In 1911 Sheffield Musical Union, the choir that became the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, went on a remarkable world tour with a number of other Yorkshire choirs, covering 34,000 miles and giving 134 concerts in Canada, The United States, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and South Africa.
This unique event is documented in a book by Dr. Christopher Wiltshire using letters written by young soprano May Midgley to her family back in England. The book ‘12 Oak Avenue – the letters of May Midgely 1911‘ was featured in the Yorkshire Post on 28 July 2018 and in the Sheffield Telegraph in May 2019.
Due to continued demand, the book has been reprinted and can be purchased from Chris using the email
Read more about the book and the tour at 1911 World Tour Book