STEEL CITY CHORISTERS

We are an independent and innovative choir of children and adults in the cathedral tradition. We make high-quality sacred choral music more accessible and relevant, so that more people can experience its beauty and enjoy its benefits. We collaborate with a wide range of partners, including churches of many denominations, social inclusion charities and secular organisations.

100+ performances for 50+ hosts
since September 2020

“Absolutely beautiful!”
Professor Brian Cox

“Steel City Choristers has rapidly developed very high standards…the musical education is excellent …I commend them without reservation.”
Hilary Davan Wetton – Artistic Director of the Military Wives Choirs

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Steel City Choristers is a charity in Sheffield that believes in the power of music to change lives! We make high quality choral music more accessible and relevant so that more people can experience its beauty and enjoy its benefits.

We train boys and girls aged 6-18 to sing alongside experienced adults in the cathedral tradition. We collaborate with a wide range of partners to co-create opportunities to sing. Sacred music makes up the majority of our repertoire, and church services the majority of our performances, but we also sing a variety of other music and at range of other events.

We are a registered charity and rely on the generosity of our supporters to cover the significant costs of providing a first-class musical education to our children. Our story is told by Classical Music magazine.

“So many people were impressed with the quality and tone of your music. It is a phenomenal achievement to produce the standard of music you did, which was on a par with cathedral standards without the resources usually associated with a cathedral music foundation. You are all to be congratulated on the work that has been put in to create a choir that has professional standards and with all choir members seeming to enjoy the experience so much.”
Revd Canon Michael Gisbourne, Canon Precentor, Ripon Cathedral

Our Values

Community

We value, trust and empower our people

Ambition

We work at the cutting edge, continually innovating in our pursuit of excellence

Resilience

We work hard to perform well as a team under pressure

Enjoyment

We have fun enjoying and sharing the joys of choral music!

Calendar

Christmas Carol service at St John’s Owlerton
Sunday 22 December 7.00pm

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Mary’s Ecclesfield
Tuesday 24 December 6.30pm

Midnight Mass at St Mark’s Broomhill
Tuesday 24 December 11.30pm

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Join us!

We offer children aged 6-18 a fun and rewarding musical education, training them to sing to the highest musical standards in the cathedral tradition alongside experienced adult singers.

We will be holding auditions on Saturday 26 January 2025 at St John’s church, Owlerton, for children in Y2 – Y13 and for adult singers who can sight read. We are particularly looking for children who already sing in a choir and want to take their singing on further, boys of any age and adult basses.

Email enquiries@steelcitychoristers.org.uk to find out more.

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Support Us

We are a registered charity and rely on the generosity of our supporters to cover the significant costs of providing a first-class musical education to our children. We are grateful for whatever financial support you are able to give – there is no minimum donation.

Our supporters enjoy an annual New Year’s event where they can meet and chat with our team and singers, and advance notice of dates in our email newsletter.

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News

Residential at Winchester Cathedral – October 2024
We had a fantastic time away last week singing Evensong every day at Winchester Cathedral. We stayed at Lyons Copse Scout Centre and enjoyed outings around Winchester, to the science museum, and to the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. On our last evening we had a campfire in the woods.

Cathedral Music in Crisis, BBC Radio 3 – Sunday 17 November 2024
A few weeks ago presenter Eleanor Oldroyd and producer Chris Taylor from BBC Radio 3 came to visit us to record material for a documentary they are making about problems in cathedral music. The programme is called Cathedral Music In Crisis and will be aired as part of the Sunday Feature series on Sunday 17 November at 7:15pm. Listen here.