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• Bradford Community Choir
  Meetings on Monday Evenings 7pm-8:30pm at The Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, Bradford West Yorkshire.
  We are a local community choir for 11-19 year olds performing different styles of music
  Contact: Ryan Kelsey / Jill Lambert.
  Address: 105 Bolton Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 4BB
  Telephone: 07583203848
  Email: enquiries@bradfordcommunitychoir.co.uk
  Website: http://www.bradfordcommunitychoir.co.uk
  06/10
  
  
• Bradford Voices
  Community choir started as a WEA class in 1996.
  Meets on Mondays at Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Saltaire.
  Telephone: 01274 771984 (David)
  or
  01274 563017 (Prue).
  Email: bradfordvoices@hotmail.com
  11/09
  
  
• Noteworthy Women
  New women's community choir - 45 members - started 4 November 2009 and singing an eclectic range of 3 and 4-part songs. Aim to perform up to 6 times a year.
  Friendly and informal - no need to be able to read music and no choir experience necessary - CDs (or mp3s) provided for those who find it difficult to learn notes and/or words.
  7.30-9.30pm term-time Wednesdays at Baildon Community Link, 35 Cliffe Avenue, Baildon, BD17 6NX. The building is wheelchair accessible, it has its own small car-park and there is also easy street parking.
  Contact: Gilly Fordham
  Email: please use contact form on website:
  Website: http://www.noteworthy-women.co.uk
  10/10
  

• Quirky Choir
  Community choir open to all ages and abilities.
  Meets on Wednesdays at The Point.
  Contact: Janet Wood
  Doncaster Community Arts (DARTS)
  The Point, 16 South Parade Doncaster DN1 2DR
  Telephone: 01302 341662
  Email: jwood@thepoint.org.uk
  10/09

• Calder Valley Voices
  Open choir: new intake 3 times a year connected with term times.
  World music songs, with social sensibilities. Gospel, African, East European.
  Musical director: Helen Lyle
  Meets 7.15 on term-time Thursdays at the Hebden Bridge Methodist Church, opposite the Co-op.
  Contact: Angela Barrs
  Telephone: 01422 843321
  Email: info@caldervalleyvoices.org.uk
  Website: http://www.caldervalleyvoices.org.uk/
  11/09

• Hull Community Voices
  Everyone welcome: no previous experience required, no auditions and no solo singing!
  World music singing group for people of all ages, faiths and abilities to find and/or extend their singing voice while celebrating different vocal sounds and harmonies from around the world. Have fun and sing!
  Meets Thursdays, 7.30 - 9.00 pm at The Quaker Meeting House, Bean Street, Anlaby Road.
  Fortnightly Saturdays 10.30-12noon at Artlink, Princes Avenue.
  Contact: Hull Community Voices
  Telephone: 07875 593089
  Email: hullcommunityvoices@hotmail.co.uk
  Website: http://beehive.thisishull.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=13118&PageID=80341
  01/10
  
  
• Wolds Apart West Gallery Quire
  A non-costumed quire performing in the West Gallery tradition throughout N Lincs and S Yorks.
  Meets on the 2nd Sunday monthly in St Paul's, Sculcoates, Hull HU2 0DU or in local churches to sing Evensong. Annual workshop. New members - singers and instrumentalists (non chordal) - welcome.
  Contact: Roger Hateley
  Telephone: 01430 810495
  Email: r.hateley@btinternet.com
  Website: http://www.photrek.co.uk/woldsapart.html
  12/11
  

• Silsden Singers
  Community choir, open to new members.
  Meets on Tuesdays at the Aire View Infant School, Elliott Street, Silsden. 7pm Tuesdays in term time.
  Contact: Janet Russell
  46 Bolton Road, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 0JY
  Telephone: 01535 670717
  Email: janetsings@blueyonder.co.uk
  11/09

Leeds

• The Amici Singers
  Meetings at Adel Methodist Church, Gainsborough Ave., off the Otley Road. Thursday evenings. 7.30 - 9.30 pm
  The Amici Singers is a 50-strong mixed voice choir open to any who would like to sing for pleasure and take part in concerts for church & charity fund-raising. No auditions, reasonable fees. A very friendly and sociable group All welcome - choral experience welcomed but not essential.
  Leeds, West Yorkshire
  Contact: Brenda D.Hawer
  Telephone: 0113 2671292
  Email: bdh.bramhope@btinternet.com
  Website: http://www.theamicisingers.co.uk
  04/10
  

