What We do
Our summer and autumn concerts are typically full concert performances, with professional soloists and accompanists. They may consist of a major choral work, one or more shorter choral works, and solo pieces and are usually performed at St Luke’s Church, Maidenhead. We also have a Christmas concert, which is a more informal affair and perform at weddings, services and other events.
History
Maidenhead Choral Society started as the Christian Council Choir run by Len Piercey who was the organist and choirmaster at St Mary’s Church, Maidenhead. In 1963, the choir was reformed from all the church choirs in Maidenhead to sing in a concert celebrating the opening of the town hall. Since then, our concert programmes have been varied and ambitious; from Handel, Dvorak and Haydn, to Tippett, Vaughan Williams and Britten.
Supporters
We are also very grateful for the generous support of The Louis Baylis Trust, which is a charitable trust linked to our local newspaper, The Maidenhead Advertiser, and also to The Prince Philip Trust Fund, and The Kidwells Park Trust, two local charities that support community activities.
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People
Our Director of Music, Medb Brereton Hurley, was the conductor of the Trinity Orchestra until August of 2022 and she made her official debut with the orchestra at a concert in Trinity College Dublin in April 2022. She graduated from TCD with a first-class honours degree in Music and English Literature in November 2022. She was the musical director of the Voice of Darndale Community Choir and she was one of the founders and the co-artistic administrator of the first Annual Music Graduate Exhibition, which saw nine original compositions by Irish music graduates premiered in concert.
Medb was the Irish National Opera studio conductor from June 2022 to June 2024. Most recently, she worked as the assistant conductor and off-stage band conductor of INO’s production of La traviata in May 2024. Medb conducted the INO orchestra and other studio singers at the Studio Gala in The Pavillion Theatre in June 2023. She was awarded the Orchestra Prize in the Orchestral Conducting competition in the Feis Cheoil 2024, during which she conducted the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. She conducted the Kabin Crew’s first orchestral concert, The Sound of the Northside, in the Everyman Theatre in Cork in July 2024.
Medb was appointed as the Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Conducting Fellow of Trinity Laban Conservatory in September 2024. In this role, she has conducted the TL Symphony Orchestra and various other conservatory ensembles. She has also conducted side-by-side projects with the London Mozart Players and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Medb has been the musical director of Maidenhead Choral Society since January 2025.
Our accompanist is Jenny Hopper who has conducted and performed widely.