Schools Prom 1983

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some point between Monday's first fanfare and Wednesday's final encore we will all have found our own very special memory of this year's Schools Prom. A proud parent or grandparent will savour the appearance of a child or grandchild on the concert platform of the world famous Royal Albert Hall.

As we share in the excitement and exuberance of this ninth annual celebration of musicmaking we will, no doubt, reflect on the valuable contribution it provides in our daily lives. We shall also see clearly how making music brings people together in a positive and harmonious way.

The Schools Prom is a fitting tribute to the dedication and commitment brought to the world of music by the many teachers, music organisers and parents who work so hard to achieve the high standards we hear at these concerts. We hope you will join with us in thanking them, the performers and our sponsors for making possible another memorable year for Music for Youth.

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Introduction Larry Westland on Music for Youth

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Antony Hopkins on the Schools Prom

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Atarah Ben-Tovim asks "What's Going On Up There?"

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Concert Programme November 21st

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Programme Notes

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Concert Programme November 22nd

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Programme Notes

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Concert Programme November 23rd

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Programme Notes

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Schools Prom Personalities

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List of Performers

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Friends of Music for Youth

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Director .1I1c1 P r~)c1Ucc r : Larry Westland Music for Y l1",;: :l DircC[ors: ran T rafr'c)r,: , Chalrman (The Times Educational Supplement) Jamc~ Currock (Thc :\ssociation of Music Industries) i\-lich.ld Harris (Commcrcial Cnion :\ ss urance) Rodnc ) Rycror-r ~ Thc Rank Organisa rion ) Associarc ProL1clll'r: Richard :'v1allctr Production :\~~isr.lI1r: JC<1I1 Halford-Thompson Stage Mana~l'r~: Paul uden, Richard \Vebb Programme Editor: Julia Thorold (Commercial Union Assurance) The Schools Pro m is ol"l2:.1lliscd ill conju ll([i oll \\"it!J Wc;thnd Associates Limited

Music for Youth is a non-profit making company with charitable status, formed to manage and organise the National Festiyal of Music for Youth and the Schools Prom. Its members are The Association of Music Industries, Commercial Union Assurance, The Rank Organisation and The Times Educational Supplement.

AMI is the music trade association whose menlbers include music publishers and manufacturers of musical instruments. It played a founding role in the formation of the National Festival 14 years ago and has continued to proYide financial support for the Festh-al through the years as part of its aim to contribute to the growth of musical appreCIatIOn In the United Kingdom.

The Schools Prom was launched in 1975 by The Times Educational Supplement and its founding Director was Derek Jewel!.

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By LARRY WESTLAND he chools Prom has now reached nine years of age and continues, successfully, to celebrate the abundant talent of our yOW1g musicians. Why is this concert series so successful? Is it the sheer variety of the repertoire or the joyful spontaneity of the playing?

Is it the wild and clamorous enthusiasm of the promenaders or simply the very special surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall? I know that the latter has often been likened to a gigantic birthday cake. If this is so then the special inspiration for the performers must be that all the icing and the candles are on the inside.

For most of the young performers playing for you tonight, that first step onto the platform is breathtaking. Five thousand five hundred pairs of eyes, the television cameras and glaring spotlights confront them as they prepare to play. Yet all of them will remember this awe-inspiring moment with pride for the rest of their lives.

This year's programmes are full of special treats and famous guests. We are proud to have with us one of the jazz piano greats - Stan Tracey. Can it really be 40 years in jazz he has just celebrated? Surely not. Stan will play with three of our top young jazz orchestras - the Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra, the North Yorkshire E.A.s.Y. Band and the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra.

We have a fascinating double 'first' for the Schools Prom this year with the appearance of the world famous double bassist Gary Karr. It will also be the first time that we have featured this instrument in a concerto at the Schools Prom. We are thrilled that Gary has found time in his hectic worldwide schedule to be with us for this concert.

We also have our first trumpet soloist on Wednesday evening when John Wallace comes on to the platform to play the Harut'unyan Trumpet Concerto with the Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra. We are also very pleased to \yelcome the ' "cry gifted young flautist Karen Jones , together ,yith t""O leading jazz men, Kenny Clare and Art Themen" To present the Schools Prom this year we are especially pleascd to \yelcome Atarah Ben-Tovim who will bring to thc ,:O!1ccrts some of that special verve she brings to her f.l:::O ~IS :\tarah's Band , Antony Hopkins, who has rl'ae:: .:,: :"nc years of age " 'ith us this year, will co-present t:k' :0:: ,-':[( , and conduct our Elgar fmale , If you h.; \'C' C-,;c \'c'L:r cw O\"er the 1983 programmes for thes.: L"L':::~'~:'; \"l)U ,\'i ll h3'"c noticed that this yea r sees the r,::~:~:: 0 :- OLlr fl'rl'i;r11 guests. Earlier this year [ visited Poia::-: '.'. :t: l TI.' ll\ \1Jlc of thc CClltLII B~lreau for EdueJ::L'::.li \ ": s:t,; ,1Il ..i Exclunge5 to ,\[rl'nd ,1 yourh music f.:sr:u i ::: rh.: eit\" of IhJgoszcz Frol1O~lI1ce d 'Bidgosh' , :\ 11 t!;c \"Ollllยง: Fco~'le Illcr tor thrl'l' dolYS prior to tn.: h'':!!1::il1g of thl' t-csri,"ol! to dcyisc ol spectaculolr 5th..'\\" :!: d!l o ~'cn-olir sudiUIl1, OutstJnding among thesc \'OL::l~ rcrto fIl1CrS \\' JS ,1 song <ll1d dan cc group called RCDK[ \\h ieh ColIl1l' from Rz eszo \\' ill the south of Poland, \\ 'c ,,"cl co l11c rhl',e ycr\, speci<11 guests and hope thar rheir sta\" "'ith us ,\'ill be d happy onc, It is a great pleolsure tor us to sec so many ne,," taces performing at the Schools Prom this year, There arc

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nineteen ensembles who have not appeared here before.

