Yorkshire’s angelic voices
Choristers at St Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds, come from a wide range of state schools
DIOCESE OF LEEDS MUSIC, SAMMIE ROSE
The Diocese of Leeds has pioneered a change in the way children in state schools are taught music and is showing how singing in a choir promotes wellbeing and learning development across the curriculum
The diocese’s outreach also involves instrumental tuition on the melodica, classical accordion, violin, piano and organ, and the teaching of counterpoint. Giving piano lessons to primary-school pupils will be one of the responsibilities of Benjamin Newlove when he takes up the position of organist at the cathedral in September.
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