The Stray Notes’ first autumn performance took place in the dramatic setting of a floodlit Fountains Abbey. Singing in the atmospheric Cellarium during the Fountains By Floodlight festival is always a popular event in our calendar. It’s also a chance to introduce new songs and to perform some old favourites….
We were delighted to welcome Clare Deacon, regional fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, to a choir rehearsal where she was presented with a cheque for £4,145. The money was raised over the last year at Stray Notes’ performances, including at St Mark’s Church and Valley Gardens in Harrogate; as well…
Singing at the Edinburgh Fringe is fast becoming a fixture in our diaries and this summer we returned for the third time. As always, it was a lively, exciting, busy and exhausting trip with everyone trying to fit in as many shows as possible around our own performances. And hats…
It’s true to say that Valley Gardens is our happy place! As a choir, we love singing there to such appreciative audiences in a lovely setting. This year was no different as we performed the last of our Yorkshire summer concerts on a beautiful sunny Sunday. We performed a selection…
The Stray Notes Choir is making the most of the sunshine with a series of summer concerts in and around Harrogate. As well as our annual summer concert, which we performed at St Mark’s Church in June, our busy programme also includes performances at some of North Yorkshire’s well-loved beauty…
Almost £5000 has been raised by The Stray Notes choir for Saint Michael’s Hospice, thanks to the generosity of our audiences. Each year we raise money for a chosen charity and this year choir member, Lesley Culleton, whose husband Steve was cared for by Saint Michael’s last year, nominated the…
What lovely memories of a fabulous summer of sunshine and singing. From our July concert at St Mark’s Church in Harrogate to outdoor appearances at Knaresborough Castle and Valley Gardens, the beautiful weather and fantastic audiences combined to make it all memorable. A highlight of the summer was undoubtedly our…
When the Stray Notes joined together with the Formby-based G-Force Gospel Choir and the children of Killinghall School Choir, it was a day of singing together, mastering new skills, and sometimes being out of our comfort zones! The day started with the amazing Abi Moore leading the Stray Notes and…
The Stray Notes took to the stage at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre as part of the York Community Choir Festival, joining four other choirs for the start of a week-long celebration of music in the community. We chose five of our favourite songs for our performance, starting with the inspiring…
Our first performance of 2025 saw The Stray Notes take to the stage at Harrogate’s Royal Hall along with seven other choirs to celebrate music in the community. The Harrogate Community Choir Festival, which is organised by The Stray Notes, is now in its third year and featured singers from…