We also welcome the first appearance of many new works at the Royal Albert Hall. Wardle High School give us Song for Tricia by William Connor; Kenneth Platts has written Sinfonietta for the Nether Stowe School Orchestra and we have A Puppet Suite devised

by Ron Forbes and Margaret McKinnon for Sunny bank Primary SchooL Of the many delights in this year's programme watch for a superbly lyrical version ofJerome Kern's The Way You Look Tonight from the Walsh Middle School Choir. Listen too for an exquisite solo in the Shepherds Song from the Guildhall Junior School Brass Band.

Mark Bebbington's performance of the 'Emperor' on Wednesday will surely be a highlight as will Charles Foster's Kincorth Waits, not to mention Gary Karr's masterly performance of the Dragonetti Concerto for Double Bass with the Warwickshire Schools String Orchestra.

With all this talent assembled from up and down the country, from schools private and public, we hope that the decision maker in our audience will carefully note the civilising influence of music on these young people and help us to Keep Music Alive ill our Schools.

When the last exhausted performer leaves the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday evening we shall already have begun on our programme for 1984 which begins on 7 March at St John's Smith Square with the launch of the 1984 Regional Audition Series .

The 1984 National Festival of Music for Youth Regional Auditions Sponsored by W H Smith Centre

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By ANTONY HOPKINS t was 10 years ago that I first hailed a taxi and, feeling vaguely important, asked to be taken to the 'Times' building, Printing House Square. "You mean Gray's Inn Road, Guv?" said the driver, and who was I to argue. I had what sounded like an intriguing assignment, a meeting with a number of people, mostly unknown to me, to discuss a possible schools' concert in the Albert Hall. To me the term ' Schools' Concert' inevitably implied the sort of occasion in which I would conduct a professional orchestra and endeavour to introduce both entertainingly and instructively a programme of orchestral music to an audience of young people.

This, however, was a rather different concept, since the performers would all be from schools and the music would cover many different styles from jazz to symphonic.

As a culmination to the National Festival of Music for Youth (then held at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon) a winter concert was to be given with the same format as the highly successful 'Proms'. The emphasis was to be on variety, the purpose being to provide a showcase for the immensely accomplished young musicians to be found in so many schools throughout the British Isles. We had a long discussion about the practical difficulties of mounting such a programme, and in all truth considerable doubts were expressed about the whole idea. The Albert Hall is a very large building; even if every performer brought Mum and Dad and two friends, could we possibly fill it?

Those of us who had doubts were soon answered in the best possible way for within three weeks of the concert being announced the hall was virtually sold out. Came the actual day and literally hundreds of performers converged on the hall, there to explain their seating requirements to an ever-helpful stage staff, and briefly to rehearse 'tops and tails'. Many parties had travelled long distances but the excitement of the occasion soon dispelled weariness; even exploring the cavernous building was an adventure in itself. Long before the doors were due to open huge queues had formed outside; there was no doubt that this was going to be an occasion that would leave its mark on everyone's memory.

At about 4. 30pm 1 fouod myself faced with a truly gigantic orchestra of some 230 players. (It had been decided as a grand fmale to combine as many groups as possible.) Launching them imo EIgar's Pomp & Circumstance March - "Land of Hope and Glory" was rather like trying to steer an ocean liner out of a narrow harbour single-handed; detailed rehearsal was out of the question; togetherness was all I could hope for. There followed that strangely flat period between rehearsal and concert, the hall in semidarkness, occasional instructions booming through the loudspeakers while in the numerous dressing-rooms in the depths of the building uniforms were donned and last-minute exhortations given by haras sed conductors. At last the concert began and from its very first notes the massed audience realised that they were in for a very special evening, special in atmosphere,

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special in variety and special in the sheer enthusiasm of performers and listeners alike.

For my own part I was amazed at the extraordinary confidence of some of the youngest performers who were in no way overawed by their surroundings.

Many years before, when I was a student at the Royal College of Music, I had played one of the pianos in a Bach multiple-concerto conducted by Sir Henry Wood. I still remember what it was like to walk up that ramp on to the stage for the first time and to be greeted by a gale of applause. It's the musical equivalent of walking onto the Wembley turf on Cup Final day and I don't mind saying that I was, unlike one of James Bond's drinks, both shaken and stirred.

I need hardly say that that first Schools Prom was a huge success even though I did hold up the proceedings by forgetting to take a baton with me to conduct my gigantic orchestra. One had to be passed from hand to hand all the way through the massed violins before I could begin. We hadn't planned an encore but the audience cheered and whistled and clapped and stamped until we had to give in.

(Nowadays we are better organised and know exactly where to start.)

The following year it was decided to have two concerts; thereafter it became three, and I am proud to say that I have conducted Elgar's glorious march as the fmale to every Schools Prom. If that much has remained constant, what has changed? Simply, the standard. Each year it has risen; each year I have been more impressed by the range of musical activities that go on in our schools and by the excellence that is attained in so many different styles of music. We have heard music from five centuries, and what better way can there be to make history a living experience? We have heard accordion bands, steel bands, percussion groups, chamber music, string orchestras, jazz groups, silver bands, brass bands, recorders, choral groups, an orchestra of clarinets, concertos with gifted young soloists, symphony orchestras and even music-theatre workshops. Most years we have had a visiting group from abroad, and excellent though their own contribution may have been they have been overwhelmed by the amazing standard and variety of music-making that these extraordinary concerts reveal.

