Our team

The choir

Our 35+ singers of all ages from 20 years upwards form a friendly community with widely varying musical experience and lots of talent! Some members have extensive musical ability and knowledge, whiIe others are learning skills such as vocal production and sight-reading week by week.

Musical Director: Hannah Zelei-Good

Hannah Zelei-Good joined Denby Dale ladies choir as Musical Director in September 2025. Hannah is passionate about music, she is a musician, singer, and educator. Alongside conducting Denby Dale ladies she co-directs Serenitas female vocal ensemble and is the singing teacher at Wakefield Cathedral.

Hannah graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2015 with a music degree and since then she has taught strings, piano and singing at Wakefield Music Education Hub, leading a variety of ensembles.

Hannah sings soprano with Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir and has played violin and viola with various ensembles and quartets including Rotherham Symphony Orchestra and Sheffield Rep Orchestra.

Hannah’s performance highlights include competition wins with Serenitas and solo performances at Wakefield Cathedral.

Accompanist: Sue Ogden

Sue started piano lessons at the age of eight. Her love of accompanying quickly became evident at high school where she played for the school choir and for soloists in concerts. She gained a BA (Hons) in Music at Huddersfield Polytechnic, studying piano with Martin Roscoe, as well as organ and harpsichord. She then completed a PGCE and holds an LTCL in Piano Performance. Sue has always worked in the Huddersfield area, teaching music from Primary through to FE level. After more than 20 years in the primary classroom as well as five years of teaching piano and keyboard for Kirklees Music School (#Musica), she now focusses on her private teaching practice and accompanying. She plays for classes at Holmfirth Musical Festival and for the Kirklees Primary Music Festival. Sue has accompanied a number of local choirs and amateur dramatic societies, performing a wide range of music from Bach to Buddy Holly. She has been The Huddersfield Singers’ regular accompanist since 2001 and was appointed to Denby Dale Ladies Choir in 2013.