Musical Associations

Yorkshire has a number of great opera and choral groups, most professional. The performances are wonderful to attend, but expensive and difficult to stage. They generally are only found in the main cities, or by the occasional touring company.

But York has its own opera company, performing two shows a year with orchestra at the Theatre Royal and the Joseph Rowntree. They also hold a couple of seasonal concerts, and perform at events at less formal venues such as Betty's and Ripley Castle. York Opera is an amateur, not a "professional" Society and exists because the members and performers love what they do. They are also rather good at it.

We are also closely associated to Ryedale Festival, a two week programme of classical musical events held annually during the last two weeks of July. Ryedale Festival is a charitable organisation which attracts professional musicians to perform at a number of beautiful historical venues around Ryedale in North Yorkshire

We are proud to support these musical associations.