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The Diocese of Leeds has the largest church programme of choral music for young people in the United Kingdom. In total it maintains 53 choirs comprising some 1800 children meeting weekly. There are 42 school choirs, five boys' choirs, four girls' choirs and two adult choirs. more »
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The Huddersfield Boys' Choir have just finished a very successful trip to London. This tour, over a long weekend in half term, featured three performances. Firstly they were lucky to have a chance to sing Vigil Mass at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday evening; the boys were inspired by the size of the building, the large congregation and the amazing acoustic. This was particularly true for their director, Keith Roberts, who was once a boy chorister there himself. This was followed by Sunday Mass at St. Patrick's Church in Plumstead, where the warmth of the welcome and the kindness of the parish (and a large Sunday lunch and the four tins of Quality Street) was enormously appreciated. Finally they performed a lunchtime concert in the Temple Church, where a very appreciative audience enjoyed music from our own Catholic tradition, through other Christian and Spiritual music, to new concert and festival repertoire, where the boys sang beautifully in two and three parts.
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December 14th,2011- New Organ for St Edward's in Clifford
Anton Skrabl was chosen to relocate and restore a new organ for St Edward's Church in Clifford. St Edward's is a grade one listed structure and is often described as one of the most beautiful churches in the Diocese of Leeds. In replacing the old organ, it was important to find an instrument
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November 9th,2011- Requiem Mass for Sir Jimmy Savile
The boys and adult choirs of Leeds Cathedral provided the musical backdrop to the funeral of Sir Jimmy Savile. The family had made only one musical request: that the hymn Jerusalem was sung. The text of the mass was sung to the Requiem by the French composer Maurice Durufle and motets included
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November 7th,2011- Bradford Girls take first place in Wales
Guy Fawkes Day certainly went with a bang for the Bradford Girls' Choir as they took first place in the youth choir section of the North Wales Choral Festival. Now in its fifth year, the competition attracted over 25 choirs from across the British Isles.
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Guy Fawkes Day certainly went with a bang for the Bradford Girls' Choir as they took first place in the youth choir section of the North Wales Choral Festival. Now in its fifth year, the competition attracted over 25 choirs from across the British Isles.
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Mrs Peyee Chen
Music Administrator
Leeds Cathedral
Great George Street
Leeds LS2 8BE
Tel: 0113 244 8634
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