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Monday, 7 November 1. WREXHAM SCHOOLS BRASS BAND Conductor: Maureen Camerol1 Fanfare and National Anthem March Star Lake Blenheim Flourishes I Got Rhythm

arr. Edward Gregsoll Eric Ball lames Cl/mow George Gersll'will, alT. Alall Femit

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ALL HALLOWS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR, MACCLESFIELD

Musical Director: Andrew DOl1aldsol1 o Lord the Maker of All Things Farewell My Joy Old MacDonald had a Farm The Way You Look Tonight

William Mllndy C V Sta.l!f~r(l arr. Gaorge Mlfchell ferameKcru, nrr. Gearge M ifchell

3. THE SOUNDWAVES, LYTTON HOUSE YEARS 5 and 6, PUTNEY HIGH SCHOOL, GPDST, LONDON Musical Director: Dial1ll Thompson (accompanist) Conductor: Trisha Proctor Medley of Songs from 'Ocean World' Peter Rose/Anne Conlol1 4. COLNE VALLEY MUSIC CENTRE FESTIVAL STRINGS Musical Director: Ra/ph Barker String Street Stomp looking for Hidden Treasure Big Sounds Best Half Term Blues 5. THE NICOLAOU VIOLIN QUARTET, ORPINGTON, KENT Musical Director: Andrcas Nicolaoll Accompanist: Angela Se Four Silesian Melodies Country Dance

W Lutoslawski C M vol1 Weber

6. WEAPONS OF SOUND, PLYMOUTH Musical Director: Phil Spurr One Two Three Jibble Do Not Spray

~ Weapons of Sound

INTERVAL - 25 MINUTES (warning bells will sound 5 minutes before the end of the interval) 7. PANTONIC ALL STARS STEEL ORCHESTRA 'SENIOR SECTION', STOCKPORT Musical Director: Scoff Sinkler A Traditional Calypso Marriage of Figaro

arr. Scoff Sinkler

W A Mozart, arr. Scott Sinkler

8. GROVES HIGH SCHOOL BLUES BAND, WREXHAM Musical Director: David Wooffol1 Caeth - The Pain Will End Somewhere l Woman Blues ~ Groves High School Blues Band Your Eyes 9. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CONCERT BAND Musical Director: Alan Suttie Shepherd's Hey Vanations on a Korean Folk Song

Percy Grainger John Banus Chance

10. ENDANGERED SPECIES, LEICESTER

Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the free, How shall we extol thee, who are bom of thee?

Wider stilI and wider shall thy bounds be set; God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

Smoking is not allowed in the auditorium. The use of tape recorders is strictly forbidden.

Musical Director: Richard Fairhurst Solar Softly as in a Morning Sunrise

Miles Davis, arr. Richard Fairhurst Romberg/Hammerstein, arr. Richard Fairhurst

11. READING YOUTH ORCHESTRA Musical Director: Rober! Roscoe Fugue in 0 Minor Pines of Rome: The Pines of the Appian Way Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Hllmphn'Y Hare OttorillO Re.spighi Edward Elgar

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Programme Notes WREXHAM SCHOOLS BRASS BAND Conductor: Maureen Cameran Age range of performers: 13-18 years Fanfare and arr. Edward Gregson National Anthem March Star Lake Eric Ball Blenheim Flourishes James Curnow I Got Rhythm George Gershwin,

arr. Alan Fernie The Wrexham Schools Brass Band was formed nearly three years ago as part of the new Wrexham Music School. The band rehearses each Friday ni~ht in St David's School, Wrexham. This is the band's second successive year of attending Music for Youth events and they al'e so excited to be given the opportunity to participate in the 1994 Schools Prom. Earlier this year the Britannia Building Society Brass Band gave a series of master cras e and tuition to the young musicians of Wrexham. This was brought to a close by an extended reheaT al with Howard Snell. TIle band' success is due to the loyalty, dedication and dri"e of the young musicians of Wrexham and the patienct? time and effort of their parents.

March Star Lake Eric Ball This short snappy march was written in just two hours for the New York Youth Staff Band's End of Course concert.

Blenheim Flourishes James CltrllOW This piece is named after Blenheim Palace. it doe '.not attempt to be descriptive but rather strives to capture the spirit of British band enthusiasts and their cfedication to musicmaking.

I Got Rhythm George Gershwin,

arr. A/an Fernie This is an arrangement of the well-known tune.

It is in three sections and gives every section in the band a chance to shine.

ALL HALLOWS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR, MACCLESFIELD Musical Director: Andrew Donaldson Age range of performers: 16-19 years o Lord the Maker of All William Mundy Things Farewell My Joy C V Stanford Old MacDonald had a arr. George Mitchell Farm

The Way You Look Tonight

Jerome Kern, arr. George Mitchell

The choir was formed in 1992 from the GCSE Music students 10 sing Renaissance madri~als and motets as part of Iheir classroom studies.

From the outset there was a special chemistry amongst the group which soon led to concerts for various charities in Macclesfield's lovely Silk Heritage Centre.

One highlight in 1993 was their musical exchange with schools in Germany and France.

A part;' of sixty pupils and staff flew to Frankturt and then travelled by coach to the mdu5trial city oi Erfurt, near Leipzig. Their i,111lt 5h,,\\, 1I1 tht? L nlwr'lt,' H<111lll tront of an audit'nct? "i 1 .l~.lt.) wa.; rt'(t'l"ed \\'ith :'timding ovation,;. o Lord the Maker of All \\'Ii/w n .\11<1!d1l Things This is a late 16th-century anthem composed for evensong in the Anglican church.

Characteristically it alternates polyphOniC and homophonic sections an.d cadences ilt the I"nd on a beautifully elaborate 'Amen' in 5 parts, Farewell My Joy CV Stanford This is a late 19th-century Victorian part song with words by Mary Coreridge. Th harmonies are rich with divisi tenor anubass lines, highlighting the romantic imagery in the texl.

The dark mIllor key s.hadows are dispelled in the final phrase' ... I yet should live.

Old MacDonald had a arr. George MitclIell Farm This is a most entertaining eight-part 'lollipop'.

The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern, L

arr. George Mitchell The programme ends with an arrangement by George MHcheJl of Jerome Kern's beautiful ~ong, 'The.Way You Look ~onight'. The rich Jazz chord1l1~5 offer splendId opportunities for divided singmg in all parts.

THE SOUNDWA VES, LYTTON HOUSE YEARS 5 and 6, PUTNEY HIGH SCHOOL, GPDST, LONDON Musical Director: Diana Thompson (accompanist) Conductor: Trisha Proctor Age range of performers: 9-11 years Medley of Son~s from 'Ocean World', an ecological mUSIcal by Peter Rose and AnneConlon All the girls in years 5 and 6 formed a special choir called The Sound waves' which performed the complete musical at the Polka Theatre, Wimbledon, in July. TIle Soundwaves we.re delis-hted to be presented with the Outstandmg Performance Award in the alional Festival of Musicfor Youth. There are two other choirs, one of which, the Lyilon House Choir, appeared at the 1993 Schools Prom. This was the highlight of their musical activities last year. The choir has won prizes at Richmond Music Festival and the Lytton Singers won the Platinum Award in the McDonald's Child of Achievement Music in the Community Competition 1 92. The choir regularly records Chrisbnas carols at Capital Radio and has appeared twice on 'Blue Peter'. \tedley of Songs from 'Ocean World' The mu sica l. Ocean World', aims to raise awareness of the precarious life of sea creatures when they encounter the modern, man-made difficulties that are affecting our oceans.

