Our Honorary Patron, Catherine Bott.
Singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott has kindly agreed to be our Honorary Patron during our centenary year (and perhaps a little longer!).
Catherine studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After which she spent two years singing everything from Bach to Berio with the Swingles before beginning a distinguished solo career specialising in baroque music. Among her many recordings are Bach’s St. John Passion and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. She has also premiered and recorded works by contemporary composers Craig Armstrong, Jonathan Dove and Michael Nyman. She is a Fellow of the Guildhall School and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Listen to the lovely message she recorded for us recently…
Choir Video Premiere
For several months now a tallented local videographer, Pat Duggan, has been stalking us!
He’s been there with us in pubs, at concerts, in our rehearsals and even in our homes! And he’s always had a couple of cameras and some sound equipment with him, capturing the essence of the choir, it’s history, character and the joy, fun and friendship of being part of it.
It’s a great insight into what the Rossendale Male Voice Choir is all about.
Enjoy!
In April 2022 we had our third visit to the fantastic Cornwall International Male Choral Festival, performing with top-class choirs from the UK and around the world.
We were honoured to have been asked to sing at the opening Gala Concert in Truro Cathedral, and here are a few videos from the live stream of our performances that night.
Anthem From Chess
Seal Lullaby
Drunken Sailor
Sing Your Way Home
Seize the Day
Our Musical Team
Matthew Thomas
Musical Director
Joining the Rossendale Male Voice Choir as Musical Director in 2015, Matthew has injected a new impetus into the choir and won the award for top conductor at the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival in 2017
Liz Baker
Accompanist
Liz has been accompanying singers since she joined the junior section of Manchester Mecca Bands as a teenager. After thirty years of sharing her love and enthusiasm for music with her piano and vocal students, Liz brings her versatile talents and dynamic performance energy to the Choir
Charles Crowley
Assistant Conductor
Charles joined the choir in 1987, singing with the First Tenors ever since. He is also the lead conductor of the Rossendale Festival Choir which is a mixed choir formed from members of the RMVC and the Rossendale Ladies Choir.
CONTACTS
Secretary: Peter Beetham, peterbeetham@hotmail.com