The same can be said of the many distinguished soloists who have consented to appear as guest artists.

Though they ma y have performed in concert halls the world over I am sure that the Schools Prom will remain a special memory for each one of them, for where else would they find so exuberant a \ye!come or so heart-warming a response; As to the future, it is in some danger since music is too often regarded as an 'extra ' of less educational value than the conyenrional subjects traditionally taught in schools. Yet eyery perfornunce that vou hear tonight IS an acm'e llcmonstration of extraordinary dedication from tedchcrs ,111d pla~"Crs; much of th e rehearsing ,,路ill haw been don e voluntarily in so-called 'spare' time: sundards as high as these are not reached \yithoLlt a great deal of \york.

Education in the highest sense n{eans brin ging out talent, not force-feeding information: e\"ery Schools Prom is a public display of education dt itS best. must all fight to make those \yho control the public purse realise that music is more than a leisure actiyity.

You cannot fail to leave these con certs exhilarated by the experience; help to ensure their continuation in future years by doing all you can to keep lllusic aJiye in schools.

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By ATARAH BEN-TOVIM he audience here today is a special one, so I am writing an unusual kind of programme note for you. You may well be a connoisseur of musical performances; conversely, I am a connoisseur of audiences . I have been appearing in front of audiences since I was fourteen. At sixteen I had already played a concerto on television and in Proms at this hall.

In the early years, I didn't have much spare energy to think about the audience. I was far too taken up with playing my instrument, comparing my own performance with past form and other players' - and with estimating how close I was to giving my conductors what they demanded. Demand they did, for they included Sir Malcolm Sargeant, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Pritchard, Sir eolin Davis and Sir Charles Groves.

In later years when I was more fully the mistress of the art (and craft) of playing my instrument , with th ousands of pu bli c perfor mances already behind me, I begat1 to stud y audiences. I wanted to work out why they came to musically unexciting con.certs and stayed away from others w hich were musically far more w orthwhile. I wondered wh y certain conductors were highly respected by the players, yet drew bad houses, while others frankly detested by the orchestra were always a hit, as we say, 'from the back', i. e. where you, the audience, are sitting.

And later still, when I began presenting my own Atarah's Band performances all over Britain (and abroad) I had to be aware not just of the audience as a mass, but of every individual in it. By doing that I could involve them all in what we were doing and make sure that everybody got the maximum enrichment and enjoyment out of the occasion.

To appreciate just how important it is for musicians to be aware 0 the audience, yo u have to get up metaphorically only please! - out of your seats and enj oy the occasion 'u p here' w ith us on the platform. Of COurse being here and playing here is for these yOlmg musicians the culmination of years of hard work - of a quality far beyond what it takes to get '0' or 'A' levels.

But what's it all about? Why are they playing here, apart from that? Is it a step towards a career as a professional musician? No. Only a handful of these will do that , but the occasion and the experience are no less important for all the others. Performing here on occasion is a re\\'ard in itself.

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The rewards and the purpose of it all are things which are very difficult to put into words. That is a pity, because we live in a very verbal age and tend to undervalue things which are hard to verbalise. To find the right words for what is going on inside the players, we hav e to go back to times when one could talk of character-building and instilling moral sensibility without blushing. That's what is going on up here on the platform. Through being here and playing together, these youngsters are becoming better people. And, whatever kind of society we are heading for tomorrow, you can't have too many of those.

I admit that the simplicity of that thought is not mine. Like most musicians and music teachers, I used to think in terms of specific advantages of musical training. Years ago, I gave a chamber music recital in the hall of a Jesuit boarding school. The audience were members of a provincial music society. Afterwards I talked with the staff and was surprised to learn that the Principal insisted on all pupils studying an instrument for at least two years . To my amazement he was not a music-lover and was also tone-deaf] His reason for this policy was simple. H e had observed during forty years of teaching that learning to play an instrument made better people. To him that was enough.

You must feel the same, or you wouldn't be here today, so - relax and enjoy the music of what's going on up here on the platform.

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Monday 21st November INTERV AL -

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DON CASTER YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musical Director: )01111 Ellis Soloists: Stan Trace)" Kenl1), Clare Pressure Cooker John Targmhorst Afro Charlie meets the White Rabbit Stall Trace), Sing, Sing, Sing!

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RUDKI Musical Director: Sranislaw Szabar Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej Pieniazek Polish National Dance and Song

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BURY SCHOOLS MUSIC CENTRE FLUTE QUARTET

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GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC JUNIOR BRASS BAND Conductor: )Oh11 Clark National f\nthem Overture Provence Shepherd's Song Superman

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HOLMFIRTH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor: Liz Green Ellan Vannin

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Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, "Land of Hope and Glory"

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Land of Hope and Glory Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned, God make thee mightier yet!

On Sov'ran brows, beloved, renowned, Once more thy crown is set.

Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained, Have ruled thee well and long;

By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained , Thine Empire shall be strong.

Land of Hope and Glory, 2V1other af the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are borll o( chee?

Wider still and wider shall thy barlllds be set; God who made thee mighcy, make th ee mightier yct, God who made thee might)', make thec mightier )'Ct. Repeat chorus Thy fame is ancient as the days .

As Ocean large and wide; A pride that dares , and heeds not praise.

A stern and silent pride.

Not that false joy that dreams content With what our sires have \\'on; The blood a hero sire hath spent; Still nerves a hero son.

