We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Musical Director. Our previous MD retired at our ‘Sing Christmas’ concert last December and we started our search for a worthy successor more or less as soon as his decision was made. We advertised fairly extensively, short-listed the best two candidates and then ran auditions with both of them leading the choir for a rehearsal each.
Simon Ackroyd joined us for his first formal rehearsal on the 5th February and has been very well received by everybody. We will publish more about him and his ‘credentials’ shortly but meanwhile we look forward to his first public engagement with the Bluecoat Singers on Saturday 28th March 2026 at our next concert in The Church on Rise Park. Do come and meet him, he’s good fun….and very capable!