• Lawnswood Singers
  Female-voice choir with around two dozen members. Our aim is to enjoy each other's company in making music together and to offer audiences an evening's entertainment, providing concert organisers with a means of fund-raising for a variety of worthwhile causes.
  Meets Wednesday evenings, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge, Leeds 16.
  Contact: Brenda Hawer
  Telephone: 01132 671292
  Email: bdh.bramhope@btinternet.com
  Website: http://www.lawnswoodsingers.co.uk
  02/11
  
  
• Leeds City Harmony
  We are a Leeds based a cappella singing group and have been singing together since the beginning of 2009. We rehearse on Thursday Evenings from 7:30 - 9:30pm at a venue in Chapeltown and mainly sing arrangements of pop, folk, gospel and traditional world songs.
  We do sometimes recruit new members and are currently looking for basses, tenors and beatboxers.
  This is a fairly small group (12 ? 15 people) and members need to be confident in singing harmonies and at times singing a lead part.
  Email: leedssinging@googlemail.com
  07/10
  
  
• Leeds People's Choir
  Informal community choir with varied repertoire. No auditions required; emphasis on enjoying singing.
  Meets Wednesday evenings, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Square, Leeds 2
  Contact: Maureen White
  Telephone: 01274 595156
  Email: enquiries@leedspeopleschoir.org.uk
  04/10
  
  
• Leeds Vocal Movement
  Meetings: Leeds City Centre (The Carriageworks, Millenium Square)
  Leeds Vocal Movement is a new choir in Leeds that is looking for members over the age of 18 who are interested in various different genre's of music, including pop,folk,traditional,classical. The choir has been created with the intension to bridge the gap between youth choirs and older choirs and to utilise the potential of all of the members in the choir to the fullest extent, in-front of a wide variety of audiences.
  Contact: Kyle McGillivray
  Email: admin@leedsvocalmovement.co.uk
  Website: http://www.leedsvocalmovement.co.uk
  10/11
  
  
• Rock Choir
  Tuesdays 20.00 - 21.30 Leeds Centre Rock Choir, All Hallows Church Space, Regent Terrace, Leeds LS6 1NP
  Thursdays 20.00 - 21.30 Leeds North Rock Choir, Harehills Lane Baptist Church Hall, Hilton Place, Leeds LS8 4HE
  Rock Choir is the UK's largest popular contemporary choir. There are no auditions and no previous singing or experience is required. Rock Choir is completely inclusive and open to all ages - its all about having fun and singing!. We rehearse once a week and sing well known pop, gospel and motown songs. Rock Choir is now the largest and most popular choir in the UK and holds several world records including being the largest act ever to have signed a major record deal.
  Contact: Nic Slack, Rock Choir, PO BOX 467, Farnham, Surrey. GU9 8WT
  Telephone: 01252 214276
  Email: office@rockchoir.com
  Website: http://www.rockchoir.com
  02/11
  
  
• A String of Beads
  Ladies 3 part harmony Choir. Supporting local charities for fund raising events. Rehersals Tuesday evenings Bramley Trinity Methodist Church 19:15
  Telephone: 07795258258
  Email: mail@stringofbeads.org.uk
  Website: http://www.stringofbeads.org.uk
  03/10



• Voices Of The Day Community Choir
  Heartfelt, Uplifting and relevant community choir based in Leeds. Singing soul music, led by Cleve "Chunky" Freckleton.
  Meetings at Church of Ascension Leeds, 7pm Tuesdays.
  Contact: Jenny Gore
  Email: members@voicesoftheday.co.uk
  Website: http://www.voicesoftheday.co.uk
  04/12

• Courthouse Choir
  Tuesday afternoons 1.30 - 3.30 at the Otley Courthouse. Community Choir open to all ages and abilities
  Contact: Dave Stewart
  Telephone: 01943 461971
  Email: dave@singout.me.uk
  Website: http://www.singout.me.uk
  11/09
  