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Guildhall School of Music .funior Brass Band, London

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC JUNIOR BRASS BAND Conductor: John ClaJ'k Overture Provence Shepherd's Song Superman

Bryan Kelll' Trad. aJ'r, G. Richards John Williams, arr. Ray FaiT

The Guildhall Junior Brass Band is part orthe Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The band is made up of young players from the ages of 10 to 18, drawn from around London from as far away as Wolverhampton and Brighton, The band meets every Saturday during the school term and forms part of the Brass Band Course run by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department, which is the only course of its kind in the South of England. The head of the course and conductor of the ensemble is John Clark who took over in September 1982. Since then the band has played at the City of London Festival, in foyer concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, London, and has appeared on BBC Television. Press coverage has been considerable and includes an article on the band in 'The Young Observer'.

Holmfirth High School Choir, Huddersfield

Overture Provence--Bryan Kelly This lively modern overture is distinguished by its strong rhythmical drive and use of clashing harmonies. Written by the Scottish composer Kelly, the three principal themes of the overture are all essentially rhythmic and th ey cleverly vary the mood of a robust Scottish dance with the cheekiness of the bouncy second theme, Shepherd's Song-Trad, arr. G . Richards Solo cornet: Graham Lewis This beautiful arrangement is of an old French folksong from the Auvergne district. The tune is introduced by the solo cornet and is taken up later by the euphonium, After a modulation, the cod a is led again by the solo cornet, which gently and peacefully brings the work to an end.

Till jaugh Band, Bradford

Superman-John Williams aI" '. Ray Farr

This work needs no introduction. The arrangement is brilliantly contrived from the orchestral score, re-creating the excitement of the original \'(:rsion ..-\ fitting start to the Schools Prom.

THE JANGLE BAND HOLMFIRTH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor: Lt::: Cr,路,."

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Trad. arr , Liz Green

Holmfirth High School has always had a 'do it yourself attitude to\\ ards musi c. The children are encouraged to write their own music in ciJ" and the music staff compose for th e various groups (band. choir. orchestra. baroque group, recorder ensemble). The lively results ha\'(: been il1\'oh' ing Holmfirth High School in the National Festi\'a l of .\\usic lor Youth since 1977, and have led to six appearances at the Schools Prom.

Ellan Vannin-T",d. ,m . Li::: Creell This piece was composed arranged by Liz Green who was born in the Isle of Man, and who took over the choir last vear. It is based on three 'Manx folk songs - 'Hunt the Wren', 'Th~ Three Fishermen', 'Hush Little Darling' - and includes a Manx national dance. The story tells of the drowning of three fishermen and the bravery and stoicism of people who live and work by the sea.

Conductor: Charles Crabtree Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez Centred at Lister Lane Special School in Brad lord. the Jangle Band is comprised of physically handicapped children aged between ten and fifteen, who meet on Saturda\' mornings. The children have all been taught by their music/c raft teacher. Charles Crabtrec. \\路ho designs and assists the children in making musical instruments (psalteries, harps, electric guitars. etc.) and \\ ho \\ rites and arranges music for them to play.

The choice of musical Styles is wide, ranging from tuneful Irish airs, Renaissance or Classical pieces to th e more contcmporan' Swing, Pop or Rock . Perhaps the most successful are those pieces which blend acousti c and electric sounds together.

The Jangle Band has appeared three times on ITV's 'Fanfare for Young Musicians', finishing in second place last year. Ho\\ e\'cr, although fll1ding the competitive element exciting, they are more concerned with giving an enjoyable performance,

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Programme Notes THE HUNKA TRIO Trio Sonata Op. 1, No. 1 (1st and 2nd movements) J. L oeil/et As the youngest ensemble in the Sunday Noon group at Sheila Nelson's Highgate house, the members of the Hunka Trio have developed at an early age the ability to work quite seriously together without supervision. This has paid off in a success at their very first National Festival of Music for Youth. Katherine Hunka and Nicola Loud take turns at leading the trio, and today's piece is to be led by Nicola.

Trio Sonata Op. 1, No. 1 (1st and 2nd movements) J. L oeil/et In typical trio sonata style, the two violins dominate alternately, occasionally joining forces to move in parallel thirds or sixths. Th e cello sustains quaver movement almost throughout the 'grave' , making the pause before an unexpected ending in F Minor all th e more dramatic. In the lively 'allegro' which follows, the cello's rhythmic background is enlivened by a recurring semiquaver figure taken from the opening theme, but long passages of semiquavers are shared equally between the two violins. After throwing the material playfully from part to part the movement reaches a climax where the two violins at last unite, and dies down again as the cello is left with the last word.

WARD LE HIGH SCHOOL BAND Musical Director: Anthony Briggs Old Hundredth R. Vaughan Williams, arr. A . Briggs Song for Tricia William Connor Music Miles, arr. P. Sparke At Wardle High School, Rochdale, every pupil is given the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument; a policy devised by the Headmaster, Mr William Anderson. This level of participation creates numerous and varied musical ensembles and produces many proficient players.

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GRANGETOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Elizabethan Suite Galloping Home

A . W. Benoy Denis King

Grangeto wn Primary School building was erected in 1906 but, regrettably, has to make way for a major road at the end of the school year. The recorder group, ho wever, is a relatively new venture, being established four years ago, and with children leaving at 11 years, the personnel changes yearly. All members of the group meet each lunchtime to practise in preparation for their many visits to festivals and concerts. They have made three trips to London, as well as performing for three television companies, within the last year. Each child is a prize-winning soloist and most have studied for Trinity College examinations, two having recently passed Grade 8.

Elizabethan Suite-A. W. Benoy The opening item of our programme is a three part unaccompanied Elizabethan Suite of three movements: Allegro, M oderato and a final Gigue.

Galloping Home--D enis King Our closing w ork is a modern melody, a favourite of television viewers.

