Music for Youth Proms 2017 - Souvenir Programme

MUSIC FOR YOUTH

PROMS 2017 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 7pm — 13/14/15 November 2017 Royal Albert Hall, London

WELCOME

CONTENTS 01 Welcome 02 Music for Youth in 2017 03 MFY across the UK 05 Donate to Music for Youth 06 Remel London: Presenter 07 Pete Letanka: Shine the Light Bright 10 Massed Ensembles at the MFY Proms 11 Massed Ensemble: Monday 13 November 12 Massed Ensemble: Tuesday 14 November 13 Massed Ensemble: Wednesday 15 November 15 MFY Connects 18 Programme: Monday 13 November 20 Biographies & performers: Monday 13 November 22 Programme: Tuesday 14 November 24 Biographies & performers: Tuesday 14 November 26 Programme: Wednesday 15 November 28 B iographies & performers: Wednesday 15 November 31 Thank you for your support 35 Regional Festival Series 36 Credits

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Music for Youth believes in the power of music to transform young people’s lives. Inspirational performance opportunities, such as the Music for Youth Proms, play an incredibly important part in motivating young people to progress in their music making.

Research tells us that receiving positive affirmation from others for music activities, particularly in performance, plays a crucial part in enhancing self-belief, whatever the age of the young person, and that if performances are in high status cultural venues, the impact is even greater 1 . It is for this reason that our numerous partnerships with music services and education providers across the country are so important, and that our joint efforts are what make the difference and support such lasting impact on each young musician.

Music for Youth believes that the chance to participate in high-quality musical activities should be open to every young person. We are enthusiastic about nurturing not only the next generation of musical talent, but the next generation of young people full stop, evidenced in the tens of thousands of young people we reach across the UK every year.

We have an extensive annual programme, which you can get a flavour for on page two, and we supplement these events with special projects, which seek to give extra attention to particular causes.

The culmination of our year of events is the Music for Youth Proms here at the Royal Albert Hall every November.

Showcasing performers from all of our different strands of work across the year, the Music for Youth Proms concerts really are a celebration of the very best young musical talent that the UK has to offer. Our regional Massed Ensemble projects reach out further, and include young people with less musical experience – you will hear the culmination of these projects in one performance each night.

So, I would like to warmly welcome you to these incredible concerts. We have a very healthy number of student compositions across the three nights, and an exciting mix of performers and musical styles. Where else could you get such a wide-ranging musical education all in one concert? I do hope to see you again next year.

Judith Webster Chief Executive

The Power of Music, S Hallam (2015)

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MUSIC FOR YOUTH IN 2017 JANUARY

APRIL

INFINITY Professional development and resources for teachers London

REGIONAL FESTIVAL SERIES Locations across the UK

NEW MUSIC STAGE Original music created and performed by young musicians Call out for new works

FEBRUARY REGIONAL FESTIVAL SERIES Locations across the UK ROCK, POP & URBAN REGIONAL FESTIVALS Nationwide events

ROCK, POP & URBAN REGIONAL FESTIVALS Nationwide events MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events FREQUENCIES Workshops and showcase – Electronic Dance Music, indie, urban and rock Music Room, Liverpool

MAY

MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

MARCH

JUNE

PRIMARY PROMS Inspiring educational concerts for primary schools performed by young people Symphony Hall, Birmingham Gala Theatre, Durham

EXCHANGE Performance platform & youth music forum Glasgow, Scotland

REGIONAL FESTIVAL SERIES Locations across the UK ROCK, POP & URBAN REGIONAL FESTIVALS Nationwide events MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

JULY NATIONAL FESTIVAL Five-day festival at world-class venues and city-centre locations Birmingham FESTIVAL FRINGE Free stages and workshops Birmingham JAZZ AT THE TOWN HALL Soweto Kinch presents an evening of Jazz Town Hall, Birmingham

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NEW MUSIC STAGE Original music created and performed by young musicians Birmingham MASSED ENSEMBLES Call for 2018 submissions

SEPTEMBER FREQUENCIES Workshops and showcase – Electronic Dance Music, indie, urban and rock Hoxton Hall, London MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

OCTOBER REGIONAL FESTIVAL SERIES 2018 Applications open PRIMARY PROMS Inspiring educational concerts for primary schools performed by young people Royal Albert Hall, London MFY LIVE SESSIONS: FREQUENCIES Workshops and collaborative opportunities with RNCM Session Orchestra Manchester MFY CONNECTS Brokering musical development activities for young musicians Royal Albert Hall, London MFY INVITES...

High profile performances at MFY sponsor events

NOVEMBER MUSIC FOR YOUTH PROMS A celebration of the MFY annual season: three spectacular showcase concerts Royal Albert Hall, London

MFY ACROSS THE UK Music for Youth attracts young musicians from all over the UK – from Inverness to Truro and Belfast to Hull.

Inverness

Perth

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Gateshead Durham

Peterlee

Belfast

Harrogate Hull Halifax Wardle Wakefield Rochdale Manchester Barnsley Liverpool Huddersfield Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield Boston

Peak District Buxton Shrewsbury

King’s Lynn Norwich Rutland Peterborough

Stafford & Stoke Birmingham Northampton Cheltenham

Haverfordwest

Bedford Aldeburgh Milton Keynes

Oxford Newport Bristol

Swindon

Watford London*

Aldershot Taunton Southampton

Burgess Hill

Truro * C amden, Croydon, Ealing, Hounslow, Havering, Islington, Newham, Shoreditch, Southbank

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DONATE TO MUSIC FOR YOUTH “ Thank you to everyone at MFY who makes such a difference by enabling us to reach our highest musical standards, to provide opportunities for all young people and to make new friends in the process. Such experiences are instrumental in shaping lives.”

Parent and past performer, Music for Youth

GIVE YOUNG MUSICIANS A CHANCE – DONATE TO MUSIC FOR YOUTH TODAY Donations and sponsorship from generous individuals, trusts and funders make it possible for Music for Youth to create extraordinary experiences, such as this evening’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

As a charity, we provide free opportunities to participate in live music experiences, which wouldn’t be possible without your support.

• £5 gives one young person the chance to perform in one of our Regional Festivals • £25 gives one young musician the unforgettable experience of performing at the Royal Albert Hall • £50 pays for a classroom of Primary School children to experience their first MFY Primary Prom • £250 provides a music mentor to support groups at our events

Donate online at justgiving.com/musicforyouth • To donate £5 to Music for Youth text MFYP5 £5 to 70070 • To donate £10 to Music for Youth text MFYP £10 to 70070 If you would like to know more about donating to Music for Youth, please contact Anna O’Connor, Marketing Manager, at annao@mfy.org.uk or on 020 7759 1839.

Charity registration no. 285831

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REMEL LONDON PRESENTER

Remel London is a bubbly, energetic award-winning radio, television host and presenter, born and raised in North London.

Music for Youth is delighted to welcome Remel London to the Music for Youth Proms as this year’s presenter. Remel has presented a number of our Frequencies events, so we are excited to see what she has in store for these concerts.

Remel has quickly risen up the ranks and carved a solid reputation in the UK entertainment industry and continues to make a national name for herself.

Known for her love of UK music and entertainment Remel can be heard on Capital XTRA and seen as the lead presenter of SKY 1’s What’s Up TV.

Remel started her career as the face and lead presenter of online platform Link Up TV as well as the official host of ILUVLIVE for three years before progressing to hosting live shows across the country.

Her music knowledge has caught the attention of major industry players, and she was added as a member of the MOBO Awards panel in 2013–2015 and later became the official Red Carpet Host for the brand. An avid blogger with over 12K followers on Twitter and over three million views across various YouTube channels her social media influence is set to grow even further in future. @Remel_London /Remel_London @remel_london

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PETER LETANKA

COMPOSER, SHINE THE LIGHT BRIGHT Music for Youth is thrilled to welcome Pete Letanka as composer and conductor of this evening’s special finale, Shine the Light Bright.

Commissioned by Music for Youth, this piece involves all the young performers featured in tonight’s concert. Shine the Light Bright is Pete Letanka’s reimagination of Elgar’s 1902 composition, Land of Hope and Glory, for a new generation.

Pete Letanka is a professional jazz pianist, composer and educator. He is signed to the award-winning record label, Zephyr Records, who released his album Afrostocracy to great acclaim.

Letanka has enjoyed performing at Ronnie Scott’s, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room. His work as a composer includes a musical produced by Roger Lloyd Pack, commissions for Glyndebourne Youth Opera and the Warner Bros. documentary Stanley Kubrick: a life in pictures .

SHINE THE LIGHT BRIGHT Commissioned by Music for Youth

All See us stand here together, You can see we stand as one.

A light that shines on forever Through the world like the rise of the sun Should you stumble and fall we will always guide you home You’ll never be alone.

Shining bright through the night comes the light of our song. (Repeat)

Voice 1 Sail across the sea freely shine the light bright.

Let them see.

Voice 2 So if clouds are grey, send them away You can have your say so Shine the light bright, light up the world every day.

Voice 3 Now if they say no, just go Shine the light bright, help them come together.

