The choir was founded in 1991 when twelve singers gathered in the local hostelry. Two years later and with three times more members the choir sang as part of the World Choir at Cardiff Arms Park under the baton of Owain Arwel Hughes with Shirley Bassey as the main attraction.In 1997 the choir produced their first CD and also took part in the One Thousand Yorkshire Voices at the Albert Hall raising money for cancer relief. This was repeated in 2000 at the Sheffield Arena and again in 2004 at the Albert Hall.
Although a relatively young choir we have enjoyed touring abroad and have been to Italy, Czech Republic, Spain and Poland in 2007.
Elizabeth Hambleton was appointed MD in 2002 and Anne Levitt as Accompanist. This proved to be a highly successful combination with the choir developing an improved musical understanding with better dynamics. A third CD was published in Oct 2005 and has been the most successful to date.
One of the choir's favourite venues is Huddersfield Town Hall. It was at this venue in 2005 that the Choir were instrumental in organising the Tsunami Relief concert, Huddersfield in Harmony, when male voice and ladies choirs from the Holme valley raised more than £20,000.
In 2006 we hosted a concert with Sir Willard White as our star guest.
The success of the Willard White concert gave the Choir confidence to promote annual 'Big Name' events in Huddersfield Town Hall. Aled Jones (2008), Morriston Orpheus Choir (2009) and Julian Lloyd Webber (2010) have been hugely successful concerts and have proven to be memorable evenings.
Elizabeth retired as MD at the end of 2010 and Alan Brierley became our third MD in 20 years when he took up the role in February 2011.