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Emerging Voices is a music charity supporting adults with lived experience of mental ill health to develop their musical skills in a friendly, collaborative environment.

06/10/2026

🥁 A little listen to week two of our Ghanaian drumming course!

Enjoy this short audio clip from the session, led by Jon Ward at the Acomb mental health hub. 🎶

Thank you to the Fortus Foundation for funding the course and helping make these sessions possible. 💜

🎶 Thank you to Knot Another Choir in Knaresborough for sharing our upcoming York Opera concert in their weekly bulletin...
05/10/2026

🎶 Thank you to Knot Another Choir in Knaresborough for sharing our upcoming York Opera concert in their weekly bulletin and encouraging members to come along. We really appreciate your support! 💜

Join us for York Opera’s 60th birthday concert:
📅 10 October at 7.30 pm
📍 St John’s Church, Bilton, Harrogate

Emerging Voices will also be holding a cake stall and raffle to raise funds. 🍰 🎟️

🎟️ Buy tickets here:
https://tickets.yorkopera.co.uk/events/yorkopera/2256203

We hope to see you there!

We hope to see you there!

🎶 Harrogate Wellbeing Choir is heading to Asda!Our choir will be busking on Wednesday 11 November and Wednesday 16 Decem...
30/09/2026

🎶 Harrogate Wellbeing Choir is heading to Asda!

Our choir will be busking on Wednesday 11 November and Wednesday 16 December. If you’re passing by, stop and enjoy a song. We’ll share the store and times nearer each date.

Harrogate Wellbeing Choir is a free, welcoming group for local adults with lived or current experience of mental ill health. No previous singing experience is needed.

Find out more about the choir and its weekly rehearsals:
https://emergingvoices.org.uk/calendar/item/61133500

We’re grateful to National Lottery Awards for All programme for its support

📸 Photo: Members of Harrogate Wellbeing Choir at a previous Asda performance, ready to sing with their song folders.

🥁 Ghanaian drumming in AcombOur Ghanaian drumming course is under way. Led by tutor Jon Ward, the sessions give adults w...
29/09/2026

🥁 Ghanaian drumming in Acomb

Our Ghanaian drumming course is under way. Led by tutor Jon Ward, the sessions give adults with lived experience of mental ill health a friendly, relaxed place to explore music together.

The course runs on Tuesday afternoons until 1 December at Our Lady’s Church Hall, Cornlands Road, Acomb. Tea and coffee are provided.

The current course is fully booked, but if you’re interested in a future course, please get in touch to join the waiting list:

📧 [email protected]
📞 07984 535629

Thank you to the Fortus Foundation for funding the course. We’re running it in partnership with the Yor Community Wellbeing Hub at Acomb Garth, which offers local mental health and wellbeing support. Find out more about the hub: https://www.yorcommunitywellbeinghub.org/

💙 Help Emerging Voices win £1,000 💙Benefact Group’s Movement for Good is accepting nominations for its December £1,000 d...
28/09/2026

💙 Help Emerging Voices win £1,000 💙

Benefact Group’s Movement for Good is accepting nominations for its December £1,000 draw. The more nominations we receive, the better our chances.

To nominate us, open this link:
https://movementforgood.com/draws/1000

Copy and paste our charity number into “Find the charity”:

1183043

Select Emerging Voices and complete the short form.

We use music to help adults who have experienced mental ill health build confidence and connect with others. Thank you for supporting our work 💙

If you’ve already nominated us for a £1,000 award this year, your nomination carries forward. Please share this with someone who hasn’t nominated us yet.

🎶 Upcoming Emerging Voices Wellbeing Choir sessionsOur Harrogate and Selby Wellbeing Choirs are meeting again this week ...
23/09/2026

🎶 Upcoming Emerging Voices Wellbeing Choir sessions

Our Harrogate and Selby Wellbeing Choirs are meeting again this week and next.