The present Wardle High School Brass Band has fifty-three members aged between 13 and 16. Since its inception the band has made rapid progress in both the concert and contest field. An exciting and expert concert band, they have been featured on both commercial and BBC radio and have also appeared on BBC television in a series entitled "Brass Beat" .

Wardle High School Band has had unprecedented success in the contest field . Over the past two years the band has held the title of National Junior Champions and Imperial Youth Champions (twice). This year the school band won the Imperial Youth contest at Southport, was declared the outstanding competitor at the Rochdale Music Festival and has completed a successful concert tour of Holland. Tonight's appearance will be the highlight of a superb year for the Wardle High School Band - a time during which the band's hard work has culminated in exhilarating concert performances and excellent contest results.

Grangetown Primary School, Middlesbrough

Old Hundredth-R. Vaughan Williams, arr. A . Briggs The opening verse of this setting of the Old Hundredth displays the traditional tone colour of the brass band.

The second verse features a forlorn trumpet call superimposed above the melancholy sounds of the lower brass. The final verse opens with a dramatic fanfare bursting forth into a powerful statement of the theme.

Song for Tricia (First Performance)-William Connor Bill Connor works in all areas of music, mainly composing theme and incidental music for television. He also works extensively in the orchestral field. Bill feels that 'Song for Tricia' evokes "moments suspended in the mind's eye becoming blurred with the passing of time".

Music-Miles, arr. P. Sparke This 'pop classic' effectively combines rhythmic complexities with simple melodic ideas to produce an inspired and emotional piece of modern music.

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Wardle High School Band, Rochdale

DONCASTER YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musical Director: John El/is Soloists: Stan Trace)" Kenny Clare Pressure Cooker Mro Charlie meets the White Rabbit Sing, Sing, Sing!

John Tatgenhorst Stan Trace), Prima, arr. David Wolpe

All members of the Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra ire particularly honoured and delighted to be appearing at the Schools Prom in this, their Tenth Anniversary Year.

The D.Y.].O. is just one facet of a rapidly expanding 'Jazz and Modern Music in Education' programme administered by the Doncaster Youth Jazz Association. Classes and evening sessions are assisted by Doncaster Youth Service and enthusiastically hosted, aided and abetted by Northcliffe Comprehensive School and William Appleby Music Centre, Doncaster.

Doncaster Youth Jazz Orch,stra

The seeds of the Association were sown in 1973 when the first jazz group was formed by John ElIis (Head of Music, Northcliffe Comprehensive School) and Keith Jowett (Head of the then Don Valley Institute of F.E.). Originally, there were 8 young players, but the enthusiasm for the style was such that by the summer of '74 ranks had swelled to a full orchestra of 24 musicians. Since those early days, two graded orchestras have evolved - the Doncaster Youth Swing Orchestra and the Doncaster Junior Stage Band (under 13's) - most of whom are in the audience tonight.

Doncaster musicians, past and present, have derived much pleasure and invaluable experience from involvement at this level. Prior to this evening, they have appeared at the Schools Prom on 5 occasions ('76, '77, '78, '80, '82) and at the National Festival in July of this year they received the 'Outstanding Performance Award' for the fifth successive time.

Warwickshire Schools String Orchestra

WARWICKSHIRE SCHOOLS STRING ORCHESTRA Conductor: Brian E. F. Brown Soloist: Gary Karr Concerto in A Major for double-bass (2nd and 3rd movements)

Domenico Dragonetti

The Warwickshire Schools String Orchestra was formed in 1979 by Brian Brown, the county's head of string teaching. The following year it was invited to appear in Edinburgh at the inaugural Festival of British Youth Orchestras and performed there again in 1981 and 1982, each time premiering works especially written for it Concerto Conciso by Graham Whettam (the orchestra's patron) and Guy Woolfenden's Oboe Concerto.

Last year the W .S.S.O . made its first record. Devoted to Tllusic by Whettam :md Ma1colm Williamson, it contains many pieces recorded for the first time. Tills year the orchestra bas given the first and subseq uent performances ofWhcrtam's seco nd clarinet concerto with virtuoso Geraldine Alien. New works written for it, still [0 be premiered, include Colin Hand's Prelude, Toccata and Fugue, and a concerto for percussion and strings by Charles Camilleri.

Concerto in A Major for double-bass-Domenico Dragonelli (2nd and 3rd movements) The first of all the great double-bassists was an Italian, Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846), who grew up in a Venetian family of bass players and soon revealed his precocious brilliance on the instrument. His Concerto in A Major survived in manuscript form and has been orchestrated by Gunther Schuller. The high tessitura of the solo part and the dexterity required for its figurations show wnat exceptionally high technical demands this Italian composer was prepared to make.

As a direct result of this recognition at national level, the orchestra has enjoyed musical success at home and abroad. They were honoured to be the first ever British jazz orchestra to appear at the Montreux International Festival in '79. Also the Nice Festival in '79 and '80. Recently, most exciting cultural and educational links have been secured with schools of Lyons and Grenoble, France.

The Doncaster Youth Jazz Association would like to extend a sincere vote of appreciation and thanks to Music for Youth, the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges, the British Council and the Doncaster Education Authority - "for the initiatives and real support which has motivated so many young Doncaster area instrumentalists over the past ten eventful years."

Tonight, the D . Y.].O. is delighted to be sharing the stage with two marvellous British musicians - Stan Tracey (piano) and Kenny Clare (drums). These two hard workers are masters of their art and highly respected throughout the music and teaching profession for their expertise and interest in young musicians.

Pressure Cooker-John Tatgenhorst This up-tempo original is tricky but great fun to play. Clean ensemble voicings and subito changes of style and metre demand concentration from all sections of the orchestra.

