Introduction to St. Peter's Consort

St. Peter's Consort is a mixed-voice chamber choir based in Wakefield, formed in 1983 by John S North.  The choir has won widespread critical acclaim for its performances of a wide range of sacred and secular music.  It has built up an enviable reputation for high standards of performance and interesting programmes which have extended the repertoire to include secular works.  The varied performances over the years include services, concerts, broadcasts and visits to cathedrals and churches at home and abroad.  The choir has sung in more than half the Cathedrals of England and has taken its music making to North Wales and Scotland. It has sung services in Westminster Abbey, St Georges Chapel Windsor, Notre-Dâme Paris, and in the major churches of Bruges, Ghent and Brussels.

The choir took its name from St. Peter's Convent, Horbury, where the group was based for seven years. When the Convent was sold in 1990, the nuns moved into the neighbouring Guest House and Consort used Horbury Parish Church as its concert venue for a year before moving to Wakefield Cathedral in 1991. Since then concerts have mainly alternated between the Cathedral and St. John's Church at Wentworth Street in Wakefield, both locations providing splendid acoustics for music making.

Since John North's retirement in 2008 there have been four musical directors: Thomas Moore, Sachin Gunga, Philip Collin, and our present MD, James Bowstead.
                       

For more information on the choir please visit the About Us page.