SING! Littleborough's community choir

Now in its 8th year, Sing! Littleborough community choir was founded by its musical director Phil Reynolds.

Phil is a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music and a veteran of many West End shows, including work with Hugh Jackman and Michael Ball. He is now a singing teacher at the prestigious Pendleton School of Theatre in Salford.

Sing! Littleborough spent its first 3 years rehearsing at the Falcon Inn. Following a break due to Covid restrictions - which saw choir numbers dwindle from 40 to single figures - the choir eventually ended up in its current home at Littleborough Cricket Club in 2022. The choir is currently looking for a new rehearsal venue for September 2025 to accommodate its increasing membership!

Over the past 8 years, members have performed in numerous local events from Food Festivals to Christmas Lights, as well as several larger events in Manchester. These included being one of only a handful of groups to perform on stage at the ‘With One Voice’ event on the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attacks in 2018, to a live crowd of 12000 people, and broadcast on BBC.

Their most recent performance was at JAMMfest in aid of the Johnny Alfrey Music Memorial - a local charity close to Phil’s heart as he taught Johnny as a teenager.

The choir have also performed in several gala charity events at Manchester Cathedral in 2021, and twice at Manchester Monastery to sold out audiences of 500 people.

The most recent was hosted by TV celebrity Will Mellor in aid of ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’. Not only did Will act as master of ceremonies for the event, but he also closed the event with a solo rendition of ‘Bring Him Home’ from the musical Les Miserables. A video of this performance went viral on social media with several million views, and led to Will heading back up north to record a charity single at Rochdale’s own Voltalab studios. This is now available on all streaming platforms in aid of the charity.

Having increased in number back to 30 singers, Phil is keen to continue to help Sing! Littleborough grow as a choir, to serve the local community and raise funds for its chosen charity JAMM.

The choir performs well known pop and rock songs from the 1950s to present, and no auditions are needed – just a love of singing (even if only in the shower!).

For more information, contact Phil on 07976 692631 or email prmusictuition@gmail.com.

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