Historic church suspends boys choir after few turn up

Historic church suspends boys choir after few turn up

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norman lebrecht

November 27, 2015

Leeds Minster, a church dating back to the 7th century (last rebuilt 1841), has suspended a 200-year tradition of boys choral singing because it can’t find enough boys to attend.

‘There just aren’t the numbers of boys singing with us currently to make them deliver what’s expected of them,’ said, the Rev Canon Sam Corley, Rector of Leeds. ‘There used to be 30 boys and we were down to nowhere near that – as low as five at some services.’

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Comments

  • Robert says:

    How about girl singers? Or does that not have the same attraction for the clergy?

  • ManchesterConductorMH says:

    Manchester Cathedral Choir has struggled to attract boys too. There has only been ONE boy in the mixed line-up for a while now, and this is a choir attached to Chetham’s!

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