The East of England Singers, Angela Kay conductor

An afternoon concert of madrigals, folksongs, instrumental and vocal solos with strawberries and cream to enjoy during the interval!cream-tea

Sunday 10 July, 3.30pm
Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham
University Park Campus NG7 2RD

Tickets

Full £10, Conc. £9, Child/Student £5

Tickets will be available on the door, subject to availability.

Nottingham Festival Chorus, East of England Singers, Nottingham Concert Orchestra
Nottingham Youth Voices, Girls’ Voices & Boys’ Voices, East Midlands Youth String Orchestra, Nottingham Youth Windband, East Midlands Youth Windband

From Vaughan Williams’ pulsating Wasps overture to Rutter’s ‘spine-tingling’ Gloria, a ‘sunny’ programme for a summer afternoon. Cream scones and a cup of tea or coffee available during the interval – irresistible!

Programme to include:albert hall long view

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
John Rutter Gloria
Andrew Carter Benedicite
and items by MfE youth groups

Tickets:

Full £15, £13, £10, £8; Conc. £14, £12, £9, £7; Child/Student £7.50, £6.50, £5, £4

Please contact the office on 0115 9589312 if you require wheelchair access.

Tickets will be available for sale on the door, subject to availability.

String Orchestra, Swing Band, Flute Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, Wind Band, Double Reed Ensemble

Did you learn to play an instrument when you were at school but haven’t got it out of the case for a long time? Or have you taken up playing an instrument in adult life just for fun? Do you like playing orchestral music? Were you once a member of the school recorder group? If the answer is YES to any of these questions then come to our Blow the Dust off your Instrument Ensembles Day.

This playing day will give you the chance to renew old skbtd1ills or put new-found ones into practice in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The principal conductors will be Angela Kay, Chris McDouall, Gill Henshaw, Phil Smith and Kerry Lovell. The instrumental parts will be sent out in advance of the course, to give you time to get to grips with the notes ahead of the day itself.

String Orchestra
The music chosen gives scope to players of a wide range of abilities and experience. This year there will be the opportunity to perform a Handel Concerto Grosso and by contrast, a foot-tapping Beach Boys Medley and all the best tunes from the film score of Shakespeare in Love.

Wind Band, Flute Choir, Swing Band, Clarinet Choir
All wind players will play in the wind band during the morning then break into smaller ensembles for part of the afternoon.

Recorder Ensemble
A chance to remember back to childhood, or perhaps more recently! The recorder group will meet during the afternoon session.

Please note
All instruments except recorders – this course is not suitable for players of a standard below Associated Board Grade 2.
Recorders – players are expected to be able to read music and play a compass of an octave and a half.

Outline Timetable

Saturday 11 June 2016
Albert Hall, North Circus Street, Nottingham NG1 5AA

9.40am      Registration opens (NB Recorder registration at 1.30pm)
10.00am    Morning sessions (to include coffee break)
12.30pm    Meal Break
1.30pm      Afternoon sessions (to include coffee break)
1.30pm      Recorder register (1.45pm rehearsals)
2.30pm     Afternoon sessions (to include coffee break)
4.30pm     Break
4.45pm     Informal concert for friends and family
5.45pm     End of course

Wheelchair access available.


Welcome from the Summer School Artistic Director

We’re celebrating 10 years of MfE’s Summer School in style! Pop the champagne corks and come and join the party. The choir will be enjoying a number of popular celebratory opera choruses from Donizetti and Verdi, as well as hits by Mendelssohn, Monteverdi, Rutter and more. The orchestra travels to the stars with extracts from The Planets and comes back to earth with Johann StraussRadetsky March. The wind band will take on the celebratory Concert Prelude by Philip Sparke and the saxophone ensemble will tackle Shostakovich’s jazzy Waltz No.2.

You’re in for a treat this year, with no less than 3 CONCERTS! The Tailleferre Ensemble bring top flight wind playing to the table on Monday, Leo Melvin, esteemed cellist from the Nottingham based Villiers Quartet inspires us on Tuesday and vocal ensemble Sonoro sing for joy on Wednesday. Once the concerts are over, learn from these great artists in specially organised workshops just for you!”

