- Tickets for Elijah now on sale
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Date Posted: Tue, 29 Apr 2025
Tickets for the highly anticpated performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah with Ripon Choral Society on 21 June are now on sale.
The performance will take place in the magnificent setting of Ripon Cathedral, and tickets are avaialble via the Ripon Choral Society website. Click here to book.
Book early to get the best seats!
- JOIN US NOW TO SING ELIJAH IN RIPON CATHEDRAL
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Date Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2025
Rehearsals of Mendelssohn's Elijah have started for our joint concert with Ripon Choral Society in Ripon Cathedral on Saturday 21 June. We welcome new singers now, and rehearse every Monday between 28 April and the date of the concert.
If you would interested, just turn up at St James' by 7.15pm on a rehearsal evening. We can lend you a score and you can try us out for a few weeks before decididng wihether to join. Alternatively, you can contact our Membership Secretary, Christopher Gibbs, in advance by emailing memsec@wetherbychoral.org.uk
- John Dunford's last concert at St James's Church, Wetherby
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Date Posted: Tue, 1 Apr 2025
Our recent - and highly successful - performance of Dvorak's Stabat Mater was the last concert to be conducted by John Dunford at St James' Parish Church, Wetherby, after 32 years! We still have one more concert in this season, Mendelssohn's Elijah which takes place in Ripon Cathedral on June 21st, This will be a joint performance with John's other choir, Ripon Choral Society.
The image below shows John and Alison with Heather, Chairman of WCS.
- OUR NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR
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Date Posted: Fri, 7 Mar 2025
We are delighted to announce that Charlie Murray will take up the post of Music Director with Wetherby Choral Society in September 2025. Charlie is Director of Choral Music at Halifax Minster, an accomplished soloist and a music teacher. John Dunford, our Music Director for the last 32 years, steps down in the summer. Charlie will be working closely with John over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition.