The songs selected for this medley celebrate the original beaut" of the sea before man's greed and Interference.

COLNE VALLEY MUSIC CENTRE FESTIVAL STRINGS Musical Director: Ra/ph Barker Age range of performers: 6-13 years String Street Stomp Looking for Hidden Treasure Big Sounds Best Ra/ph Barker Half Term Blues The Colne Valley Music Centre is One of seven regional music centres run by the Kirklees Music School. Cnlne Valley IS a mainly rural area of West Yorkshire which stretches from the ed&e of Huddersfield toUle Pennine Hills, bordering on Lancashire. Mosl players attend school around the Colne Valley area, and they meet on Friday evenings, at Colne Valley High School.

All the music played this evening was especially written fOT them by their conductor. ?tring Stre~tStomp. is a lively piece, Ulcorporat1l1gphyslcal movement requiring concentration and co-ordination and the Half Term Blues was especially written for a half term course for junior and intermediate string players, which was held at the Mu ic School headquarters.

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Programme Notes THE NICOLAOU VIOLIN QUARTET, ORPINGTON, KENT Musical Director: Andreas Nicolaoll Accompanist: Ange/a Se Age range of performers: 10-13 years Four Silesian Melodies WLutoslawski CM von Weber Country Dance

WEAPONS OF SOUND, ESTOVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PLYMOUTH Musical Director: Phil Spurr Age range of performers: 15-19 years

The violinists: Peter Povey, first violin, Elizabeth Povey, second violin, Tammy Se, third violin, Step hen Payne, fourth violin.

The ensemble is one of a number of groups which meet regularly at the icolaou Scliool of Violin in Orpington. Great emphasis is laid on performing and the children are very much at ease on stage. They are very popular in the Bromleyarea and invitations to perform are arriving with .inm;asing freq~ency. They have won many pnzesm competItions locally and nationally in solo and chamber music classes.

Four Silesian Melodies WLutoslawski The first piece, 'Zalotny', is a brief, capricious dance, co!ltrast!nS chirpy ta~cato dialogue WIth teaSll1g, slidinp-chromaticism. In the second piece, 'Gaik, the four violins gaily throw an eight-note pattern from one to another agamst a rhythmic background of syncopated quavers. The third piece, 'Gasior', begins with a rather forlorn melody, repeatedly interrupted by a jocular, angular theme. It ends in the same mood as it began. The finale, 'Rector', in contrast, is a rhythmic dance "'nth some surprise dynamics. [t ends the set with a wild flourish.

Country Dance C M VO J1 Weber This charming little piece is an exercise in 'flying staccato', a bowing that has given more than JU$t a little trouble to many an accomplished violinist.

The Estover Percussion Project aims to widen access tomu ie-making. With over 200 young people involved, it has launched a series of steel samba and'junk bands. 'Weapon of Sound' is probably the best known with an impressive list of acruevenlents behind them, including appearances on 'Blue Peter', Gloria Hunniford, a radio session with Andy Kershaw and rerformances at the Glastonbury Festiva . Since coming together in a community music workshop 18 months ago, the band has created a unique fusion of sounds produced on industrial scrap. l1ley call their music 1unk Funk' and communicate Cl sense of environmental awareness and sheer infectious joy.

Each piece has come from weekend improvisational sessions and features an unusual range.of instruments including gas pIpes, a shoppmg trolley, b.uckets, fence gird ers and even a kitchen sink.

One Two Three Jibble Do Not Spray

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Weapons of Sound

PANTONIC ALL STARS STEEL ORCHESTRA 'SENIOR SECTION', STOCKPORT Musical Director: Scott Sinkler Age range of performers: 14-18 years A Traditional Calypso arr. Scot! Sinkler Marriage of Figaro WA Mozart, arr. Scott Sillkler Pantonic All Stars were formed in December 1985 to provide steel music experience for the children of Stockport and surrounding areas.

The members of the orchestra share a deep friendship and dedication which is reflected in their music. They have travelled extensively throughout Europe and have appeared 011 Belgian television and radio. The orchestra has performed twice before at the Schools Prom, in 1989 and 1992.

A Traditional Calypso arr. Scot! Sillkler This traditional calypso was arranged by the band's Musical Director, Scott Sinkler, to allow the players to perform the vibrant pulsating rhytbm whidl is an essential part of the carnival atmosph re of Irinidad. The piece is very demandiIig and needs the pre-eminent skills of eadl player.

Marriage of Figaro WA Mozarl, arr. Scot! Sinkler A verv demanding p.iece technically, which allows much freedom of dynamic interpretation and perfomlance, giving the chance for each individual pan to be heard.

THE GROVES HIGH SCHOOL BLUES BAND, WREXHAM Musical Director: David Wool!O/1 Age range of performers: 11-16 years Caeth - The Pain Will End Somewhere Groves High School Woman Blues Bllles Band Your Eyes

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The Graves High School Blues Band was formed in early 1993 by five musicians who had a keen interest in modern music. The group began playing blu numbers and has steadily widened its repertoire to include most col1t~porary styles, particularly in the rockJazz IdIOm. The num&er the group is playing tonight are all original and written and arranged by the members of the band. Being presented with U,e Outstanding Performance Award at this year's ational Festival was a highlight, to add to the trophy won in the Grwp Roc section of the Urdd Eisteddfod in May. The players, who are all studying music and play and sing in many of the sChool's other ensembles, attend the Groves High School, an 11-16 mixed comprehensive 5.chool of SOllle 800 pupils in Wrexllam, orth Wales.

Caeth - The Pain Will End Somewhere This is a jazz-funk number, which tonight the group WIll sing in Welsh, which looks at SUICIde. Woman Blues A traditional blues number about love gone wrong.

Your Eyes A folk blues number which uses a mix of electra-acoustic sound and a solo penny whistle and tells a love story.

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Programme Notes NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CONCERT BAND Musical Director: Alan Suttie Age range of performers: 15-21 years Shepherd's Hey Percy Grainger Variations on a John Bames Chance Korean Folk Song The Northamptonshire County Youth Concert Band was formed in 1977 and has now become the ultimate poal for yOWlg wind players in the County, havmg progressed through the County Junior Band and the County Training Band, all of which meet at the Central Music School in Northampton on a weekly basis during term time.

Under Jolm Greaves' leadership, the band won countless awards including the Boosey & Hawkes Gold Award at the finals three years running, as well as making three appearances at the Schools Proms. Since Alan Suttie took over the Directorship in 1992, the band has appeared again at the Schools Prom 81ld on television, as well as winning a Gold Award at the B & H London and Soutfi-East Festival in November 1993. To cap another successful year, the band won an Outstanding Performance Award at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth, and was asked to play at this year's BASBWE Conference in Huddersfield, giving the world premiere of Michael Ball's Saxophone Concerto.