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MASSED ENSEMBLES AT THE MFY PROMS “ Treating young musicians like professionals, with top quality lighting, sound and production values makes their performance feel extra special, and is at the heart of what we do at Music for Youth,” Judith Webster, Chief Executive, Music for Youth

WHAT IS A MASSED ENSEMBLE? Massed Ensembles are one of the cornerstones of the Music for Youth Proms, and involve around half of each night’s 1,000 young performers. At each evening of the Proms, a different Massed Ensemble represents a different region of the country and, following months of creative development and rehearsals, hundreds of young people from these regions perform in a once-in-a-lifetime, large scale performance on the world-famous Royal Albert Hall stage.

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WHAT DO WE SUPPORT? • Innovation through repertoire and ways of working • Collaborations between groups of different ages and abilities • Good practice in teaching and learning • Opportunities for young people to take part in something beyond their normal experience, meet young musicians they would not otherwise meet and work with artists they would not otherwise have had the opportunity to work with • Audience development – active involvement in securing support for young people

2017 MASSED ENSEMBLES We are delighted to introduce the regional massed ensemble performance projects that will be presented here at the Music for Youth Proms.

The three partnerships whose projects were selected are Kingston upon Hull Music Service and Hull Music Hub, Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust, Rutland Music and Peterborough Music Hub and four South Yorkshire Hubs (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield).

WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR WORK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A MASSED ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE? If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please email mfy@mfy.org.uk

MASSED ENSEMBLE MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER

SOUTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC EDUCATION HUBS (BARNSLEY, DONCASTER, ROTHERHAM AND SHEFFIELD) Jazz Journeys Composer: Chris Noble Director: Dennis Rollins Other creatives: Vocal workshop lead Janet Wood See page 20 for biography

Jazz Journeys (Chris Noble) 1. Griot’s Groove 2. Boogaloo Stomp 3. The Funk 4. Bossa Balloon

Jazz Journeys presents a timeline of jazz, starting at its African roots within the Griot tradition, moving via swing and samba through to present day soul and funk.

South Yorkshire Music Education Hubs massed performance features over 200 amazingly talented young instrumentalists, coming together to create a massed ‘jazz collective’.

The composition emerged from four instrumental workshops of selected young jazz musicians where the groups improvised in a style related to one of the four periods of Jazz history that underpin the piece. From this, material created by the young people was developed to create the final piece. Lyrics were crafted by members of the chorus during in-school workshops. This is a truly unique and original composition driven by the performers themselves.

The ensemble join over 400 young voices from primary schools across the region to perform an original composition by acclaimed Sheffield based composer Chris Noble.

“ It’s a great pleasure to have been selected to compose Jazz Journeys for the wealth of talent that exists among young musicians in South Yorkshire. Working alongside Dennis Rollins has been a fantastic privilege, and I can’t wait to hear the results of several months of hard work from everybody involved.

Jazz Journeys promises to have everyone feeling the groove and singing along – it’s a real celebration of all aspects of jazz.”

Chris Noble, Composer

WITH THANKS TO An ambitious plan to bring four innovative Hubs together for this project means there are so many people to thank. Teachers, administrators, parent volunteers, leads and most importantly young people from all areas have contributed to the success of this project. We are really excited about the legacy it will bring for our young musicians.

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MASSED ENSEMBLE TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST, RUTLAND MUSIC AND PETERBOROUGH MUSIC HUB Nene Composer: Benjamin Till Conductor: Beth Hodgson See page 25 for biography

Nene celebrates the people, places The Carillon in Wisbech is a setting and history of the River Nene, and is of a poem by John Clare and here based on two local folk local melodies. the tidal river can be seen, and heard, We hear the gentle beginnings of the flowing backwards. King John’s army river and the sound of red kites high arrive as we approach Sutton Bridge, in the air. A gentle melody represents where the Crown Jewels were lost Higham Ferrers, the childhood home in the marshes. Then the river finally of the composer. Passing Fotheringhay, empties itself into the Wash at the and the distant sound of the Nassington tumultuous end of its 123 mile journey.

Brass Band, we approach Wansford and the Peterborough Steam Railway. “But our Molly lives on as a Will’ O the Wisp, As the river flows into the Fens we hear Dancing and playing the tragic story of Molly, who was lost on the fens in the mist, in the river, but as a “Will ‘o the Wisp” And lighting the paths when guides lost travellers. the ways are not known, And guiding the wearisome traveller home.”

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WITH THANKS TO The schools and pupils who have supported this journey to make it a reality.

Our partners: Nenescape Landscape Partnership Fund and Festive Road.

Our funders: • Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts • Heritage Lottery Fund • The Compton Fund – Northamptonshire Community Foundation • D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust • The Gordon Robinson Trust

MASSED ENSEMBLE WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER

KINGSTON UPON HULL MUSIC SERVICE AND HULL MUSIC HUB Swerving East Composer: Tom Lawrence Musical Director: Sam Dunkley See page 29 for biography

To celebrate Hull’s year as City of Culture as it reaches its fourth season, ‘Tell the World’, Hull Music Hub commissioned a special piece for the massed youth ensemble known as #Hear Hull.

Ringing bells announce the final section, ‘a cut-price-crowd’, where the journey continues through the city and out over the coastline. Wind, brass, percussion and string sections lead us to the calmness of a chamber choir describing the ‘unfenced existence’ at the journey’s end.

Composer Tom Lawrence has drawn on the poetry of Philip Larkin to create an atmospheric work called Swerving “Swerving East is the perfect vehicle East celebrating Hull and its people. for displaying the musical talents of the City’s young people. Tom Lawrence An opening fanfare precedes an has devised a work that utilises the early-morning arrival, swerving east range of instruments and styles through the mists towards Hull. A taught by our Music Service while also strongly rhythmic section builds to the giving the opportunity for schools entry of the choir, where Larkin’s stark to engage pupils in a meaningful, and evocative descriptions of the city exciting and challenging project.”

Chris Maynard, Head of Hull Music Service and surrounding countryside are underscored by jazz band, percussion ensemble and symphony orchestra.

WITH THANKS TO The Hull 2017 City of Culture Team and to the City of Hull Young Musicians’ Friends’ Association for grants to make this project possible; to participating schools, pupils and staff, to the staff of the Hull Music Service and most importantly, to composer Tom Lawrence and Musical Director, Sam Dunkley.

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MFY CONNECTS

DEVELOPING TOMORROW’S MUSICIANS Music for Youth is known for championing young musicians. It’s what we do.

MFY CONNECTS (formerly known as the National Partnership Awards) takes this one step further by brokering musical activities for young musicians delivered by leading music industry partners. From professional ensembles to conservatoires, and from specialist national bodies to world class concert venues, this programme offers one-off exclusive development opportunities designed to inspire the young musicians and their teachers. The events can range from a day of workshops with the Royal Marines Band Service to a year of one-to-one mentoring by a professional composer.

“Our experience with Music for Youth has meant so much for ‘Gutted!’ as a group. After years of playing at the festival, it was really exciting to have our work and dedication rewarded… Our partnership with the Musicians’ Union has allowed us to achieve things we never thought possible, with a workshop with our favourite viol consort ‘Fretwork’ and an opportunity to be professionally recorded in a studio.”

Kit Marshall, ‘Gutted!’ Viol Consort

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 2017/18 PARTNERSHIPS FOR MFY CONNECTS TEES VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

RACHEL MORTON, TEACHER (ABRAHAM DARBY ACADEMY) National Education Union

THAT’S ALL FOLK! Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

BROOKSBANK SCHOOL CHOIR Opera North

THE AWKWARD COVER ARTISTS Institute of Contemporary Music Performance

GLOSSOPDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WIND BAND Royal Marines Band Service

DULWICH HAMLET JUNIOR SCHOOL Royal Albert Hall

BRASS TACKS Ev-entz

DONCASTER YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musicians’ Union

ROBERT SOUTHBY, COMPOSER Sound and Music

MFY Connects 2017/18 partnerships

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MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER

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PROGRAMME MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER ESME BRIDIE Merseyside Age: 20 What You Had Yesterday* Esme Bridie Only Lonely People* Esme Bridie

PIANJO & CO Lewes, East Sussex Age: 17–18 Babel Mumford and Sons Lola The Kinks

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CONCERT BAND Northamptonshire Musical Director: Peter Smalley Age: 14–19 Sketches on a Tudor Psalm Fisher Tull

SOUTH YORKSHIRE MASSED ENSEMBLE Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Musical Director: Dennis Rollins Age: 8–19 Jazz Journeys Chris Noble

DISCORD/DATCORD Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Musical Director: Freya Ireland** Age: 14–18 Dichotomy* Freya Ireland The Passing of Time* Freya Ireland PERFECT PITCH CHOIR Great Longstone, Derbyshire Musical Directors: Emma Hopkins and Louise Hopkins Accompanist: Tom Barker Age: 8–14 Drunken Sailor Traditional Irish arr. Emma Hopkins Love Grows Here Don Besig

INTERVAL WITH DJ set from Reece Robertson DJ REECE ROBERTSON Paisley, Renfrewshire Age: 15 ISCA LINEA SYMPHONIA Newport, Wales Conductor: Nathan Stone Age: 7–18 Bowie Medley David Bowie arr. Carly Stone

HARROW TAMIL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION – ORCHESTRA (PALLIAM) Harrow Musical Director: Sri K Anandanadesan Age: 12–20 Palliam (Eastern and Western Mix) Sri Kandiah Anandanadesan ROMARIO Manchester Age: 18–22 What Are We Fighting For?* Romario Final Call (Unreleased)* Alex Barron, Romario Bryan OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Oxfordshire Conductor: John Traill Age: 13–20 Pines of Rome Mvt. III I Pini del Giancolo Mvt. IV I Pini della Via Appia Respighi

FINALE Shine the Light Bright Pete Letanka

ZEÑEL London Age: 16–18 BI Laurence Wilkins arr. Zeñel

*Student composition **New Music Stage

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BIOGRAPHIES & PERFORMERS MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER ESME BRIDIE

Esme Bridie’s style combines flowing angelic vocals and clear finger picked guitar.

