We are delighted to announce the appointment of Joseph Shaw as our new Musical Director. Joseph, a composer, conductor, guitarist and tutor, studied for 5 years at the Royal Northern College of Music, graduating in 2017, then gaining a Masters Degree in composition and artistic research. Over the years he has worked as a composer […]
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We are a friendly, award-winning 35-strong ladies community choir, based in Penistone, South Yorkshire, and are looking to appoint a new Musical Director from September 2021. We are well-established, having been founded 35 years ago back in 1986. We rehearse in Penistone on Monday evenings 7.45 – 9.45 and typically enjoy 8-10 performances a year, […]
Penistone Ladies Choir have just signed up as one of the charities that will receive funds from Amazon when people shop via SmileAmazon. Every time you buy goods via SmileAmazon, they will make a donation to the choir of 0.5% of your purchase price. It won’t cost you any more, but will help raise valuable […]
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So what’s our latest news…? We are in a quieter period of no concerts or competitions but having a lot of fun learning new music, some with mind-and body-testing actions! Our first concert of the year is not until April at Penistone Paramount, alongside Hade Edge Band – the fifth time we will have performed […]
We are delighted that we have been chosen to take part in the Co-op Local Community Fund. At a time when funds for community groups and charitable organisations are becoming more difficult to access, we’re incredibly grateful for this opportunity to make a real difference in and around Penistone. We are raising funds to help […]
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We’re off to Prague! It is a few years since our last choir trip abroad which was to Normandy. It was mooted that it was time for another overseas trip, so when we received an email invitation from the Prague Festival Office to go to one of their choral meetings, we jumped on the idea! […]
The Concert Choir is an exciting ad-hoc choral project dreamt up by our own MD Jane Hobson & Daniel Timmins. Thirteen of us from Penistone Ladies Choir signed up to join over 140 others from 28 different Yorkshire choirs, to learn and perform both Vivaldi’s Gloria and Faure’s Requiem. Having signed up a whole year […]
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Saturday 13th April saw us all on a coach to Whitby for the annual Eskdale Music Festival. We had an early start in Penistone at 9.00am. Less than two hours later we were at the coast, on a beautiful, clear, sunny but very cold day. We had a few hours to while away before we […]
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We have just registered Penistone Ladies Choir as a Voices Yorkshire Choir. From 1858 to 1985, Leeds was host to one of the most successful and renowned choral festivals in the world. But by 1985, the popularity of choral music and choirs had started to wane. However as we go into 2019, choral music and […]
We were thrilled to take first prize in the Female Voice Choirs class at the Penistone Competitive Music Festival on Saturday 29 September. And with it we were awarded The Alice Milnes Memorial Trophy. We were up against two other local choirs and sang two contrasting pieces of our choice “Lit’le David Play on yo […]
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On Friday 20th July, we sang at a glorious summer wedding. We had been asked to sing at the wedding of Charlotte Foster-Ash and Ian Robert Garratt. Charlotte is the cousin of Sarah, one of our second sopranos. The wedding was at the majestic Holy Trinity Church in Wentworth, a large church with a spire […]
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On Saturday 21st April, over 40 choir members and a few partners put on their glad rags and went to Whitley Hall Hotel, Sheffield for our annual choir lunch.
https://penistoneladieschoir.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2.jpg28484288Chris Fletcherhttps://penistoneladieschoir.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Penistone-ladies-Choir-logo-black-1030x183.jpgChris Fletcher2018-04-23 17:56:072018-04-24 15:12:20Lunch, a wedding and peacocks…
A Warm Welcome to our new Musical Director – Joseph Shaw!
NewsWe are delighted to announce the appointment of Joseph Shaw as our new Musical Director. Joseph, a composer, conductor, guitarist and tutor, studied for 5 years at the Royal Northern College of Music, graduating in 2017, then gaining a Masters Degree in composition and artistic research. Over the years he has worked as a composer […]
Penistone Ladies Choir Seeks New Musical Director
NewsWe are a friendly, award-winning 35-strong ladies community choir, based in Penistone, South Yorkshire, and are looking to appoint a new Musical Director from September 2021. We are well-established, having been founded 35 years ago back in 1986. We rehearse in Penistone on Monday evenings 7.45 – 9.45 and typically enjoy 8-10 performances a year, […]
Support our choir when you buy on SmileAmazon
NewsPenistone Ladies Choir have just signed up as one of the charities that will receive funds from Amazon when people shop via SmileAmazon. Every time you buy goods via SmileAmazon, they will make a donation to the choir of 0.5% of your purchase price. It won’t cost you any more, but will help raise valuable […]
Bits and Pieces
NewsSo what’s our latest news…? We are in a quieter period of no concerts or competitions but having a lot of fun learning new music, some with mind-and body-testing actions! Our first concert of the year is not until April at Penistone Paramount, alongside Hade Edge Band – the fifth time we will have performed […]
Co-op Members help Penistone Ladies Choir to raise funds
NewsWe are delighted that we have been chosen to take part in the Co-op Local Community Fund. At a time when funds for community groups and charitable organisations are becoming more difficult to access, we’re incredibly grateful for this opportunity to make a real difference in and around Penistone. We are raising funds to help […]
Prague Bound!
NewsWe’re off to Prague! It is a few years since our last choir trip abroad which was to Normandy. It was mooted that it was time for another overseas trip, so when we received an email invitation from the Prague Festival Office to go to one of their choral meetings, we jumped on the idea! […]
Penistone Ladies sing in “The Concert Choir”
NewsThe Concert Choir is an exciting ad-hoc choral project dreamt up by our own MD Jane Hobson & Daniel Timmins. Thirteen of us from Penistone Ladies Choir signed up to join over 140 others from 28 different Yorkshire choirs, to learn and perform both Vivaldi’s Gloria and Faure’s Requiem. Having signed up a whole year […]
Didn’t we have a “loverly” day….
NewsSaturday 13th April saw us all on a coach to Whitby for the annual Eskdale Music Festival. We had an early start in Penistone at 9.00am. Less than two hours later we were at the coast, on a beautiful, clear, sunny but very cold day. We had a few hours to while away before we […]
Voices Yorkshire – we’re signed up!
NewsWe have just registered Penistone Ladies Choir as a Voices Yorkshire Choir. From 1858 to 1985, Leeds was host to one of the most successful and renowned choral festivals in the world. But by 1985, the popularity of choral music and choirs had started to wane. However as we go into 2019, choral music and […]
First place in our home town..
NewsWe were thrilled to take first prize in the Female Voice Choirs class at the Penistone Competitive Music Festival on Saturday 29 September. And with it we were awarded The Alice Milnes Memorial Trophy. We were up against two other local choirs and sang two contrasting pieces of our choice “Lit’le David Play on yo […]
An honour to sing
NewsOn Friday 20th July, we sang at a glorious summer wedding. We had been asked to sing at the wedding of Charlotte Foster-Ash and Ian Robert Garratt. Charlotte is the cousin of Sarah, one of our second sopranos. The wedding was at the majestic Holy Trinity Church in Wentworth, a large church with a spire […]
Lunch, a wedding and peacocks…
NewsOn Saturday 21st April, over 40 choir members and a few partners put on their glad rags and went to Whitley Hall Hotel, Sheffield for our annual choir lunch.