Welcome to Colne Valley Male Voice Choir, Yorkshire
One of the country's premier male voice choirs, founded in 1922. We bring together ordinary chaps to make extraordinary music. Conducted by Thom Meredith, the Choir performs a variety of musical styles, from traditional male voice classics to musical theatre, and everything in between.
Events
Choir engagements diary 20266 Dec
Sunday, 2.00pm
Colne Valley Boys Christmas Concert
With guests to be announced. St James's Church, Slaithwaite (tbc)
13 Dec
Sunday
Colne Valley Christmas Concert
Christmas Concert with Brighouse & Rastrick Band & Colne Valley Boys at Huddersfield Town Hall. For tickets contact Kirklees Booking Office 01484 225755.
19 Dec
Saturday evening
Saint Bartholomew's Christmas Concert
Much-loved Christmas concert. Guests of Marsden Silver Prize Band at the Parish Church. Details to follow.
Earlier this year: at the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival the Choir won first prize in the 'Choir Programme' class and later sang in the evening Gala Concert.
Recordings
You Raise Me Up, Thom Meredith with the Choir. Recorded live in Scarborough, August 2009. Watched 75,000 times.
Hear the Choir
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Psalm 126
Classic Colne Valley
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You Raise Me Up
Light & Easy Colne Valley
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Love Changes Everything
Romantic Colne Valley
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The Holy City
Sacred Colne Valley
All CDs and videos · CD sales: Rob Rosborough, 01422 822393
Our Rich History
The choir was established in 1922 at Slaithwaite, west of Huddersfield, and was immediately successful in recruiting local men, keen to make music, to perform on stage and to test their mettle in competition.
No Choir has a better record of prize-winning at Llangollen than Colne Valley Male Voice Choir.
Out of a total of six conductors just three have accounted for all but five years of its existence. With this stability, the choir has concentrated on what it is good at, using its power and versatility to excite audiences young and old.
Read our history, decade by decade100 + years of singing
In 2022, on May 8th, we celebrated our Centenary Year. Yes, we've been singing for over 100 years. Quite an achievement! We held landmark concerts and many special events to celebrate our 'Glorious Heritage' and we are well into realising big plans for our 'Fabulous Future'.
One of our most successful ventures has been Let All Men Sing. This is a community initiative for men that sing and men who have always wanted to give it a try, to come together and sing as a group. The programme ran for the fourth time in 2026. It has done so much to rejuvenate the Choir after damage done during the Pandemic. We are now stronger than ever.
Why not come along and join in?
The choir welcomes new members of all ages. Don't worry if you are not a trained music-reader or have not sung since school days! So if you are a tenor, a baritone or a bass, we would be very happy to see you.
Monday nights, 7.30 to 9.30pm
Linthwaite Methodist Church, Stones Lane, Linthwaite, HD7 5PD. Just drop by, listen or sing in as one of 60+ enthusiasts.
Recruitment Manager Joe Stones: 01484 323431 / 07889 658365
"I wondered what to expect but I never thought it would be such a friendly outfit, as pleasant as it is rewarding."
A baritone
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