 


The Music:

(not exhaustive)

For Singers:

John Rutter – Birthday Madrigals

Claudio Monteverdi – Cantate Domino

Pharrell Williams – Happy (arr. Don Henken)

Iain Farrington – Auld Lang Syne

Gaetano Donizetti – Per te d’immenso

 

For Orchestra:

Gustav Holst – Jupiter

Johann Strauss – Radetzky March

Florence Price – Juba Dance

 

 

 

For Wind Band:

Philip Sparke – Concert Prelude

Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque

Keiron Anderson – Homecoming

 

For Saxophone Ensemble:

Peter Warlock – Three Movements from Capriol Suite (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Second Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2 (arr. Steven Verhaert)

Van Morrison – Moondance (arr. Jon Halton)

 

 

 

For String Orchestra:

Oliver Mayo/Henry Rankin – Dunvegan Reel

Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony, Movement 3

 

 

 


Conductors:

Alex Robinson – Artistic Director

Orchestra & Strings conductor

Alex Robinson is an experienced conductor and harpsichordist with a first-class Music degree from the University of Manchester and an MMus in Performance (Conducting) from the Royal Northern College of Music. He studied under Mark Heron, Justin Doyle, and Clark Rundell.

He is currently the Music Director of Haffner Orchestra, Furness Bach Choir, Amaretti Chamber Orchestra and Nottingham Youth Orchestra, and is the Artistic Director of Music for Everyone in Nottingham. Alex has worked with a number of orchestras and opera companies in the UK and internationally, including the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé, Northern Chamber Orchestra, English Touring Opera, Heritage Opera, Radius Opera, Spokane Symphony, Prague Philharmomia, Hradec Kravlove Philharmonic, Moravian Symphony Orchestra, Eboracum Baroque, Psappha, House of Bedlam and Ensemble Laus Deo.

He has worked as an assistant conductor to Sir Mark Elder, Juanjo Mena, James Lowe, Clark Rundell, Gerry Cornelius, Nicolas Collon, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Vassily Petrenko and Sir Andrew Davies. Alex regularly works with many international soloists including Martin Roscoe, Milan Al-Ashab, Inon Barnatan, Sophie Rosa, Savva Zverev, April Koyejo-Audiger, Simon Walfisch, and many more.

Recently he conducted at Snape Maltings for the 75th Aldeburgh Festival with House of Bedlam, and assisted English Touring Opera with Judith Weir’s ‘Blond Eckbert’. He has also recorded an album of continuo improvisations on harpsichord, conducted the premiere of Samson Young’s ‘One of Two stories or Both’ for Manchester International Festival, worked as repetiteur for several operas including Handel’s Tamerlano, Ottone, Agrippina and Silla, and worked as Assistant Conductor for the premiere of Alan Williams’ ‘The Arsonists’ opera in a Yorkshire accent with the BBC Philharmonic.

Keiron Anderson

Wind Band & Saxophone Ensemble conductor

Keiron Anderson was born in Aberdeen and studied trumpet and keyboard at the Royal Northern College of Music where he started both a light orchestra and big band.

Keiron currently directs Yorkshire Wind Orchestra, Nottingham Symphonic Winds with whom he has produced many excellent concerts and recordings, and Phoenix Concert Band.

He has worked with many other groups including Harlequin Brass, Leeds Conservatoire Wind Orchestra, Nottingham Symphony Orchestra, the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain and numerous chamber ensembles throughout the UK and Europe as part of a diverse and rich schedule of conducting.

Keiron is a prolific Composer producing unique and exciting new music across an eclectic mix of styles. Some of these works are written specifically for the groups he directs or as commissions for other ensembles. He recently conducted his own music at the Bavarian Music Academy Annual Wind Orchestra course in Germany, coaching composers and conducting the excellent orchestra.

Keiron has worked extensively as a freelance performer working with the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, London Festival Ballet, Welsh Opera, Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra. Keiron established the Keiron Anderson Orchestra and completed several years working on cruise ships followed by a period in Spain before returning to the UK and performing all over the country with artists such as Cannon and Ball, Ronnie Corbett, Bob Monkhouse, Little and Large, Frankie Vaughan and many more.