Shepherd's Hey Percy Grainger in agricultural clistricts in various parts 0: England, teams of 'Morris Men', decked out with jingling bells and other 拢-inery, can still be seen dancing to Shepherd's Hey and other traditional dance tunes. This particular tune is based on an orchestration of a traditional folk tune collected by Cecil Sharp. This tune is dedicated to Edvard Grieg.

Variations on a John Barnes Chance Korean Folk Song The first part of the theme is given out by the clarinets in unison, whilst the second half has a second line added by fl utes and piccolo. TI,e theme is repeated a fourth higher supported by an unchanging major chord. Tbere then follow five demanding variations (watch out for tne melody upside down in one of them), the 'Iast of which builds over a percussion ostinato to a rousing finish.

ENDANGERED SPECIES, LEICESTER Musical Director: Richard Fairhurst Age range of performers: 13-19 years Solar Miles Davis, arr. Richard Fairhurst Softly as in RomberglHammerstein a Morning Sunrise arr. Richard Fairhurst This exciting new modern jazz ensemble has come together partly as a result of last year's National Festival of Music fo r Youth. Musical Director, Richard Fairhurst (piano) and Tim Giles (drums) both performed at last year's Festival in separate groups and went on to develop common interests at the Guildhall School of Music. Richard subsequently met Joe Peel at Leicester School of Music and these three young musicians formed their own trio.

Richard Fairhmst only started playing the piano at the age of 14 at Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire and is a remarkable young jazz talent with skills as a performer, arranger and composer. The brilliance of dnunmer Tim Gill'S (age 14) has already been noted by experts Il1 the jazz community and Joe Peel's distinctive bass support completes the balanced mix of ability. ltis quite unusual for such a high quality .small modtfrn jazz combination to emerge at ~le youth level. All three are dedicated to developing careers i.n the field of

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READING YOUTH ORCHESTRA Musical Director: Robert Roscoe Age range of performers: 13-19 years Fugue in D minor HU111phrey Hare Pines of Rome: Ot/orino Respighi The Pines of the Appian Way Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' Fugue in D minor HllIllphrel) Hare I-Iumphrey Hare was tlle founder and firs t conductor of Reading Youth Orchestra. TI,e Senior Science Master at Leighton Park School, he was also " talented ama teur musician and occasional composer. This orchestral fugue is based on themes from incidental music which Hare wrote for the Greek play 'Agamemnon' and received a rapturous reception from audiences on the orchestra's first foreign tour to Germany in 1947.

Pines of Rome: Ottorino Respigili The Pines of the Appian Way Inspired by the city of Rome, Respighi composed three symphonic poems. All are skilfully wrought, well-constructed, imaginative piece..s with a nostalgic, evoca tive power, that does not fade with n,e years, 'The Pines' WilE first performed 01 Rome in 1924.

The four movements (which are linked) aIe devoted to the Pines in various surroundings.

The final movement, The Pines of the Appian Way', draws ad,awn picture on one of the ancient Romans' great milita.ry road leading out of the city. "Indistinctly, ince5. antly, Ill!' rhythm of innumerable steps .. a vision of past glories; trumpets bray and the ilrmy of the Consul advances in the grandeur of a newly risen SW] towards the SaCTed Wav and mounts, in triumph, the Capitoline Hill." .

Pomp and Circumstance Ed,mrd Elgar March No. 1: 'land of Hope and Glory' This march WilS composed in 1 Ill. Referring to the tune in the trio cti n, El<>ar said to one of his 'Enigma' friend _, 'Dorabelfa路, "1'I'e ~ot a tune that will knock 'em - knock 'em fl at'. In the same year, the march \,'a, pla\'ed at a London Promenade concert conducted by Henry Wood. The march \\'a, indeed a knockout, the audience callins for three encores.

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Tuesday, 8 November 1. DUDLEY METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS BRASS BAND Conductor: Trevor JOl1es Fanfare and National Anthem Prelude for an Occasion Songs of the Quay 2.

nIT. Onvid Stowcll Edwnrd Grcgsol1 Gaff Richards

PORTLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, BIRKENHEAD

Musical Director: Geraldine /emison Our Day Out

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Rcception Class Children

THREE BLIND, POYNTON

Musical Director: Ric Nealc All the Way

CahlljVan HCIISCII, arr. Ric Ncnlc Ric Ncnle

Three Blind Something?

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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Garry Firth Chan on de Matm l Op. 15 Teddy Bears' Picnic Thunder and Lightning Polka 5.

Edward Elgar Bmtton, an. Frank SaMler J Stmllss

KING EDWARD VI COLLEGE CLARINET QUARTET, STOURBRIDGE

Musical Director: John Griswold Caprice for Clarinets Sdierzetto, Pavane and Gopak 6.

Clare Gntlldlllall Gordoll lacob

LADY MANNERS SCHOOL SENIOR WIND BAND, BAKEWELL

Musical Director: Sonja Smith Swiss Festival Overture

Pllilip Sparkc

INTERVAL - 25 MINUTES (warning bells will sound 5 minutes before the end of the interval) 7.

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY & LIHE BIG BAND

Musical Director: Steve Cook Alexander's Big Time Band Orange Coloured Sky

TOIII Kubis OeLII'{g alld Steill, an. Ro'{C/" HolllICS Bob Mintzcr

One Man Band 8.

PICANDER ENSEMBLE, MANCHESTER

Musical Director: Hclell BlItchart Trio in A minor, Op. 114: 1st movt, Allegro 9.

,a/Willies Brnllllls

SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS

Musical Director: Oiana Kiversteil1 Blow the Wind Southerly In the Kittereen Medley from 'Fiddler on the Roof'

arr. I Clelllcllls WH Reed Back alld Hamick arr. Al1drcw Panlllcy

10. VOTE RIGSBY RETURNS, SUTTON Musical Director: Iaill Camc'{ic Little Man Swing To Love the Language L

Mark IslwllI Harry COl1l1ick Illr alld Ralllsey McLeall

11. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA

Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

Conductor: Vivienlle Price Roman Carnival Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Hector Bcrlioz Edward Elgar

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Programme Notes DUDLEY METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS BRASS BAND Conductor: Trevor lones Age range of performers: 12-19 years Fanfare and National Anthem arr. David Stowell Prelude for an Occasion Edward Gregson Songs of the Quay Goff Richards Duelley Metropolitan Schools Brass Band is one of thirty ensembles administered by Dudley Music Services. The band has beenin existence for fifteen years but the present conductor has been in charge since 1987.

In 1990 the band was the guest of Brass Band Conservatoire d'Orleans and had great pleasure in being their hosts on their return visit to England in 199]. As a result of their visit to Orleans, the band was invited to participate in the 1992 Orchestrades International Festival in Brive, France - the only British group invited.

