Welcome to the website of the Manchester Amateur Choral Competition. Here you will find all the background information about the annual event as well as details of the most recent results and how your choir can register to enter this year's event.

The MACC 2010 will take place at the Royal Northern College of Music on Sunday 21st November. The MACC: Youth Choirs event will take place on Sunday 5th December, also at the RNCM.

The entry process for the 2010 competition is now open. Please go to the 'Registration' page of this website to download a registration form for your choir. Tickets for both events will be on sale via the RNCM later in the year.

In 2009, the main competition was held on Saturday 21st November at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. The winners were south Manchester's Crystal Chords (see a reprise of their winning performance here). In second place were LGB choir The Pink Singers from London. In third place were Galloways Community Choir. The judges were Jeffrey Lawton, Senior Lecturer in Vocal Studies at the RNCM, Ian Chesworth, the well-respected local singer, organist and conductor and professional singer Margaret Ferguson, who has sung at venues as celebrated as the Royal Albert Hall. 2008's winners, Bolton's Cottontown Chorus, made a special guest appearance at the end of what was a truly memorable day.

There was also the new, MACC: Youth Choirs competition, which took place the following day on Sunday 22nd November, also at the RNCM. The winners were the Arden Youth Choir from Nelson, Lancashire, followed by the City of Leeds Youth Choir and in third place was Together, from Wirral Grammar School for Girls. Competing Youth Choirs also had the opportunity to take part in a variety of vocal and performance workshops throughout the day, courtesy of the Youth MACC's official partner, the RNCM Outreach Department. The judges for the MACC: Youth Choirs were the RNCM's Jeffrey Lawton, Shirley Court, Director of the Cheshire Youth Choir and the RNCM Youth Sing project and Gregory Batsleer, Director of the Halle Youth Choir and co-founder and Principal Conductor of the Manchester Consort.

Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to the many choirs from all over the UK who came and took part in both competitions.

The inaugural MACC competition took place on in November 2008 at the Royal Northern College of Music. Images from the event at the RNCM as well as some of the choirs singing at St Ann's Square and at the Manchester Museum can be found on the 'MACC 08' section of this website. Click here to see a short film of the 2008 MACC.

Below are some quotes from MACC audience feedback forms:

'A very uplifting day'

'This is a great event and proud to have it in Manchester'

'Great to see so many people making music and having fun'

'A very exciting and valuable day from which I have learnt much'

'A great event - needs to be developed and grown'

'The team of stewards were outstanding'

'Great opportunity to listen to a wide cross-section of talent'

'Some very moving renditions of some favourite songs'