Member area
Board Members
Chair – Will Swann
mkchair@mkchorale.org.uk
Secretary & Web Editor – Juliet Gilliland
secretary@mkchorale.org.uk
Membership Secretary – Glenys Bloomfield
membership@mkchorale.org.uk
Treasurer – Cyril Wood
treasurer@mkchorale.org.uk
External Publicity & Events + Box Office – Ruth Wilkinson
publicity@mkchorale.org.uk
PR Manager – Sarah Dyer
prmanager@mkchorale.org.uk
Concert Manager – Anne Wood
concerts@mkchorale.org.uk
Health & Safety Officer & Safeguarding Officer –
firstaid@mkchorale.org.uk
Trustee – Jacky Holloway
trustee.jh@mkchorale.org.uk
Trustee – Becky Kitchen
Trustee – Graham Pembery
Trustee – Suzie Morris
Other Vital Personnel
Internal Communications – Ian Collcott
notices@mkchorale.org.uk
Music Librarian – Gill Wood (sources and provides all music for concerts)
librarian@mkchorale.org.uk
Music Hire Officer – Felicity Head (manages external hire of MK Chorale’s music library)
musichire@mkchorale.org.uk
Voice Reps
Soprano 1 – Anthea Harper-Burton
Soprano 2 – Trish Browne
Alto 1 – Sally Jones
Alto 2 – Nicky Moss
Tenor – Liz Huxley-Capurro
Bass – Adrian Morrow
Rehearsal Refreshments Co-ordinator – Carole Probert
Event Refreshments Co-ordinators – Vacancy x 2
Stewarding Team Co-ordinator – Vacancy
Raffle Organiser – Vacancy
Choral Conducting Fellow
Our Choral Conducting Fellow for 2022/23 is Felix Dickenson. Here is his bio:
Born and raised in East Yorkshire, Felix Dickenson is a Bass-Baritone singer, arranger, producer and conductor. He first fell in love with vocal music while a chorister at Beverley Minster and has never looked back. He studied Music at the University of Bristol, specialising in musicology and performance, where he sang with and musically directed as many ensembles and performances as was humanly possible. He graduated with a First at BA and a Distinction at MA. He was selected as one of Sing For Pleasure’s Young Conducting Scholars in 2022.
Felix has recently moved to London, and has previously performed solos in works including Brahms’ Requiem and Bach’s Wachet Auf. He is also active in the UK’s contemporary a cappella scene, recently winning the Solevoci International A Cappella Festival in Varese, Italy, and is also in demand for demo recordings and workshops for new pieces of musical theatre. Alongside his freelance performing, he works in the recording studios at the Royal Academy of Music.
Subscriptions and Donations
Please ensure you start a method of payment as soon as fees are confirmed at the annual AGM, and well before the Autumn concert.
The current standard subscription rate for the 2022/3 season has now been set at £220. This covers the period from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 and may be paid in one lump sum of £220, three termly payments of £74, or twelve monthly payments of £19.
If you have been paying monthly at the old rate, please pay the balance of £4 per month since August 2022.
If you pay termly and have already paid for the Autumn term, please pay the balance due of £14.
Please make payment directly to the Chorale bank account detailed below and include your name in the payment description.
Account Name – Milton Keynes Chorale
Account No. – 23842681
Sort Code – 20-57-44
Please also complete a Gift Aid form available here if you are a taxpayer and have not already done so, and then email it to our Treasurer, Cyril Wood. This is an essential form of extra income for MK Chorale. Any additional top up donations are also always welcome. Please advise our Treasurer, Cyril Wood, if you are going to do this.
If you are concerned about fee payment, please contact either Cyril Wood, our Treasurer or Glenys Bloomfield, our Membership Secretary in confidence. They have discretion to vary payment requirements to support individuals facing financial difficulties. There is also a discount scheme in place for students where the standard fee payable is reduced by two thirds.
Policy Documents
Music Downloads & Concert Feedback
Zoom Rehearsal Info
There are no plans to continue offering virtual rehearsals from September 2022. The below details have been left in place should this change at some point.
Meeting ID: 860 2289 8591
Passcode: MKC#2022
Useful Links
https://www.choraline.com – Our discount code is MKC and entitles us to 20% off.
https://www.johnfletchermusic.org/ – A very useful source of music downloads and practice files. Free and premium memberships available.
Chorale Newsletters, Papers, Rehearsal & Concert Notes
AGM 2022/23 Season
Concert Information
2023/24 Season:
Autumn Concert: Saturday 18 November 2023 – 7.30pm
‘Innovation & Invention’
McDowell Da Vinci Requiem
and music by Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Boulanger, Esenvalds and Mvula
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
Bach Invention
@ St Peter & St Paul’s, Olney
Christmas Concert: Saturday 16 December 2023 – 5pm
Christmas music @ St Martin’s, Fenny Stratford
Come and Sing: Saturday 27 January 2024 – 9.30am
Elgar Dream of Gerontius
@ Christ the Cornerstone, Central Milton Keynes
Spring Concert: Saturday 16 March 2024 – 7.30pm
‘War and Peace’
Haydn Nelson Mass
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
@ St Mary & St Giles, Stony Stratford
Summer Concert: Saturday 6 July 2024 – 2.30pm
‘A Musical Menagerie’ – a fun family concert (suitable for children aged 5+)
Horovitz Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo
Whitacre Animal Crackers
Rutter Wind in the Willows
@ The Venue, Walton High School
2024/25 Fiftieth Anniversary Season:
MK Chorale celebrates its half-centenary in the 2024-25 season. Several dates, programmes and venues have already been fixed:
Autumn Concert: Saturday 23 November 2024 – 7.30pm
Britten Saint Nicolas Cantata conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton
Christmas Concert: Saturday 14 December 2024 – 5pm
Christmas music inc brass @ St Mary & St Giles, Stony Stratford
Come & Sing: Saturday 25 January 2025 10am-4pm
Led by Bob Chilcott.
@ Christ the Cornerstone, Central Milton Keynes
Spring 2025: Saturday 15 March 2025 – 7.30pm
Sacred, Symphonic & Profane
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Orff Carmina Burana
@ St Peter & St Paul’s, Buckingham
Summer Gala Concert 2025: (exact content tbc)
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Venue Details
Stony Stratford – St Mary & St Giles MK11 1BD
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/312/find-us/
Parking is free in Stony – parking map here.
Fenny Stratford – St Martin’s MK2 2BU
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/312/find-us/
Parking on street or in Denmark or George Street car parks – parking map here.
Newport Pagnell – St Peter & St Paul MK16 8AR
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/5293/find-us/
Parking info here.
New Bradwell – St James MK13 5LG
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/197/find-us/
On street parking plus – see here.
Buckingham – St Peter & St Paul, MK18 1BS
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/50/find-us/
Parking info here.
Olney – St Peter & St Paul MK46 4AD
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/207/find-us/
Parking info here.
MK Theatre MK9 3NZ
https://seatplan.com/milton-keynes/milton-keynes-theatre/map/
The Venue – Walton High School MK7 7WH
https://www.thevenuemk.com/index.php/find-us
Chrysalis Theatre MK15 9JY
Map here.