She draws influences from classic singersongwriters such as Carole King, Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen. Esme recently started working with Liverpool based Klee Music in the creation of her debut album to be released in February 2018. Klee Music describe her style as “mature beyond her years” and as having “a rare quality of songwriting craftsmanship”.

Both of the songs performed are original compositions written over the past year.

They have lyrical themes of love and loneliness and are drawn from personal experiences.

Esme Bridie

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CONCERT BAND

The County Youth Concert Band is the Senior Wind Orchestra of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust. It has a reputation for programming the best repertoire for Symphonic Wind Orchestra and has worked with many of the leading composers in the medium. In the summer, after Music for Youth’s National Festival, they travelled to Italy for four concerts in Perugia and Romagna with a stunning final concert in the church of San Appolinare Nuovo, Ravenna. They are delighted to reform this evening to perform one of the works from that concert.

Piccolo David Amor-Segan Flute Katy Barton, Kayleigh Bell, Emma Bird, Elizabeth Bond, Thomas Bristow, Harriet Daghorn*, Sophie Dunkerley, Hing Tim Fung, Samir Kowcun, Katherine Smith, Elvida Trkulja Eb Clarinet Ella Penn Bb Clarinet Roisin Allcock, Lucy Beddows, Hayden Cahill, Madeleine Coombs, Arthur Criswell-Sanderson, Meg Davies, Laura Earl, Millicent Gorst, Elena Hall, Karina Harries, Macie Hashim, Lily Johnson, Erin Lee, Isaac Prince*, Timothy Riches, Eliza Robinson, Hannah Turney Eb Alto Clarinet Henry Allcock Bass Clarinet Ioan Perry Contra Bass Clarinet Samuel Austin Alto Saxophone Amy Dolphin*, Scarlett Jenkins Tenor Saxophone Matthew Redmond Baritone Saxophone Emily Versteegh Oboe Nathan Billis, Emily Rogers* Bassoon Shona Cameron, William Gold, Keelan Peak French Horn Lindsey Cameron, Joshua Comery*, Jonathan Davies, Ella Mainard, Megan Twigg Trumpet Ewan Cumming, Samantha Din*, Jessica O’Neil, Phoebe Snook, Liam Taylor, Ellena Teal, Jana Trkulja* Trombone Laura Cox, Susanna Humphrey, Archie Milan, Jacob Polnyj*, Giles Shaw, Tommy Wise Euphonium Finlay Goodman, Hugo Shaw* Tuba Matt Kingston*, Sam Milan, Blake Robinson, Thomas Stone String Bass Yannick Bhatt Percussion Hope Hollowell, Jonathan Lodder*, Sam Mainard, Dan Newitt, Peter Osborne, Jamie Payne

*Section leader **Soloist

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DISCORD/DATCORD

PIANJO & CO

Trombone Tim Andrew, Tom Thistleton Clarinet Ben Gilchrist Trumpet Rowan Ireland Viola Emily Loveridge Violin Aaron Le Maistre, Eden Saunders, Louise Turner, Riya Wadhwa Flute Shannon O’Riordan Cello Sam Robinson, Esme Spry

Joe Archer, Archie Green, Oscar Morgan, Amy McGarahan, Thea Fox, Max Salisbury

Discord/Datcord was formed in October 2016 to provide school age instrumentalists with the opportunity to learn about and perform music that they might not have otherwise been exposed to. They mostly perform contemporary classical music, and student compositions have been a focus for the year, but they have also played a wide range of other new music from minimalism to hip-hop. Discord/Datcord also do a lot of chance-based work, including improvising to YouTube videos, a musical version of wink murder and Stockhausen’s Aus Den Sieben Tagen.

PERFECT PITCH CHOIR

Perfect Pitch was founded in 2015 by its Musical Director, Emma Hopkins. Recently they recorded the single Hidden Wounds , which reached 120 in the charts. They performed the song alongside Gary Barlow, raising £65,000.00 for Help For Heroes. They were finalists in both the Barnardos 2016 & 2017 competition and competed in The Choir Of The Year reaching the Children’s Finals 2016. Recently the choir took part in Britain’s Got Talent 2017 reaching the live semi-finals, singing to over nine million viewers.

Mia Agutter, Ella Aitchison, Katie Bailey, Agnes Beard, Curtis Beverley, Alice Chetwood, Jack Chetwood, Sam Chetwood, Arabella Clarke, Grace Cotrell, Kiah Dyas, Harriet Fawcett, Isabelle Fawcett, Brooke Finch, Olivia Gilbertson, Lucy Gilmore, Grace Harper, Boris Heslop, Ned Heslop, Jonny Hopkins, Kathleen Hutchinson, Lily Hutchinson, Jacob Hutchinson, Asia Law, Imogen Lepski, Rafe Littlefield, William Longsdon, Jessica Maxey, Chloe Mosley, Ruby Pearce , Jessica Pritchard, Ella Richardson, Charlie Richardson, Emillie Spear, Sophia Taylor-Dawson, Jenalla Waddington, Jenna Ward, Fleur Warren, Lily Wilcox, Sophie Wilcox, Isaac Wiliamson, Zara Williamson, Clementine Wright

Pianjo & Co is formed of members of the East Sussex Academy of Music, which is run by East Sussex Music. The Academy runs a Pre-Professional Course, which gives students the chance to receive coaching in their own bespoke ensembles. Pianjo & Co are one of several ensembles that take part in this unique course. All members of the band also study either A Level or BTEC Music at KS5, and all of these students expect to continue studying or working on music in some way in the future, either at university, conservatoire or in the music industry.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE MASSED ENSEMBLE

This evening’s massed performance from the combined South Yorkshire Music Education Hubs (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) features over 200 amazingly talented young instrumentalists who have come together to create a massed jazz ensemble. Under the direction of trombonist Dennis Rollins, the ensemble will join with over 400 young voices from primary schools across the South Yorkshire region to perform Jazz Journeys , a piece commissioned for the Music for Youth Proms.

South Yorkshire Jazz Ensemble, Royston St John Baptist C.E. Primary School (Barnsley), Worsbrough Common Primary School (Barnsley), Penistone St. John’s CE Primary School (Barnsley), Sandringham Primary School (Doncaster), Town Field Primary School (Doncaster), St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School (Doncaster), Gillian Banks Theatre School (Rotherham), Aughton Primary School (Rotherham), Thrybergh Fullerton CE Primary Academy (Rotherham), St. Thomas CE Primary School Kilnhurst (Rotherham), Lound Junior School (Sheffield), Nether Green Junior School (Sheffield), Carfield Primary School (Sheffield), Parson Cross CE Primary School (Sheffield)

DJ REECE ROBERTSON

A 15 year old DJ from Hunterhill, Paisley, Reece Robertson has been DJing for three years, playing in many venues across Scotland, with some of his own remixes reaching one million plays. Reece begins his set with a tribute to one of the most influential British artists, David Bowie.

DJ Reece Robertson

South Yorkshire Massed Ensemble

Harrow Tamil School Association — Orchestra (Palliam)

ISCA LINEA SYMPHONIA

Isca Linea Symphonia, from South Wales, is a 150 strong string and percussion orchestra catering for all abilities from the age of 7 to 18.

The young musicians rehearse once a month in Caerleon, Newport as part of Gwent Music’s regular music centre activities. Tonight the group performs a medley by the late David Bowie with an electric string quartet.

The score has been specifically arranged for the group by former Isca Linea member and tutor Carly Stone.

