CHORAL FILM DIRECTOR TO JOIN CHESTER SINGERS FOR FESTIVE CONCERT

A musical director and vocal coach who recently worked on an acclaimed new film featuring Harry Potter star Ralph Fiennes is set to lead one of Chester's top choirs for a special festive concert.

Conductor Joseph Judge, Choral Music Director on the Alan Bennett penned film 'The Choral', will join Chester Bach Singers as the musical director for its upcoming Christmas concert at St Werburgh's Church, Grosvenor Park Road, on Saturday 20th December at 3.00pm.

Entitled 'Make We Joy', the concert will feature much-loved carols and festive favourites by composers including Felix Mendelssohn, Sir William Walton and many more. There will also be lots of opportunities for the audience to join in the singing. The Choir will be accompanied during the concert by organist Neil Taylor. Ticket admission also includes seasonal refreshments afterwards. 

A Graduate of The Royal Northern College of Music, Joseph Judge is Chorus Director of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Artistic Director of the Exon Singers Festival, Musical Director of Chester Festival Chorus, Director of the Hallé Choral Academy and Score Reader/Orchestrator with the Northern Film Orchestra. Joseph also frequently deputises for rehearsals with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé Choirs, and St George’s Singers, where he is also Vocal Coach.

Joseph's recent projects also include working with English National Opera and Walk the Plank for a large-scale project bringing opera to the community in Manchester. Joseph has also conducted Manchester Camerata and assisted the BBC and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras. Joseph has led session recordings for Sony PlayStation, and produced Northern Lights – an album of contemporary choral works with BBC Choir of the Year winners, Voices of Hope. As a Countertenor he continues to perform as an oratorio soloist.

Helen Crich, the Chair of Chester Bach Singers said:

"We are delighted that Joseph Judge is joining us as the musical director for our December concert. We are very much looking forward to this year's concert which features classic carols, Christmas and winter favourites and more. It's an opportunity to pause during the busy holiday season to listen to some seasonal sounds and join in with the singing, the perfect way to kick-start the Christmas celebrations. We are also inviting the audience to join us for seasonal refreshments following the concert."

Full details of Chester Bach Singers Christmas Concert can be found at: 

www.chesterbachsingers.org.uk 

...where tickets can be booked online.