Contact Us

You can contact us as below:

General enquiries and becoming a Friend : Malcolm Lodge
Membership: Nick Gane
Choir concert booking: Mark Whitehead

Hiring our staging or keyboard: Ash Seaborne
All other enquiries: Mark Whitehead

Rehearsals

Should you wish, you are welcome to call in and meet us at one of our rehearsals. We meet most Thursday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm (during school term times) at:

Howard Community Academy
Beard Road
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP32 6SA

Committee Members

Chairman – Mark Whitehead
Vice Chairman – Warwick Lowe
Treasurer – Andrew Conquest
Secretary – Malcolm Lodge
Membership Secretary – Nick Gane
Concert Secretary – Mark Whitehead
Concert Manager – Ash Seaborne
Music Director – Leslie Olive
Principal Accompanist –Jill Garrett
Librarian – Glenn Warriner
Website and social media – Ian Cooper

Section Leaders

Top tenors – Ian Cooper
Second tenors – Den Cartwright
Baritones – Mike Thomas
Basses – Andrew Mackenzie

NEXT CONCERT

2026 CONCERTS

South Wales Tour

15^th May - Brecon with the Aberhonddu & District MVC 7pm at Brecon Cathedral

16^th May - Mynyddislwyn MVC 7pm at Penmaen Choir Hall, Oakdale Terrace, Blackwood NP12 0DH

17^th May - Caldicot MVC 7pm at The Choir Hall, Mill Lane, Caldicot NP26 4BN

20^th June – Rattlesden, St Nicholas Church with Jess Hughes, Soloist 7pm

30th August - BSE Cathedral - Performance at the Beer and Cider Festival - afternoon - time to be confirmed

10^th October - Joint concert with Mansfield MVC at Christ Church, Moreton Hall 7pm

Portsmouth Weekend

5^th December – joint concert with Solent MVC in Havant

6^th December - Xmas Concert with Milton Glee and the Royal Marines Association Band at Portsmouth Guildhall

11^th Dec – Xmas concert with others at Tattersalls Newmarket

MEMBERS EVENTS

PLEASE SUPPORT THESE EVENTS

MEMBERS APPEALS

USED STAMPS NEEDED

Sylvia Wilson is collecting used stamps for AGSD UK (Association of Glycogen Storage Disease UK), a very small charity for which this provides valuable income. To maximize their value she kindly requests that the stamps are trimmed from the envelope with a 1cm border around them. Stamps can be passed onto Sylvia via any member of the Choir.

For further information please email info@semvc.com

CHOIRS PERFORMED WITH

Amersfoorts MVC from Holland

Bangor City MVC

Basingstoke MVC

Beaufort Choir of Ebbw Vale

Chorus Iceni

City of Chester MVC

Cor Meibion Aberystwyth MVC

Dalesmen from Derbyshire

Dublin Welsh MVC

Gentleman Songsters of Dudley