Hey! Ho! let's go with a special winter concert featuring commoners choir with the west yorkshire symphony orchestra, to launch our joint 10" vinyl disc of ramones covers.
Fifty years ago, four New York teenagers in torn jeans and leather jackets formed a band and called themselves The Ramones, their brutally fast and simple music becoming the most important precursor to, and influence on, punk.
In this special anniversary concert in the beautiful and historic Victoria Hall in Saltaire, Commoners Choir and West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra team up to present a selection of specially-arranged Ramones anthems along with their own songs and pieces.
Come along and hear unique choral and symphonic versions of ‘Blitzkreig Bop’, ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ and others!
The concert will showcase separate selections by orchestra and choir and they will then join forces to play their selection of Ramones songs. The songs have been arranged for 60-piece choir and 40-piece orchestra by Boff Whalley and Liz Lister, and will be conducted by Nick Meredith.
book for the concert
pre-order the record
We are a strange yet open and inclusive choir that meets in leeds. We come from all over the place, and try to act more like a band or a gang than a choir.
we sing our own songs, about the world immediately around us, about inequality, hope, and tory politicians. we have two albums and various other bits and bats, including our own zine 'commontary' (available from the shop page)
upcoming gigs and ticket details on the gigs page.
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COMMONERS choir are happy to invite you to join us – read the manifesto, come to a rehearsal, and see what you think: information on when and where we meet on the rehearsals page.
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