Soloists: Dennis Rollins trombone Mark White trumpet David May drums Mro Charlie meets the White Rabbit-Stan Trace), Afro Charlie was written in the Sixties and was a featured number with Stan Tracey's quartet of that time. He recorded it on his 'Alice in Jazzland ' album and it is still a favourite of his in the Eighties.

Sing, Sing, Sing!-Prima, arr. David Wolpe An up-dated arrangement of an all-time favourite from the 'King of Swing' - Benny Goodman. This exciting swinger is the perfect piece in which to feature Mr Clare and, knowing him as we do, it is likely that he will find ways of involving other percussionists ad libitum.

Other soloists: Sieve Gibbons clarinet And)' Vinter piano David Ma), percussion Michael Yates percussion

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Programme Notes RUDKI Musical Director: Stanislaw Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej Pieniazek Polish National Dance and Song The group is composed of 24 dancers and 5 musicians; the age range is 17 -to 21 years. Rudki was founded in September 1979 and is attached to the Electro-Mechanical Schools Group in Rzeszow_ Many of the )' Ollilg people from these schools j oin the ense mble.

The group has participated in reg ional and Voivodship competitions. In 1982 it was awarded the first prizc at the Rzcszow Voivodship Competition. It also won the first prize at 'Polonez 82' National Danoe Competition and one of the first prizes. namely the 'S ilver Fi r', at the 9th Nationwide Youth Festival in l<ielce. 111 1983 the ensemble toured th rough Belgium for twO weeks and was enthusiastically welcom ed by the Beigi311 public and Polish immigrants.

Rudki comprises three groups: folk dancers, folk singers and instrumentalists. Its repertoire includes national dances and songs as well as regional folk dances and songs from the areas of Rzeszow, Lublin and the Uplands.

Oxfordrhire County Youth Orchestra

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Michael Evans Overture: West Side Story (Adapted for Symphonic Orchestra by Maurice Finlandia Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Rudki, Poland

Leonard Bernstein Peress) Jean Sibe/ius Edward Elgar

The Oxfordsh ire County Youth Orchestra was fo unded in 1968 by John Math路ieson. From 1970 onwards it was conducted by his brother Mui r, whose name is so well-known in rhe world of films.

Following Muir's un timely dea th in August 1975 the orches tra has been under the direction of Michael Evans, who was the Ass istant County Music Adviser at that time. He was appointed County Music Adviser in 1981.

The Orchestn provides the o pportunity for the county's many big standard yOllilg instrumentalists to gain orchestral experience \vi th guidance from expert coaches. The orchestra has approximately 10 mem bers. It meets twice a term fo r rehearsal sessions in Oxford and courses are held during holiday periods. Six of the students, including the leader, Dawn Neller, are also members of the National Youth Orchestra.

Bury Schools Mu;ic Centre Flute Quartet

BURY SCHOOLS MUSIC CENTRE FLUTE QUARTET Jour d'ete it la Montagne (2nd movement - Aux bords du Torrent)

Bozza

Th e Centre was inaugurated tcn years ago afrer an orchestral course, attended by approximately 50 players of varying standaTds. It has exp3l1ded ra pidly and consis ts of nineteen different groups inducting 3 fu ll symphony qrd1cstras, 1 chamber orchestra, 3 brass bands, 2 concert bands and 6 stri ng orchestras. T he majo rity of these groups rehearse on a Saturday morning and 600 to 700 young people attend.

All members of the flute quartet have passed Grade 8 with distinction under their tutor, Clare Tristram, and up to July 1983, all were members of the Music Centre's Senior Wind Ensemble.

The three girls are hoping to gain entry into one of the specialist Music Colleges and Richard is now studying at Lancaster University.

Jour d'ete a la Mo路n tagne (2nd movement)-Bozza This is a very dema ndin g movement, both in terms of technique and ensemble playing. T he ch.romad e runs pass from one flute to another with the aim of making it sou nd like just one instrument.

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Overture: West Side Story-Leollard Bemstein Th e principal asset of this famous Broadway show was the mus ic of Leon3rd Bemstein, whose love of jazz. added to his Classical know ledge and experience, succeeded in crcating a form of music that expresses to perfection the emotional an d physical turmoil of racial hatred and fo rbidden love in the slums o f New Yor.k. West Side Story opened in 1957 and ran for 732 performances in Ameri, and 1,040 performances in this country.

Finlandia-Jean Sibeiius Jean Sibelius is for Finland what Grieg is for Norway, a composer whose music breathes the spirit of the country of his birth.

FinJandia, which is a sti rting patriotic symphonic poem, was composed in 1899 and is the composition which ma de the c.omposer famous throughour the world of music. The arresting and dramatic b rass writing (It the opening and the agitated allegro wh ich follows arc as thoroughl y cha racteristic of the composer as the celebrated hymn-li ke liection winch is full o f national and patriotic sentiments.

Pomp and Circumstance March No. l -Edward Elgar The Pomp and C ircumstance m arches form a series of five mHit3J m ~rches for orchestra, four of which date from between 1901 3l1d 1907 and the laSt from 1930. 111e celebrated patrjotic wo rds of A. C. Benson were added later to the firs t march in D Major for special Gala Performance given to commemorate the Coronation Edward VII.

Tuesday 22nd November INTERVAL - 20 MINUTES (Warning bells will sound 5 minutes before the end of the interval)

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NORTH YORKSHIRE E.A.S.Y. BAND Musical Director: Tony Turn er Soloist: Stan Tra cey Council Grove' Groove You Too Afro Charlie meets the White Rabbit

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DERBYSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH WIND BAND Musical Director: Murray Slater Fanfare & National Anthem Prelude and Allegro from 'Sinfonietta' Stars and Stripes March

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Edgar Holmes Organist: Neil Kelley Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (2nd movement) Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Camille Saint-Saens Edward Elgar

For the words oJ Land oJ Hope and Glory, please see page 9. .

