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A choir wouldn’t be a choir without its singers. We meet to sing, but we also enjoy meeting outside the boundaries of the choir. We are all keen, experienced singers but also have our non-singing careers and non-musical interests. Here is a random cross-section of choir members.

 
 

 

Rosy – Soprano
Rosy grew up in the South Manchester area and after a period of living in East and Central Africa is now back in Manchester working for a music management company as an orchestral fixer and education coordinator. Self employed as a violinist, soprano and events manager, she strives to travel the world as much as possible before settling down and having lots of babies. Rosy is also the newly elected MCC tea-lady and official supplier of chocolate rolls and biscuits.

   

 

 

Roger – Bass
Born and brought up in Swansea, Roger has lived most of his adult life in Cheshire and spent much time and energy in choirs in and around Manchester. With wife Sue, he brought up four musical children in a semi-detached house adjoining super-tolerant neighbours. He has worked in a variety of business roles in an international pharmaceutical company, but is now able to devote even more time to singing in ensembles of varying sizes, as well as exploring instrumental music and opera. Other recreations include literature, science, mountains, and playing with grandchildren.

   

 

 

Chris – Tenor
An engineer, working in the field of Internet and IT, but with an underlying love of singing
… ‘it’s the only instrument you don’t have to take out of its case’.
With the passage of the years, still has deep obsessions with trying to get recorded music to sound like what he hears in real life… and holding a steering wheel. Sings when not ferrying or otherwise admonishing his 4 offspring.

   

 

 

Zoe – Soprano
Zoe is our soprano section representative and Social Secretary for MCC. When she's not singing, she works as a clinical vascular scientist - just until music starts to pay the bills! She is also the proud winner of the Maidenhead Megabowl 2003 Karaoke Competition. Her favourite things include singing, pints of Naughty Apples and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

   

 

 

Graham – Bass
A member of the William Byrd Singers for many years, Graham finds that his increasing age has helped him to plumb new-found depths of profundity in the basement (or should that be 'bassment'?) of the choir. In his day job he is habitually surrounded by test-tubes, noxious fumes and mountains of paperwork in an attempt to demonstrate the delights of A-level chemistry to adolescent boys.

   

 

 

Sarah – Soprano
Having been involved with music from an early age, Sarah studied both the piano and violin and has sung with a number of choirs throughout the years. She studied maths at university and later qualified as a chartered accountant, and now works for a property development company in Manchester. When she's not at rehearsals or singing in concerts she enjoys going out for

… a drink or two!!

   

 

 

Paul – Baritone
One of the founder members of MCC , Paul has been involved in choral music for over 30 years. He particularly enjoys early music and fa-la-la-ing in madrigals as he doesn’t have to cope with words and music simultaneously! In addition to adding his not inconsiderable weight to the bass section, Paul enjoys eating (hence the weight problem), drinking wine (hence the words problem) and being beaten at golf by his 11 year old son!