Keiron’s teaching experience includes 10 years as a peripatetic teacher of brass and composition, three years as Head of the Ilkley Music Centre and 18 years as Head of Music, then Head of Creative Arts at Ilkley Grammar School.

Hilary Campbell

Choir conductor

Hilary Campbell is a freelance choral specialist, Founder and Musical Director of professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, West London Chorus and West London Chamber Choir. Her project work includes guest conducting ensembles such as the BBC Singers, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, the Fourth Choir and the University of Greenwich Choir, and Chorus Mastering the BBC Symphony Chorus and Royal Academy of Music Symphony Chorus.  She is also Associate Conductor of Ex Cathedra, and often runs projects with Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir, at the Royal Academy of Music, in conjunction with Blossom Street and the RAM composition department.  Hilary also leads workshops for the Royal Opera House and is a course director for Helicon Arts.

Hilary gained a Distinction for an MMus in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music with Patrick Russill; she was also awarded the three choral conducting prizes.  She received a Distinction for an MA in Vocal Studies at the University of York and undertook an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in singing at Trinity College of Music.  Following her studies, she returned to the RAM as the Meaker Fellow 2012-13, the first choral conductor to have been thus honoured.

In 2018, Hilary was delighted to be made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM).  In addition to her regular conducting work, Hilary also acts as an adjudicator, choral workshop leader and guest conductor.  She is a founder member of the Voices of London Festival, and is also a published and prize-winning composer.  With Blossom Street, she has released two award-winning Naxos recordings, and recently released a third.

Richard Cox

Summer School accompanist

Local pianist Richard Cox has worked in the Nottingham area and beyond for many years, accompanying numerous soloists and ensembles. He studied music at the University of Nottingham specialising in piano performance with Brenda May, and began working with community organisations after graduating, initially through Music for Everyone (then known as the Nottingham Choral Trust).

He now spends the majority of his time running music-related businesses, including Europadisc (selling recordings of classical music to collectors around the world), and local woodwind specialist, Windblowers.

 

 

Guest Artists:

Tailleferre Ensemble

Devoted to promoting women in classical music, the Tailleferre Ensemble is a UK- based chamber collective founded by oboists Nicola Hands and Penelope Smith. Since its inception in 2019 the group has gone from strength to strength. The ensemble’s work encompasses diverse instrumentation, time periods, and genres, with a particular onus on promoting underrepresented and underappreciated works and composers, both historical and contemporary. Their playing has been praised for its ‘extensive palette of timbres’.

In February 2023 the ensemble released their debut album There are Things to be Said, which reviewers praised for their ‘superb musicianship’ and ‘effortless’ performance. Textura magazine celebrated it as an ‘exceptional debut’ on account of ‘the beauty and precision of the musicians’ playing and their sensitivity to dynamics.’ The ensemble has enjoyed airtime on radio stations across Europe and Canada, and is developing an ongoing relationship with BBC Radio 3. They are especially proud to have ongoing collaborations with numerous contemporary composers, many of whom have dedicated new works to them, including Ingrid Stölzel, Rhian Samuel, Sally Wave, Jonathan Heeley, and Dana Joras.

Recently the ensemble has performed at London’s Conway Hall and St. John’s Smith Square, University Hall in Nottingham. They have also recently collaborated with the English Music Festival and are repeat artists for the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival and Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society. They regularly perform in recital series around the UK, including at St. James Piccadilly, Aylesbury Lunchtime Concerts, Music-at-Hill, St. John’s ARC, and Brighton’s Chapel Royal. The ensemble has also collaborated with Façade Ensemble and the South Florida Chamber Ensemble.

Individual members’ own playing experience includes with orchestras such as Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Aurora Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Wexford Festival Opera orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, as well as venues such as the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, London Coliseum, Wilderness Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, National Portrait Gallery, and Wigmore Hall, and recording at Abbey Road Studios.

The Tailleferre Ensemble are Musicians in Residence at St. John’s Church, Notting Hill.

Leo Melvin

Leo Melvin is a cellist based in London. He enjoys a varied career of solo, chamber music and orchestral playing.

Leo graduated with honours from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2013 where he studied with the great Richard Lester. He then went on to study in Germany for a couple of years with several eminent professors such as Troels Svane, Claudio Bohorquez and Kleif Carnarius.