The band members would like to thank their dedicated teachers at Dudley Music Services, their parents for their support and Duelley Metro~litan Borough Council for its vital finanaal support during recent years.

The varied programme the band presents this evening opens WiUl a fanfare by local composer David Stowell. This is followed by the regal and powerful 'Prelude for an Occasion' by th.e contemporary British composer Edward Gregson, a noted composer of music for bands.

The band closes its programme with 'Songs of the Quay', a rhapsodic piece based u~on hvo Northumbrian folksongs, the jaunty Keel Row' and the moving 'Maa Bonny Lad'.

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PORTLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, BIRKENHEAD Musical Director: Geraldine lemison Age range of performers: 5-6 years Our Day Out Reception C/ass Children Portland Primary School is an inner-city school in Birkenhead. The children who are performing today wrote this story when they were in the reception class aged 4+. TIley were working on a topic about transport and used their own experiences on a oay out to write a real story and a make-believe story. The words used are their own and they chose the musical instruments to accompany the different elements of the story.

The children have had a lot of fun developing the musicality of the story and thoroughly enjoyed their journey to London to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth in July and again tonight at the Royal Albert Hall.

THREE BLIND, POYNTON Musical Director: Ric Neale Age range of performers: 16-18 years All the Way Calm/Van Hellsen, arr. Ric Neale Three Blind Something?

Ric Neale Three Blind comprise Jim Barber (drums), Heather Birt (double bass, viola) and Ric Neale (piano, vocals), all of whom played in last year's Schools Prom, having won the Outstanding Performance Award In the National Festival of Music for Youth under the banner of swing septet, 'Septophobia·. The three performed tonight's opener 'All The Way' at a local Septophobia concert and then decided to split off to form a jazz trio. They got to the fina1s of the ational Festival and ffeather won a scholarship for the Guildltall Jazz Summer School. During their time at Poynton County High School each musician enjoyed success m different musical areas: Ric led his band 'Quadracoustic' to the finals of the National Festival; Jim plays with a local rock band and Heather plays VIola in a local youth orchestra.

Since leaving school the trio have gone their separate ways each to study music at universities around the country. Tonight's performance is a celebration of the trio's past featuring the song that they first performed, 'A ll The Way', and Ric's own c-omposition, 'Three Blind Something?'

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Conductor: Garry Firth Age range of performers: 11-18 years Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 Edward EIgar Teddy Bears' Picnic Braiton, arr. Frank Saddler Thunder and Lightning Polka I Strauss Hemel Hempstead School is a mixed comprehenSive school of nearly one thousand pupils aged between 11 and 18, situated on the western edge of Hertfordshire.

With four bands, four choirs, four orchestras and several smaller ensembles rehearsing each week, the music department is extremely busy and plays an important role in the life of the school. Each term the various ensembles perform in the local community at primary schools, hosl?itals, homes for the elaerly and for various chantable events totalling mOTe than lorty concerts in the past year.

Whilst this is the first time the school orchestra has appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, eight members of tonight's orchestra performed in the 1991 Schools 'Prom with the school wind band.

Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 Edward Elgar 111is is one of Elgar' 5 earliest orchestral works and was written at the turn of the century. It was first performed at the Queen's Hall, London, on 14 September 1901.

Teddy Bears' Picnic Bratton, arr. Frank Saddler A favourite with both the young and the old alike, this light-hearted work provides no less of a challenge to the orchestra.

Thunder and Lightning Polka I Strnuss After the waltz the polka was the most popular dance of mid-19th-century Europe and was first introduced to Vienna in 1839. Strauss wrote over one hundred polkas mostly in the 1850s and 18605 before concentrating on his operettas until bis death.

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Programme Notes KING EDWARD VI COLLEGE CLARINET QUARTET, STOURBRIDGE Musical Director: John Criswold Age range of performers: 16-18 years Caprice for Clarinets Clare Crundman Scherzetto, Pavane Cordon Jacob and Gopak King Edward is a sixth-form college, taking students from the Metropolitan Borough ol Dudley as well as other neighbouring authorities. Music plays an important part in the life of the college with ten concerts a year given by the students as well as occasional recitals by visiting musicians. The main activities are the orchestra, string orchestra, wind band and choir and a number of chamber groups or&anised by tlle students themselves.

Two other important ensembles are the Sinfonia and Collegiate Wind Orche tra, both of which include former as well as present students. The clarinet quartet is one of four chamber group from lfle college invited to play in the National Festival of Music for Youth last July. The college has now had over fifty groups perfoIDling at the Festival, stretching back over seventeen years.

Caprice for Clarinets Clare Crundman This is one of many works written for wind ensemble by the American composer, Clare Grundman. Altbough the first player dominates particularly in the slower middle section, all the parts are of interest in thislively little piece.

Scherzetto, Pavane and Gopak Cordon Jacob The English composer Gordon Jacob is also well known for his compositions and arrangenltmt for wind. OrigiIlally written as 'Three Short Pieces for Four Clarinets', the Scherzetto, Pavane and Gopak are full of good tunes, interesting harmonies and are fun to play.

LADY MANNERS SCHOOL SENIOR WIND BAND, BAKEWELL Musical Director: Sonja Smith Age range of performers: 12-18 years Swiss Festival Overture Philip Sparke Lady Manners, in spite of its name, is a large mixed comprehensive school situated in Bakewell, in the centre of the Peak District. It takes pupils from a wide rural area. Besides the Senior Wind Band, the Music Department runs two other bands, an orchestra, string groups, two large choirs involving over 300 pupils and a variety of chamber groups.

The Senior Wind Band consists of approximately sixty players, ranging in age from 11 to 18. They provide music for the local community as well as for the usual school activities. Thev are not too proud to perform anywhere, and 'venues have ranged from Chatsworth and Haddon Hall to car boot sales and the Square in Bakewell when they are short of money!

Swiss Festival Overture Pililip Spark!'

This overture by Philip Sparke was composed in 1989 for the Canton Music Festival in Langenthal. It starts majestically with answering fanfares for trumpets and trombones and a cadenza for euphonium. This is followed by the main vivo section in which two very contra ting themes, one syncopated and lively, the otller legato and flowing, are introduced and later developed. The mu ic finishe with a brief presto section in which the whole band builds up to a loud climax.

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY & L1HE BIG BAND Musical Director: Sieve Cook Soloists: Lallra Rossi, Chloe Mullet, Bryan Corbelt, Cathy Crossfield, and Sieve Saville Age range of performers: 17-21 years Alexander's Big Time Band Tom Kubis Orange Coloured Sky OeLlIgg alld Stern, arr. Roger Holmes One Man Band Bob Mi111zer TIlere has been a student big band in Liverpool for the past fifteen years. The present band, as you see and hear it tod"y, was established five years ago by Musica.! Director, Steve Cook.

Members are aged from 17 to 21 years and are drawn from the various Higher Educational establishments in the city, performing regularly arolUld the Merseyside area.

