Leicester Cathedral is delighted to announce the appointment of Lucy Haigh as its first Schools Choral Director. Lucy brings to the role extensive experience of working with children’s choirs and groups she has run have enjoyed competition success at the highest level.

Following three years as Head of Choral Music at St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls in Perth, Western Australia, Lucy took up the post of Choral Director at Leeds Cathedral, where she launched the Cathedral Junior Boys’, Girls’ and Children’s Choirs and visited up to twelve primary schools every week to teach whole-class singing sessions and to direct choirs. Lucy will combine her work at Leicester Cathedral, delivering its established schools’ singing programme DioSing, with her post as Children’s Choir Director at St Mary’s Church in the Lace Market, Nottingham. DioSing has recently become part of the National Schools Singing Programme.

Cathedral Assistant Director of Music and Head of Music Outreach, Rosie Vinter, who has oversight of DioSing said, “I’m delighted that Lucy Haigh will be joining the Cathedral Music Department in September. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the role of Schools Choral Director, and I am very much looking forward to working with her in our DioSing schools and with the Cathedral Choirs.”