He Built this City was a memorial concert staged at The Cliffs Pavilion in Westcliff in February 2022 to commemorate the life of the late Southend West MP and LOMVC president Sir David Amess. The concert attracted a large audience…
LOMVC were greatly honoured to be asked to sing in Westminster Cathedral at the funeral of Sir David Amess in November 2021. The Choir were seated behind the altar and sang “Praise my Soul” and “Gwahoddiad” to a large congregation…
Covid-19 meant that The Choir was unable to meet to rehearse or perform live concerts for most of 2020. Despite this The Choir met regularly online to rehearse, keeping the repertoire alive and enabling members to see each other every…
This concert on Saturday 29th February 2020 was a great opportunity for LOMVC to share the platform with the musicians from Sweyne Park School in Rayleigh, Essex. It was wonderful to see young people so evidently enjoying singing to an…
In January 2020 the Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir performed a concert as one of Chelmsford Cathedral’s “Friday Lunchtime” concert series. This was their second opportunity to perform at this magnificent venue. It was standing room only in the Cathedral…
The Leigh Orpheus always enjoys performing in concert with other choirs and this concert, jointly with the Swift Singers in South Woodham Ferrers, was going to be special in at least two ways. Firstly, singing with a ladies choir allows…
On 19th October 2019 the LOMVC held a concert and quiz night at Westcliff High School for Boys. There was a relaxed atmosphere in the spacious school hall for what turned out to be a most enjoyable evening. The Choir…
On 29th September, the second day of a busy weekend for The Choir, LOMVC sang at the beautiful Layer Marney Tower near Tiptree in Essex. The concert was in aid of the Red Cross and The Choir were delighted to…
On Saturday 28th September 2019 The Choir once again enjoyed the warm hospitality of St Nicholas’ Church on Canvey Island at a concert in aid of Church funds. The Choir sang a number of old favourites and four numbers not…
The Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir were honoured to be invited by the Mayor of Southend to sing at a concert on 7th September 2019 in aid of his chosen charity the RNLI. The concert took place in Prittlewell Priory,…