Mendip & Chippenham Male Voice Choirs

Mendip Male Voice Choir (MMVC) is a choir that gives quality performances of audience-pleasing, diverse and entertaining music; it performs about 12 concerts a year. MMVC is a 70-strong choir the members of which enjoy the fun, harmony and fraternity generated from singing and performing together in a range of venues. Originally formed in 1919 as Timsbury Male Voice Choir, it has had only 5 Musical Director, Kate Courage returns after a 11-year break.

In 2023 the choir set up a ‘20 men needed’ prostate cancer campaign to join the choir for the winter term and sing in the Annual Winter Concert having been sponsored to do so.  Eighteen men took up the challenge most singing in 3-4 of the other concerts.  £4,729 was raised for Prostate Cancer Research. Most of the new men have stayed with the choir and others have since joined.

Chippenham Male Voice Choir was formed in 1940 and currently has 35 members.  The Choir gives regular concerts in and around the Chippenham area, around 10 – 15 each year, helping to raise several thousands of pounds for local organisations.

Under the expert & committed guidance & support of our Musical Director, Howard Topper, and Accompanist, Mary Ball, we perform from a large, varied and constantly updated library of contemporary and traditional music, ranging from Welsh hymns to arias from grand opera to pop classics and easy listening pieces. Our style is to enjoy our singing and strive to reciprocate the same reaction from our audiences.  The Choir’s ethos can be summed up as “Music is a serious business, but it’s got to be fun”.