Diocese of Leeds on the BBC
This Sunday (3 May) at 7.10am, the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme will feature the work of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme.
Leeds International Organ Festival Live
We’re delighted that the billed Monday recitalists for Leeds International Organ Festival 2020 are generously providing video and audio clips for us to broadcast on our LIOF YouTube channel each week, so that everyone can enjoy these world-class performers from the comfort of their own homes.
Tune in each Monday at 1.15 pm to lioflive.org.uk for Leeds International Organ Festival Live.
Diocese of Leeds Music host national webinar
On Thursday 2nd April, Diocese of Leeds Music hosted a webinar for the Cathedral Organists' Association and Conference of Catholic Directors of Music: Practical Approaches to Cathedral Choir Rehearsals Online. The webinar explained the technology and teaching methods...
Keep calm and carry on singing!
In mid-March, members of the Leeds Cathedral Junior Choirs and Children’s Choir had been enjoying learning songs for our Spring Concert and were excited about the performance. Some of us were becoming slightly anxious about the progress of Coronavirus around the world, but we generally continued as normal, singing a full choral Mass as recently as 15th March, albeit with extra hygiene measures in place and a few children missing.Â
Live-streaming of Leeds Cathedral Mass
Holy Mass will now be live-streamed each weekday at 10.30am and on Sundays at 11am whilst the celebration of public Masses is suspended. There will also be a live-stream of the Angelus at 12 noon each weekday, followed by praying the Rosary. To participate online, please visit the new YouTube channel www.leedscathedrallive.org.uk
Coronavirus / COVID-19
Due to the increasing seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak and public health guidance to avoid inessential contact we are suspending all of the Diocese’s choirs with immediate effect. This includes all scheduled rehearsals, liturgies and concerts.
Leeds International Organ Festival
Leeds Cathedral in the Diocese of Leeds is to hold the second Leeds International Organ Festival this summer. Between 13th May and 10th July, organists young and old will have the opportunity to hear, meet and perform alongside renowned international concert organists...
Our choirs feature in Sunday's @BBCSoP! Tune in this Sunday at 11.30am...meanwhile enjoy this clip of our Cathedral Junior Girls' Choir rehearsing with @revkatebottley @StGtG_CAT @theBWCAT
Please consider helping us to take over thirty young singers on a residential trip to sing with the Gabrieli Consort. The project includes a week-long residential at Oundle School, culminating in a performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Ely Cathedral. https://dolmusic.uk/support-gabrieli-roar
A great concert from our Huddersfield choirs and guest schools from the @BPS_Trust at @ASCHC_COLLEGE - well done to all the young singers and our conductors and pianist @WilJonesMD, Roly Mander and Anthony Beckwith 🎶🎵🎵🎶
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Diocese of Leeds Music: Gabrieli Roar Residential
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Diocese of Leeds Music is fundraising to perform Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' in the magnificent Ely Cathedral, working in partnership with professional singers and players from the famous Gabrieli Consort ...