The band has recently embarked upon a 'Jazz in Education' initiative. This venture enables the band to give younger musicians the opportunity to experience this type of music via workshops and concerts in their schools. The band also eI,courages members to compose and arrange their 0111'11 music, and develop their own improvisatory skiUs. Alexander's Big Time Band Tom Kllbis Thi exciting and dynamic chart is based I . e1y on TIving Berlin's 'Alexander's Ragtime Band . It has some challenging ensemble work for all, a well as the opportunity to reature a oloist or two. A real 'swinger' that will set your feet tapping!

Orange Coloured Sky OcLlIgg alld Stern, arr. Roger Holmes This jazz standard really lets their vocalist shine, in an arrangement recently recorded by Natalie Cole. With a catchy tune, light-hearted lyrics and driving ensemble section, this number is a real show-stopper.

One Man Band Bob Minlzer A olid funk charl that really grooves along, composed by one of the leading contemporary big band writers. It features an unusual bass trombone and bass guitar duel, complex ensemble work and a great rip,roaring tenor sax solo.

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Programme Notes PICANDER ENSEMBLE, MANCHESTER Musical Director: He/en Butchart Age range of performers: 15-16 years Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: Iohannes Brahms 1st movt, Allegro All three members of the Picander Ensemble are A-Level students at the Manchester Grammar School and are involved in intense musical activity, both within and outside the school. The ensemble's first public appearance was in the 1994 National Festival of Music for Youth.

Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Iohannes Brahms Brahms himself gave the first performance of his A minor Trio with his friends Muhlfeld (clarinet) and Hausmann ('cello) on 24 November 1891. It was to be the first of a series of clarinet works written towards the end of his lifetime. Toge.ther with Beethoven's Opus 11 Trio, it established this particular instrumental combination of clarinet, piano and 'cello. It is interestln!7 to note that the opening theme played by the cello was originally destined for a fifth symphony.

SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS Musical Director: Diana Kiverstein Age range of performers: 11-13 years Blow the Wind Southerly arr. I Clements In the Kittereen WH Reed Medley from Back and Harnick 'Fiddler on the Roof' arr. Andrew Parmley Sou th Hampstead High School has six choirs.

Tonight's singers are Selected from the training choir for their ability to work at a high level with more complex music. Many of the girls have just returned from a concert tour o(the USA: Washington, New York, Philadelphia and Boston; a trip which included singing for the President at the White Bouse.

Tonight's programme includes two songs which have become firm favourites with audiences. The 'Fiddler on the Roof' medley has been especially arranged for this performance at t:he Schools Prom by Andrew Parmiey, Director of Music at the school. The choreography is by Kath Step hens, a teacher at the school.

VOTE RIGS BY RETURNS, SUTION Musical Director: lain Carnegie Age range of performers: 10-11 years Little Man Swing Mark lsham To Love the Language Harry Connick Inr/ Ramsey McLean The boy are back in town! It has been an exciting and hectic twelve months for Sultan's own 'Magnificent Seven'! Since last November, Vote Rigsby have appeared at the Hagley Memorial Schools Prom, an BBC TeleviSIOn' 'Blue Peter', BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey, the National Jazz Festival of Music for Youth at the South Bank (where they won an Outstanding Performance Award), The Daily Telegraph 'Young Jazz 94' competition (where they won a Regional Award) .. . and the HomefieJd School Concert amongst others!

James Balcombe (alto sax), Thomas Hawkins (bass guitar), Kenny Ito (piano), Alex Brodie (vibes), Ambar Sikka (drums), Umesh Vivekananda (trombone) and Christof>her D'Souza (keyboards, violin) return to their favourite haunt, the Royal Albert Hall, along with associate member, Adrian Butler, on banjelele.

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NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA Conductor: Vivienne Price Age range of performers: 11-13 years Roman Carnival Hector Berlioz Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' The National Children's Orchestra draws its members from all parts of the British rsles.

They are chosen by audition and their ages range from 11 to 13. Because they come from places so far-flung, rehearsals can only take place in school holiday times, so all preparation 15 done in two intensive courses at Easter and in the summer.

Roman Carnival Hector Ber/ioz The Roman Carnival Overture was composed in 1844, based on the themes from Berlioz's unsuccessful opera 'Benvenuto CeJlini'. The first performance was rapturously received and the work has been popular ever since.

Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' The Pomp and Circumstance Marches are a series of five military marches in symphonic form. The first march is now best known because of its link with the words, 'Land of Hope and Glory'. This link came about when Elgar used A C Bensol1's words with his music in his Coronation Ode for tbe Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. A hybrid it may be, but it never fails to stir the patriotic fervour associated with it.

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WARD LE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 8 BRASS BAND

Conductor: Robert Dueslntry Suite - Voices of Youth (lst movt) Sweet Gingerbreadman The Final Countdown

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Edward Gregsol1 arr. Eric Bal1ks Joey Tel11pest, alT. F BCrI1aerts

ST JOHN'S COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, GRAVESEND

Musical Director: Johl1 Warwick-Stollc Six Marimbas 3.

Steve Reich

THE LATYMER SCHOOL MADRIGAL GROUP, LONDON

Conductor: David Elliott Soloist: Sarah Probert Whaka Rongo Mai e Nga Iwi

Tmd New Zenlal1d, W D SOl/thgale Ralph Val/ghal1 Wil/lIIl1lS Frederick Bridge I/IT.

The Lover's Ghost The Goslings

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WILSON STUART SPECIAL SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM

Musical Director: eae Hayes Sound and Motion

Lexic BI/sste, I/IT. J Bnlll

5. EGGLESCLIFFE SCHOOL BRASS QUARTET, STOCKTON-ON-TEES Conductor: Keith Hcwson Suite for Brass: Fanfare, Scherzo, Elegy, March 6.

Mike Davis

BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS' CONCERT ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Robcrt \fi"ial1 Leader: GClIlIllil Parka Festival Overture, Gp. 96 McArthur Park

DlIlitri SllOstakovich Jilllllll/ Wcbb, lilT . LOllis Clark

INTERVAL - 25 MINUTES (warning bells will sound 5 milllltes hefore the md of the illterval) 7.

SCISSETT MUSIC CENTRE BIG BAND, KIRKLEES

Musical Director: Alex Arkwrighl True Blue Maniac The Homecoming 8.

Jerry Nowak Miclmel SCll/bello, arr. Jerry Nowak Tmd .

SHEL T A THARI, LOWESTOFT

Musical Director: Jamie Reay A Medley of Traditional Folk Tunes

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GWENT COUNTY YOUTH SOLOISTS

Musical Director: Keith ElIeringlon Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major: Andante, Presto

J S Bach

10. NORTON KNATCHBULL JAZZ BAND, KENT

We dedicate this evening's concert to Hagley RC High School.

Musical Director: Johl1 Hall All of Me Basin Street Blues Dark Town Strutter's Ball

SilllOI1S and Marks Willjams Shelton Brooks

11. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

Conductor: Peter DUl1kley Leader: Richard Smith Carnival Overture Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Dvi5rrik Edward Elgar

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Programme Notes WARDLE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 8 BRASS BAND Conductor: Robert Duesbury Age range of performers: 11-12 years Fanfare and National Anthem Suite - Voices of Youth Edward Gregson (1st Movt) Sweet Gingerbreadman arr. Eric Banks The Final Countdown Joey Tempest, arr. F Bernaerts Wardle High School is situated in Wardle Village at the foot of the Lancashire Pennines about 10 miles east of Manchester. The school opened in September 1977 and by Christmas 1977 a band of forty beginners, aged 11, was giving concerts.

