Join our award-winning team!
As our Schools Singing and Keyboard Studies Programmes expand there are now full-time positions for Choral Directors, Keyboard Tutors and an Assistant Cathedral Organist available.
Launching the National Schools Singing Programme
Thanks to funding from The Hamish Ogston Foundation, Diocese of Leeds Music is delighted to announce that it is now expanding its award-winning Schools Singing Programme across Yorkshire and replicating it in every Catholic diocese in the UK to create the National Schools Singing Programme.
Catch up on our award-winning online singing sessions!
Our YouTube-based virtual singing sessions have now had over 70,000 views to date, won a Royal Philharmonic Inspiration Award (Nov 2020) and featured twice on BBC Radio 4. You can sing along with our team on schoolsingingprogramme.org.uk.
Upcoming Events
Fantastic! We are excited to be singing with @GabrieliCandP too in just a few weeks in @York_Minster.
All Saints' at Leeds Cathedral
Sunday 31st October
๐ต.๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ)
๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐' ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐)
Gaudeamus, Gregorian
Messe Solennelle, Vierne
Jubilate Deo a8, Gabrieli
Allegro risoluto, Vierne
Lovely singing - well done, we love working with St Philip's, have a great half-term!
Internationally acclaimed accordionist Valerie Barr joined our Keyboard Studies Programme team in September, rolling out accordion teaching and our brand new whole class melodica programme. ![]()
"๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ."
All Saints' and All Souls' at Leeds Cathedral![]()
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Sunday 31st October (All Saints')![]()
๐ต.๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ)![]()
๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐' ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐)![]()
Gaudeamus, Gregorian![]()
Messe Solennelle, Vierne![]()
Jubilate Deo a8, Gabrieli![]()
Organ: Allegro risoluto (Symphony 2), Vierne![]()
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Tuesday 2nd November (All Souls')![]()
๐ฑ.๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐' ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐)![]()
Requiem, Duruflรฉ
Back in September, five new full time staff joined our team as we expanded our provision in schools across the Diocese, we're so delighted to have them on board! ![]()
Will is one of our new Choral Directors, working with schools and choirs in Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon.![]()
"๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ-๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง-๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ โ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข-๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ๐ด โ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด: ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.โ
As we get to half-term, a huge thank you to all our colleagues; they've worked so hard in schools, with keyboard pupils and with choirs so far this term, and well done to all our choir members too!![]()
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Here's some lovely feedback just in from a school's music lead in Leeds:![]()
'I cannot compliment your Choral Director enough; The children are so excited when they come in on a Wednesday morning for the lessons and are bouncing off the walls after. They sing beautifully (so beautifully, I have decided to start a school choir to help compliment the teaching) but they improve their confidence which is an immeasurable thing for a young child. We recently had a parents evening and most of the parents mentioned to me their child's love for singing, this has never happened to me before at any school and I know it is down to your singing sessions.'![]()
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Happy half-term! ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ถ
Today at Leeds Cathedral:![]()
๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ![]()
with school groups from the Schools Singing Programme![]()
๐ฑ.๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐' ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฟ)![]()
Qui habitas, Gregorian![]()
Missa XVI, Gregorian![]()
Terra tremuit, Bรกrdos![]()
Anima Christi, Frisina