CHOIR: CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

Monday 16 December 2024, 7.30pm

Chester Cathedral

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason presenter
Chester Cathedral Saturday Singing Club (Tim McLachlan Director)
Chester Music Society Choir
Chester Philharmonic Orchestra
Graham Jordan Ellis conductor

tickets, priced at £30 (nave), £25 (West Steps) and £15 (side aisles). The side aisles will be fitted with large viewing screens for improved visibility
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Celebrate a family Christmas with Chester Music Society Choir, Chester Philharmonic Orchestra and the children of Chester Cathedral Saturday Singing club. We also extend a very warm welsome to our guest presenter Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason lives in Nottingham. Her memoir, House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons, won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Storytelling Award in November 2021 where it was described as ‘a fresh, moving account of raising children and nurturing their creativity. Kadiatu and her husband Stuart were given a Lifetime Award for Contribution to Children’s Arts at the 2018 J.M. Barrie Awards and in February 2022, on behalf of the family, they collected the prestigious ABO Award for commitment and inspiration given to other aspiring young musicians and fellow parents. Kadiatu was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Academy of Music in 2022, and in 2023 she received the ISM Distinguished Musician Award.
A strong advocate for the benefits of regional music-making and accessibility, Kadiatu is also patron of the Swaledale Festival, patron of SaMM in Totnes, President of the Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Honorary Friend of the British and International Federation of Music Festivals.
Kadiatu is continuing to write and gives talks, interviews and lectures around the U.K. on diversity in classical music, music education, issues of race and inclusion, literature and parenting.

In addition to many of the old favourite carols the programme will include The Shepherds' Farewell and Shepherds Pipe Carol and more...

Saturday Singing Club is a fun, relaxed club for primary school children aged 6 and above and performs at services in the Cathedral throughout the year including Mothering Sunday, Harvest and at the Christmas Eve Crib Service.