Welcome to Ilkley Choral Society and Otley Choral Society
Both are long-established four-part choirs of around eighty members each. We are much-loved local societies, celebrating classical choral works. We perform together, staging four concerts each year with professional soloists and accompanists, and often with an orchestra.
We’re privileged to be led and supported by a team of professional musicians of the highest calibre: our Musical Director Alex Kyle and our accompanists Robert Sudall (Ilkley) and Anthony Gray (Otley).
We warmly welcome new members: there are no auditions, but a singing ability and some knowledge of reading music are very helpful. We rehearse on Monday evenings in Ilkley and Tuesday evenings in Otley. Both choirs are especially keen to increase the number of tenor and bass voices, and ladies who sing in a lower range are welcome in the tenor section. For further information about membership please see here for Ilkley Choral Society or here for Otley Choral Society.
** Latest News **
We’re looking forward to starting our new season in early September! The first two weeks for both societies are open rehearsals, so if you think you might enjoy singing with us please come along on 7th and 14th (Ilkley) or 8th and 15th (Otley) and give us a try for free!
We’ll be starting rehearsals for our next concert – Haydn’s “Nelson Mass” and Durufle’s “Requiem” on 14th November at Otley Parish Church. You can find details of this and all our future programme here.
We say a fond farewell to our 2025/6 Conducting Scholar Hannah Thomson, and each society is now seeking a Conducting Scholar for the 2026/7 season. If you are interested and want to know more please see here, or contact us.
