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Choir sings at Temple Newsam
Leeds University Liturgical Choir (LULC) has an exciting series of performances lined up for the 2009 season, and has just released its latest CD recording, No Man is an Island, an eclectic mixture of sacred and secular works.

A highlight of 2009 will be two staged performances of Henry Purcell’s operatic masterpiece Dido and Aeneas on 13 and 14 February, in the spectacular historic setting of Temple Newsam House. The event will begin with instrumental and vocal music by contemporaries of Purcell in the Great Hall, and culminate with an opera in the Long Gallery. Book tickets through www.stage.leeds.ac.uk or phone 0113 343 8730.

Leeds University Liturgical Choir is directed by Dr Bryan White and Dr Stephen Muir from the School of Music, and counts many staff and students among its members. Their new CD, No Man is an Island, includes the title track by celebrated Leeds composer Andrew Carter; music by staff members, and the winners of the LULC Choral Composition Competition. Copies available for £10 from the School of Music, or online at http://mus-www.leeds.ac.uk/lulc

The Lancaster Evening Post recently wrote: “The choir’s confident and sensitive interpretations were a joy to hear. They sing as well as, if not better than, most cathedral or Oxbridge college choirs.”

For further details, see www.leeds.ac.uk/music/lulc or email lulc@leeds.ac.uk or phone 0113 343 2583.

December salary payment
Due to the Christmas holidays, salaried staff who are normally paid at the end of the month will instead receive their December salary payment on Tuesday, 23 December.

If you have any enquiries, please contact payroll manager Clive Davies in Finance on ext. 34134 or email c.w.davies@leeds.ac.uk

Looking ahead
The Reporter calendar for 2009 is available online for staff to download at http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/dates.htm.

It includes term and teaching dates as well as major holidays and Reporter publication dates and deadlines.

The year 2009 will the ‘year of risk assessment’ at the University and look out for more information around campus in January.

Healthy Week 2009
To start the New Year with a bang, re-energise your mind and body by signing up for a wide range of events during Healthy Week 2009, in the first week of February. This year’s focus will be on positive mental health.

Staff and students can sign up for their chosen activities at the Sports Centre the week before (26 to 30 January) or during Healthy Week itself (2 to 8 February). More details will be available online from mid-January at www.leeds.ac.uk/healthyweek, or email healthyweek@leeds.ac.uk

Folk Fest II
Start tapping your feet to the sound of banjos, fiddles and mouth organs, because some top acts are coming to the University of Leeds as part of this year’s Folk Fest II, from 4 to 8 February 2009, open to all.

All events will be held in the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, and some of them are free. For full booking details, visit http://tinyurl.com/5k9wcp or phone 0113 343 2584.

Resistance in the Middle East
Two leading experts on the politics of the Middle East will share their specialist knowledge of the politics of Hizbullah and its international ramifications at a seminar on Wednesday, 4 February, from 4pm to 6pm.

This event is hosted by Leeds’ Professor Clive Jones (School of Politics and International Studies), and will be held in room 11.14 of the Social Sciences Building. For details phone 0113 343 4382 or email polis@leeds.ac.uk