Anthem". Twitter. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "ChorusUK performing When You Wish Upon A Star at Disneyland Paris". Facebook. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Disney's Enchanted Christmas 2018".
  7. ^ "Celebrity Carols at Christmas".
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