A Long History of the Phoenix Singers
17/9/81 First Rehearsal - mixed voice choir - Vivaldis Gloria Leek High
1/4/82 Gloria - Vivaldi, and Requiem - Faure All Saints
26/3/83 Messiah - Handel All Saints
1/6/84 Carmina Burana, Zadok the Priest, Sound the Trumpet Leek High
6/6/85 Paul Butler's last rehearsal as head of music at Leek high School
21/10/85 Choir could not continue at Leek High because of lack of students in the Choir, a committee formed and premises to be found.
16/1/86 First rehearsal of new choir named Phoenix Singers St Edwards Subscription was 10p per week. John Fisher - Chairman, Alison Elliott - Secretary, Anthony Elliott - Treasurer.
18/5/86 Mozart's Requiem St Edwards
20/7/86 Performance at Garden Festival - Moorlands Garden at 2pm, 4pm & 6pm.
13/12/86 Christmas Music - incl Hodie - Vaughan Williams All Saints
22/1/87 AGM, Dick Boulding - Chairman, Bronwen Williams - Secretary Brian Riley - Treasurer.
16/5/87 An "Open" Messiah St Edwards Church
25/6/87 Gordon Hansell takes over as Chairman
11/12/87 An Evening of French Music - Durufle Requiem All Saints
11/6/88 Summer Serenade of English Music - Elgar, Britten, Swann, Trad, Parry Trinity
22/12/88 Carols by Candlelight - Traditional Carols Trinity
12/3/89 The Crucifixion - John Stainer St Chads, Longsdon
14/10/89 The Creation - Hadyn All Saints
9/6/90 Beatus Vir - Monteverdi, Chichester Psalms - Britten Mass in A Flat - Schubert Trinity
1/12/90 Carmina Burana - Carl Orff, O Praise the Lord - Handel Trinity
1/6/91 Petite Messe Solennelle - Rossini Trinity
7/12/91 A Concert at Christmas - Rutter, Willcocks arrangements Trinity
9/5/92 The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar All Saints with Leek Choral and Nantwich Tudor Consort All Saints
5/12/92 Nelson Mass - Haydn, Love song Waltzes - Brahms Trinity Polovtsienne Dances - Borodin
26/7/93 Gigs round the Moorlands ! Meerbrook, Cheadle etc
23/4/94 Vespers 1610 - Monteverdi All Saints
11/12/94 Christmas Spectacular with Royal Marines Band Victoria Hall
11/2/95 Ceremony of Carols - Britten, Te Deum - Dvorak Trinity Faure Requiem.
11/11/95 B Minor Mass - Bach All Saints
19/11/96 Mozart Requiem All Saints
31/5/97 Concert with Stoke-on-Trent Brass All Saints Ashley Thompson becomes our new Musical director
8/11/97 Autumn Concert, Laudate Dominum - Tallis Messa Quam Pulchra Es - Palestrina, Beatus Vir - Monteverdi 4 Negro Spirituals - Tippett, West Side Story - Bernstein All Saints
23/4/98 Cheshire Dance Workshop, (Vivaldi's Gloria) Wilmslow
3/5/98 Concert in Loudun, Loire Valley France
June 1998 Gloria - Vivaldi, Cantique de Jean Racine All Saints
July 1998 A Travers Chants, Loudun/ Phoenix Concert All Saints
31/10/98 Feathers from the Tail of the Phoenix All Saints
19/12/98 Messiah - Handel with Leek Choral All Saints
23/1/99 Music from around the World, Concert at Endon Methodist church
12/6/99 Elijah - Mendelssohn All Saints
27/11/99 Voices of Reflection - First Millennium Concert with All Saints Longsdon Amateur Dramatic Society, Early music to Present - Thompson
4/3/2000 Voices of the Future - Second Millennium Concert All Saints Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo - Horovitz 'Time' - Johnny Coppin.
