Following on from our wonderful success at the Manchester Annual Choral Competition, Knot Another Choir are delighted to present their Spring Concert on 11th May at Trinity Church, Knaresborough.
Flying the flag for Knaresborough
On Sunday 3rd March 85 members of the choir headed off to Manchester to take part in the prestigious Manchester Amateur Choral Competition (MACC) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
We had a wonderful day, everybody sang their hearts out. We sang a beautiful set of Whitney Houston songs as a tribute to her work. The whole choir, under the superb direction of Craig Lees, had worked very hard to prepare for their performance.
Now the big news – even though the calibre of the 14 other choirs was amazing with Barbershop, Children’s choirs, Chamber choirs, Acapella choirs and Community choirs we were delighted when they announced the winners at the end that we were called out first to receive the runners up trophy. What a complete surprise; there was much glee from the choir, clapping and shrieking etc. What a wonderful moment for us all in front of such a huge audience.
Below are the links to the three songs we sang.
Steal Away https://youtu.be/Fj5G5r0QUbk
I Wanna Dance with Somebody https://youtu.be/4zFJ1yBqVwQ
Higher Love https://youtu.be/NRj0QtP77Bc
Currently we can offer a few places in the choir for gentlemen and younger singers, male and female, we offer free places for anyone aged between 18 and 25. If you are interested in joining our wonderful choir please email us at iwanttojoin@knotanotherchoir.co.uk
At our latest concert at Holy Trinity Church on 10th February, we raised a magnificent sum of £875 for Asthma + Lung UK
For a full list of our performances in 2024 please look at our “New Events” page.
Who are we?
We are a large mixed community choir based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, we have over 100 members. In 2019 we were delighted to be granted charitable status and also we welcomed Craig Lees as our MD.
How are we funded?
We are funded through membership fees.
When and where do we meet?
We practice on a Thursday night at 19:30 at Trinity Church Hall, off Briggate, Knaresborough.
How do I join?
We normally run two taster sessions at the start of term in September and January however due to the popularity of the choir we are currently only taking Bass’s.
Our Musical Director
Craig Lees is a contemporary vocal coach, choral leader and arranger. He is Principal Lecturer on the Popular Music Degree at Leeds College of Music where he founded the LcoM Contemporary Pop Choir in 2014. Craig is the Musical Director behind Leeds Contemporary Singers, a nine piece vocal harmony group that recently rose to fame as the winners of BBC One’s Pitch Battle. (Check them out here)! Craig coaches for Smith’s record label (Nigel Martin-Smith) and has also had the pleasure of working with chart-topping artist Will Young (whilst on Pitch Battle) and internationally acclaimed artist Marc Almond.
Craig runs regular large workshops throughout the UK and abroad. He has delivered projects for leading voice technology manufacturer TC-Helicon and teaches on the Performance Academy Program at ‘Mind The Gap Theatre Company’ (England’s largest learning-disability theatre house). He has presented internationally on the topic of choral pedagogy.
Many thanks to the Two Ridings Community Foundation for their recent sponsorship
Many thanks to Knaresborough Town Council for sponsoring our trip to compete in the Manchester Annual Choral Competition (MACC) at The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) on the 3rd March 2024.
We’re delighted to be representing Knaresborough with 86 of our choir members.
Many thanks to the trustees of The George A Moore Foundation for supporting KnAC.
Knot Another Choir CIO
Registered Charity Number 1182311