Male Choir Resources…
Male Choir Resources…
The modern male choir faces significant challenges: maintaining relevance, successful recruitment and engaging with younger men all require careful consideration and hard work to achieve positive outcomes, especially in the brave new world of the post-pandemic era.
Please see below for a bank of online training and videos from sector specialists addressing these issues and many more…
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Peterborough Male Voice Choir: National Male/Lower Voice Choirs Conference 2025
This unique one-day event for male choir music staff, officers, trustees and singers offered an invaluable opportunity to benefit from the expertise of sector specialists providing a wealth of ideas, inspiration and practical advice.
Session presenters were:
Will Prideaux (Peterborough Male Voice Choir/Peterborough Sings!), Barbara Eifler (Making Music), Edward-Rhys Harry (London Welsh Male Voice Choir), Michael Betteridge (The Sunday Boys) and Aled Phillips (John’s Boys Male Chorus).
Presented in association with Making Music and the Association of British Choir Directors.
National Men United in Song project, 2024
In 2024 with funding from Arts Council England, Peterborough Male Voice Choir mentored four more UK MVCs - Radcliffe-On-Trent, Worcester, Northampton, Welwyn Garden City and Carlton Male Voice Choirs - through its tried-and-tested project-based recruitment programme. As part of this initiative, six online training sessions were given addressing various aspects of the process including: print media and press releases, social media, radio interviews, fundraising and equality diversity and inclusion, as well as an overview of the process by Will Prideaux, director of Peterborough Sings!
The results of this initiative have been remarkable with over 400 men performing live on stage at the final massed concert at the Albert Hall, Nottingham, on Saturday 25th May 2024, and nearly £100k raised for Prostate Cancer UK.
Peterborough Male Voice Choir: National Male/Lower Voice Choirs Conference 2023
Organised by Peterborough Male Voice Choir in collaboration with the Association of British Choral Directors and Making Music and funded by Arts Council England, this unique one-day event offered a wealth of ideas, inspiration and practical tips for the development of male choirs and a valuable opportunity to benefit from the expertise of leading male choral conductors and practitioners…