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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2025
Saturday 6th December 2025
Lyle Kirk, Union Street,
Greenock, PA16 8DD
We are delighted to be welcoming two special guest ensembles to join us for our Christmas concert - Riverside Youth Band and Angel Voices children’s choir from Kilmalcolm.
There is something for everyone in the programme, which includes highlights from Handel’s Messiah as well as some more recent gems by Peter Warlock, Elizabeth Poston and Oliver Tarney.
For more information or for tickets, contact 07847 250 529 or email info@greenockphilharmonic.co.uk
SPRING CONCERT 2026
Saturday 28th March 2026
Greenock Town Hall
Britten Saint Nicolas and Vivaldi Gloria
Led by Nicholas Wilks and featuring Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, VOISS singers, gallery choir, piano duet, organ and percussion.
After a successful year, Greenock Philharmonic, led by Musical Director Nicholas Wilks, are setting out to look at new ways of developing the choir and our place in the community. With this in mind, we are joining forces with young singers from Inverclyde for our Easter concert, which will programme Britten’s St Nicolas alongside Vivaldi’s Gloria.
Both works were written for young people, and we will be joined by Voices of Inverclyde Senior Schools under Polly Beck and singers from St Mary’s Primary School.
SPRING CONCERT 2025
Greenock Philharmonic Choir goes from strength to strength at Lyle Kirk Greenock
On Saturday 29th March the renowned Greenock Philharmonic Choir provided a packed audience with a glorious performance of Brahms’s ‘A German Requiem’.
They were wonderfully supported by the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, the exceptional Christopher Nickol, organist, and top soloists soprano Jessica Leary and bass-baritone Timothy Edmundson.
Also taking part were students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and members of Bearsden Choir.
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2024
The choir held their 2024 Christmas Concert in Lyle Kirk, Greenock.
We were delighted to be joined once again by the award winning Riverside Youth Band, led by Mark Good, for a wonderful performance and also accompaniment with the audience carols. We also had the excellent Chris Nickol accompanying us on organ and piano once again.
It was a joy to welcome for the first time the children’s choir Angel Voices, led by Michael Hepburn, for a lovely set of songs.
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AUGUST 2024
Greenock Philharmonic Choir held a vocal workshop in Old Gourock and Ashton Parish Church.
We were led by our Musical Director, Nicholas Wilks and we were delighted to be joined by the wonderful Laura McFall for a fun day of vocal exercises, singing African songs by ear and then onto some sectional rehearsals for a couple of movements of Brahms’ German Requiem.
The participants really benefitted from all parts of the day and from Nick and Laura’s expertise to help develop their vocal techniques.
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SPRING CONCERT 2024
Mozart Requiem (Druce Completion).
Handel - Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice).
In March 2024 the choir held a hugely successful Spring Concert at the Lyle Kirk in Greenock.
Along with Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, we performed the unusual Druce completion of Mozart’s Requiem, along with two Handel Coronation Anthems, including ‘Zadok the Priest’.
The soloists were Sarah Power (soprano), Sarah Shorter (mezzo soprano), Connor Smith (tenor) and Colin Murray (baritone). The organist was Christopher Nickol.
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OUR CONDUCTOR
Nicholas Wilks took up his post as Musical Director of Greenock Philharmonic Choir in summer 2023, having moved to North Ayrshire from Hampshire.
Nicholas studied conducting and clarinet as a postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Music. His experience as a singer and conductor is wide and varied, and has included a range of musical directorships.
SPRING CONCERT
Saturday 25th March 2023
At the end of March we performed ‘Elijah’ by Mendelssohn in the Lyle Kirk, with Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, and featuring four fantastic soloists - Catriona Hewitson, Penelope Cousland, James Schouten and Ross Cumming.
This was our last concert with Andy McTaggart as conductor, and he certainly finished on a big high. The music was terrific, the choir sang very well, and the orchestra were outstanding. Ross Cumming was particularly good as Elijah, and we were pleased to feature an octet from within the choir, singing ‘For He shall give His angels charge over thee’.
COME AND JOIN US!
Rehearsals are at 7.15pm on Monday evenings in the Lyle Kirk, Union Street, Greenock. New singers in all sections will be made very welcome.
Anybody interested in joining us should email
info@greenockphilharmonic.co.uk or call Calum Harbison on 07847 250 529.
There are no auditions. Music reading is preferred, but not essential. Please feel free to contact us with any questions at all. We are friendly, rehearsals are fun, and nobody should ever feel under pressure although we do strive to achieve musical excellence!
SONGS OF NIGHT AND DAY
Friday 17th February 2023
An evening of music including opera, musicals and popular song, journeying from dusk to dawn was enjoyed.
This concert was in the more intimate setting of St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, Union Street, Greenock.
The songs and pieces were a mix of popular and classical song, opera, folk and film music programmed to follow the rising and falling of the sun.
SUPPORT THE MUSIC
There are so many ways in which you can show your support for Greenock Philharmonic Choir.
Sponsorships, donations and attending concerts are only a few of the ways in which you can get involved.
Contact us today to find out how you can make your contribution to the musical culture of Inverclyde.
