Vice President 
 Marilynne was a founder member of Polyphonia - a network of European Conservatoires - and has lectured and conducted workshops in Sweden, Portugal, France, Lithuania, Norway, Holland and Austria. She is particularly interested in the practice of performance and led a European research project in that field, the results of which have been disseminated across the conservatoires. In addition she has been external examiner at the universities of Edinburgh, Durham, Wolverhampton, Southampton, Huddersfield, University College Chichester, and an external assessor of performance at graduate and postgraduate levels.
​As a past Warden of the Incorporated Society of Musicians Marilynne has represented the Society in collaboration with the University of Reading developing courses for music teachers and performers. As a conductor she has trained and conducted orchestras and choirs on a regular basis, some of whom have performed on BBC and ITV. The largest ensemble was a choir of 1100 school children and the smallest a chamber choir of 40 voices with whom she toured abroad on many occasions.
During her time as Deputy Music Director of Harrogate Choral Society, Marilynne has founded a small vocal ensemble Beati, and has also organised smaller groups of singers from the main choir to sing at weddings and other events.
 She is regularly involved in workshops for teachers, conductors, singers and dancers. She also conducts training sessions for the National Association of Choirs, Male Voice and Upper Voice Choirs, and continues to work with choirs such as the Lindley School Choir who were winners of the BBC Songs of Praise Choir of the Year in 2008. For a number of years she has been involved in long term, sustainable vocal and instrumental projects in South Cumbria, Northumberland and the Ripon and Leeds Diocese. These projects, aimed at the primary age phase, are designed to encourage and firmly establish music in schools as well as giving all children the experience of performing together in a large group of usually about 400! Her own performing experience has included singing with professional orchestras and choirs, solo recitals and solo parts in opera. She now has a practice as a voice consultant. From her early experiences of performing in Welsh Eisteddfodau Marilynne has developed a lifelong passion and enthusiasm for all aspects of performance. Having studied piano, voice and cello at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, she took a Masters Degree in Education. The combination of these two strands consolidated her interest in music performance and music education and the interface between the two. Her appointment as Head of the School of Performance at the College of Ripon and York St. John enabled her to maintain and develop these interests nationally and internationally as well as building collaborative partnerships in performance between the other creative and performing arts within the School which included music, dance, drama, theatre, film and television.

Handel - Messiah 
Saturday 11 December 2021 at 7.00 pm

Manchester Camerata
Sarah Fox, Soprano
Angharad Lyddon, Mezzo
James Micklethwaite, Tenor
Jerome Knox, Bass

Conducted by Brian Kay, HCS President

​Tickets for this concert are priced at £25
with £5 tickets available for students,
under 16s and IBA. ​Tickets are on sale from
​The Harrogate Box Office  
There are many works of classical music that are known to the general public. The Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah is possibly one of the most famous pieces of music ever written, even though it comprises only a small section of the complete work.
 
Messiah is known as one of the greatest musical works ever produced and it wouldn’t be Christmas without the opportunity to hear this great Oratorio – a form of music that contains dramatic lyrics like an opera, but which is staged as a concert without sets or acting.

Rossini - Stabat Mater & Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Saturday 19 March 2022 at 7.00 pm

more info to follow, tickets will be on sale shortly from the Harrogate Theatre Box Office
Other Planned Future Concerts
Saturday 19 March 2022 - Rossini Stabat Mater & Puccini Messa di Gloria
Saturday 25 June 2022 - concert in St Wilfrid's church