{"id":2156,"date":"2026-05-07T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T18:10:21","slug":"marvellous-concert-and-good-causes-benefit-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/marvellous-concert-and-good-causes-benefit-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvellous concert and good causes benefit too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/past-events\/coming-back-to-cottingley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2165\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7410057642615783;width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2.jpg 349w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cottingley-Concert-copy-2-36x48.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A wonderful spring concert by Chordiality\u2019s singers in Otley left the audience asking for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A grateful and congratulatory message from the concert organiser and priest at the town&#8217;s Our Lady and All Saints Church, Fr Nicholas Hird, summed up the enjoyment of the day: \u201cIt was a truly magnificent concert which has left many who attended asking a simple question\u2026 when are they coming back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choir\u2019s new concert repertoire featuring works by contemporary composers went down a treat with a polished performance throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert, which took place on the afternoon of Sunday 26 April, was part of the celebrations to commemorate the church\u2019s 175<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the glorious music, the concert also gave the church\u2019s Restoration Fund an incredible boost of \u00a31,600 through ticket sales and an audience raffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-large-font-size\"><strong>Funds go to adopted charity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Steve-and-David-copy-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Chairman of Chordiality&#8217;s Management Group, tenor Steve Cook (left), presents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradfordnightstop.org.uk\/\" title=\"\">Bradford Nightstop<\/a> representative David Somerville, also a tenor in the choir, with \u00a31,000 cheque at the choir&#8217;s rehearsal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Chordiality\u2019s AGM last year, members agreed that the community organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/chordialitys-adopted-community-organisation\/\" title=\"\">Bradford Nightstop will become the choir\u2019s current adopted charity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradford Nightstop has been operating for 30 years in the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas.&nbsp; The charity\u2019s emergency homing scheme provides accommodation for homeless young people in the houses of vetted, trained volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the choir\u2019s rehearsal last weekend, a donation of \u00a31,000 was given to the charity.&nbsp; Much of this comprised donations from the audiences that attended Chordiality\u2019s two Christmas concerts and, in a gesture of goodwill, the choir brought the total up to the round figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-large-font-size\"><strong>Hear Chordiality in Cottingley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are just \u00a310, including prosecco and cream tea, and can be obtained from St Vincent de Paul Society members on either 07582 733064 or 07970 632230 or by email chordiality.choir@hotmail.com or through a member of the choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful spring concert by Chordiality\u2019s singers in Otley left the audience asking for more. A grateful and congratulatory message from the concert organiser and priest at the town&#8217;s Our Lady and All Saints Church, Fr Nicholas Hird, summed up the enjoyment of the day: \u201cIt was a truly magnificent concert which has left many&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/marvellous-concert-and-good-causes-benefit-too\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marvellous concert and good causes benefit too<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","eb_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}