6/3/2000 AGM - Subscription now £40 per annum, rehearsals at Leek High School Ellie Elsdon - Chairman, Rosemary Baxter - Secretary, Brian Riley - Treas.
31/4/2000 Concert in Heerenveen, Freisland, Northern Holland
20/5/2000 Concert in Lichfield Cathedral Vaughan William's Sea Symphony (with other Staffordshire choirs)
29/5/2000 Singing in the gardens at Biddulph Grange, part of BBC Music Live!
09/7/2000 Leek Civic Service - J. Fisher Mayor
04/9/2000 Constitution of choir changed prior to acquisition of charitable status
25/11/2000 Concert at All Saints' Leek, Britten Ceremony of Carols, Rutter 'Icicles' and other carols
01/12/2000 Carols at switching on of Leek Town Christmas Lights
10/12/2000 Trinity Church Leek, Christmas service for the housebound
18/12/2000 Carols at 'Beechdene'
20/12/2000 Endon Methodist Church, Christmas music
28/4/2001 Concert with Noorden Singers, Heerenveen in All Saints' Leek
09/6/2001 Haydn's Creation at AllSaints' Leek with Stoke-on-Trent Chamber Orchestra
13/7/2001 Concert at Flower Festival St. John's, Knypersley
14/10/2001 Verdi's Requiem at Victoria Hall Hanley with Ceramic City and Keele Bach Choir
08/12/2001 Christmas Concert at Ipstones
03-25/05/2002 Sweeney Todd at New Victoria Theatre
06/7/2002 Recording for CD at All Saints' Leek
16/11/2002 Concert at All Saints' Leek with Bella Musica incl. Faure Requiem
14/6/2003 Concert at All Saints' Leek, Tudor and Modern Anthems incl. Tallis' Spem In Alium
06/12/2003 Concert at All Saints' Leek, Selection from Handel's Messiah and carols
07-25/5/2004 Amadeus at New Victoria Theatre
20/05/2004 Concert at New Victoria Theatre with Bella Musica
09/7/2004 Visit to Llangollen International Eisteddfford
17/7/2004 Concert at Grindon Church
01-04/10/2004 Visit to Este Italy, Concert in Duomo
03-07/12/2004 Visit from Amazing Gospel Choir Este incl. Concert by them in St. Mary's Leek
11/12/2004 Concert with Johnny Coppin, All Saints' Leek
06/5/2005 'Flames of Lanka' Concert with Pro Musica, All Saints' Leek
08/7/2005 Visit to Llangollen International Eisteddfford
22/7-13/8/2005 Two members appear in 'The Bat'at New Victoria Theatre
25/9/2005 80th Anniversary of dedication of Leek Monument, with Leek Choral Society and Este choir
08/10/2005 Concert at Victoria Hall Hanley in aid of Douglas Macmillan Hospice with Ceramic City Choir and Emma Johnson, clarinet
04/12/2005 "Light up a Life" Concert at Victoria Hall Hanley in aid of Douglas Macmillan Hospice
15/12/2005 Concert at Cheltenham Town Hall with Johnny Coppin
22/04/2006 Concert of music by Poulenc and Duruffle at All Saints' Leek
26-29/05/2006 Visit to Este Italy, Concert in Duomo
03/12/2006 "Light up a Life" Concert at Victoria Hall Hanley in aid of Douglas Macmillan Hospice
16/12/2006 "An Elizabethan Christmas" with PIVA and The Young Phoenix at All Saints' Leek
17/03/2007 Paul Spicer's Easter Oratorio with Lichfield Cathedral Choristors at All Saints' Leek
08/04/2007 Hymns and Chorales from Paul Spicer's Easter Oratorio recorded and broadcast on Radio Stoke
09/06/2007 Vivaldi Gloria from scratch, All Saints' Leek
09/06/2007 25th Anniversary Celebration at The Swan, Leek
17/07/2007 Leek800 - Singing as part of Leek 800th Anniversary of Market Charter
21/09/2007 Concert at St' Lawrence's Church Biddulph