Electric String Quartet Serenni Morgan**, Daniel Gurner**, Paul Dugdale**, Rhys Herbert** Electric Guitar Harry Brain** Electric Bass Josef Archer** Isca Lina Symphonia Tamsin Anderson, Oliver Barton, Imogen Bird, Ava Briley, Robert Bull, Olivia Chidlow, Maddie Colebrook, Shannon Couch, Ischia Day, Lucy Graham, Willem Gray, Zachary Hawkins, Bethan Holmes, Ollie Jemmett, Olivia Jenkins, Clara Jones, Sophie L’A llier, Marie-Claire Lazenby, Jake Lewis, Sam Lewis, Catherine Lewis, Sean Linton, Lucinda Merrett, Matthew Middleton, Charlie Morgan, Francesca Morgan, Rosie Morgan, Daanyal Morrish, Anna Parish, Merryn Reed, Jemima Searle, Rebecca Skinner, Jack Stone, David Tolson, Ayesha Ahmed, Harry Archer, Mia Aston, Harry Bagwell, Luca Baricz, Lauren Barton, Sophia Braun, Erin Briley, Rhiannon Burgham-Malin, Maisie Charles, Amelie Churchill, William Cocking, Conall Couch, Morganna Davies, Gabriele Davies, Myles Duggan, Ben Edwards, Alex Evans, Emma Farnsworth, Kaitlin Field, Edith Fletcher, Ellie Fowler, Olivia Fowler, Jenny Goodreid, Ieuan Goodwin, Ellie Grant, Claudia Harding, Alexander Harding, Charlie Hawker, Isobel Hill, Charlotte Holmes, Caian Howard, Freddie Howells, Katie Howells, Ffion Johnson, Tomos Jones, Cerys Jones, Lauren Jones, Stanley Jones, Roseanna Kandhai, Sofia Khan, Cerys Llewellyn, Emily Lussana-Harwood, Anwen Marks, Haidar Mathieson, Zaid Mathieson, Muna Mathieson, Florence Mayo, Reuben Mayo, Amelie Melhuish, Holly Morgan, Alex Nutt, Nia Owen, Seren Owen, Ben Parish, Serena Parkhouse, Naomi Parkhouse, Miles Peckham, Neave Peckham, Joab Pelling, Oscar Peralta, Lara Peralta, Audrey Perry, Bethany Piper, Freya Piper, Lucas Powell, Max Rayworth, Millie Rice-Jones, Molly Richards, Harry Searle, Isobel Soper, Jemima Soper, Thomas Stone, Lowri Trenchard, Manon Trenchard, Eleanor Walker, Freya Washbourne, Callum Westwood, Matthew Whitcombe, Thomas Williams, Millicent Williams, Mali Wood, Hirra Yasir

ZEÑEL

Meeting through the young jazz scene in London, this trio came together in 2016 to create original music, applying their jazz improvisational nature to other more unorthodox influences, such as rock, electro, hip hop and folk. Their level of skill has earned them positions on the Top 10 best UK Young Drummer of the Year (2015 & 2016) and finalist at BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016. @Jazzwise magazine said they were “artists to watch in 2017”.

Zoe Pasca, Laurence Wilkins, Noah Stoneman

HARROW TAMIL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — ORCHESTRA (PALLIAM)

Harrow Tamil School Association is a supplementary school teaching Tamil language and fine arts subjects on Saturdays.

Most of the students come from Harrow and neighbouring boroughs. HTSA is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.

Miruthangam Ramkeeran Sivasubramaniam, Harrish Mohan Drum Harrison Srikanthan Katho Charles Edmond-Joseph Kanjira Nerrusan Sivaharan, Aran Mohan Ghatam Sarujan Sriskantharajah, Roseyan Senthilnathan, Rahul Suren Violin Meenusha Baskaran, Kajni Anandanadesan, Mishaliy Radhakrishnan Flute Jaanani Sathiaseelan Tabla Thanujan Vigneswaran Keyboard Thanushanth Thambiaiah Morsing Sajeev Ravichandran, Yathavan Sriskantharajah, Raahul Niranchann

ROMARIO

Romario is a singer-songwriter from Manchester, who is backed by a soulful melodic ensemble. Romario is currently working on relaunching the brand that supports his music, whilst also working on a new sound with different songwriters and producers including Alex Barron and Lone, both Manchester based songwriters. Once the brand has relaunched, Romario and the band we will be going on a mini UK tour.

Romario Bryan, James Frankland, Dario Nedderman, Jake Steele, Liam Comber, Shamyra Abbott, Imogen Hoyle, Tansy Waddington

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra represents the pinnacle of orchestral playing for young people in Oxfordshire. Meeting every Saturday morning, the orchestra tackles the most demanding repertoire in order to inspire and challenge the players. As well as regular termly concerts, the orchestra plays to 1,500 primary school children in the Sheldonian Theatre every January in their popular Schools’ Concerts. It also accompanies concerto soloists in the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition in association with Oxford Philharmonic.

Flute Rebekah Chitson, Claire Edmiston, Charlotte Facer, Hannah Gillingham*, Laura Harrison, Madeleine Ratcliffe, Sophie Raven, Molly Tuck Oboe Elizabeth Cole, Abigail Langley*, Jessica Saunders Cor Anglais Aidan Adcock* Clarinet Sarah Gillingham, Ruth Harris, Isidore Hiscock, Harry Jenkins*, Alex Revill-Hivet Bassoon Isabel Barker, Christian Bushnell, Elliot Cox, Clara Graham*, Georgia Macfarlane, Laurel Platt, Olivia Timms French Horn Thomas Gale, Frances Henderson, Tamar Kennedy*, Joshua Menadue, Philip Methley, Michael Reynolds Trumpet Aeneas Chapman, Katie Gardner, Sebastian Hamilton, Christopher Humm, Fiona Methley, Dominic Purefoy, Robin Skerrett*, Elen Squires Trombone Arianne Bennett*, Dexter Drown, Sidney Frankcom, Megan McManus, Benjamin Nicoll, Alexander Skelly, Joseph Willis Tuba Isobel Shone* Percussion Harry Baigent, Kathryn Baker, Ciaran Kennedy, Joanna Sancio* Celeste and Organ Harry Baigent Piano Joshua Asokan Harp Hannah Lewis* Violins Kieran Agg, Tabitha Appel, Priya Berks, Abigail Burchell, Emily Coatsworth, Eleanor Daft, Hattie Derry, Edward Draper, James Evans, Katie Feller, Erin Gilchrist, Lewis Gilchrist, Thomas Gooday, Avalon Halgreen, Evelyn Hardy-Baker, Anna Holmes*, Elana Kenyon-Gewirtz, Samuel Kitto, Aidan Lack, Julia Lourenco, Erin Lawson-Smith*, Sarah Lloyd, Felicity Maiden, Florence Marsden, Rebecca Marsh, Alejandra Priestman-Dégano, Emma Rednall, Herbie Robson, Phoebe Rose, Lucy Rothwell, Holly Spearman, Amelia Springate Drew, Isabel Stone, Weiyi Elizabeth Tan, Anisha Tennant, Ashwin Tennant, Nika Vahcic, Emma Woodin, Heather Woods, Anuschka Zinecker Viola Benjamin Boothroyd, Hope Broome Saunders, Gwendolen Da Sousa Correa, Herbie Frankcom, Katie McMullin, Anna Russell, Claire Watters* Cello Rachel Appel, Helena Beel, Wilf Cartwright, Thomas Conroy, Abigail Davies, Zacchariah El-Shirbiny, Daniel Hayman, Zoe Jenkins*, Hannah Kirkham, Thomas Lunt, Archie Rendell, Erica Smith, Finn Whelan, Lucy Williamson, Anna-Maria Woodrow Double Bass James Burchell*, Leo Klintman, Lucy Middleton, Richard English Offstage Brass: French Horn Justin Adcock, David Carvalho, Hannah Pye, Nicolas Winkel Trumpet Finlay Brown, Jack Denton, Jack Heron, Eleanor Kneip, Laurence Peverall, Marina Reinhardt, Liberty Tucker, Jack Byron Trombone Ciaran Bird, William Galloway, Katie Grundonner, Clement Hiscock, Thomas Holmes Orchestra Manager Tom Morter

*Section leader **Soloist

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TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER

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PROGRAMME TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER YOUNG MONARCH Manchester Manager: Alex Le Roux Age: 20+ Genetics* Rebecca Lewis Strangers* Rebecca Lewis

VALLEY PARK A CAPPELLA CHOIR Maidstone, Kent Musical Directors: Ross Blyth, Kevin Earl Age: 15–18 Just the Way You Are Billy Joel/Bruno Mars arr. Kevin Earl The Longest Time Billy Joel arr. Kevin Earl

ELLAND SILVER YOUTH BAND Elland, West Yorkshire Musical Director: Samantha Harrison Age: 11–19 Daybreak* Johnathon Bates Starburst Dan Price

GREATER GWENT YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Gwent Musical Director: Paul Hornsby Age: 14–19 Black Friday Walter Becker and Donald Fagan arr. Fred Strum

ST ANN’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL STEEL BAND Tottenham, London Band Leaders: Alicia Brown and Chris Storey Age: 9–10 Oh La La Traditional arr. Alicia Brown Monkey Man Toots & Maytals arr. Alicia Brown Tropical Island Alicia Brown

MY STYLE Bristol Age: 20+ Future* My Style People* My Style

NOVEM CONSORT Southend-on-Sea Musical Director: Rebecca Ryan Age: 15–18 She Walks in Beauty* Tara Collins The Long Day Closes Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Percy E Fletcher BROMLEY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA London Borough of Bromley Conductor: Jonathan Josephs Age: 13–19 Serenade for Strings in C Mvt. 1 Tchaikovsky

INTERVAL NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST, RUTLAND MUSIC AND PETERBOROUGH MUSIC HUB MASSED ENSEMBLE Northamptonshire, Rutland and Peterborough Conductor: Beth Hodgson Age: 8–19 Nene Benjamin Till THIRD HARMONY Thornbury, South Gloucestershire Musical Director: Jane Mitchell Age: 12 Entomology Alan Davis

CORNWALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA Cornwall Director: Tim Boulton Age: 12–21 Night on a Bare Mountain Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov SHIRE BRASS BAND Gloucestershire Age: 17–19 Shofukan Snarky Puppy arr. Edi May Feel Like Funkin’ It Up Rebirth Brass Band arr. Edi May

FINALE Shine the Light Bright Pete Letanka

*Student composition

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BIOGRAPHIES & PERFORMERS TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER

YOUNG MONARCH

Young Monarch are a six piece alt-rock band from Manchester taking influences from bands such as Daughter, Foals, London Grammar and Sigur Ros to create music described as ‘powerful’ & ‘heartfelt.’ Having toured around the UK and Europe, as well as receiving airplay on Radio 1 and Radio X, Young Monarch are looking forward to releasing their first official single followed by a tour early next year.