From these small beginnings a tradition of music and brass bands in particular has grown within the school. Every pupil is given the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument: a policy devised by the Headteacher, Mr William Anderson. This level of participation means today that there is a brass band in each year group, plus a wind band, orchestra, big band and woodwind ensembles, which adds up to twelve major bands and involves over 500 players.

Wardle High School have had unprecedented 'uccess in the concert field, winning many National titles which have included Butlin's Youth Champions, Blackpoollrnperial Champions, Champion Junior Band of Great Britain and Outstanding Award Winners at the ational Festival of Music for Youth.

The Year 8 Band is continuing in the tradition, under their conductor, Mr Robert Duesbury, who is himself a member of the world-famous Black Dyke Mills Band. Today's performers have been playing for just two years and their high standard is a result of dedicated players, teachers and parents.

Suite路 Voices of Youth Edward Gregson An original piece of music written as a test piece for the 1968 youth section. It portrays various mood of youth: nobility, sadness, tenderness and gaiety. Tonight they play the firs t movement 路 Nooility of Youth.

Sweet Gingerbreadman arr. Eric Banks This features many sections of the band, but especially the trombones and cornets.

The Final Countdown Joey Tempest, arr. F. Bernaerts A hit record for the group 'Europe'; this is one of the band's favourites.

ST JOHN'S COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, GRAVESEND Musical Director: John Warwick-Stone Age range of performers: 13-17 years Six Marimbas Steve Reich The ensemble specialises in the performance of the music of American and British minimalist composers. Their current repertoire includes: 'Drumming' and 'Music for Mallet Instruments; Voices and Organ' by Steve Reich, excerpts from 'Einstein on the 13eacll' by Philip Glass and Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells'.

They are constantly looking to introduce and extend an awareness to audiences of this socalled 'systems-style' music which they love and rehearsals are in preparation for a series of concerts to feature six of the early works of Steve Reich.

Their recent concert ,programme has included performances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the National Festival of Music for Youth; a tour to Franc-e and participation in the Bournemouth Music Festivaf. They are always looking for exciting new performance opportunitie and have recently"been involvecf in a Franco/British musical weekend in Ambleteuse and a series of Steve Reich workshops in local schools.

Six Marimbas Steve Reich The piece begins with an eight-note repeated pattern which becomes the basis for the opening section of the music. Against this figure, two players build up, note by note, lhe same pattern but out of time or phased . Two more players now play several short melodic tunes or resulting patterns, selected from tl,e combination of tne repeating eight-note figures.

The music becomes more complex as two players build up the basic pattern again, but once more out of time with what is already played. Further resulting patterns rise above the surface detail and become prominent before fading again to silence.

The entire piece, of which tonight's performance is an extract, is constructed from the idea of a basic repeating pattern; increasing rhythmic complexity and highlighted resulting patterns.

THE LATYMER SCHOOL MADRIGAL GROUP, LONDON Conductor: David Elliott Soloist: Sarah Prober!

Age range of performers: 15-18 years Whaka Rongo Trad. New Zealand, Mai e Nga Iwinrr. WD SOllthgate The Lover's Ghost Ralph Vaughall Williams The Goslings Frederick Bridge The members of tile Latymer School Madrigal Group are all pupils at the Latymer School a grant-maintained grammar Scllool in Edmonton, North London. Music plays a very important part in the life of the school and a large numoer of pupils are involved in the smool's four orchestras, four choirs, bands and chamber groups. The Madriga l Group is a four-part Choir auditioned Erom the larger senior choir, and the group's members were delighted to end the last smool year by receiving the Outstanding Performance Award in tl,e Senior Choir class of the ational Festival of Music for Youth. Since the award, they have been giving concerts with the school's chamber orchestra and wind ensemble in France and Germany, continuing the tradition of a summer European tour which in previous years has included concerts in Venice, Salzburg, Berlin, Bern and Vienna.

Their programme tonight includes a traditional Maori song of welcome, an English folksong setting by Vaughan Williams and a comic song about the love aT two goslings by Frederick Bridge.

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Progratnme Notes WILSON STUART SPECIAL SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM Musical Director: Cae Hayes Age range of performers: 3-15 years Sound and Motion Lexie Bussle, arr. J Balu A group consisting of pupils irom Wilson Stuart Special Sc.hool, an ali-a~ed school for children with physical disabilities, thought they would like to show a piece of work which illustrates that physically disabled pupils and those who are able bodied and who go to main tream schools can wor.k together.

Sound and Motion Lexie Bussle, arr. J Balu The programme consists of Sound and Motion, a piece specially written for the National Festival Of Music for Youth, which uses an electronic keyboard and percussion and features a movement group.

EGGLESCLIFFE SCHOOL BRASS QUARTET, STOCKTON-ON-TEES Musical Director: Keith HewSOll Age range of performers: 16-18 years Suite for Brass: Mike Davis Fanfare, Scherzo, Elegy, March The members of the quartet formed the ensemble in 1991 and first appeared at the National Festival of Music for Youth in 1993.

This year they won the Outstanding Performance Award in the Chamber Music category. They are also members of the Bgglesdiffe ScllOOI Orchestra and Brass Band.

TFie chool has so many .group entered each year for the National Festival of Music for Youth that it has now become a venue for the Regional Festivals. The school's orchestra has performed at the Schools Prom on three occasions. The school's success is attributed mainly to the loyalty, reliability and dedication of the musicians and their parents.

BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS' CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conductor: Roberl Viviall Leader: Gemma Parker Age range of performers: 11-18 years Festival Overture, Op. 96 Dmilri SIlOsfakovich McArthur Park Jimmy Webb , arr. Louis Clark The Birmingham Schools' Concert Ordlestra is made up orover 100 pupils drawn from secondary schools in the Birmingham area.

The repertoire is very ex tensive and extremely varied. TIle orchestra was formed in 1986, to provide the opportunity for pupils to rehearse and perform ~ wide range of musical styles.

Guest路 conductors have included Sir Simon Rattle and the orchestra's patron, Ron Goodwin.

Festival Overture, Op. 96 Dmifri SIlOsfakovich This overture was first performed in 1954; it was written for the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution.

McArthur Park Jilllllly Webb, arr. Louis Clark This was especially arranged for the Birmingham Schools' Concert Orchestra by Louis Clark.

SCISSETT MUSIC CENTRE BIG BAND Musical Director: Alex Arkwri~hf Age range of performers: 12-18 years True Blue ferry Nowak Maniac Mic/we! SClllbello, arr. ferry Nowak The Homecoming Trad .

