About Mersey Wave

The choir

Members of Mersey Wave Choir standing together in red music-note scarves

Mersey Wave is a community interest company based in South Liverpool/Halton providing access to music for those who would like to pick up new skills and enjoy the social aspects of music making in the community.

Our primary activity is the Mersey Wave Choir, which is a mixed voice chorus of currently around 70 members who meet every week.

We also organise and run events promoting live music and we are always looking for guest performers or other similar groups to link up with, so please get in touch if that might be you!

Mersey Wave Choir singing in a church, in black and white, with the conductor facing the choir

Jason Ellis conducting the choir in rehearsal

Rehearsals

The choir meets every Wednesday at 7:15pm at Hale Village Hall, High St, Hale, Liverpool L24 4AE.

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The music team

Jason Ellis

Musical Director

Jason Ellis is a media composer, music producer, and pianist based in Liverpool. Originally from West Yorkshire, he studied at the Leeds Conservatoire before earning a BA in Music from Liverpool University and a Master's in Media Composition from Chichester University.

Since 2010, Jason has served as the principal accompanist for the Fron Male Voice Choir. He also directs several community music groups, including the Mersey Wave Choir, which he founded in 2012. As a live musician, he has accompanied artists such as Alfie Boe, Bryn Terfel, and Russell Watson. In addition to his live work, Jason produces music for film, television, and virtual reality games, releasing cinematic and nature-inspired music under the name LyreLaike.

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Andrew Wileman

Accompanist

Andrew Wileman is a pianist and piano teacher based in Liverpool. Since graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2017 with a BMus (Hons), he has worked extensively across the UK, performing in concerts ranging from classical music to jazz. He joined the Mersey Wave Choir as an accompanist in 2023 and has made notable appearances on BBC Radio Merseyside, at the Eurovision Village, and at the Barbican Centre.

The choir team

Paul

Chairperson

Pat

Librarian

Joe

Compère

Karl

Tenor/Bass representative

Clare

Soprano representative

Ursula

Alto representative