Daniel Addison, Rhys Jiang, Rebecca Lewis, Chris Rabbitts, Hannah Rose, Matt Sanderson

GREATER GWENT YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA

The group is made up of students from the local authorities that are taught by Gwent Music. The students meet once a year for a course and concert and further performance opportunities including Music for Youth’s Regional Festival Series. The repertoire includes latin, funk, rock and traditional big band charts. The group are very much looking forward to performing as part of this programme at the Royal Albert Hall.

Saxophones Matthew Blore, Dan Davis, Oliver Jenkins**, Robert Scudamore, Alice Sharp, Coren Sithers**, Laura Wilson Trombones Harri Archer, Peter Goodings, Rhys Jones, Josh Worman Trumpets Jamie Davis, Elicia Hopkins, Elliot King**, Alex Linton, Harri Seymour Rhythm Section Josef Archer, Harry Brain**, Tom Morley**, Dylan Sluiter**, Tom Williams Assistant Musical Director Chris Fry

NOVEM CONSORT

Novem Consort formed in September 2015 at Southend High School for Girls; the students rehearse each week, focusing on classical unaccompanied repertoire. Highlights of the past year have included receiving The Claire Singers Award for Most Moving Choral Performance at the Southend Music Festival, and their performance at the Music for Youth National Festival at Birmingham Town Hall in July. The members of Novem Consort change each year with the departure of Year 13; the current members include two members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and a student at the Royal College of Music Junior Department.

Tarryn Brewer, Isabel Clarke, Tara Collins, Megan Driscoll, Roseanna Dunn, Talia Lieberman, Emma Slade, Jessica Smith, Jennifer Wells

BROMLEY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Bromley Youth Chamber Orchestra (BYCO) was formed in 1977 and consists of 42 talented young string players from Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) in South East London who rehearse each Friday evening during term time. The members love the repertoire but also the thriving social scene and their annual summer tour abroad. BYCO members also play in the Bromley Youth Symphony Orchestra and BYMT chamber music groups as well as their school ensembles.

Violin 1 Lisa Archontides-Tsaldaraki, Nicola Bedwin, Claire Bidgood, Jacqueline de Ferrars, Emma Fretwell, Jennifer Grint, Theresa Hargreaves, Anna Kelly, Max Mackie, Kristen Nielsen*, Annie Thorpe, Daniel Traves Violin 2 Verena Koay, Jessica Dugard, Beth Fitzpatrick, Rachel Ibbott*, Elvire Perkins, Annabelle Saunders, Romy Sokolow, Scott Storey, Jennifer Wells, Lydia Ward Viola Anna Davey, Laura Davey, Marvin Duenger*, Aisling Gallagher, Niamh Gallagher, Jade Kong, John Phillips Cello Angus Batteson, Anna Crawford, Anna Davall, Emily Dodd, Sophie de Ferrars, Joseph Folkes, Joshua Rapley*, James Young Double Bass Georgina Burr*, Matthias Worthington-Bourg

*Section leader **Soloist

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VALLEY PARK A CAPPELLA CHOIR

Valley Park School has a strong tradition of singing in a wide range of genres, from classical and musical theatre, to pop and rock. The A Cappella Choir is one of several choirs at the school and performs a broad repertoire of arrangements by the groups co-musical directors, Kevin Earl and Ross Blyth. The current ensemble have been performing together for the last two years and as eight choir members have now reached the end of their time at school, this will be the current line-up’s final performance.

Sopranos Michaela Ajani**, Nicole Kakel, Gabby Partlett, Amber Knowler, Emily Brown, Lizzie Wesbroom, Ashleigh Smith Altos Sophie Earl*, Rebecca Badcock, Leonie Price, Mafalda Garcia Santos, Megan Lakin Tenors Aaron Frith**, Max Babb, Kyle Siwek, Sam Murray Basses Harry Harding*, Charlie Horne, Ross Wickison, Ryan Dewhurst

ST ANN’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL STEEL BAND

The St Ann’s CE Primary School Steel Band formed in April 2016, and the group rehearse weekly in the church hall opposite the school.

All the children are in the same class at school, and after only a few months their teacher was so amazed by their progress she entered them to take part in Music for Youth’s Regional Festival Series.

Amarachukwu Wadibia, Blessing Ogunmodede, Emily Bavister, Everly Nyakana, Holly Mukalazi-Sanyu, Jael Norville, Jogo Mbaziira, Kyra-Jade Kirwan, Meleya Strachan, Pearlie Thompson, Reece Ntambi, Rohi Tunga Kisembo, Shekinah Blanchard, Taro Hohki, Yathurshi Rajaram

*Section leader **Soloist

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST, RUTLAND MUSIC AND PETERBOROUGH MUSIC HUB MASSED ENSEMBLE

The Massed Ensemble is a collaboration between the Music Education Hubs of Northamptonshire, Rutland and Peterborough.

It combines an orchestra, brass band, SATB choir, large children’s choir and a sculptural water powered art installation to bring to life a new work by composer Benjamin Till.

Nene is a depiction of the tenth longest river in the country which rises near the village of Badby and flows across the length of Northamptonshire, through Peterborough, across the Fens and out to the sea. Along the way it changes its name from ‘Nen’ to ‘Neen’ and has shaped the nature of the landscape and communities along its course.

Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra, Northamptonshire County Youth Choir, Northamptonshire County Youth Brass Band, NMPAT Duston Centre, NMPAT Nene Valley Centre, NMPAT Oboe Club, NMPAT Wellingborough Centre, NMPAT Y-Not Centre, Badby Primary School, Ecton Brook Primary School, Headlands Primary School, Higham Ferrers Junior School, Leighfield Primary School, Millway Primary School, Nassington School, Newnham Primary School, Northampton School for Girls, Parklands Primary School, Wilby CEVA Primary School, William Law CE Primary School.

THIRD HARMONY

Third Harmony took their first recorder lessons at St Mary’s Primary School in Thornbury, where each of the girls began learning recorder with Jane Mitchell through her innovative ‘Sounds Fun’ course, which teaches children to read and play music in groups. A few years later they performed as part of a larger chamber group at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham where they received an award for musicality. Advanced recorder playing wasn’t catered for at their school, so Third Harmony was formed. They have enjoyed workshops with Alan Davies, The National Youth Recorder Orchestra team and the internationally renowned Flanders Recorder Quartet.

Rachel Hannynton, Mia Hewitt, Abby Phipps

ELLAND SILVER YOUTH BAND

Elland Silver Youth Band was formed in 1995 by the band’s current conductor, Samantha Harrison. The band is based in Elland, a small town close to Halifax in the Calder Valley and is one of the longest established community organisations within the district. Since its formation, the band has been very successful at local and national contests, and regularly performs in charity concerts, and also runs a Beginner and Training Band. In 2010, the band was awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. In May 2017, the band were crowned European Youth Development Champions at the European Youth Championships held in Ostend, Belgium.

Cornet Millie Apperley, Emily Armitage, Lewis Barton, Daniel Clough*,Ted Crosby, Ainslee Farrar, Hannah French, Gemma Hall, Kimberley Harrison, Fiona Hodgson, Adam Hofland-Ward*, Ben Martin, Edward Martin, Greg Morris, George Scoley, Elias Sowerby, Tom Walgate, Sarah Wilson Horns & Flugel Rachael Armitage, Rosie Barber, Kyle Holloway, Dominic Marsh, Hannah Schofield-Lea*, Alistair Smith*, Celeste Sowerby, Kate Stapleton Euphonium & Baritone Georgia Crosby, Edwin Farrar*, Sam Haig, Lewis Hodgson, Jamie Hofland-Ward, Lucas Metcalfe, Megan Reynolds* Trombone Chris Chung, Joe Heartfield, Max Lawrence, Amelia Lewis*, Ethan McCabe Bass Becky Horn, Jack Newborough, Zach Schofield-Lea, Gregor Spence*, Kai Spencer*, Matt Williams Percussion Theo Fieldhouse*, Harry Stobart, Peter Stobart, Jayden Suttcliffe

MY STYLE

MY STYLE, a Bristol duo, perform with the aim to put their own stamp on the music scene.

