Registered Charity

 No.1008434

 

Member of the National Association of Choirs

 Shelfield Male Voice Choir have been entertaining audiences for over thirty years, and membership has increased from a handful to a current figure of around seventy. Practices are still held in the same Methodist Church where those few pioneers first met under the leadership of its founder and present Musical Director, Harvey Boucher. The repertoire now extends to many kinds of music including opera, sacred music and spirituals as well as modern popular songs and songs from the musical shows.

Many concerts are still played to small local audiences, raising large sums for charity each year; however the Choir has made itself known at all points between North Yorkshire and South Devon, and frequently in Wales; the Choir has performed twice in France and have given two short impromptu recitals in Austria. In November 1998 the Choir took part in the Malta International Choir Festival with choirs from eleven countries. 

Shelfield has competed successfully against other choirs at festivals including Blackpool, Rhyl and Cheltenham, but has also gladly accepted invitations to join forces with other male choirs, twice at the World Choir in Cardiff, six times at the Royal Albert Hall in London and at the National Exhibition Centre and the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. In 1991 the choir took part in a concert for the International Olympic Committee at the Birmingham International Conference Centre before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Amongst its busy programme in 2000, the choir gave a Concert in Scarborough and performed in Barcelona Cathedral, Montserrat Abbey and Calella Church in Spain in addition to a very busy local programme. 2002 saw the choir singing in Mannenkoor Beeker Liedertafel in Valkenburg in October during their visit to The Netherlands. 2002 also saw our return to the Royal Albert Hall as invited singers alongside the London Welsh Centenary Choirs. In 2004 the choir had two engagements in Rüdesheim on their successful Rhine tour.

The concert diary for 2007 is now full. The choir will have their Annual Concert at Walsall Town Hall on 19th May. We are now taking bookings for 2008 so please make early contact if you would like to book the choir.

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