{{Short description|Choir based in West Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox choir | name = Castleford Male Voice Choir | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | alias = Castleford MVC; CMVC | former_name = | origin = Castleford, United Kingdom | founding = 1926 ({{years ago|1926}} years ago) | founder = | disbanding = | genre = Male voice choir | members = | notable_members = | president = | music director = | choirmaster = | organist = | chief conductor = | orchestra manager = | choir admission = | orchestra admission = | headquarters = Castleford/Pontefract, West Yorkshire | concert_hall = | affiliation = | associated groups = | influences = | awards = | website = [http://www.castlefordmvc.co.uk/ www.castlefordmvc.co.uk] }}
The '''Castleford Male Voice Choir''' ('''CMVC''') is a male voice choir based in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.<ref name="wdco">{{cite web | url=http://www.wdco.org/site/Castleford-Male-Voice-Choir/ | title=Castleford Male Voice Choir | publisher=Wakefield District Community Online | date=14 April 2015 | accessdate=17 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227165154/http://www.wdco.org/site/Castleford-Male-Voice-Choir// | archive-date=27 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The choir was established in 1926.
The choir has recorded LPs.<ref name="discogs">{{citation| url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3880324-Castleford-Male-Voice-Choir| title=Castleford Male Voice Choir Discography | website=Discogs | accessdate=17 July 2017 }}</ref> It has appeared on the BBC television programme ''The One Show''.<ref name="express">{{cite news| url=http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/castleford-choir-s-tv-debut-1-4316327 | title=Castleford Male Voice Choir will make its television debut on the BBC's The One Show this evening (Tuesday March 6) | newspaper=Pontefract and Castleford Express | date=6 March 2012 }}</ref> It has toured nationally and internationally, for example to Salzburg in Austria where it appeared with the Salzburg Singers.<ref name="silcoates">{{citation | url=https://www.silcoates.org.uk/2012/10/vocal-concert-salzburg-singers-and-castleford-male-voice-choir/ | title=Vocal Concert – Salzburg Singers And Castleford Male Voice Choir | publisher=Silcoates School | location=UK | first=K. | last=Thackray | date=17 October 2012 | accessdate=17 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The choir undertakes joint concerts as well as appearing on its own.<ref name="spiritofharmony">{{citation | url=https://spiritofharmony.co.uk/events/2017/10/20/joint-concert-with-castleford-male-voice-choir | title=Joint Concert with Castleford Male Voice Choir | publisher=Spirit of Harmony | location=UK | date=20 October 2017 | accessdate=17 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The Castleford MVC meets weekly at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall in Castleford.<ref name="express" />
==Discography== Recordings include:<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Golden Jubilee'' (1975) * ''Yorkshire Mixture'' (1978) – with the Queensbury Music Centre Band * ''With A Voice Of Singing'' (2001)
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==External links== * [http://www.castlefordmvc.co.uk/ Castleford Male Voice Choir website] * {{Facebook|casmvc}} * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFTAc8KWA1ixJS871sKi9aQ Castleford Male Voice Choir] on YouTube
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Category:1926 establishments in England Category:Musical groups established in 1926 Category:Boys' and men's choirs Category:Yorkshire choirs Category:Musical groups from West Yorkshire Category:Castleford
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