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. She gained a BA (Hons) in Music at Huddersfield Polytechnic, studying piano with Martin Roscoe, as well as organ and harpsichord. She completed a PGCE and gained 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 and 5 years teaching piano and keyboard for #Musica, she now focusses on private teaching and accompanying. Sue has accompanied classes at local music festivals and played for the Kirklees Primary Schools Music Festival for nearly 20 years. She has worked with various local choirs and amateur dramatic societies, performing a wide range of music from Bach to Buddy Holly. She accompanied The Huddersfield Singers from 2001 - 2022 and has played for Denby Dale Ladies Choir since 2013.