Become a Friend of Horsforth Choral Society

What the Friends of HCS do

The Society, which is a registered charity, depends on the support of the Friends to be able to continue rehearsing, hiring music, giving concerts and enriching the musical life of the community. For example, it costs £60 to hire the room for 1 rehearsal, at least £200 to have a professional soloist at a concert and hiring music costs over £300 per concert.


Benefits of being a Friend

·         Two free tickets to the Autumn and Spring Concerts (worth up to £32)
·         Letters informing Friends of concert dates and society news
·         Friends’ names are printed (optional) in our Spring and Autumn concert programmes to record the Society’s gratitude for their support


What is involved

The minimum donation is £25 each year. Gift Aid is possible if you are a taxpayer and increases the value of your donation, but rules for Gift Aid mean that no tickets may be made available to Friends choosing to Gift-Aid their donations.


Your help is needed, please

Please consider becoming a Friend yourself and ask your family members, friends and work colleagues and business contacts if they would consider supporting Horsforth Choral Society. Further information and extra copies of this sheet and the form attached are available from the Friends’ Secretary or they can be downloaded from here:


Other options

·         A one-off donation (£10 is the minimum contribution); such donations are eligible for Gift Aid.
·         Sponsoring an item or part of an item of expenditure.

Donations and Sponsorship are normally acknowledged in our concert programme.

Dates for Autumn 2017

Music for November Concert:

Howard Goodall: Lux Aeterna Eternal Light
                         23rd Psalm
https://youtu.be/yLxdb3ov-zE

Ola Gjeilo: "Ubi Caritas"
https://youtu.be/Xp3IHBSyZKY

Z. Randall Stroope: "Dance for Love"


Rehearsals in St Margaret’s Parish Centre

September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Rehearsals in St Margaret’s Church
November 6, 13  

Concert in Church on 14 November 2017


Christmas 2017

Rehearsals in Parish Centre
November 20, 27

Rehearsals in Church
December 4, 11



Concert in Church on 12 December 2017

New Accompanist

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed a new accompanist: Greg Smith.
Welcome, Greg. Hope you'll enjoy working with us.


Recording Session at St Hilda's

We Had great fun at our recording session






"Raising of Lazarus" by Paul Stetsenko:

https://youtu.be/Sv0Npp6_83M

"Jesu, Grant me this, I pray.." by Orlando Gibbons

https://youtu.be/Jn_FmTMV0UU

Dates for Summer 2017

Dates for the Summer Term 2017:
5th June Rehearsal St Margaret’s Parish Centre
12th June: Workshop          "
19th June:   Rehearsal       "
3rd July:           "                 "      
7th July:  Rehearsal St Margaret's Church

8th July: Concert with Leeds Symphony Orchestra at St Margaret's Church



End of Year Gathering

21st July St Chad's Parish Centre, 7.00pm Otley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS16 5JT