Services are normally evensongs and we rehearse usually from around mid-day on the day of the service. The choir's repertoire is firmly based in the cathedral choral tradition. The girls' group includes women contraltos. Altos, tenors and basses sing with both groups. Gordon Appleton, RSCM Regional Director for the North, directs the boys' group and Louise Marsh, assistant director of music at Wakefield Cathedral, directs the girls' group.
Singers provide their own music and are responsible for learning it themselves.
Details are available from RSCM Headquarters at Cleveland Lodge or from the Honorary Secretary. Members of RSCM affiliated churches and schools, with the signed support of the choir trainer. The upper limit depends on the likelihood of the boy's treble voice lasting the season. Minimum age is normally 15 at the time of audition. Minimum age is normally 15 at the time of auditions.