Built from the ground up by Mac McCormick and Talia Smulian, they write, record, produce and mix their original material, growing from dub, hip hop and trip hop. The Bristol duo hit the live scene in March 2016, playing venues such as The O2 Academy, Shindig Weekender, Vegfest, Crofters Rights, The Louisiana, Colston Hall and, Mr. Wolfs, alongside many more.

Their ‘Bristol sound’ comes from conscious lyrics and a bass heavy live set including live FX, vocals, bass and midi controllers.

CORNWALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Cornwall Youth Orchestra enjoy being ‘BBC Ten Pieces Champions’, alongside activities including performing ‘Prom’ concerts for primary schools, inclusivity concerts for people with or without special needs, inviting school groups to share in rehearsal days, and an ongoing programme supporting young conductors – all of this on top of their regular public concerts.

Violin 1 Lawrence Calverley, Jasmine Collings, Emma Eddy, Olivia Leather, Zacch Lines, Esmee Loughlin-Dickenson, Bilegtugs Lut, Naomi Needham, Rachel Pankhurst*, Joanna Pauley, Isabella Roseberry-Hills, Elena Sidman, Zeb Strudwick Violin 2 Joe Cahill, Emily Carver, Kathryn Coad, Cora Cooper, David Davis, Fergal Donellonn, Annabel Eastwood, Rosie Hallam, Natasha Harvey, Robert Headland, Molly Leigh, Jake Montbomery-Smith, Faith Musgrove, Rachel Trethewey, Thomas Troup, Roasa Wood, Martha Wood Viola Jessye Boulton, Helena Campbell, Josephene Cowley, Emily Gale, Freya Hicks, Bethan Jones, Rosanna Rowe Cello Isabella Austin, Joseph Barker, Iris Boulton, Lauren Coumbe, Imogen Dowse, Wilamena Dyer, Zoe Hastings, Amy Morris, Alex Sells, Ella Thomas, Ciaran Trevena Bass Cathy Bennett, Seb Asbury-Semmens Flute Grace Carleston, Isobel Doughty, Samantha Rowe, Katie Shaw, Verity Williams Oboe Charlotte Brenton, Molly Carleston, Holly Morris Clarinet Fred Bareham, Luke Barnsley-White, Duncan Covey, Emma Keskeys Bassoon Maya Bessell, Romano Bezzi-Codetta, Ashby Mayes Horn Tom Findlay, Jonty Hayes, James Lansdowne, Tennyson Tunstall-Behrens Trumpet Adam Delbridge-Smith, Harry Flint, Tom Smith, Oscar Wells Trombone/Tuba Katie Blackburn, Peter Richards, Ben Coston, Peter Richards, Henry Tamblyn, Adam Wilkins Percussion Ezra Boulton, Niamh Lister, Hannah Ralph, Billy White Harp Abi Percy

SHIRE BRASS BAND

Shire Brass Band are a student led group with most of its performers being in their first year at university. As well as performing as part of the Music for Youth programme they busk and march.

Edi May, Josh Cottell, Roella Oloro, Rory Gordon, Sam Taylor, Stefan Zene, Tom Davies, Tom Thislton

Mac McCormick, Talia Smulian

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WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER

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PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER NORFOLK COUNTY SYMPHONIC WIND BAND Norwich, Norfolk Conductor: David Stowell Age: 12–19 Critical Mass Todd Stalter Chase the Sun Rob Wiffin DAISY GILL Liverpool Age: 19 Take Your Time* Daisy Gill Lost My Baby* Daisy Gill WARWICK SCHOOL CHOIR Warwickshire Conductor: Liz Green Age: 9–21 Lux Noxque* Sam Young VOICES OF LIONS Hampton, Greater London Musical Director: Iain Donald Age: 14–18 A Red, Red Rose Eric William Barnum

ABRAHAM DARBY ACADEMY JAZZ BAND Telford, Shropshire Musiclal Directors: Tom Gledhill and Doug Bill Age: 11–19 Swing, Swing, Swing John Williams Samantha Sammy Nestico LOUGHBOROUGH ENDOWED SCHOOLS MASSED STRINGS Loughborough, Leicestershire Conductor: Kate Burns Age: 8–18 Concerto Grosso Mvt. II. Burlesca Ostinata Mvt. V. March and Reprise Vaughan Williams COLERIDGE CARNIVAL CREW Cambridgeshire Creative Directors: Rebecca Lewis and Verity Merryweather Age: 13–15 Sambalicious* Coleridge Carnival Crew 2017

INTERVAL KINGSTON UPON HULL MUSIC SERVICE AND HULL MUSIC HUB MASSED ENSEMBLE Hull, East Yorkshire Conductor: Sam Dunkley Age: 13–21 Swerving East Tom Lawrence

URBAN FLAMES London Musical Director: Andrew Gilbert Age: 14–20 Loyal* Jarntae Murray arr. Andrew Gilbert Art of Not Letting Go* Jack Drummond-Joy arr. Andrew Gilbert NMPAT SLIDE TECHNIQUE Northamptonshire Director: Jon Lloyd Age: 11–20 12th Street Rag Euday L. Bowman arr. Tutti Camerata STATIC UNION Glasgow Age: 18–20 Last Resort* Sean McGarvey arr. Static Union Turn Out the Lights Sean McGarvey arr. Static Union CHILTERN MUSIC ACADEMY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Chilterns Conductor: Sally Stafford Age: 11–21 Symphony No. 5 Mvt. IV Allegro Non Troppo Shostakovich

FINALE Shine the Light Bright Pete Letanka

*Student composition

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BIOGRAPHIES & PERFORMERS WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER NORFOLK COUNTY SYMPHONIC WIND BAND

Norfolk Symphonic Wind Band is one of the flagship ensembles of Educator Solutions Music Service, lead organisation of Norfolk Music Hub. The Symphonic Wind Band forms part of a progressive system of wind bands that operate across Norfolk, meeting weekly in Norwich and drawing from over twenty schools from around the county. The band are featured on the BBC Ten Pieces website performing Mambo. They will be working in partnership with the Band of the Parachute Regiment and embarked on a tour to Lake Garda in July alongside the Norfolk County Strings and Notre Dame High School.

Piccolo Evie Hinchliffe Flute Tamsin Baxter, Bethan Callow, Zoe Dodds, Rachel Faulkner, Kate Girdlestone, Evie Hinchliffe, Sophie Jenkinson, Helen Marsh, Cornelia Oxenham, Miriam Whadcoat Oboe Eliska Alderson, Jasmine Bishop Clarinet Amelia Betts, Juno Bain, Emily Crook, Abigail Cushing, Kristina Fox, Jad Grainger, Lucy Mann, Daniel Medhurst Bass Clarinet Christopher Brooke Bassoon Joanna Asher, Caitlin Burton, Barnaby Shaw Soprano Saxophone Hero Bain Alto Saxophone Olivia Baugh, Scarlet Bishop, Imogen Mansley, Zoe Rickards, Jasmine Smith, Josh Towler Tenor Saxophone Nina Mckendrick Baritone Saxophone Reuben Selby Trumpet Douglas Brown, Hannah Carr, Edward Lamb, Maili Little, Jerome Malhotra, Esme McKinnon-Evans, Timothy Nutt, India Riordan, Joseph Webb, Sarah Walton Cornet Jamie Dawes Trombone Matthew Dockray, Thomas Dubberley, Ciarán Skipper, James Thistlewood French Horn Callum Churchman, Samuel Nutt, Oskar Rokhlin, Jacob Whalley Euphonium Louis Dawes, James O’Donnell Tuba Corey-Beck Richmond, Morgan Winyard Timpani Jack Sarsby Percussion Jacob Brown, Murray Chapman, Ben Pease Barton, Thomas Simmonds, Jonathan Stowell, Lucy Bell

DAISY GILL

Daisy Gill is a country/blues singer-songwriter from the heart of Liverpool. She began her musical journey aged just 12 years old, performing at local festivals and open mic nights. Since then she has developed into a confident performer, going from strength to strength. Her distinctive vintage style is always eye-catching and demonstrates flair and grace, with her performance skills.

She is currently working on a country EP, her main musical influence of the moment.

Daisy Gill

WARWICK SCHOOL CHOIR

Warwick School Choir is for everybody who loves to sing, from junior boys to sixth formers. The oldest all boys independent school in the country with over 1,200 students, it has a music department running 55 different ensembles and choirs each week. This composition by Sam Young, written especially for the choir and instrumentalists at Warwick School is exciting to perform and breathtaking to listen to. Voices of Lions join forces with Warwick School Choir for this performance.

