R.I.P. Trevor Walshaw

 Trevor Walshaw, ARCO, who has died aged 82, served the cause of music in Huddersfield for many years with quiet distinction. His interest in music was kindled as a chorister at Huddersfield Parish Church under the organist and choirmaster A Hanley Lawrence, MusBac, FRCO, a noted recitalist from whom he was to receive organ lessons. ​His first post,…

The Cross of Christ

This Sunday evening the ‘9 Lessons and Carols’ for Passion-tide. Music by Huddersfield Parish Church Choir and friends. Followed by light refreshments.

Choir Taster Days – The Vision.

Huddersfield Parish Church has historically a strong musical tradition, based around a well trained and structured four part choir. In days-gone-by this would have been based upon the sound from a boy treble line, made up of between a dozen and twenty boys, supported by alto, tenor and bass voices. This tradition was lost in…

Evensong Society at Huddersfield Parish Church

As an Evensong Society begin to take shape at Huddersfield Parish Church – every Sunday afternoon at 3pm some form of Evensong now takes place – no two weeks are the same. There are visiting choirs and organists, guest preachers and speakers, sometimes fully choral and sometimes quiet and meditative. This Sunday – 23 February,…

Ascension Day Eucharist

A simple invitation to a Choral Eucharist to celebrate Ascension Day. There was a time in England when Ascension Day was a bank holiday. The Feast of the Ascension was one of those days when people were expected to come to church as a day of obligation. Now, it seems, that the Sunday After Ascension…