Scissett Music Centre is one of the seven area venues run by Kirklees Music School in West Yorkshire. The centre boasts four wind bands, two string orchestras and the big band. There are just over 300 students attending Oil Saturday mornings. The big band was formed tiuee years ago from the senior band and very quickly developed into a popular and versatile group. Members of the band were delighted to receive a Highly Commend d Performance Award at the National Festival particularly a this was thei r first ever entry. TIte hand hopes to improve it impro\'i ational skills and is intent on movin awa y from written music, playi.ng more by ear in order to inject" more spontaneity int it. performances.

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Progra11lme Notes SHELTA THARI, LOWESTOFT Musical Director: Jamie Reay Age range of performers: 16-18 years arr. She/la Thari A Medley of Traditional Folk Tunes Shelta Thari are a six-piece folk band who play traditional Irish music. They met busking on the strE'et in orwich a year ago and were offered a gig on the same day. They have bE'en an officialband since then, playing gigs around Norfolk and Suffolk. Their ages range from 16 to 18 and they play a range of traditional in trwnents mc1uding fiddle, 'cello, flute, guitar, penny whistle, bodhran and didjeridu.

They have rE'cently made a demo tape of six tracks which was recorded at the Seagull Theatre in Lowestoft.

GWENT COUNTY YOUTH SOLOISTS Musical Director: Keilh ElIerington Violin Soloist: Bethan Morgan Recorder Soloists: Emma Cornick and Ruth Jeans Age range of perform~rs: 14-21 years Brandenburg Concerto J S.Bach No. 4 in G major: Andante and Presto The Gwent County Youth Soloists, fonned in 1992 by their mUSical directoT, Keith Ellerington, to mE'et the ensemble nE'eds of the county's more advanced students, has, since its inception, enjoyed considerable competitive and concert success, notably with regular and highly commended performances at the National Festival of Music for Youth at the South Bank Centre, and also Schools Prom Wales at St David's Hall in Cardiff.

Brandenburg Concerto JS Bach No. 4 in G major: Andante and Presto The six Brandenburg Concertos were written during Bach's years as KapE'llmeistE'r to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen, and were dedicated to t1ie Markgrafof Brandenburg on 24th Mardl 1721. The fourth concerto, written dltring the winter of 1719, takes the form of a concerto grosso, and features three solo instruments violin and two recorders. The Andante has the stately grace of a slow minuet, ,,-hill' the Presto is a spirited fugal finale.

NORTON KNATCHBULL JAZZ BAND, KENT Musical Director: John Hall Age range of performers: 13-17 years All of Me Sil110r15 al1d Marks Basin Street Blues Willial11s Dark Town Strutter's Ball SIrellol1 Brooks The Norton Knatchbull School is a boys grammar sdlOOI in Ashford, Kent. John Hall has been Director of Music since 1983 and music is very well supported throughout the school. Jazz is an essential part of tne music curriculum.

The Norton Knatchbull Jazz Band continues the jazz tradition of the school, following the success of Norton's Hot Seven in the years leading up to 1992. All the member of the band are also members of Ashford Youth Jazz Orchestra, one of Kent Music School's ensembles. The present band has been together for about one and a half years, with some recent changes. All the solo and chorus work is improvised I1l the traditional mannE'r - the band does not play from printed parts. All important part of 'Tract Jazz' mu ic is the unique nature of each performance_

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Progra111me Notes NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Peter Dunkley Leader: Richard Smith Age range of performers: 13-18 years Carnival Overture Dvo1tik Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra is a school-age orcilestr-i'l which meets every Saturday morning of the school year at the County Music Centre in Northampton. It is part of an extensive network of practical music-making provision arranged and administered by the County Council's Music Service. The orchestra maintains a very busy schedule and performances this year have involved participation in the Music for Youth Conference Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, concerts at the Derngate Theatre in Northampton and the Festival Hall, Corby.

The orchestra regularly travels abroad and has recently returned from a very successful concert tour to Minsk, Belarus.

Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Dvorak Towards the eud of Dvorak's life he became increaSingly interested in prngramme music and 'Carnival Overture very much reflects this development in his style. A concert overture, it received its first pl'rformance under the composer's baton in Prague 1891, inspirro, no doubt, by a recent econd visit to the 'New World'. Originally intended as part of a trilogy of overtures to refled 'Nature, Life and Cove' it has now become established as one of Dvorak's most popular concert works for orchestra.

Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' The Pomp and Circumstance Marches form a series of five military marches for orchestra, four of which date from between 1901 and 1907 and the last from 1930. The celebrated patriotic words of A C Benson were added to the first march in D major for a Gala performance to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII.

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Contents

Introduction

Introduction

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Schools Prom Personalities

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Programme - Monday 7 November

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Programme - Tuesday 8 November

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Programme - Wednesday 9 November

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Friends of Music for Youth

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Executive Director and Producer: Larry Westland CBE Schools Prom Organiser: Pippa Minsnull Administrative ASs istant: Alexandra Colborn Press Officer: Nicola Russell Stage Manager: Adrian Evans Music for Youth Directors: Nicholas Mann, Chairman (British Aerospace) Keith Grant (Commercial Union) Geoffrey Potter (Glaxo) Jim 13en1ield (Marks and Spencer) James Coppock (Music Industries Association) Patricia Rowan (TES The Times Educational Supplement) Sharon Christians (Thorn EM!) Dr Kevin Hawkins (W H Smith Group) Larry Westland CBE, Executive Director

Programme design by Ian Ma rshall Drawings alld cover design by Sholto Walker Photographs by Andy Howes Ampli{iallio'Jblldly supplied by P"ier Wcbb~T Hire Limited Pinnas kindly Sill/plied I,y Ynntnha-Kemble Music (UK) Limited Percussioll instruments killdly supplied by Premier Percussion Limited and Impact Percussion

MUSIC FOR YOUTH is a charity sponsored and directed

by BRITISH AEROSPACE, COMMERCIAL UNION, GLAXO, MARKS AND SPENCER , THORN EM! and THE W H SMITH GROUP a1ld su pported by tlze Department for Education, Music Indllst ries Association and TES The Times Educational Supplement. Su pport is also received from the Friends of Music for Youth (see list on back cover).

The Schools Prom is now in its twentieth year of celebrating the creative achievements of our brilliant young singers, instrumentalist and dancers. What ver else critics may say of our educational system, they cannot fail to be impressed by the standards of musical excellence in our scho Is. Much of this is, of course, the result of d dicated teaching over and above the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum.

The combined talent and individual artistry of young British musicians is acknowled eel and admired throughout the world. How strange tllerefore that it is still necessary for us to campaign for instrumental teaching in our schools. Current delivery of instrumental teaching may well mean that the musicians and teachers of the fu tu re will be lost to us.

Although there is general agreement on the need for and the immense benefits of instrumental and vocal teaching, it all comes down, as ever, to who pays for it.

It was concern over music provision that brought an unpr cedented BOO delegate? to the first Music for Youth Conference at the Royal Festival Hall in July. Th confer nc hard that music services are relying increasingly on private funding, parental contributions and voluntary support and that the distribution of service across the country was uneven a nd difficult to measure. Doubts were expre ed over whether the National Curriculu m for Music will provide a ound enough foundation to ensure the n t generation of both musiCIans and teachers. Deep concern was al e; pr ed over the shortage of suitably qualified n nspecialist music teach ers m primarv chools.