Stuart Johnson P. Sousa

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ACTUAL PROOF Actual Proof

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Kenneth Plaits

PENWEDDIG SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor: Caenor Hall Harpist: Eirian Dyfri Jones A Selection of Folk Songs

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arr. Cordon Jacob

arr. R. Preston/ Co Fanshawe Monteverdi arr. R. Preston Colin Fanshawe Praetorius arr. R. Preston

NETHER STOWE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Conductor: Carry Firth Sinfonietta Allegro Andante - Romance Allegro Vivace - Scherzo Theme and Variations

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Stan Tracey

WAKEFIELD DISTRICT COLLEGE BRASS CHORALE Conductor: Richard Preston From 'Renaissance Suite' : Toccata Sarabande Volta

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Frank Ma11tooth Jeif Taylor

Actual Proof

RUDKI Musical Director: Stanislaw Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej Pieniazek Polish National Dance and Song

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THIRSK SCHOOL STRING DUO Praludium and Waltzer

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Shostakovich

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Edgar Holmes Soloist: Karen Jones Concerto for Flute and Strings, Op. 45

Malcolm Arnold

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At a time of economic difficulty, it is more than ever essential that we sustain our cultural heritage.

Marks and Spencer is delighted to continue its support for the Schools Prom as part of its involvement in the Arts.

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Programme Notes DERBYSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH WIND BAND Musical Director: Murray Slater Prelude and Allegro from 'Sinfonietta' Stars and Stripes March

Stuart Johnson J. P. Sousa

The County Wind Band has some 60 members between the ages of 13 and 19 years who are chosen by audition each year. They come from all parts of Derbyshire, from Glossop in the north to Swadlincote in the south, a distance apart of some 65 miles. They meet to rehearse four times a term on Sundays in Matlock in the centre of the county. They normally give one public concert each term.

The Band is under the musical directorship of Mr Murray Slater who is one of the senior members of the peripatetic instrumental teaching team. He is assisted by other members of the team. The Band, which is part of the music provision of the Derbyshire Education Committee, has been in existence for three years, during which time it has steadily grown in local regard. This visit to London, together with its performance in the Royal Festival Hall in July for the National Festival of Music for Youth, are the Band's first performances outside its home county.

Prelude and Allegro from 'Sinfonietta'-Sluarl Johnson The Prelude starts quietly and slowly with a solo flute and uses most mysterious and telling harmonies and lovely sounds from the percussion. By contrast, the lively Allegro dashes along in its unusual 10/8 rhythm, effectively contrasting the tone qualities of the different sections of the band.

Derbyshire County Youth Wind Band

Stars and Stripes-J. P. Sousa This well-kno wn and justly popular march is Sousa at his most flamboyant. The piccolo solo must be one of the most familiar tunes written for that instrument.

COR YSGOL PENWEDDIG PENWEDDIG SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor: Gaenor Hall Harpist: Eirian Dyfti Jones A Selection of Folk Songs

Actual Proof, York

ACTUAL PROOF Actual Proof

Trad. arr. Gaenor Hall

Penweddig is a bilingual comprehensive school of 606 pupils.

Dinner-hour activities are numerous. Choir practice is one of these - rwice a week w ith an extra ten minutes on three mo rnings, "with a little bit of luck"! Music is an 0- and A-Level subj ect. There are j unior and senior orchestras, a brass band and many instrumental and vocal groups. The tenors and basses are a new addition to the choir, so most of the singing is for first and second sopranos and altos.

A Selection of Folk Songs- Trad . arr. Gaenor Hall The programme consists of a medley of folk songs, some of which have a harp accompaniment. They have been selected from the programme presented at the National Festival of Music for Youth this year at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, when the choir was presented with the Silver Jubilee Award.

Actual Proof

The group draws members from various educational establishments in York. All are involved in many kinds of ensembles ranging through orchestras, wind bands, big bands, chamber ensembles and rock groups! Their music is a hybrid with j azz and rock as the main components. Favourites with the group are Barbara Thompson's 'Paraphernalia', 'Weather Report' and 'Colosseum'.

Three members of the group are part of York Music Theatre which gained a Highly Commended Performance Award at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth, and which performed at last year's Schools Prom. Actual Proof gained the Outstanding Performance Award in their class in this year's National Festival of Music for Youth. .

Actual Proof-Actual Proof Actual Proof is the result of a group improvisation and could be seen as actual proof that tOO many cooks . .. get it just right' Pmu;eddig School Clwir, .4berystwJlh

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Programme Notes RUDKI Musical Director: Stanislaw Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: AndrzeJ Pieniazek Polish National Dance and Song The group is composed of24 dancers and 5 musicians; the age range is 17 to 21 years .

Rudki was founded in September 1979 and is attached to the Electro-Mechanical Schools Group in Rzeszow. Many of the young people from these schools join the ensemble. The group has participated in regional and Voivodship competitions. In 1982 it was awarded the first prize at the Rzeszow Voivodship Competition. It also won the first prize at 'Polonez 82' National Dance Competition and one of the first prizes, namely the 'Silver Fir'. at the 9th Nationwide Youth Festival in Kielce. In 1983 the ensemble toured through Belgium for two weeks and was enthusiastically welcomed by the Belgian public and Polish immigrants.

Rudki comprises three groups: folk dancers, folk singers and instrumentalists. Its repertoire includes national dances and songs as well as regional folk dances and songs from the areas of Rzeszow, Lublin and the Uplands.

