Choristers
There are three categories of adults singing in the choir: choral scholars and lay clerks (many are students who sing in the daily choir and at weekend) and Sunday gentlemen, voluntary singers from all walks of life.
The boys' choir is made up of boys from schools in Leeds and further afield. A number of boys have become eminent in musical, educational, ecclesiastical and artistic fields and LPCC alumni including Paul Trepte (Director of Music at Ely Cathedral since 1990), Stephen Parham-Connolly of the King's Singers, Paul Dutton, a renowned tenor singer and acclaimed teacher of music - formerly at Leeds Grammar School, Gateways School, Harewood and, from September 2012, at Harrogate Grammar School, the Very Reverend J Paul Kennington, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal), Canada and Peter Simpson (formerly of Israeli Opera).
Girl choristers similarly attend schools in Leeds and further afield. The girl's choir founded in 1997 by Jonathan Lilley are directed by David Houlder. The girls attend most Saturday mornings during term time and sing a short choral service of morning worship at 11.45 am. Former choristers have achieved success in University Choral Scholarships, including Esther Chadwick and Sophie Wellings at Clare College, Cambridge.
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