Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir

Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this, the 'Official' website for the Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir (ECMVC), based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in the UK.

The Eastwood Collieries’ Male Voice Choir is now in its 90 ^th Year and is proud to be able to continue in the long standing tradition that is Male Voice Choir singing. During the last 90 years the choir has performed at thousands of concerts and numerous competitions and festivals with a huge amount of success, as well as appearing on both television and radio with equal acclaim. The Eastwood Collieries’ Male Voice Choir is well known for the quality of its sound, tone and singing as well as its technical ability with an enviable reputation gained through determination, dedication, hard work and attention to detail.

The choirs repertoire is extremely varied and includes traditional male voice choir standards and old favourites, music from the shows, operas, and more well known popular pieces made famous by other artists such as Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, Charlotte Church, Elvis Presley and Westlife to name just a few and many more. The choir works very hard to keep its repertoire fresh and appealing to varied audience genres, being no strangers to hard work and discipline the choir is well versed in performing pieces in other languages including German, Welsh, Latin, African and Spanish just to name a few.

Now one of only a few original colliery male voice choirs surviving in the country this choir continues to buck the trend in male voice choirs and attracts new members on a regular basis even where other male voiced choirs are declining in numbers we continue to thrive and grow. Having a broad range of members the choir is able to boast its youngest member is aged just 15 and its oldest member aged 95. With healthy membership numbers and an appealing repertoire we as a choir are well established to continue providing musical entertainment to audiences nationwide.

The choir performs numerous concerts throughout the year for many groups, charities and organisations and is no stranger to the high profile events; the choir is a regular performer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Albert Hall in Nottingham, De Montfort Hall in Leicester and many others.

Since 2005 this illustrious choir have raised the combined figure of almost £900,000.00 for many worth while charities, groups and organisations through the hard work and dedication of its members giving of their time and their voices.

The Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir is now entering a new era of development and there is a real need to generate revenue beyond the staple provision of membership income, so with this in mind the choir is actively seeking 'Sponsorship' to enable this dynamic and forward-thinking choir to carry on into the future raising monies for worthy charities and organisations. Shouldn’t you be supporting such a proactive, forward thinking choir……………. and be part of the success story that is Eastwood Collieries’ Male Voice Choir. If you would like to explore the sponsorship opportunities available, please contact the Hon. General Secretary, who would be delighted to have initial discussions with you.

Why not check out the concert diary page to see if we are at a venue near you? It is constantly updated with concert information, dates and times. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our concerts.

Perhaps you would like further information about the choir, would like to make a concert booking or just have a general enquiry then our Honorary General Secretary, Lord James Ferrabbee would be pleased to hear from you, email him by using the contact buttons on the website for a quick response or feel free to contact me direct on the telephone number below.

Kind Regards

William Jones

William (Bill) Jones
Honorary Chairman,
Tel: (44) 01773 780 724

WHO WE ARE.

Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir is based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire here in the United Kingdom. The Choir practices every Tuesday evening at the St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire starting at 7pm.

Formed in the 1920's the choir originally drew it's members from the local mining community. The subsequent demise of the local coal industry means that the current membership of over 65 members are now drawn from all walks of life and many trades and professions, with only a handful of retired miners remaining within the ranks of the choir.

In the Choirs 90 year history it has appeared at numerous Concert and Music Festival Competitions with a considerable amount of success, being well known for its high quality singing and technical ability and has also appeared on both television and radio with equal acclaim.

Other prestigious highlights for the Choir include performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London, singing with Her Majesty's Band of the Blue's and Royals at De Montford Hall in Leicester and various trips away around the country including many trips to Wales singing with Welsh Male Voice Choirs in combined concerts.