The English Huddersfield Choral Society was founded in 1836, and under a succession of distinguished principal conductors and chorus masters has developed an international reputation as the UK’s leading choral society. The present chorus master is Joseph Cullen, with Darius Battiwalla as deputy chorus master. The choir’s special quality is the unique ‘Huddersfield Sound’ - a thrilling full-bodied and firm blended tone, flexible enough for both the most shattering climaxes and for the softest but focused pianissimos. The Society promotes its own professional subscription concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, its home since 1881. The choir also visits other major concert halls in the UK and abroad, regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.