As will be seen at these concerts all is not doom and gloom and we owe a great debt to the head teachers, music teachers and local authorities who are doing so much to foster the creative and natural energies of the young people in their communities. This investment, as we will ee thl mn. ,pay nonnous dividends In the de -elopm t of working with and und er tandin th n 5 of thers.

We also owe a great debt of thanks to our sponsors - Briti h Aerospac-e, Commercial Union, CIa 0, tar & Spencer, Thorn EM1 and W H Smith - and our supporters - The Musk Industrie Association, The Times Educational upplement and The Department or Education - for their longstanding c mrnitment and backing and to all the Friends of Music for Youth who nelp uS in so many ways. We also thank all the parents, teachers, music advisers and others who encourage young people in the vital art of making music and we look fOIward to supporting them a we work together to Keep Music Alive in our Schools.

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Europe's Most Successful Arts Education Project Music for Youth's National Festival and Schools Prom are the first and formative platforms for the younfl. musicians of tomorrow. they greatly enhance the musical7ife of the United Kingdom and are the biggest events of thetr kind in the world. Support for Music tor Youth is·wzdely recognised by an enormously enthusiastic and influential audzence.

The National Festival of Music for Youth and the Schools Prom have rromoted group music-making in British schools for twenty-four years. This year 45,000 young people aged from four to nineteen years performed in our festivals and concerts.

TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY

Music for Youth's aim is to promote public awareness of the achievements of yOllllg Britzsh musicians.

In 1995 we intend to mcrease the number of young musicians taking part in Music for Youth events trom to 45JOOO to 50,000.

Our major funding comes from some of Britain's leading business corporahons but additional fUnding by corporate membership or donations is vi-tal to our work, especzally on a regional level. You can supp'ort our work by becoming a c01'Porate or individual Friend of Music for Youth.

CORPORATE FRIENDS

Music for Youth depends heavily on donations from C~rporate Friends and there are two levels of corporate glvmg: DONATION: £5,000

Benefits Prillted credits on 47,000 National Festival Entnj Forms, the back cover of 7,000 Schools Prom programmes and a credit in all other Music for Youth programmes. Tickets for all events and a private box at the Schools Prom, Royal ALbel't Hall on all three nights.

DONATION: £1,000

Benefits Listing in all MFY programmes and six tickets for all events.

INDIVIDUAL FRIENDS OF MFY A minimum donation of £100

Benefits Two tickets at the MFY event of your choice.

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W H Smith Young Writer's Competition/Music For Youth/Poets in Schools (Poetry Society) W H Smith Interact (Royal National Theatre)/Music workshop programmes in schools/Schools programmes at Literature Festivals Young Friends of Rambertllrie! Dance schools residencies/W H Smith Opera Action.

Schools Prom Personalities Bob Holness, Presenter. Bob's career has spanned virtually every aspect of broadcasting in both radio and television, since fie uttered his first tentative line as a radio actor in 1955.

His sheer love and enthusiasm for his work have ensured not only his dual success on both the small screen and the airwaves, but also enduring popularity with old and young aIiKe. To overseas radio listeners he is one of the stalwarts of BBC World Service, for whom he has been broadcasting regularly for twenty-nine years, but to televIsion viewers at home he is, without doubt, best known as the host of Central Television's runaway success, 'Blockbusters', the eleventh series of which is currently running daily on Sky Television. A great many of Bob's broadcasting activities are centred around music always one of his abiding interests.

His one big regret is thatne never got around to learning to play either fhe flute or the trombone, bis two favourite instruments. "The nearest I ever get to performing", he says, "is sharing the stage at lhe Schools Proms with all those wildly enthusiastic and hugely talented young players. It's the most satisry.ing and exciting part of my year.

Antony Hopkins CBE, Guest Conductor and Presenter, has been associated with the Schools Prom from the first and has conducted the finale at everyone. He has lectured and conducted in many countries and his 'Talking About Music' programme on"Radio 4 extended over thirty-six years and was sold to forty-four countries by the BBC. He has now owned sixty-one cars, including a lightweight racing E-type Jaguar which would go from

o to 100 m.p.h. in 11.5 seconds!

The current owner is Japanese and he paid a million pounds for it - sadly not to Antony. He is a fanatical golfer and has now played nearly 300 golf courses, as far west as Minneapolis, as far east as Hong Kong and as far south as AdelaIde. Finland remains the northernmost limit, but if he can only get a concert date in Iceland, perhaps ... Actually he was there briefly last year as part of a cruise to the North Cape and back. He didn't see a golf course but he did win the putting competition on board ship and has a Ehoto of himself putting ID broad aaylight at midmght! Next summer he is off to Hong Kong conducting and coaching.

Richard Stilgoe, Presenter, got into showbusiness via St A~es Church CllOir in Livel]Jool, The Cavern Club and The Cambridge Footlights. That waS some time ago.

Since fhen his career has be n eventful - accompanying one of the Great Train RoblJers in a pub, half a song in a West End Musical in 1966, cut out of the film 'Oliver' in 1968, dubbing Paul Michael Glazer's voice in 'Fiddler on the Roof', getting Roland Butcher caught behind by Mike Gatting and having five children.

In recent xears, he has路written and performea 'Who Pays th Piper?' for BBC radio, winning the Monte Carlo Prize and the Prix Italia, toured Australia and the UK with Peter Skellern and continued to qive solo concerts and cabarets. 'Cats, 'Starlight Express' and 'The 'Phantom of'the Opera' (all of which contain his words to a greater or lesser degree) continue to play throughou t the world. AIl tlus has enabled him to take time off to write two new works for children - a

musical, 'Brilliant the Dinosaur', 'ven in Chichester Cathedral in uly 1992, and a concert piece, 'The ig Bang', performed by over eighty choirs in aId of Voices for Hospices.

He continues to introduce the Schools Prom and to direct The Orpheus Trust, which has been involved in workshops and music holidays for peoEle with disabili'ties all over the British Isles.

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Larry Westland CBE, Founder and Executive Director of Music for Youth, has directed and produced the Schools Prom concerts since their inception in 1975. He is widely respectea for his work with young musicians and was awarded the CBE for his services to music and education in 1991.

Music for Youth's National Festival and Schools Prom are the largest and most successful events of their kind in Europe. They greatly enhance the musical1ife of the United Kingdom and are widely acclaimed tT1!oughout the world.

The National Festival wilJ celebrate its twenty- fifth anniversary in 1995 and expects some 50,000 young musicians, singers and dancers to take par t in its year-long programme of events.

He 15 active in many other spheres of arts activi ty forJo ung people, having co-founde the National Chora1 Competition in 1987, the Bardays Music Theatre Awards, also in 1987, and the British Youth Band Championships in 1978. In July this vear, in association with the Music Education Council, he launched the first ever Music for Youth Conference at the South Bank which attracted 800 delegates, making it the biggest conference of its kind in the world.

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