Friends
The Friends of Leeds Baroque exists primarily to support the Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra. You can enrol here.
Our support helps the choir and orchestra in their aim of providing an opportunity for local audiences to share in the musicians’ enthusiasm for baroque music by giving professional, non-professional and student players in our area experience of playing the baroque choral and orchestral repertory at a high level of performance practice and scholarship and with some of the country’s leading exponents of early music.
The Friends was founded in 2000, shortly after the formation of the Orchestra itself, and provides financial and practical support.
| Chairman | Bob Holt |
| Treasurer | Nicki Sapiro |
| Secretary | Richard Andrews |
| Membership Secretary | Gillian Andrews |
| Leeds Baroque Representative | Jillian Johnson |
| Committee members | Cliff Beddows |
| David Bonthron | |
| Jane Oakshott | |
| Pam Radford |
Financially, the Friends are one of the orchestra’s major sources of funding and give that vital boost to their income, ensuring they maintain and develop their acclaimed standards.
Practically, we help with the organisation and promotion of the concerts, behind the scenes and at front of house and with refreshments. We coordinate the provision of accommodation for orchestra members and guest soloists from outside Leeds over concert weekends and provide “box office” facilities for self-promoted concerts.
Benefits the Friends enjoy, besides the warm glow that comes from knowing we are supporting the orchestra, include:
- free concert programmes at University venues
- reserved seating, where practical
- regular newsletters, with advance programme information, news and notes
- special Friends’ events and arrangements
Annual Subscription Rates
For Season 2008–9, these are:
| Individual Membership | £15 |
| Joint Membership (2 people) | £25 |
| Young Person (under 26) | £10 |
| Full-time student | £10 |
| Patron | £50 or greater donation |
You can complete an enrolment form here, or, for further details, please contact Dick or Gill Andrews.
Friends of Leeds Baroque is a separate Registered Charity, No. 1099251.
What an exciting ensemble, music cunningly articulated …every work delivered different colours and emotions.”