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Saturday 12th December 7.30pm at St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church Street, Warwick CV34 4JD. Village Voices Christmas Concert.
Tickets £15 – under 18s free and are available in advance from choir members, on the door, or from eventbrite (for a small fee).
The concert is being organised by Village Voices in aid of
Women Stepping Out a local charity.
More details to follow.
In 2026 the choir is raising funds for the local charity Women Stepping Out.
In 2025 we raised funds for Warwickshire Vision and at our 19th July 2025 Concert we raised £2,500 for the charity. By far the largest sum of money we’ve ever raised from one concert, and over the year we raised a total of £6,000, the largest sum we’ve ever raised in a single year for one charity.
During 2024 the choir raised funds for the charity New Chapters.
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A concert to celebrate the life and music of Roger Haygreen was held on
Saturday 17th October 2026 at 3 pm St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD.
With Village Voices, Kenilworth Consort Singers and Omnium Gatherum.
Admission was free, but the retiring collection and donations for refreshments, raising an amazing £800 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
A wonderful afternoon of music and memories brought together those who knew and loved Roger through his choirs. Thank you to Omnium Gatherum and Kenilworth Consort Singers for joining Village Voices to sing for Roger. Many of the songs were favourites of his and all were sung with joy and love.
Village Voices was conducted by our Musical Director Kieron Howe. Gary Beman conducted the joint choirs and separately Omnium Gatherum and Kenilworth Consort Singers. Paul Sudlow, on piano, accompanied all.
Many thanks to all who helped to organise and take part in the event and to those who brought and served the delicious refreshments, including tea and cakes. Also many thanks to those who enabled the concert to be held at St. Nicholas Church.
Below is a video of Rock Around the Clock – Max C. Freedman & Jimmy De Knight arr. Jeff Funk. Recorded by a member of the audience:
The Concert was held at 7.30pm on Saturday 11th July at Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 5RG
With guest soloist Sophie Robertson.
Village Voices was conducted by our Musical Director Kieron Howe and accompanied by Helen Pugh. The event was a great success and our musical director, Kieron Howe, did a brilliant job, as did Helen Pugh.
Sophie Robertson, our flute soloist, was absolutely captivating, playing the pieces she had selected. We just can’t thank her enough for taking part at our concert. Sophie was accompanied by Julie Edwards on piano.
Variety at the concert was also enhanced by the quartet comprising: Helen Pugh – French Horn, Sophie Robertson – Flute, Keiron Howe – Trombone and Julie Edwards – Piano.
Village Voices raised £1,000 at the concert for the local charity Women Stepping Out.
Some mobile phone recordings from the concert:
Rhythm of Life – Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields arr. Richard Barnes
Do Not Be Afraid – Philip W.J. Stopford
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again – Andrew Lloyd Webber arr. Barrie Carson Turner
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron – Traditional English Song arr. Alexander L’Estrange
O Waly, Waly – Traditional Somerset Song arr. Alexander L’Estrange
Beati Quorum Via – Charles Villiers Stanford
Something inside So Strong – Labi Siffre arr. Jonathan Wikeley
The Road Home – Stephen Paulus
Many thanks go to all those behind the scenes who helped to organise and provide for the event – including Top Nosh, refreshment servers, our furniture movers, entrance & raffle ticket sellers and those who provided and prepared the raffle prizes.
Also to Holy Trinity Church, Leamington.
The choir were very sad to learn that Roger passed away peacefully on Sunday 17th May 2026, at the Heathcote Rehabilitation Hospital, Whitnash.
VV members will remember Roger with great affection having been our accompanist from 2010 to spring 2025, when ill health forced him to stop playing.
Rest in Peace, Roger, and thank you for your service to Village Voices.
For more information about Roger please click on the following link Roger Haygreen.
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