AS the dark nights of autumn and winter approach, Otley Choral Society is preparing for their new season and is looking to welcome new members.

During the coming season the choir will be performing Matthew Coleridge’s very popular and beautiful Requiem and Haydn’s fantastic Creation at Otley Parish Church. The choir will also be performing Dvorak’s Stabat Mater and Handel’s ever popular Messiah at St! Margaret's Church in Ilkley.

Rehearsals start on Tuesday, September 3 with a meet and greet for any new members attending for the first time from 6.30pm at Prince Henry’s Grammar School. Everyone is welcome. Reading music is not essential, but a love of music and a commitment to singing is.

For any further details then please go to www.otleychoral.co.uk, on Facebook, or email our secretary on secretary.otleycs@gmail.com for further information.