Returning to London, Leo then began working with the top London orchestras – LSO, LPO and Philharmonia. Alongside this he would play solo recitals around the country. Several years later he would join the Villiers Quartet, of which he is still a member today. Leo’s most recent and significant accolade would be becoming a guest principal cello of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Leo also teaches both cello and piano, and has a deep passion for great music. His greatest hobby is playing the piano and chamber music with friends, but is also an avid fan of science and reading.

 

Sonoro

Described as “outstandingly refreshing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “abundant in vibrant colour” (The Guardian), Sonoro is one of the UK’s foremost vocal ensembles. Under conductor Neil Ferris, Sonoro have performed at internationally renowned festivals and concert halls, including St Magnus Festival, Orkney, St Martin-in-the-Fields and King’s Place, London, and in St Gallen, Switzerland. Sonoro’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Passion and Polyphony’ featured works by Sir James MacMillan and Frank Martin, and ‘Christmas with Sonoro’ was BBC Music Magazine’s Christmas choice in 2018. Recent releases which have gained significant recognition include an album of music by Martin Bussey, and two volumes of ‘Choral Inspirations’ featuring choral classics partnered with newly commissioned works by established and emerging British composers, including Errollyn Wallen, Cecilia McDowall, and Oliver Tarney. Combining a passion for excellence in choral music and education, Sonoro’s SING! outreach programme delivers projects in schools, as well as side-by-side performances and conducting masterclasses. SING! has reached hundreds of children and amateur singers, inspiring either a first love of singing or a renewed engagement with a shared passion in choral music.

“Classical concerts seldom feel so downright uplifting.” The Scotsman

“A rich, robust texture, abundant in vibrant colour and undoubted excitement.” The Guardian

“Outstandingly refreshing.” BBC Music Magazine

“A huge dynamic and expressive range.” Gramophone


The Details:

A Summer School pack with all your music will be sent out to you approximately four weeks in advance.

Each day will start at 10am (registration from 9.30am) and finish at approximately 5.30pm with Showcase Concerts for the singers and instrumentalists early on Wednesday evening.

“It was great fun. A varied and fascinating mix of music. Tutors were excellent.”

Be part of the social buzz. There is plenty of time to chat to tutors, browse the stands and enjoy the school grounds.

There will be coffee and pastries to welcome you on the first day and a farewell buffet on the final evening.


The Venue:

Trent College

 

We will be back at the beautiful Trent College in Long Eaton, where expert-led rehearsals will be interspersed with inspiring recitals from acclaimed musicians.

 

 

 


How to Enrol 

The Summer School fee: £145 for MfE Members, £175 for non-members, £85 for Students, covers all music, tuition, refreshments at breaks, and drinks and buffet after the showcase concert. In order to provide the best quality experience for all participants, some instrument numbers will be capped. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

FULLY BOOKED

The Summer School is now fully booked, to be added to the waiting list for the instruments above, please email anne@music-for-everyone.org

 


 

From West End to Broadway

Saturday 15th March 2025

John Godber Centre, Ogle Street, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7FQ

4.30pm-6pm

Enjoy an enchanting cabaret performance featuring music from Wicked, Les Misérables and Fiddler on the Roof.  Unwind with a drink from the bar as you soak in the magic of live performance.  With appearances from special guests – Simon Theobald, acclaimed baritone soloist and compere, and Music for Everyone’s joyful Open Voices choir – this concert promises something for everyone

Enjoy the glitz and glam of the theatre with our special guest compere and baritone soloist Simon Theobald, conducted by MfE’s Assistant Artistic Director, Rachel Parkes, and accompanied by Angela Foan.

Available to buy online via the form below or contact our Box Office on 0115 9589312. In person – 10 Goose Gate, Hockley. The office is open Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm.

Online booking is now closed for this concert. Tickets are still available and will be for sale on the door from 4.30pm

Music for Everyone invites you to join with the Nottingham Festival Chorus to sing in their Summer course and concert.

The music:
Andrew Carter Benedicite. First performed in 1989 and inspired by the Benedicite carvings inspired by nature in the restored vault of York Minster, Benedicite is a tuneful setting of verses from the Benedicite canticle in the Book of Common Prayer – ‘All the World, Praise the Lord’. Scored for SATB chorus, full orchestra and children’s chorus, the work is a joy to sing.

