16/06/2026
Alongside their plenary rehearsals, members of our Children's Choir are greatly benefitting from working regularly with our excellent Chorister Tutor, Daisy Widdicombe, who works with small groups of children in turn, to develop their musicianship and vocal skills, allowing them to grow in confidence and enjoyment in their singing.
Daisy Widdicombe is a Yorkshire-based musician and educator. She read Music as an undergraduate choral scholar at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and recently completed her MA in Community Music at the University of York, graduating with distinction. She recently presented her master’s dissertation research into the use of singing within palliative care, prison, and healthcare chaplaincies at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology & Royal Musical Association’s 2026 conference at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Following her graduation from Cambridge she sang across London as a choral scholar within the vocal quintet of St John’s Church, Notting Hill, and at the Barbican and Cadogan Hall with the City of London Choir. She regularly sings across Yorkshire and beyond as a freelance singer and deputy lay clerk, combining this with voluntary work for the Cathedral Music Trust as a Future Leader.
She has delivered musical projects in prisons (recently leading the ‘Ambassadors’ singing project in HMP Humber), schools, day services and other community settings, and currently leads curricular music in primary schools across York on behalf of the Richard Shepherd Music Foundation. Alongside this she works for Find Your Voice, facilitating music sessions for adults with a learning disability, dementia, or complex health need. She was a 2025 recipient of the Cecilia Vajda Memorial Scholarship with the British Kodály Academy and has recently trained as a SEND music practitioner, and enjoys combining these approaches to deliver inclusive and accessible music projects.
Welcome, Daisy!
