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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Click here to read an article about the outreach singing programme here in the Diocese of Leeds. The article is taken from Church Music Quarterly, the magazine of the Royal School of Church Music.
With a readership of 80,000 worldwide, CMQ is an influential periodical illustrating the More>>
The Guardian today (7th February 2008) carries a letter citing the positive example of the Diocese of Leeds singing outreach programme in Bradford. It comes in the wake of recent media coverage about the idea of choir school academies proposed by the government.
Here is an excerpt from the
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LEEDS CATHEDRAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Spring and Lent
Thursday 21 February 1.10pm
Leeds University Union Music Society
Chamber Choir
Totus Tuus Henryk Gorecki
Crucifixus Antonio Lotti
Deep River Arr. Norman Luboff
Lamentation Edward C. Bairstow
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At 3pm on Sunday, 17th February, Leeds Cathedral Choir will perform J.S.Bach's St John Passion in Leeds Cathedral under the direction of Dr Christopher Johns, accompanied by members of the LUUMS (Leeds University Union Musical Society) Orchestra. Admission is free of charge, with a retiring More>>
Each first Sunday of the Month, the 11am Solemn Mass at the Cathedral is celebrated in Latin.
Many people do not realise that the 'normal' language for Roman Catholic worship is in fact Latin - the second Vatican Council did not decree that in future Mass was to be said in the
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As part of evangelisation here in the Diocese of Leeds, we are currently engaged in 'Come and See', a process for renewal. The third year of the program is entitled "Being the local church: Celebrating being Catholic."
This week saw children from Catholic schools from across
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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