Saturday 15th March 7.30 pm

Glossop Parish Church, SK13 7RY

Tickets: £10, available on the door; under-18s free

www.thepenninesingers.org.uk

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Saturday 5th July 2025
To be confirmed
Summer concert

Sunday 20th July  2025
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, DE45 1LA
Singing in the Long Gallery

Saturday  7th Dec 2025
St Paul’s Church, Stalybridge SK15 2PT
Christmas Concert

Weekend 24th, 25th October 2026
Southwell Minster, NG25
Services

Sunday, December 8^th 2024, 4.30 pm at Christ Church, Friezland OL3 7LQ

Saturday, 29^th June, 2024 – S^t Stephen’s Church, Lindley, Huddersfield HD3 3JB

Saturday, 6^th July 2024 7.30pm – S^t Paul’s Church, Stalybridge SK15 2PT

Jack Pickford (1983 – 2010)

Jack Pickford comes from Anglesey. He studied Music at York.

Jack taught music at Hadfield School in the early 1980s. Later he spent 15 years as Head of Music at a secondary school in Oldham. He was also organist at Oldham Parish Church from 1982 to 1987 and at Glossop Parish Church from 2000.

Jack founded The Pennine Singers in 1983 and directed them until 2010. Under Jack’s direction, the choir worked with many distinguished singers, organists and other musicians, including instrumentalists from the BBC Philharmonic; they also undertook weekend visits to English Cathedrals and Abbeys, including Hereford, Lichfield, Worcester, Chester, Lincoln, Coventry and Tewksbury.

In 2014, Jack took up the post of director of music at Holy Trinity Church, H...

Songs for Spring, inspired by nature

Saturday, 9th March 7.30pm

Glossop Parish Church SK13 7RU

Tickets: £10 available on the door

We are currently recruiting for additional Tenors and an additional Bass.

We perform a varied and interesting repertoire, from early music right through to contemporary classical, pop and musicals.

We operate a flexible rehearsal schedule, to suit choir members.

Rehearsals are held in Glossop, Stalybridge and Saddleworth.

Please check our website at www.thepenninesingers.org.uk and use the Contact Us form or email us directly at penninesingers974@gmail.com if you are interested or would like more information.

A selection of sung music through the ages
from part-songs and folk music
to spirituals and pop song arrangements

Saturday, 22^nd July

St Paul’s Church, Stalybridge SK15 2PT

Tickets: £10, available on the door

Pastorale

A celebration of English song

including music by

Rutter, Elgar, Finzi, Stanford,

Gibbons, Chilcott, Vaughan Williams

Musical Director: Elizabeth Brocklehurst
Accompanist: Richard Brocklehurst

Saturday 5^th March 2022: 7.30 pm

Glossop Parish Church, SK13 7RU

The Pennine Singers at Gloucester Cathedral

Over the weekend of the 30^th to 31^st October 2021, The Pennine Singers visited Gloucester Cathedral, providing the choral element for Evensong on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons and Eucharist on Sunday morning.

It was a wonderful weekend; Gloucester was very welcoming – and appreciative of our singing!

The choir was directed by Liz Brocklehurst and Richard Brocklehurst was our accompanist.

A video recording of the Sunday Eucharist can be viewed on YouTube.

Music for Gloucester Cathedral

Saturday Evensong: 

Introit – Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord
Byrd: Preces and Responses
Gibbons: Short Service – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Anthem – Victoria: O quam gloriosum

John Stanley: V...