Welcome To Horsforth Choral Society

Horsforth Choral Society is an enthusiastic and friendly mixed-voice choir of around 60 singers based in Horsforth, Leeds bringing classical choral music to our community. Founded in 1928, we are proud to be one of the few non-auditioning choral societies in our region and we offer a warm welcome to everyone who wants to sing with us.

We usually perform four concerts a year:

  • Autumn concert: one or more classical choral pieces.
  • Christmas concert: popular ‘Carols and Brass’ concert with brass ensemble.
  • Spring concert: one or more classical choral pieces
  • Summer concert: usually a more informal event. At our 2025 Summer concert we performed folk songs and madrigals.

We meet to rehearse on Mondays in school term times at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre of St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth.

We are passionately committed to inspiring and enlightening audiences with both traditional and less familiar repertoire.

Please see our Latest News for recent concerts, events and updates.


Our News and Concerts

Our next concert will be on Saturday 12th July, 7:30pm at St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth. The programme theme is ‘Songs of The Sea’ and the music will include Stanford’s Songs of the Sea and Andrew Carter’s Horizons. We will be joined for this concert by YEP Brass and our soloists are Kumbi Katema and James Gaughan.

Standard admission on the door is £10 (students £6, under 18s free).

Spring concert

Our Spring 2026 concert took place on Friday 20th March at the Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth. The programme ‘Handel and Haydn’ included included Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem and Haydn’s Little Organ Mass. The guest soloist was Kumbi Katema and she was supported by four HCS choir soloists.

November and Christmas concerts

Our popular Christmas ‘Carols and Brass’ concert took place on Tuesday 9th December in St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth, with old friends YEP Brass. We were delighted to welcome a full house to enjoy the choir and the brass ensemble pieces, and join with us in singing some favourite carols. The event was reviewed by West Leeds Dispatch.

Our November 2025 concert took place on Friday 14th November in St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth. Despite the stormy weather it was a wonderful evening. We performed Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. The soloists were: Clare Brooke, Charlotte Woodhead, Stephen Muir and James Gaughan. Valerie Barr on accordion played the harmonium part.

Details of sponsors for these and previous concerts are on our Current and Previous Concert Sponsors page.

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