Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir


Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir


Formed in 1904 and reputedly the oldest male choir in Cornwall, Marazion Apollo Male Choir is based in the ancient charter town of Marazion, close to Penzance, facing the jewel in the Cornish crown, St Michael’s Mount.

The choir has a long and distinguished history of success in music competitions throughout the country, including winning the Male Voice Choir Advance Class and Championship Cup at the 2009 St Austell Music Festival.

The choir practises every Monday evening from 7.30 pm in the Town Hall, Marazion. Visitors are always welcome to come and sit in on practise nights just to listen.

If you feel you might like to join us then try singing with us for a week or two before committing yourself to a decision.

Musical Director

Kate Wood-Cattran

Accompanist and Deputy Musical Director

Stella Pendrous

The Choir’s Musical Director is Kate Wood-Cattran. Kate joined the choir in April 2013 and this is her first appointment as MD of a male voice choir. She is a talented singer in her own right, appearing in many choral and operatic productions throughout the South West. She is also a music tutor, working with some of the finest singers in the Duchy.

The Accompanist and Deputy Musical Director is Stella Pendrous, who joined the choir in 2014 after serving as the accompanist for Newlyn MVC. She is an accomplished solo pianist, as well as being in demand by vocalists across the county.


SOCIAL SINGERS

The choir is not all about formal singing in churches and concert halls.

There is an active Social Singers group who perform in pubs around the County, singing a wide variety of
traditional Cornish songs, with plenty of good Cornish ale to keep the tonsils lubricated. You can see and hear us after practice on the last Monday of every month, in one of Marazion’s main pubs the Godolphin Arms, The Kings Arms, or the Cutty Sark.

The group is open to invitations to entertain at other venues at other times; residential homes, weddings and other official functions.

Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir

Musical Director -Kate
Wood-Cattran

01736 799905

katewoodcattran@outlook.com