Now booking for our Spring Concert!

Thinking ahead to 2026? Our first concert of 2026 will be Music Makers, featuring Elgar's The Music Makers, a brand-new HCS commission by Kristina Arakelyan, and soloist Dame Sarah Connolly.

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Founded in 1836, HCS has developed an international reputation as one of the UK's leading choral societies.

HCS’ busy schedule is centred on its own subscription concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, including its annual performances of Messiah. The choir also performs in other major concert venues in the UK and abroad, it regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.

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What's On

13th December 2025

HCS Voices Christmas Concert

The Very Best Time of the Year

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20th December 2025

G.F. Handel's Messiah

Handel’s Oratorio Messiah is probably the most celebrated choral work and the Hallelujah Chorus is instantly recognisable.

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14th March 2026

Music Makers

As the Choral approaches its 190th birthday, what more appropriate than a concert that celebrates the very making of music?

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27th June 2026

Summer Concert

Join HCS and HCS Youth Choirs to celebrate music for different times and seasons. There'll be more than 200 singers on stage performing music spanning centuries, across all human experience, from celebration to consolation and from youth to age.

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Prospective new members are asked to sing a prepared piece of their own choice; sing from a vocal score to assess their learning ability; and carry out a couple of straightforward aural tests. It takes no longer than 15 minutes!

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An integral part of this is the development of individual talent. HCS promotes a range of creative workshops and encourages the musical development of its Junior and Youth Choirs while bringing our audiences the very best orchestras, conductors and soloists.

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