Singing Workshop

Singing workshop with Mark McCombs

Fauré REQUIEM

plus Cantique de Jean Racine

Saturday, 14th October 2023 from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

St Michael’s Church, Macclesfield (map below)

Adults (18 and over): £15

KEMS Members: £10

Students: £5

Spend the day learning or refreshing your knowledge of this beautiful music with some vocal techniques to help your singing.

Programme for the day

9.30 – 10.00 am Registration

10.00 – 1.00 pm Rehearsal with warm up & vocal techniques to start

1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 – 4.00 pm Rehearsal with informal performance at the end

There will also be short breaks during the morning and afternoon sessions. Tea and coffee will be provided during these breaks and home-made cakes will be available for a donation. Please bring your own lunch or buy your lunch in the town where there are plenty of cafes to choose from near the church.

If you enjoy this workshop we would love to extend a warm welcome to you to join us at Macclesﬁeld Singers. Macclesﬁeld Symphony Orchestra plays for most of our choral concerts and sometimes we’re joined by some of the Macclesﬁeld Concert Band members – we all enjoy making great music together. No audition is required and we rehearse on most Monday evenings from 19:30 to 21:30, here at St Michael’s Church.

Our NEXT CONCERT with Macclesﬁeld Symphony Orchestra is on Saturday 18th November when we will be performing Bernstein’s ‘Chichester Psalms’.

Mark McCombs

Mark McCombs is a conductor, composer and vocal tutor based in Manchester, UK.

He was a chorister of the critically acclaimed S.F.X Boys’ Choir, with whom he performed across Europe and the US. Mark holds a PhD in Music Composition from The University of Shefﬁeld.

Mark is an academic music teacher at Lymm High School, Cheshire, and is also responsible for the school’s singing programme. He was head of choral music at Cheadle Hulme School, one of the UK’s leading independent schools, from 2014-2021. Until July 2021 Mark was also a vocal tutor to the choristers at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, and at the Sheena Simon School of The Manchester College.

Mark was choral director at the University of Shefﬁeld from 2011 to 2017, with whom performances were broadcast nationally and internationally. He was director of music and organist at St Mark’s Church, Shefﬁeld, from 2013-2018, and before that organ scholar at Shefﬁeld Cathedral.

Mark is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the Royal College of Organists, and the Association of British Choral Directors.

Elin Rees (accompanist)

Welsh musician Elin Rees is an accompanist, recitalist, and the organist at Bury Parish Church. She obtained her BMus(Hons) and MMus degrees at the RNCM, returned as Junior Fellow in Accompaniment, and continues to work there as an accompanist. She also works with the Halle vocal ensembles and the HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholars, and teaches piano and organ lessons.

Elin regularly performs with choirs including Kantos, Alteri and Manchester Chamber Choirs, and has played with visiting choirs at cathedrals including Canterbury, Gloucester and Ripon. She gives recitals across the country, giving the 2019 Organ Prom at Cardiff's St David's Hall. Elin recently joined Cardiff's Cantorian Ardwyn Singers on their summer tour, and will give the premier of Gareth Glyn's 'The New Horizon' at the North Wales International Music Festival in September.

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, MACCLESFIELD