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Southern England's most exciting male voice choir!
Registered charity number: 1112732
Croydon Choir brings sunshine to Caterham Festival
John Ward Turner writes: On a lovely balmy Sunday, June 2, two dozen members of Croydon Male Voice Choir met up to sing from the steps of Caterham Community Centre, soaking up the year’s first hint of summer warmth, as well as the appreciation of the many visitors attending the ever-popular annual Caterham Festival.
CMVC boys take to the steps in Caterham (photo John Ward Turner)
Choir delights on Worthing tour
May 21: The Croydon choir has returned from a barn-storming tour of Worthing and Arundel. It delighted packed audiences with spirited performances covering the whole of its current repertoire, and created extended reverberations in the stunning acoustics of Arundel Cathedral.
The choir sings at Arundel Cathedral (photo Leni Gillman)
A storming spring concert
April 21: In an exuberant spring concert, the choir renewed its partnership with the Swift Singers, a women’s choir from South Woodham Ferrers in Essex, to deliver storming performances to a packed audience at Shirley Methodist Church on Saturday.
CMVC and Swfits combine at spring concert (Photos: Phil Talmage)
Resounding return to West Wickham
12 March 2024: The choir’s concert on March 9 was at St Francis, West Wickham, always a welcoming venue and memorable for the choir’s affecting WW1 centenary concert there in November 2018.
CMVC at St Francis (all photos Richard Pometsey/Fields of Growth Photography)
New Year and More New Faces
22 February 2024 Dave Bannister writes: There was an appreciative audience at St John's Old Coulsdon on 17 February for CMVC's first outing in 2024. For the second concert in succession, the choir included a number of new faces as more aspiring choristers from October's recruitment Open Evening felt confident enough to stage. In his opening remarks, Music Director Matthew Quinn welcomed them and commented how encouraging it was that the Sandilands rehearsal room seemed to have more people in it every week.
CMVC at Old Coulsdon (photo Brian Fitzell)
A great choir Christmas - now for 2024!
January 1 2024: The choir enjoyed a busy Christmas. Its activities began with the choir’s traditional Christmas concert at St John’s Shirley on 9 December. It was an evening of firsts. Andrew Moore made his debut appearance with the choir, covering for regular conductor and fellow Northern Irishman Matthew Quinn who was called home for a family emergency.
CMVC at St Johns Christmas Concert (photo Pascal)