MAJOR EVENTS ATTENDED

In recent years, the RNA Male Voice Choir participated in a large number of major events - both in the UK and overseas. Brief details of a selection of these appear in the table below.
DATE
VENUE
EVENT
PARTICIPANTS
March 1985  De Montfort Hall, Leicester  Charity Concert in aid of SSAFA  300 Male Voices and brass band
June 1985  Birmingham Town hall  Charity Concert in aid of National Children's Home  200 Male Voices plus Band of the Royal Marines School of Music, Deal 
May 1992  Cardiff Arms Park  Massed Male Voice Choir Concert  8000 Male Voices plus 2 military bands and vocal soloists 
September 1993  Cardiff Arms Park  Massed Male Voice Choir Concert  9000 Male Voices plus symphony orchestra and vocal soloists
April 1995  De Montfort Hall, Leicester  1995 Anglo-Welsh Festival of Male Choirs  250 Male Voices plus associated artistes 
May 1995  Hyde Park, London  V.E. Day 50th Anniversary Celebrations  1000 Male Voices, military bands, vocal soloists etc. 
October 1997  Guy Nelson Hall, Warwick  RNA Choir Silver Jubilee Concert  120 Male Voices plus brass ensemble and solo vocalist 
April 1999 De Montfort Hall, Leicester 1999 Anglo-Welsh Festival of Male Choirs - in aid of "Rainbows" hospice for children 7 Male Voice choirs (300 singers in all) plus Elizabeth Woolett (Soprano), Paul Hudson (Bass) and Keith Swallow (Piano)
June 1999 Eglise St. Come & St. Damien, Villebon sur Yvette, France Twinning Concert RNA Choir plus "Ensemble Vocal Josquin des Pres"
September 2000 The Kingsley School Hall, Leamington Spa Charity Concert on behalf of Warwick Hospital A&E Appeal RNA Choir plus Cubbington Silver Band and soloists
May 2002 St. Margaret's Church, Whitnash Concert to celebrate the 10th  Anniversary of the twinning of Whitnash with Villebon sur Yvette, France RNA Choir plus "Ensemble Vocal Josquin des Pres"
October 2003
 Symphony Hall, Birmingham
 "Hundreds in Harmony II" - Massed Male Voice Choir concert in aid of Cancer UK.
 13 Male Voice choirs (over 400 singers) plus The Band of the Prince of Wales's Division (Clive), together with vocal and instrumental soloists.
September 2004
 Radford Road Church, Leamington Spa
 Charity Concert in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
 RNA Choir plus St.Cecilia Singers (Cannock)
November 2004
 Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick
 Charity Concert in aid of  Parkinson's Disease Society
 RNA Choir plus Village Voices
October 2007
 St. Mark's Church, Leamington Spa
 Charity Concert in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
 RNA Choir plus Brymbo Male Choir (Wrexham) plus Jayne Dalley (Soprano)
September 2008
 St. Nicholas Church, Warwick
 "Raise the Roof" Concert in aid of the Restoration Fund for St. Nicholas Church, Radford Semele (destroyed by  fire)
 RNA Choir plus Karousells Ladies' Choir
June 2009
 Temple Speech Rooms, Rugby
 Massed Male Voice Choir Concert in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
 RNA Choir plus Rugby MVC, City of Coventry MVC, Minehead MVC and Dunchurch Brass Band
April 2010 Leamington Town Hall St. George's Day Gala Concert, in aid of Help for Heroes RNA Choir plus the Warwickshire County Choristers and Three Shires Brass Ensemble
June 2011 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre
 Concert in aid of the Restoration Fund for St. Nicholas Church, Radford Semele (destroyed by  fire) RNA Choir plus the  Three Counties Brass Ensemble and 'Vocal Generation'
June 2012 Temple Speech Rooms, Rugby Massed Male Voice Choir Concert in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance RNA Choir plus Rugby MVC, City of Coventry MVC, Northampton MVC and The Heart of England Cooperative Concert Orchestra
October 2013 All Saints Church, Leamington Spa Concert to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of  'Divertimento' - a Leamington-based chamber choir
 RNA Choir plus Divertimento,  Southam Melody Makers, Village Voices, Vocal Generation, Warwickshire County Choristers and Warwickshire County Girls' Choir.
June 2014 Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
 WAGS Gang Show. [Warwickshire Association of Guides and Scouts] in aid of Myton Hospice RNA Choir plus many young people from local scout and guide groups.
October 2014 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa "Warwick District Remembers" - Concert and Drum-head Service to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the start of WW1.
 RNA Choir plus County Music Service Community Band plus Band of  the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Warwickshire, plus a variety of other groups and artistes.
October 2015 All Saints Church, Leamington Spa 'A Festival of Voices' arranged by  'Divertimento' - a Leamington-based chamber choir RNA Choir plus Divertimento,  Magic Voices, Village Voices, Vocal Generation, and Warwickshire County Choristers.
October 2015 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa "Warwick District Remembers" - Concert and Drum-head Service to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW2. RNA Choir plus Band of  the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Warwickshire, plus a variety of other groups and artistes.
June 2016 St. Teilo's Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff
 Charity Concert (Return visit) RNA Choir plus Cardiff Male Choir
July 2017 Temple Speech Rooms, Rugby Massed Male Voice Choir Concert in aid of the Friends of the Hospital of St. Cross and Rugby Dunsmore Rotary
 RNA Choir plus Rugby MVC, City of Coventry MVC, Northampton MVC, The Jaguar LandRover Band and Melanie Cotton (Mezzo Soprano)
October 2017 Warwick Hall, Warwick School
 'A Festival of Voices' arranged by  'Divertimento' - a Leamington-based chamber choir RNA Choir plus Divertimento,  Harbury Folk Club Choir, Village Voices, Vocal Generation, Rock Choir, and Warwickshire County Choristers.

In addition to Male Choir events, members of the choir have sometimes helped to make up large mixed choirs which have participated in various "spectaculars". These include several appearances in the annual Birmingham International Tattoo and, participation in the "East meets West Spectacular" at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996 - with Russian and American military bands, plus the Beverley Sisters. Also, some choir menbers took part in the "Murallennium" - a special Millennium year concert where the singers were on top of the walls of Warwick Castle.
 
 

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