*Section leader **Soloist

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Benedict Adams, Nathaniel Allbut, Killian Ashe, Rahul Bains, Thomas Bell, Harry Bradbury, Daniel Buxton, William Callender, Sebastian Carr, Keith Chan, Marco Chan, Samuel Chan, Harry Colliver, Benjamin Colliver, Paul Cooley, Sam Crowley, Thomas Davies, Bryn Davies, Max Draper, Toby Dunlop, Oliver Foster, Lawrence Gartshore, Cameron Gibbons, Anant Gill, Archie Goodrem, Cameron Gregor, Jack Harris, Toby Hawkins, Joshua Hill, Matthew Holmes, James Hughes, Raphael Hurley, Ramiro Johal, Henry Jones, William Key, Oliver Lattin, Alan Lau, James Leeson, Adrian Leung, Frankie Leung, Christopher Lewis, Charlie Mackenzie, Ken Man, Maxwell Manley, Euan McGarr, Vijay Mehta, Alexander Meyrick, Rishab Mohan, Nicholas Moss, Rhys Mulligan, Aditya Narayan, James Nash, Luca Nitzsche-Giles, William Parsons, Thomas Perry, William Plyming, Bradley Powles, Kamen Rai, Guy Rawson, Alexander Robinson, Richard Rose, Ryan Ruparellia, Alexander Sampson, Noah Saxton, Kristian Scott-Dawkins, Thomas Selby, Olly Simcock, George Simms, Thomas Smeeton, Alec Steeley, Charles Stevens, Ned Stevens, Patrick Stiven, Isaac Turner, Henry Underhill, Fraser Venn, Jonathan Vining , Harry Ward, Cameron Watson, Jeffrey Wen, Thomas Westerman, Archie Whitby, George Wilkes, Michael Wong, Nathan Woolley, Tobias Woollon, Bryden Yip, Samuel Young

LOUGHBOROUGH ENDOWED SCHOOLS MASSED STRINGS

VOICES OF LIONS

Violin 1 Concertino Avishka Edirisinghe**, Georgina Kellie Violin 2 Concertino Ailsa Burns**, Ruth Feathers Viola Concertino James de Salis Young**, Hannah Williams Cello Concertino Danushka Edirisinghe**, Lauren Cheetham Birmingham Violin 1 Tutti Patrick Carey, Patrick Culshaw, Jessica Jackson, Helena Janowska, Alex Seligmann, Yash Sewpaul Violin 2 Tutti Izzy Christian, Felipe Iza- Kim, Janine Hoonjan, Toby Peart, Gordon Ou Viola Tutti Matthew Barwell, Sankha Kahagala-Gamage, Akshaye Patel Cello Tutti Max Ng, Mollie Preston Violin 1 Ad Lib Ayeka Ederisinghe, Yla Lloyd, Mark Millwood, Lucy Remedios Violin 2 Ad Lib Jack Hutchinson, Kaavya Kulkarni, Ruaidhri Maguire, Matipa Mupfeki, Joshua Pau Viola Ad Lib Ellie-Mae Neil-Dwyer Cello Ad Lib Ella Blain, Isaac Blain, Aditya Kunigiri, Noah Prydal Double Bass Ad-Lib Alex Leeson Open String Orchestra Layan Jethwa, Sai-icha Patel, Sophie Perez, Jumi Seligmann, James Wright, Yanxuan Zheng

Hampton School has a strong tradition of choral music, with five choirs and a number of close harmony groups. Voices of Lions is the school’s male voice choir, and has a wide and varied repertoire. They perform frequently both at school and in the local community. They have a successful show at the Edinburgh Fringe every year.

Tenors Taran Chawla, Felix Elliott, Dylan Evans-Hutchison, Matthew Hamilton, Gareth Littlewood, Matthew Lowe, Jack Lucas, Edward Owens, Rupert Reddish, Patrick Wall, Alfie Evans-Hutchison Basses Ben Andrews, Owain Bates, Christian Chan, Will Charley, Tobias Droy, Tom Duggan, Max Elliott, Jonny Fryer, Frederick Hodgson, André Hovsepian, Oskar Jones, Joshua Lea, Oscar Leonov, Dylan Little, Tom Morrison, Jasper Newbold, Nicholas Osborne, Martin Schon, Angus Shennan, Nicholas Stoner, William Thomas, Sathin Wijesena, George Wright, Alfie Askham

ABRAHAM DARBY ACADEMY JAZZ BAND

The Abraham Darby Academy Jazz Band has two musical directors, Mr Tom Gledhill and Mr Doug Bill, who have been working together directing the senior jazz band at Abraham Darby Academy for the past eight years. During this time the band has performed in a number of national festivals and competitions. Winning best band at the Great North Big Band Competition on two occasions and also winning, numerous times, the top platinum award at the National Concert Band Regional Festivals.

Trumpets Jack Hoof *, Tom Hoof, Nicola Olver, Marie Powell, David Zukiewicz Trombones Bethan David, Jacob Duggan *, Nathan Garvey, Evie Morris, Oliver Wust Alto Saxophones Katie Goring*, Jenny Hall, Lilly Hughes, Josh Spencer, Holly Thatcher, Catherine Vellacott Tenor Saxophones Leila Archer, Maddie Cuthbert, Bethan Hughes, Jasmin Spencer, Emily Woods * Baritone Saxophone Naomi Gledhill Rhythm section Amy Collington, Tom Hall *, Jack Price-Cooper, Shanie Rawlins, William Woods

Loughborough Endowed Schools Massed Strings was formed in November 2016 and has gone on to give several performances, including an appearance in the schools large gala concert in De Montfort Hall, Leicester.

The group is made up of students from a family of four schools who all share a large music school, where every Year 2 child learns a stringed instrument through a Kodaly based approach. Tonight’s group includes students from every school year from Year 4 through to Year 13 so rehearsals have been challenging, inspiring, hard work, and very enjoyable. Most of all the project has fostered community, offered vision for the youngest students and encouraged a sense of leadership and mentorship for the older players.

COLERIDGE CARNIVAL CREW

Coleridge Community College’s Carnival Crew consists of 40 students from Year 9 and Year 10. The vibrant and diverse group incorporates a range of backgrounds and abilities, which is reflected in their colourful t-shirts designed one by of the group’s surdo players – Maha Kikambi. With very little technical training and little to no exposure to music and dance beyond the school classroom for most, these students have really risen to the challenge and created an impressive, colourful Carnival vibe. For many of these students this will be their first time (aside from the Music for Youth National Festival) performing in, or even visiting an external music event.

Sharmin Ahmed, Sajedha Alamkhan, Theo Ball, Meheli Begum, Eilish Bradley, Chelsey Carter, Anna-Lena Cham, Poppy Chesterman, Pheyenne Clarke, Allanna Coghlan, Ruby Cutmore, Ariana Ebanks-Blake, Tawan Edwards, Ruby Elbourne, Ella Gatelet, Millie Hardy, Joseph Huffer, Gabrielly Kato, Maha Kikambi, Maria Kilker, Lydija Kyle, Jasmine Laverick, Tiarni Lewis, Yifei Liu, Ellie Lund, Hafsa Malik, Emily Moseley, Anna O’Grady, Jahmarla Passley, Keshyia Rhodes, Ninascha Saptou, Andrija Stevovic, Aalliyah Suliaman, Darcey Sutcliffe, Lydia Sweasey, Tyoma Timofeev, Jodi-May Weaver, Karin Zhukov

*Section leader **Soloist

KINGSTON UPON HULL MUSIC SERVICE AND HULL MUSIC HUB MASSED ENSEMBLE

#Hear Hull is a collaboration of 12 secondary schools and two sixth form colleges in Hull along with members of Hull Music Service’s junior and senior ensembles. As City of Culture, Hull Music Service commissioned a large-scale work to showcase the young musicians; local composer Tom Lawrence has created Swerving East inspired

by Philip Larkin’s poem about Hull and its people, ‘Here’. The work combines established ensembles with the massed singers, instrumentalists and dancers to recreate Larkin’s description of a journey towards Hull and through its city. Community musician Sam Dunkley has rehearsed the groups of singers and instrumentalists and directs tonight’s performance.

Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull Trinity House Academy, Kelvin Hall School, Kingswood Academy, Malet Lambert School, Newland School for Girls, St Mary’s Sports College, Sirius Academy North, Sirius Academy West, The Boulevard Academy, The Marvell College, Winifred Holtby Academy, Hull Collegiate School, Hymers College, Wilberforce Sixth Form College, Wyke Sixth Form College and members of junior and senior Albemarle Music Centre ensembles.

URBAN FLAMES

Urban Flames formed in September 2016 with only 5 members and has now grown to 20 singers and a live band coming from across London. Meeting weekly, the group write and perform contemporary pop and urban music. The group’s focus on writing original songs sets the group apart from other choirs and vocal collectives. Many of the group are hoping that it will help become a stepping stone to a career in the music industry. Being in the group is helping the members with their confidence, creative skills and performance skills.

