Chorus UK

Chorus UK (styled Chorus Choirs) is a large professional choir performing with the community and based in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, England. The choir is managed by Andy Booth Presents, formerly Fono Productions, and the musical director is Andy Booth.

Chorus UK Logo

The choir performs various concerts as well as paid professional work, and is formed predominantly from singers without professional musical experience, and has grown from 50 to over 500 members. New members are recruited through regular 'come and try singing' workshops.^[1] With the ethos that 'anyone can sing' the choir welcomes all members and does not require auditions.^{[citation needed]}

The choir sings a variety of popular music, from Broadway, pop, and rock. Across a term of 12 weeks, the choir prepares for a large concert at various venues including Sheffield City Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, and Leeds Town Hall. The concerts are often supported by the Sheffield Pops Orchestra and have featured guest soloists such as Lance Ellington and Jonathan Ansell.^[2]

Chorus expanded in to Manchester in April 2016 and then in to Leeds shortly after, with new branches opening in Birmingham, Nottingham, and Chesterfield opening in 2017, and Liverpool in 2019. Members of the choir supported Russell Watson on his 'Songs from the Heart' tour in July 2016.^[3] The choir was also invited to re-record a song with James Toseland and his band, Toseland, to be the anthem of the 2017 Special Olympics.^[4]

Concerts

The choir have now held many large scale concerts, with a variety of other performances for charity as well as paid work for television.

Date	Title	Description	Location
14/07/2013	Steel City Sings	Celebrating the City of Sheffield's music, movies and people	City Hall, Sheffield
17/11/2013	When You Believe	Songs from Disney	City Hall, Sheffield
30/03/2014	Magical Movies	Music for films old and new	Octagon, Sheffield
07/06/2014	Knowing Me Knowing You	Celebrating 40 years of ABBA and the songwriting of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus	City Hall, Sheffield
29/11/2014	Broadway Baby	The music of Broadway	City Hall, Sheffield
29/03/2015	Princes of Rock	An electric concert exploring the world of classic rock	City Hall, Sheffield
21/06/2015	Requiem for a Soldier	Marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo	City Hall, Sheffield
13/12/2015	Christmas Celebration	Christmas songs old and new	City Hall, Sheffield
10/04/2016	Out of this World	Space themed music from pop to classical	City Hall, Sheffield
03/07/2016	Rise of the Heroes	Music from superhero movie soundtracks	City Hall, Sheffield
02/12/2016	Christmas Celebration	Christmas classics old and new	RNCM, Manchester
11/12/2016	Christmas Celebration	Christmas classics old and new	City Hall, Sheffield
19/03/2017	Cinemagic	Magical songs from the movies	Town Hall, Leeds
02/04/2017	Cinemagic	Magical songs from the movies	City Hall, Sheffield
07/04/2017	Cinemagic	Magical songs from the movies	RNCM, Manchester
25/06/2017	Princes of Rock 2	The best rock hits	Octagon, Sheffield
02/07/2017	Princes of Rock 2	The best rock hits	Left Bank, Leeds
21/07/2017	Princes of Rock 2	The best rock hits	RNCM, Manchester
02/12/2017	Christmas Celebration '17	A festive concert for all the family	Solihull Women's Institute
09/12/2017	Christmas Celebration '17	A festive concert for all the family	St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
10/12/2017	Christmas Celebration '17	A festive concert for all the family	City Hall, Sheffield
15/12/2017	Christmas Celebration '17	A festive concert for all the family	Town Hall, Stockport
21/04/2018	Hallelujah		St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham
28/04/2018	Hallelujah		St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
29/04/2018	Hallelujah		City Hall, Sheffield
07/07/2018	Mighty Jungle		St Giles Church, Bramhope, Leeds
14/07/2018	Mighty Jungle		Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
21/07/2018	Mighty Jungle		St Anne's Church, Manchester
29/07/2018	Mighty Jungle		City Hall, Sheffield
08/12/2018	Christmas Celebration	A celebration of Christmas	St Anne's Church, Manchester
09/12/2018	Christmas Celebration	A celebration of Christmas	City Hall, Sheffield
15/12/2018	Christmas Celebration	A celebration of Christmas	Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
16/12/2018	Christmas Celebration	A celebration of Christmas	St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
06/04/2019	Back to Broadway	An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era	St Anne's Church, Manchester
07/04/2019	Back to Broadway	An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era	Whittington Moor Methodist Church, Chesterfield
13/04/2019	Back to Broadway	An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era	St Giles Church, Bramhope, Leeds
14/04/2019	Back to Broadway	An extravaganza of wonder musicals from the height of the Broadway era	City Hall, Sheffield
13/07/2019	Magic Everywhere	A magical selection of Disney songs	St Joseph's Church, Pudsey
14/07/2019	Magic Everywhere	A magical selection of Disney songs	Dronfield Civic Centre, Dronfield
20/07/2019	Magic Everywhere	A magical selection of Disney songs	St Anne's Church, Manchester
07/12/2019	Celebration - Hope	A celebration of Hope	Alder Hey Hospital Liverpool
08/12/2019	Celebration - Hope	A celebration of Hope	City Hall, Sheffield
13/12/2019	Celebration - Hope	A celebration of Hope	Leeds College of Music
14/12/2019	Celebration - Hope	A celebration of Hope	Cosmo Rodwald Concert Hall, Manchester
15/12/2019	Celebration - Hope	A celebration of Hope	St Thomas Centre, Chesterfield

International appearances

• In June 2016 ChorusUK were invited to sing in Amsterdam to celebrate the Netherlands presidency of the EU, performing at the Noorderkerk as well as at Leiden Shopping Centre and on the seafront at Scheveningen.^{[citation needed]}
• In June 2017 ChorusUK performed a number of traditional a cappella songs at Notre Dame Cathedral, as well as a more lively lineup at Disneyland Paris^[5]
• In November 2018 ChorusUK performed again at Disneyland Paris as part of Disney's Enchanted Christmas ^[6]
• In November 2018 the choir also performed at Walt Disney World at part of the Christmas Parade^{[citation needed]}

Professional Work

• ChorusUK performed on the David Walliams TV movie Billionaire Boy in 2016^{[citation needed]}
• At Christmas 2019 the choir recorded and performed several songs with Aled Jones for Celebrity Carols at Christmas ^[7]