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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Chorister and Junior Sections
The Cathedral offers excellent musical opportunities for boys' voices, working under the guidance of professional choral and vocal specialists. Every member is offered assistance in music reading and theory and individual singing lessons can be arranged. The choirs' vocal coach is Sally Egan, who has held the equivalent positions at Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Places in the choir are available to all, and boys up to and including the age of ten can audition. All boys are normally expected to learn at least one instrument and/or take regular singing lessons.
The boys have been invited to sing in performances with several leading orchestras such as the Liverpool Philharmonic and Opera North, and have also recorded two CD's and broadcast many times on BBC Radio. Two motets were composed for the choir by Giles Swayne to mark the reopening of the Cathedral in 2007. They made their Radio 3 debut in 2010 with music by Langlais, Easdale and Victoria. They were also invited to sing for Pope Benedict XIV during his state visit to the UK.
The current membership comprises 40 children between the ages of seven and 14. The cathedral choiristers rehearse on Mondays and Wednesdays after school and the junior training choir rehearses on Mondays.
To join the choirs and for all other
enquiries please contact:
Mrs Peyee Chen
Music Administrator
Leeds Cathedral
Great George Street
Leeds LS2 8BE
Tel: 0113 244 8634
Email: click here