📍 Harrogate Wellbeing Choir
📅 Wednesday 23 September 2026
🕜 1.30pm to 3.00pm

📍 Selby Wellbeing Choir
📅 Wednesday 23 September 2026
🕞 3.45pm to 5.15pm

📍 Harrogate Wellbeing Choir
📅 Wednesday 30 September 2026
🕜 1.30pm to 3.00pm

📍 Selby Wellbeing Choir
📅 Wednesday 30 September 2026
🕞 3.45pm to 5.15pm

🎵 Our wellbeing choirs offer a friendly and supportive space for adults with lived or current experience of mental ill health to enjoy singing and making music together.

🔗 Full event details:
https://emergingvoices.org.uk/calendar/view?view=list&date=2026-09-21

Please share with anyone who may be interested.

🎶 Selby Wellbeing Choir – new members welcomeLooking for a friendly, supportive choir in Selby?Our Selby Wellbeing Choir...
21/09/2026

🎶 Selby Wellbeing Choir – new members welcome

Looking for a friendly, supportive choir in Selby?

Our Selby Wellbeing Choir is free and open to adults in the local area with lived or current experience of mental ill health. Rehearsals are relaxed and welcoming, with tea and coffee provided.

📅 Wednesday 23 September 2026
🕒 3.45pm to 5.15pm
📍 The Hawdon Institute, Selby Abbey, Church Avenue, Selby, YO8 4PU
💷 Free to attend

The choir is kindly funded by the Two Ridings Foundation.

Please note there is no parking at Selby Abbey as this is reserved for staff. Contact us for information about nearby parking or public transport options.

📧 [email protected]
📞 07984 535629

Please share with anyone in the Selby area who may be interested.

🎶 Members of our Harrogate Wellbeing Choir have been busy writing and recording their own original songs as part of a so...
21/09/2026

🎶 Members of our Harrogate Wellbeing Choir have been busy writing and recording their own original songs as part of a songwriting project led by Esther.

✍️ The singer-songwriters developed both their own words and music, then recorded their songs with Nat, our recording engineer, with musical support from Esther on vocals and guitar and David on piano.

🎧 The finished songs are now available on the Emerging Voices Records Bandcamp page. They are the first six tracks listed and can be listened to for free or downloaded for a small fee, with proceeds supporting Emerging Voices.

🔗 Listen here:
https://emergingvoicesrecords.bandcamp.com/

💛 A huge thank you to everyone involved in creating and recording the songs, and to The National Lottery for funding the project.

📣 Please have a listen and share them with anyone who might enjoy them.

Come and try Selby Wellbeing Choir 🎶Join us for a free taster session and mini-performance at The Big Communitea in Selb...
14/09/2026

Come and try Selby Wellbeing Choir 🎶

Join us for a free taster session and mini-performance at The Big Communitea in Selby.

📅 Friday 18 September 2026
🕜 1.45–2.45pm
📍 10b Abbey Walk, Selby, YO8 4DZ
💷 Free

Conductor Aaron Soon will lead current choir members and anyone who would like to have a go through singing warm-ups, rounds, a ca****la songs and more.

It’s an informal, friendly session and a great chance to try the choir before deciding whether you’d like to join. The session will finish with a short performance from current choir members.

For more information:
📧 [email protected]
📞 07984 535629

Event details: https://emergingvoices.org.uk/calendar/item/61847701

Our free wellbeing choirs are meeting again on Wednesday 9 September in Harrogate and Selby.Harrogate Wellbeing Choir🕜 1...
07/09/2026

Our free wellbeing choirs are meeting again on Wednesday 9 September in Harrogate and Selby.

Harrogate Wellbeing Choir
🕜 1.30–3.00pm
📍 Wesley Chapel, 28 Oxford Street, Harrogate, HG1 1PP

Selby Wellbeing Choir
🕞 3.45–5.15pm
📍 The Hawdon Institute, Selby Abbey, Church Avenue, Selby, YO8 4PU

Both choirs are free and open to adults in the local area with lived or current experience of mental ill health. Sessions are friendly, supportive and relaxed, with tea and coffee provided. No previous singing experience is needed.

Please note there is no parking at Selby Abbey, as this is reserved for staff.

For more information, contact Laura:
📧 [email protected]
📞 07984 535629

Harrogate Wellbeing Choir is currently supported by National Lottery Awards for All, and Selby Wellbeing Choir by Two Ridings Foundation.

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