St Peters Singers is a mixed choir of about forty voices based in the City of Leeds, directed by Simon Lindley. For over  thirty years the Singers have enjoyed a close relationship with Leeds Parish Church (St.Peter-at-Leeds), where the majority of our concerts and liturgical appearances take place.  At the same time, the choir performs at many other venues in and around Leeds, including Leeds Town Hall,  St. Anne's Cathedral and Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane to name but a few. York Minster has been the venue for  two memorable presentations in recent years, and the choir sang Evensong at St.Paul's Cathedral on Easter Monday,2005.

The choir sustains an enviable reputation for  the performance of standard baroque choral works involving the presentation of major works by Bach and Handel each season in association with the St Peters Chamber Orchestra. Messiah and the B-Minor Mass are regularly presented as well as Bach's two great Passion settings. Other masterpieces by Monteverdi, Mozart and Haydn are not neglected, and in 2000 Elgar'sDream of Gerontius received a memorable and passionate performance in association with the Sinfonia of Leeds, members of Doncaster Choral Society and the Choir of Leeds Parish Church.

But the choir is equally at home in a cappella and organ-accompanied programmes which blend Renaissance masterpieces with modern English repertoire, commissioning a fine Stabat Mater from Francis Jackson. It has also become well-known for its revival of two major monodramas by actor-dramatist John Stuart Anderson with music by Francis Jackson (Daniel in Babylon, available on Amphion PHI 145 and A Time of Fire - a fascinating account of the life and times of biblical translator William Tyndale, on Amphion PHI 146). A Time of Fire was performed in Ely Cathedral in Summer 2004, and in Derby Cathedral in 2005, the latter being attended by the composer

In recent years the choir has undertaken a number of recordings, including Christopher Rathbone's fine Requiem (Amphion PHI505), Madrigals and other pieces from Castle Howard (to be released), and a set of new pieces for Banks Music, including Stephen Wilkinson's Rorate Coeli and John Powell's lively Welcome Yule (also to be released). Additionally, the choir has recorded two editions of BBC Radio2's 'Sunday Halfhour' and participated in a live broadcast of BBC Radio4's Morning Worship.