Rutter Gloria. An exuberant and exciting setting of familiar words by the master of melody, John Rutter, this work is sure to set the hairs on the back of your neck tingling!

The Choir:
The Nottingham Festival Chorus is Music for Everyone’s flagship choir. Numbering over 200 voices, singers come from all over the East Midlands and further afield. There are no auditions; all that’s required is a willlingness to work hard and a sense of fun to produce performances of a high standard.

Music for the course is sent out in advance along with a rehearsal CD to give singers the opportunity to become familiar with the music before the workshop day. Optional sectional rehearsals will be held at Nottingham Trent University – please see provisional timetable below.

Provisional Timetable:

Saturday 25 June 2016
Bluecoat Academy, Aspley Lane NG8 5GY

9.30am Registration opens
10.00am Rehearsals
1.15pm Meal Break
2.15pm Rehearsals
6.00pm End of session

Sunday 26 June 2016
Albert Hall NG1 5AA

11.00am Rehearsal
1.45pm End of session
3.30pm Assemble
4.00pm Performance

Sectional Rehearsals (optional)
Nottingham Trent University NG11 8NS

Tenors and Basses: Wednesday 18 May 7.30 – 9.30pm

Sopranos and Altos: Friday 20 May 7.30 – 9.30pm

Nottingham Chamber Singers
Rachel Parkes conductor

The Music

Nottingham Chamber Singers invite you to join them as they dive in to the rich, exquisite and relatively under-represented canon of choral works by female composers.

Our concert, in the same week as International Women’s Day, will take the opportunity to celebrate 900 years of Passiontide themed motets, both reflective and uplifting from the 11th Century Abbess and Polymath Hildegard von Bingen through to the emerging and talented Kerensa Briggs (b.1991). Throughout the concert, acclaimed Saxophonist John Barker will be weaving transcendent melodies into and around our program, culminating in a second half performance of the beautiful Son of God Mass by James Whitbourn to ease you into Eastertide.

The Performers

John Barker (saxophone) was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music for 5 years where he achieved a Distinction in his Master’s Degree in Performance. He was a BBC Young Musicians Woodwind Finalist in 1998 as well as winning numerous other prizes and awards. He is now Director of Music at Leicester Grammar School. “John Barker is an astonishingly accomplished saxophonist. Whether on alto or soprano, there appears to be no limit to his technique.” (Stephen Pritchard, The Observer)

Henry Parkes (organ) enjoys a dual career as a university lecturer and freelance performer. After stints as organ scholar at St George’s, Windsor and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, he established himself as a church musician, accompanist, and orchestral keyboardist in London. Career highlights have included organ recitals at Westminster Abbey, St Alban’s, Coventry, York Minster, St John’s and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, and the Buxton Festival, accompaniment for the contemporary music choir Commotio – with whom he recorded James Whitbourn’s Luminosity (Naxos, 2010), often to be heard on Radio 3 – and an array of orchestral gigs, ranging from outreach events to the Wilderness Festival to the BBC Proms, including live CD recordings of Holst’s Planets and Brahms’ Requiem with the London Philharmonic. He holds Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists, with the Limpus Prize for performance, as well as a Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Since 2020 he has taught music at the University of Nottingham (specialising in medieval repertories) and is an occasional deputy at St Mary’s in the Lace Market.

Rachel Parkes (conductor) was a founder member of the internationally successful a cappella ensemble Voces8 with whom she performed and toured extensively. She was also an active member of the London choral scene for 10 years, performing at the highest level with groups such as Tenebrae, London Voices, Howard Goodall’s Enchanted Voices, and the Eric Whitacre Singers. She has performed a wide range of repertoire, from the classical tradition to Hollywood movie scores, contemporary opera, and classical-pop crossover. Rachel spent 5 years working in the USA as a soloist, choral singer, vocal coach and singing teacher before moving to Nottingham in 2020. She is now thrilled to be back in her homeland, working as MfE Assistant Artistic Director and continuing her work as a vocal and choral animateur. She lives in West Bridgford with her husband, Henry and her two young children, George and Stella.

