About Us

Our network

The Military Wives Choirs is a community of over 1800 women in 70 choirs across the UK and internationally. We come together to celebrate a love of singing and a communal understanding that comes from our members' shared experiences of the Armed Forces.

We welcome all women whose lives are currently impacted by their military connection; our network supports each other and forms life-changing friendships that lead to new and uplifting experiences through singing.

Military life across the services has its challenges. Some families move regularly to a new posting, while for others deployments mean long periods of separation. With choirs across the UK and overseas, many of our members join a new choir when they are posted, enabling them to become part of a familiar community built upon the joy of singing.

Singing in a choir has been proven to increase wellbeing and improve mental and physical health. With no auditions and no pressure to perform, the Military Wives Choirs gives its members the opportunity to spend time with women that truly understand the challenges associated with military life.

Our Trustees

Working together as a board, our trustees provide leadership to the charity. They are all volunteers who give their time and expertise to the management of the Military Wives Choirs.

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The Choirs Support Team

The Choirs Support Team are passionate about running the charity, supporting the network of choirs and raising awareness of the charity and its endeavours.

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Ambassadors

Our Ambassadors are leading industry figures who generously give their experience and expertise to the charity.

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Artistic Director
Joanna Tomlinson

About Our Artistic Director

Joanna Tomlinson has established an outstanding reputation for her work as conductor, singer and vocal coach with choirs of all ages and sizes.

As Principal Conductor of National Youth Choir’s Female/Non-Binary choir for five years, she made numerous recordings and conducted at venues including the Royal Albert Hall in London. In her time as Artistic Director of the internationally renowned Farnham Youth Choir

they were winners of two gold medals in the 2019 European Choir Games and featured in the live final of ITV’s X-Factor in 2018.

Choirs that Joanna works with regularly include Constanza Chorus and Whitehall Choir in London, and she often features as guest conductor with the BBC Symphony Chorus, Epiphoni and at the Royal Opera House on their Sing at the ROH programme. She has also delivered workshops and community singing programmes for Glyndebourne Opera, the Association of British Choral Directors and Association of Teachers of Singing.

Having gained a Distinction in Singing from the Royal College of Music, Joanna brings to her work the knowledge and experience of singing with world class professional choral groups such as the BBC Singers, London Voices, Gabrieli Consort, Philharmonia Voices and Sonoro..

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Our Trustees

Working together as a board, our trustees provide leadership to the charity. They are all volunteers who give their time and expertise to the management of the Military Wives Choirs.

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The Choir Support Team

The Choirs Support Team are passionate about supporting and empowering all women in the choirs and raising awareness of the charity and its endeavours.

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Ambassadors

Generously giving their experience and expertise to the charity.

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Artistic Director
Hilary Davan
Wetton

About Our Artistic Director

Hilary Davan Wetton is one of Britain’s most versatile and dynamic conductors with a career encompassing repertoire across choral and orchestral music.

A passionate supporter of music and wellbeing, Hilary is more than an ambassador for the charity. In 2019, Hilary Davan Wetton became the Artistic Director of the Military Wives Choirs charity and joins us on many musical performances and recordings across the UK.

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Military Wives Choirs and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity

We work side by side with SSAFA in support of their mission to relieve need, suffering and distress amongst the Armed Forces, veterans and their families. We support their independence and dignity as a charity run by, for and with women in the military community.

Learn more about SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity and their services available to service personnel, past and present, and their families.

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