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Concert Premiere - Saturday 2 December

8th of September, 2023
Concert Premiere - Saturday 2 December
Cecilians mark the Remembrance season with a premiere performance of our own Graham Jackson's Lest We Forget: A Plea for Peace, for choir with piano and string quintet, plus Fauré's Requiem. St. Mary's Browned...
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Summer Music – Saturday 17 June

19th of May, 2023
Summer Music – Saturday 17 June
Relax with a delightful medley of lighter music for summer, featuring Bob Chilcott's Japanese folksong settings 'Furusato', his Little Jazz Mass, George Shearing's jazzy 'Songs and Sonnets' from Shakespeare, and three summe...
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Cecilian's oldest member meets Mayor of Preston

31st of March, 2023
Cecilian's oldest member meets Mayor of Preston
At our recent concert in Kirkham, long-standing choir member Teresa Sutcliffe, now 98, was thrilled to meet Neil Darby, Mayor of Preston and his consort Dan Leung. They were joined by conductor Helen Harrison and Cecilian's president Maureen N...
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Ethel Smyth – Mass in D

20th of February, 2023
Ethel Smyth – Mass in D
Saturday, 18 March 2023 Venue: Kirkham Grammar School, Ribby Road, Kirkham, Lancashire PR4 2BH We join forces with Lytham St Annes Choral Society and the choir of Kirkham Grammar School for a full orchestral pe...
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Upcoming concert March 18th 2023

3rd of September, 2022
Upcoming concert March 18th 2023
We will be joining with Lytham Choral Society to perform Ethel Smyth's Mass in D accompanied with a full orchestra at Kirkham Grammar School. This is to celibrate the works of female composers whose works were often unjustly neglected. It rece...
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New Music Director for Autumn 2022

29th of August, 2022
New Music Director for Autumn 2022
At the end of our summer concert we bid an emotional farewell after eight years to our musical director Robert Brooks. Robert grew with us over his tenure, developing the choir's vocal sound, performance and musicianship and expanding our...
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Summer concert 2022 Serenade

18th of May, 2022
Summer concert 2022 Serenade
We warmly invite you to our summer concert with romantic music by Brahms, Emma Lou Diemer, Robert Burns and some choral classics, conducted by Robert Brooks.  The concert will be at St Leonard's Church, Marshall's Brow,...
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Spring Concert Sunday 3rd April 2022

19th of January, 2022
Spring Concert Sunday 3rd April 2022
We are pleased to be able to announce that The Cecilians are returning to live concerts with a Spring offering of Mozart's Requiem and Ave Verum. The choir will be conducted by Robert Brooks and accompanied by a string quartet and soloist...
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Come and sing Christmas!
Come and sing Christmas!

Singers, get in the festive mood with us in a relaxed concert of carols old and new in the friendly surroundings of All Saints, New Longton. On Monday 2 December, come and learn a selection of carols (from OUP Carols for Choirs 2), ready to perform with us in our relaxed concert on Monday 9 December. Tickets £5, music and refreshments provided. Rehearsal from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Under 18s welcome if accompanied by an adult. Sign up via

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