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.

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. With the ethos that 'anyone can sing' the choir welcomes all members and does not require auditions.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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 In November 2018 ChorusUK performed again at Disneyland Paris as part of Disney's Enchanted Christmas In November 2018 the choir also performed at Walt Disney World at part of the Christmas Parade

Professional Work

ChorusUK performed on the David Walliams TV movie Billionaire Boy in 2016 At Christmas 2019 the choir recorded and performed several songs with Aled Jones for Celebrity Carols at Christmas

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