Looking Out, Reaching Out: A Song for West Yorkshire

Composers Boff Whalley (Chumbawamba) and Thanda Gumede have written a new song inspired by the people of West Yorkshire.

A Song for West Yorkshire: Looking Out, Reaching Out emerged from words written by people right across the county. It is inclusive and welcoming. It reflects on the pandemic that has kept us all homebound and wonders aloud, with the massed voices of Harmony and Commoners Choir, how we can reach outwards to the rest of the world.

Starting from the idea that we’re all connected, it builds into a celebration of openness, a song which tells our story of local to global.

See the online premiere here at 12.30pm on Wednesday 2 February 2022.

A Song for West Yorkshire: Looking Out, Reaching Out is co-commissioned by Opera North as part of Sound UK’s nationwide project A Song for Us.

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