The Diocese of Leeds has the largest church programme of choral music for young people in the United Kingdom.
Our Choral Directors work with some 3500 children weekly (over 100 groups across 53 schools), returning to their bases to run our elite choirs; 6 boys’ choirs, 6 girls’ choirs, 5 mixed children’s choirs, 2 youth choirs, 3 university choirs and an adult choir, all drawing their membership from our school sessions. more »
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On Saturday February 7th world-renowned expert on boys' voices, Professor Martin Ashley, is presenting a training day between 10am and 4pm in Leeds Cathedral Hall. The day is aimed at choir leaders, school teachers, musicians and educationalists. In the afternoon sessions, Professor Ashley will
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The Winter term concluded with two live BBC broadcasts. The cathedral choirs sang Choral Vespers on Radio 3 and the Bradford Catholic Youth Choir sang Morning Worship on Radio 4. Three traditional services of lessons and carols took place at the Cathedral, St Patrick's Huddersfield and St Anne's
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A service of Choral Vespers was broadcast live from Leeds Cathedral on Wednesday 26th November. The service was sung by the senior boys, girls and adult choir and led by Monsignor Philip Moger. The choir was directed by Benjamin Saunders, with organist Daniel Justin. The programme featured the
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We join Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra for their performance of Britten's monumental War Requiem - a true choral masterpiece.
This spectacular work combines the text of the Requiem Mass with the searing poetry of Wilfrid Owen, and was written for the consecration of Coventry's new
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The music department newsletter for Autumn 2014 is now available as a download. It contains details of recent and forthcoming events together with information about the next broadcasts and CD releases. Also included is details of training workshops and a feature on members of the Diocesan Boys
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Considered one of the world's greatest Flamenco artists, Paco Pena brings his astonishing flamenco company to Leeds Town Hall for this internationally-acclaimed production featuring the Bradford Catholic Girls' Choir.
Peña is one of the leading champions of the Flamenco tradition
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To join the choirs and for all other
enquiries please contact:
Music Administrator
Leeds Cathedral
Great George Street
Leeds LS2 8BE
Tel: 0113 244 8634
Email: click here