Formerly known as the East of England Singers, the Nottingham Chamber Singers have a busy concert schedule performing works across the full choral range, from William Byrd to James Macmillan. The choir’s refreshingly dynamic and committed performances continue to receive critical and public acclaim, led by Assistant conductor and Music for Everyone’s Assistant Artistic Director, Rachel Parkes.

Tickets:

In advance: Full £9, Concession £8, Child/Student £4.50
On the door: Full £10, Concession £9, Child/Student £5

Online booking is now closed. Tickets will be available to buy on the door, from 7pm on Saturday 11th March

Available online via the Buy Tickets button or from the MfE Box Office on 0115 9589312.
In person (in advance) – Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm: 10 Goose Gate, Hockley, Nottingham NG1 1FF. We accept payment by cash, cheque or card.

Also available on the door, subject to availability.

The Venue

The church is easy to find on Trevose Gardens, off Mansfield Road in Sherwood. Parking is available on site with on-street parking near by. The venue is easily accessible by public transport, bus stops are located a few minutes walk away.

Nottingham Junior Voices, Nottingham Youth Voices, Nottingham Youth Band – Beeston & West Bridgford

Andy Hatherly, Gill Henshaw, Sara King, Ellie Martin, Alex Patterson, Jane Storey conductors

Come and enjoy an afternoon serenade of music presented by our talented young instrumentalists and singers.

ONLINE BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR

Tickets prices: Full £7, Child/Student £3.50*

*Special Offer! If purchasing tickets to both the Junior and Senior youth concerts, full price is £10, child/student is £5 for both concerts (offer is available online)

Tickets available from the Music for Everyone Box Office Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm 0115 9589312 and on the door, subject to availability.

Musicals workshop day and concert: From West End to Broadway! 

Music for Everyone invites you to come and sing in an entertaining workshop of well known hits from the musicals and West End. Enjoy the glitz and glam of the theatre with our special guest compere and baritone soloist Simon Theobald, conducted by MfE’s Assistant Artistic Director, Rachel Parkes, and accompanied by Angela Foan.

The programme will include foot tapping numbers from Oliver and Guys and Dolls, unforgettable melodies from West Side Story and Chess, and moving songs from hit musical Blood Brothers.

The day will finish with an informal cabaret-style concert including a performance from MfE’s Open Voices choir.

Tickets include a free pre-concert glass of wine or soft drink from 4pm.

All music will be provided on the workshop day.

Timetable:

Saturday 23 March
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy, NG2 7BW

10.00am – 6.30pm

Registration: 10am

Singing sessions: 10.30am – 4pm

To include tea, coffee and lunch breaks

Pre-concert drinks: 4.30pm-5pm

Performance: 5pm – 6.30pm

 

The course fee for this event is £27. Book online via the button below or contact the office at Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Hockley, Nottingham NG1 1FF. Please make cheques payable to Music for Everyone.

Booking for this event is now closed.

If you’d like to come and watch the concert, book tickets here: Concert: From West End to Broadway (music-for-everyone.org)

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Over 200 children take part in our fun music events. Our singing weekend, led by specialists Alison Bennett, Ray Macleod, Jane McDouall and Phil Smith give everyone the chance to perform a variety of music in a friendly and secure atmosphere followed by a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Singers are divided into three age-groups choirs:

  • Vocals 1 (school years 1 – 2)
  • Vocals 2 (school years 3 – 4)
  • Vocals 3 (school years 5 – 7)

Copies of the words and music will be sent out about a month before the course and to help you practice you can opt to download rehearsal tracks from our website or receive a music CD.

Timetable

  • 1st Weekend, Bluecoat Academy, Aspley Lane, Nottingham NG8 5GY

Saturday 7 May                                                Sunday 8 May

Vocals 1/2               1.45 – 5.15pm                   Vocals 1/2               1.45 – 5.10pm

Vocals 3                   1.45 – 5.15pm                   Vocals 3                  11.00am – 5.oopm

 

  • 2nd Weekend, Albert Hall, Nottingham NG1 5AA – Sunday 15 May

Assemble           All Groups            12.30 – 12.50pm

Rehearsal                                        12.50 – 3.00pm

Concert                                            3.30 – 5.00pm

 

Wheelchair Access to all venues.