Leeds University Liturgical Choir

Leeds University Liturgical Choir

Leeds University Liturgical Choir was formed by Dr Bryan White, Dr Stephen Muir and Prof. Philip Wilby of the School of Music, University of Leeds in 2002, with the primary purpose of performing sacred choral music in liturgical settings. The choir draws its membership from across the whole University, and has included undergraduates, postgraduates and staff from the departments of Physics, English, Molecular Biology, Music, Classics, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Joint Honours, Earth Sciences, and The Lifelong Learning Centre.

It has performed in a variety of prestigious venues, including York Minster, St Paul’s Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Beverley Minster, Bristol Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, and the Czech Embassy, London. The choir has conducted successful concert tours to Prague (Easter 2005) and Germany (Summer 2007), and was one of only twelve from around the world to be invited to participate in the [http://www.cantat.amu.edu.pl/welcome_eng.htm Universitas Cantat] International Choral Festival in Poznan, Poland in June 2005.

It has recorded [http://mus-www.leeds.ac.uk/lulc/cdpage.html two CDs] : "Songs of Praise: Music from the West Riding" ( [http://www.doyenmobile.com Doyen] : 2004), and "Vox Dei" ( [http://www.sound-recording.co.uk SoundRecording] : 2006), featuring world premiere recordings of music by Samuel Wesley, Maurice Greene, George Holmes, and Leeds University composers James Brown and Philip Wilby.

Recent events have included a recording for BBC’s "Songs of Praise" (broadcast April 6th 2008), participation in a recording with singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae (release date to be confirmed), and preparation of a third CD recording.

Choral Composition Competition

The choir holds an annual Choral Composition Competition sponsored by the [http://www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society] .

Previous winners:
[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/staff/is Ian Sapiro] , "Khatzi kaddish" (2006, winner)
[http://terrymann.net Terry Mann] , "Gabriel fram Hevene-King" (2007, joint winner)
[http://www.rma.ac.uk/register/entry.asp?id=226 Vicki Burrett] , "Above and beyond" (2007, joint winner)
[http://www.waylandrogers.com Wayland Rogers] , "Inscription for a Wayside Spring" (2008, winner)
[http://www.compositiontoday.com/composers/816.asp Lauren Redhead] , microtonal setting of Psalm 145 vs 14 (2008, highly commended)

External links

* [http://mus-www.leeds.ac.uk/lulc Leeds University Liturgical Choir homepage]

* [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music School of Music, University of Leeds]


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