NMPAT SLIDE TECHNIQUE

Slide Technique was formed to celebrate the amazing depth of talent within the trombone sections in Northamptonshire’s County groups, bringing together trombonists of all ages. Supported by a fabulous rhythm section, the group has had great fun in trying to recreate ‘Tutti’s Trombones’! This arrangement is for 10 different trombone parts, plus Rhythm Section and includes students with hugely-differing levels of experience all working together.

Trombones Charlotte Acres, Andrew Bayley, Michaias Berlouis, Fintan Bowerman, Evie Butler, Adam Chard, Laura Cox, Millie Deering, Catherine Eden, Alfie Exall, Susie Humphrey, Thomas Kilby, Harry Mason, Leon Middleton, Dzintars Migla, Archie Milan, Harry Nellis, Ivan Petkov, Jacob Polnyj, James Rhodes, Gary Scarboro, Giles Shaw, Ross Simpson, Eleanor Taylor, Sam Tollervey, Josiah Turnock, Tomyr Warcaba-Wood, Sarah Williams, Tommy Wise Drums Callum Dineen Piano Aiden Dixon Bass Will Gold Vibes Alex Taylor

STATIC UNION

Static Union are a four piece rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. They formed in 2014 at high school, having played solo and in bands since they were in their early teens.

They have since developed a formidable reputation for their intense and exhilarating live shows. Their sound, combining driving bass and drums with melodic guitars and keyboards and plaintive vocals, has prompted comparisons with Interpol, New Order and The Cure. Their four singles to date have attracted growing media interest and been featured on BBC Introducing. In December the band will headline Glasgow’s famous King Tut’s for the second time this year.

CHILTERN MUSIC ACADEMY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Chiltern Music Academy Symphony Orchestra is the first of three orchestras at the newly formed Chiltern Music Academy in September 2014. Since then, the Orchestra has enjoyed performing a wide repertoire including Dvorak’s New World and Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, Wagner’s stunning Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Rienzi overtures, and the inspiring movements of Mars and Jupiter from The Planets by Holst. The Orchestra very much enjoyed going on tour to Salzburg last summer, and are travelling to Vienna with the Chiltern Music Academy Concert Band, Youth Choir and Senior Jazz Band in July 2019.

Piccolo Anna Foo Flute Lucy Edwards, Isabella Harris, Becky Howitt*, Amy Kirkham, Alice Martin Oboe Kirsten Franks, Emma Horgan, Chloe Langham* Clarinet Harry Cameron, Jamie Ferguson, Andrew Hannaford, Duncan Huntley, Alys Ramm*, Kitty Smets Bassoon Aidan Campbell* Izzy Cave, Lily Miller, Sarah Winstone-Partridge French Horn Guy Austin, Christophe Jeffries, Harry King*, Harry Turnbull Trumpet Thomas Bass, Matt Clark, Nick Davie, Ben Dent, William Haynes, Oscar Pocock Trombone James Cozens, Kristian Herath*, Sam Howells, James Venvell Baritone Adam Richards Tuba Robert Bowker, Oliver Munby* Timpani Dan Kimberley* Percussion Joshua Jones, Scarlett Halton, Freddie Stringer Harp Hannah Allaway Piano Leanne Yeung 1st Violin Megan Cave, Ana Clifton, Lindi Fang, Natasha Humphries*, Megan Lee, Isabella Meritt, Agatha Parkin, Arya Pourkarimi, William Rose, Matthew Venvell 2nd Violin Vivek Dinesh, Cameran Johal, Laura Kirkham, Jessie Laughton, Morgen Michel, Jethro Reading*, Lily Starkey Viola Leeloo Creed, Varun Dinesh, Elizabeth Hollis, Cameron Lamming, Sneha Prakesh*, Charlie Rose, Ellie Walton, Selin Whittick, , Murray Whitaker Cello Nina Bernatowicz, Elizabeth Corbett, Katie Harrison, Alicia Holland Pillado, Hugh Laughton*, Alastair Rose, Emma Stallard Double Bass Henry Bricknell, Othy Caroe, Taran Waverley-Hudson*, Hugh Shotter

Lead vocals, rhythm guitar Sean McGarvey Lead guitar, keyboard, backing vocals James Harker Drums, backing vocals Cameron Angus Bass guitar Liam Adams Manager Murray Buchanan

Singers Gabrielle Barcelona, Rashad Cayenne-Davis**, Temwani Crabbe-Mann, Jack Drummond-Joy**, Leah Grimes **, Saffron Hughes-Bramble**, Timi James-Komolafe, Rianna Kellman, Victoria Martin**, Alesha Mckenzie, Jarntae Murray**, Valerie Njenga, Elizabeth Oginni, Princess Olowogboye**, James Patrick, Mya Smith, Tariq Smith, Ayeisha Thomas-Ambrose, Zainab Yaqoob** Drums Naomi Forbes, Tariq Smith Keys Oleta Haffner Guitar Tom Monks Bass Guitar Matthew Moore

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Without the support of our dedicated sponsors, supporters, public funders and trusts and foundations, it would not have been possible for so many young people to take part in the Music for Youth Proms concerts.

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A D Power Will Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Ernest Cook Trust Fidelity Foundation The Goldsmiths’ Company The Leche Trust The Martyn Donaldson Music Trust The Samuel Gardner Memorial trust The Garrick Charitable Trust Educational Institute of Scotland Sir James Knott Trust The Geoff & Fiona Squire Foundation The Underwood Trust

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS

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REGIONAL FESTIVAL SERIES REACHING 40,000 YOUNG MUSICIANS

The Music for Youth Regional Festival Series welcomes all groups and musical genres, from novice young bands to established county wide youth orchestras.

To help their future learning, each group benefits from supportive feedback from professional Music Mentors. Music for Youth are proud to work with each Regional Festival partner to deliver this series of 50 events nationwide.

If you would like to enter the 2018 Regional Festival Series, please visit mfy.org.uk/regional. Applications close on Thursday 30 November 2017.

REGIONAL FESTIVALS ALDERSHOT The Connaught School Wendy Bret & Simon Wyld BEDFORD Wooton Upper School Michael Gleeson, David Euwbank & Ruth Braybrook BOSTON Haven High Academy Lee Hextall BURGESS HILL Burgess Hill School for Girls Paul Newbold CHELTENHAM Cheltenham Town Hall Steve Legge GATESHEAD SAGE Gateshead Edward Milner, Matthew Haworth, Michael Summers, Susan Robertson HALIFAX The Brooksbank School Kevin Rivett HAVERFORDWEST Sir Thomas Picton School Gareth Sander-Swales & Philippa Roberts HUDDERSFIELD Colne Valley High School Nick Dolling

HULL Albermarle Music Centre Chris Maynard & Shaun Crowther KING’S LYNN Springwood High School Peter Strudwick LONDON, HARROW (MUSIC8LONDON) Harrow Arts Centre Yogesh Dattani & Sue McCall LONDON, SUTTON St Andrew’s Church Lewis Gibbs MILTON KEYNES Milton Keynes City Church Sue Wakley NEWPORT Newport Centre Emma Archer NORTHAMPTON Northampton School for Boys Northampton School for Girls Peter Smalley OXFORD Centre for Music, Oxfordshire Music Service Tom Morter PEAK DISTRICT Hope Valley College Hannah Watson ROCHDALE Rochdale Town Hall Liz Jacobs & Peter Reynoldson

SHEFFIELD Firth Hall, Sheffield University Ian Naylor SHREWSBURY Meole Brace School Science College Sam Newth SOUTHAMPTON Richard Taunton Sixth Form College Paul Swindale STAFFORD & STOKE The Coton Centre Jennie Mason SWINDON The Platform Dougall Prophet TRURO Truro Methodist Church & Truro College (Rock, Pop & Urban) Tim Boulton WAKEFIELD St Thomas à Beckett Catholic Secondary School Phil Needham WARDLE Wardle Academy Julie Morris WATFORD Watford School of Music Angie Gilby

WITH THANKS TO HARROGATE Mark Pallant HIGH WYCOMBE Tim Venvell LONDON, ISLINGTON Len Cunningham TAUNTON Karen Liset WREXHAM Nic Harrison

ADDITIONAL VENUES ALDEBURGH Britten Studio, Snape Maltings BIRMINGHAM CBSO Centre BIRMINGHAM (Rock, Pop & Urban) mac Birmingham LONDON (Rock, Pop & Urban) Rich Mix LONDON, CAMDEN Cecil Sharp House LONDON, SOUTH BANK Clore Ballroom, Southbank NORWICH (Rock, Pop & Urban) OPEN

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CREDITS MANAGEMENT Judith Webster Chief Executive

TECHNICAL (EV-ENTZ) Adrian Evans Producer

Stacey Burrows Office Manager

Stephen Harris Stage Manager

Kristelle Valentine Team Administrator

Matthew Tucker Rostrum Manager

Audrey Pettigrew Interim Head of Development

CREW Richard Hinwood Tom Daley Joe Archer Robert Graham-White Paul Stoneman Scott Davies Alex Evans Henry Fynn Tim Harris

Anna O’Connor Marketing Manager Abi Jenkins Digital & Communications Officer Kate Gardner Head of Programmes Liz Coomb Senior Programme Manager Tom Spurgin Producer

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