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Chordiality is delighted to announce that over the last 11 years, through proceeds received from its concerts, it has been able to donate over £20,000 to worthy causes.  This is alongside the monies raised when the choir has been singing at concerts in support of necessary and worthwhile local initiatives. This year alone, in the… Continue reading £20,000 donated to worthy causes over 11 years

– Sunday 27 September at 2.30pm – For the last concert of the current season, Chordiality is on the road again, this time to Huddersfield and to a new venue for the singers. St Patrick’s Church (New North Road, Huddersfield HD1 5JY) was opened in 1832 and was the first purpose-built Catholic church in the… Continue reading Autumn concert in Hudds

10 July 2027 – a date for your diary! On the evening of Saturday 10 July next year, Chordiality will be joined by the National Festival Orchestra to perform Mozart’s famous Requiem Mass in D minor in the beautiful acoustic and setting of Bradford Cathedral. The work, celebrated the world over, was last performed by… Continue reading Mozart’s Requiem in Bradford Cathedral

A full house greeted Chordiality at Cottingley and the choir put in a performance worthy of the after-concert prosecco and cream teas. The concert, at St Mary’s and St Monica’s Church, was an enjoyable fundraiser for the St Vincent de Paul Society.  A total of £2059 was raised for the charity, whose work focusses on… Continue reading Singers sparkle at summer concert

A fantastic concert – and prosecco and cream tea – awaits when Chordiality’s singers serenade the audience at St Mary’s and St Monica’s Church, Cottingley – on Sunday 5 July at 3pm. Following a marvellous reception at its previous concert in Otley, the choir returns to home soil with its programme of works by contemporary… Continue reading Sparkling cream tea and sublime music

A wonderful spring concert by Chordiality’s singers in Otley left the audience asking for more. A grateful and congratulatory message from the concert organiser and priest at the town’s Our Lady and All Saints Church, Fr Nicholas Hird, summed up the enjoyment of the day: “It was a truly magnificent concert which has left many… Continue reading Marvellous concert and good causes benefit too

Book now to hear Chordiality in Otley on Sunday 26 April, 3pm.  The concert will take place at Our Lady and All Saints Church – 4 Bridge Street, Otley LS21 3AZ – and is a celebration for the church’s 175th anniversary year. The choir will be introducing a new programme of popular works by contemporary… Continue reading Hear Chordiality in Otley – 26th April

Just two months to go to the first concert of the year – Sunday 26 April, 3pm – and the singers are well on the way to perfecting a programme of new works … with some old favourites thrown in. The concert will take place in Otley at Our Lady and All Saints Church –… Continue reading 175th anniversary concert for Otley church

Bradford Nightstop — As the New Year dawns, Chordiality is pleased to announce that its new adopted community organisation is the charity, Bradford Nightstop. Bradford Nightstop has been operating for 30 years in the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas. The charity’s emergency homing scheme provides accommodation for homeless young people in the houses of vetted,… Continue reading Chordiality’s new adopted charity is…

When one sings in a choir, you just occasionally overhear a comment in the audience. Last Sunday, at the First Martyrs Christmas Concert, as Chordiality finished the sublime setting of Lullaby by Karl Jenkins, I overheard an earthy northern voice quietly whisper, ‘That wa gud’. And he wasn’t wrong. A ‘gud’ time was had by… Continue reading Merry Christmas