• Settle Voices
  Community choir, open to new members.
  We meet on Mondays at 1 p.m. term time (afternoon group) in the Friends Meeting House, Settle.
  Contact: Janet Russell
  46 Bolton Road, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 0JY
  Telephone: 01535 670717
  Email: janetsings@blueyonder.co.uk
  11/09

• Jacapella
  Meetings: Mondays, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 1-3pm. Wednesdays, St Andrews Hall, Nether Edge, 8-10pm. Come and experience the magic of singing in harmony! For EVERYONE who loves to sing regardless of ability or experience - Songs old and new from near and far, all taught by ear.
  Contact: Jacqui Ford
  Telephone: 07796 131611
  Email: jacapella@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.jacapella.co.uk
  03/12
  
  
• Sheffield Folk Chorale
  90-strong choir.
  Contact: Graham Pratt
  244 Bradway Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S17 4PE
  Telephone: 0114 2361213
  Email: g_pratt2001@yahoo.co.uk
  Website: http://www.grahamandeileenpratt.co.uk/choir.html
  01/12
  
  
• SOSA-XA! Sounds of Southern Africa
  Friends Meeting House, 10 St james Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW Mondays 7.30p.m. to 9.30p.m. term time
  Led by Mandla Sibanda from Sunduza dance Theatre the intercultural choir supports arts projects and other charities working in Southern Africa. We perform in the a cappella imbube/ isicatamiya style. As a community choir we do not hold auditions. Members should be aware thge group is very active standing, moving and dancing through all rehearsals
  Contact: Philip Weiss
  Contact address: SEMEA, 9 Goddard Hall Road, Sheffield S5 7AP
  Telephone / Fax: 0114 2437899
  Email: arts@semea.org.uk
  Website: http://www.sosa-xa.org.uk
  See Workshops
  10/09
  

• Sheeptown Songsters
  Wednesdays, 7 - 9 pm, Skipton Friends' Meeting House. Community Choir open to all ages and abilities
  Contact: Dave Stewart
  Telephone: 01943 461971
  Email: dave@singout.me.uk
  Website: http://www.singout.me.uk
  11/09

• Keighley Road Jolly Wassailers
  A group of mixed voices, formed in 1999, singing wassails and carols to celebrate the turning of the year, Mayday and Harvest. Songs are mainly unaccompanied four-part harmony; some have music and dance. We put the joy of dance back into carol singing! Songs include wassails from all over England; Sheffield carols; mediaeval Latin carols; and boisterous drinking songs.
  New singers welcome - you don't need to be able to read music, but you do need a good ear to listen to yourself and other singers.
  Practices are at The King's Arms, Sutton-in-Craven BD20 7LP, Tuesdays 8 - 10pm, for a few weeks before performances. Please check before turning up.
  Contact: Paul Hudson
  Telephone: 01282 868040
  Email: paul@clogfest.org
  Website: http://www.clogfest.org/Wassail/
  10/09
  
  

• Rock Choir
  Mondays 19.30 - 21.00 Wakefield Rock Choir, St Austins Theatre, Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield WF1 3QN
  Rock Choir is the UK's largest popular contemporary choir. There are no auditions and no previous singing or experience is required. Rock Choir is completely inclusive and open to all ages - its all about having fun and singing!. We rehearse once a week and sing well known pop, gospel and motown songs. Rock Choir is now the largest and most popular choir in the UK and holds several world records including being the largest act ever to have signed a major record deal.
  Contact: Nic Slack, Rock Choir, PO BOX 467, Farnham, Surrey. GU9 8WT
  Telephone: 01252 214276
  Email: office@rockchoir.com
  Website: http://www.rockchoir.com
  02/11
  

• Chechelele
  World music mixed voice choir, we sing songs from around the world, especially from Africa. Perform in a wide range of venues. Up to 24 singers. Tapes and CDs available.
  York, North Yorkshire
  Contact: Phil Crawshaw
  Telephone: 01904 702060
  Email: coleaders@chechelele.co.uk
  Website: http://www.chechelele.co.uk/
  10/09