Meet the Choir

Kim Kaye - Musical Director                  Chris Pulleyn - Accompanist                  

Kim began to play the piano at the age of five, learning first with her mother who is a piano teacher, before going to the Royal Academy of Music in London to study the piano and cello. After gaining an Honours Degree in Music and a Piano Teacher's Diploma she did a postgraduate year in performance and piano accompaniment. Since leaving the Academy she has mastered playing the flute.

Kim now lives in Meltham and has a busy piano teaching practice as well as being sought after as an accompanist for concerts, festivals and examinations. She joins Jane Robertson in the piano duo 'RO'KA' and Denise Sanders (violin) in the duo 'Anything Goes' providing music for weddings and parties.

Kim is also the pianist and deputy conductor for Marsh Ladies Choir.

Having been a member of the Holme Valley Singers for 18 years she has moved through the ranks of singer, deputy conductor and deputy pianist, pianist and now, musical director.

Accompanist - Chris Pulleyn 

Christopher Pulleyn began accompanying at the age of 14, as the rehearsal pianist for the Bradford Player’s production of The Boyfriend. Since then, he has developed a reputation around Yorkshire as a sensitive and skilled accompanist, playing for choirs and soloists around the area, most notably for the Huddersfield Choral Society Junior Choirs, under the guidance of Susan Wilkinson.

Having studied Music A-Level, Chris made the decision to study his other passion, English Literature at the University of York before moving to Japan to teach English. During his two years in Yamagata, north of Tokyo, Chris continued to perform both as a soloist and accompanist for various Japanese ensembles and performers, and was fortunate to have the opportunity to study under a nationally celebrated accompanist and performer, Hiroko Ono.

Having returned to England only recently, Chris has quickly stepped back into a busy and varied musical career, taking on the role of accompanist for the recently launched Colne Valley Male Voice Boys Choir with Thom Meredith, and the Bradford Festival Choral Society, as well as performing in regular concerts with the Liverpool Italian Opera Society. He also enjoys performing as a cocktail pianist. Chris is delighted to have been offered the opportunity to play for the Holme Valley Singers, having recently moved to a new home in the area.