Rudki, Poland

HAMPSHffiE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Edgar Holmes Soloist: KarenJones Co.n certo for Flute and Strings, Op. 45

Malcolm Arnold

The Hampshire County Youth Orchestra was formed in September 1971 to provide orchestral experience and opportunities for young instrumentalists attending schools and sixth form colleges within the county.

Rehearsals take place on alternate Saturdays and each Easter there is an important week-long residential course.

THIRSK SCHOOL STRING DUO Priiludium and Waltzer

Shostakovich

Sarah and Margaret Herring are sisters who began playing together three and a half years ago when they were 11 and 8 respectively.

Under the tuition of Linda Wright, they have both won 'Young Musician of the Festival' titles individually, and also many prizes for their duet playing. They have both participated successfully in other chamber music ensembles and each leads a string quartet.

Their accompanist is Rosemary Boocock, who also attends Thirsk School and intends to read languages at university.

Priiludium and Waltzer-Shostakovich An expressive Molto Moderato opens the Priiludium. It is broken by a brief waltz-like section, which gives a flavour of the attractive Viennese waltz, the final dance of these short violin duos.

The orchestra has travelled widely being invited to take part in the Bicentennial celebrations in the United States in 1976 and at the Australian Youth Music Festival in Melbourne in 1979. In the summer of 1982, a 30 day visit was made to Alaska and the Pacific North-West States of Canada and the United States .

Edgar Holmes was appointed when the orchestra was formed in 1971. A graduate of the University of Southampton he has spent all his professional life in music education.

Concerto for Flute and Strings, Op. 45--Malcolm Arnold This, the first of two flute concertos, was composed in 1954.

It is filled with biting dissonance and sharply pointed rhythms. The

orchestra contributes to the unease with anxious ostinato figures and jagged passages throughout despite the expected tranquillity of a slow middle movement.

The full range and varied qualities of the flute are exploited demanding from the soloist long expressive phrases as well as staccato arpeggios and brilliant running figures.

Thirsk School String Duo

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W AKEFIELD DISTRICT COLLEGE BRASS CHORALE Conductor: Richard Preston From 'Renaissance Suite': Toccata Sarabande Volta

arr. R. PrestonlC: Fanshaw e Monteverdi, arr. R, Preston Colin Fanshawe Praetorius, arr. R, Preston

Members of the Chorale are students at Wakefield District College, where the music department is in its third year. The intention of the Chorale is to provide a small group experience for brass players who would normally be 'confined' to a larger ensemble, e.g. the College Wind Orchestra. Musically, the Chorale has concentrated on works by sixteenth-century composers, with soprano cornet, flu gel horn and percussion being used to bring out the character and era of the music.

North YoricJhire E.A.S.Y Band

NORTH YORKSHIRE E.A.S.Y. BAND Musical Director: Tony Turner Soloist: Stan Tracey .

Council Grove Groove You Too Afro Char lie meets the White Rabbit

Toccata-Monteverdi, arr. R . Preston This fanfare, the prelude to Monteverdi's opera 'Orfeo', was first performed in 1607.

Sarabande--Colin Fanshawe A specially written sarabande by Colin Fanshawe which is "Renaissance in style, not age".

Volta-Praetorius, arr. R. Preston This lively dance is from a collection of pieces published in 1612 called 'Terpsichore', They were arranged in four and five parts to be played on any available instrument. The Volta is particularly suitable for brass.

Frank Mantooth jeff Taylor Stan Tracey

The E.A.5. Y. Band is part of the wind band based at Scarborough Music Centre, one of four centres established by North Yorkshire.

Formed in 1977 by its Musical Director, Tony Turner, the repertoire of the band ranges from traditional and modern wind band music to jazz and rock.

The age range of tife band is nine to eighteen years and membership is drawn from schools over a wide geographical area with regular. weekly rehearsals in term time. The E.A.S.Y. Band has appeared at the National Festival of Music for Youth on three occasions in the last four years - twice in the big band jazz section and once with the full membership in the wind band section.

Council Grove Groove--Frank Mantooth A flying fanfare in disco style! Much hard work for the brass at this speed with a tenor sax battle between David Kemp and Andrew Shaw in the middle and a special feature for the bass instruments of the band towards the end.

You Too-Jeff Taylor Swing in the 'Basie' style featuring David Kemp on tenor sax and a rather jealous sax section!

Mro Charlie meets the White Rabbit-Stan Tracey Afro Charlie was written in 路the Sixties and was a featured number with Stan Tracey's quartet of that time. He recorded it on his ' Alice in Jazzland' album and it is still a favourite of his in the Eighties.

Nether Stowe School Orchestra

Wakefold District College Brass Choral,

NETHER STOWE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Conductor: GaIT)' Firth Sinfonietta

Kenneth Platts

Nether Stowe is one of three comprehensive schools in Lichfield, with 1100 pupils aged from 11 to 18. The orchestra was formed by conductor Garry Firth in 1977 with 25 members. During subsequent years the orchestra gre\\' considerabh- and with oyer lOO members in 1979 was divided into "arious groups. The school now has two orchestras and twO wind bands \\'ith o,'er 150 instrumentalists, plus various chamber groups. The present orchestra has 54 members \\'hose a"erage age is 15.

During che past three years che orchestra has not only undertaken several short tours in chis country. including Yorkshire. Lancashire, Co. Durham and North Wales. but has also toured \'i'esc Germany in 1980, and America in 1982. \\'here che orchestra "isited seyen States and performed ele"cn concerts in chree \\ eeks, The orchescra has ca ken part in the ~acional Festinl of Music for Youch ac che Ro: al Fcsci, al Hall in 1982 and 1983.

Sinfonierta-Kellllerh Pl,w; Sintonicna \\ as compleced in June 1983 and \\ as commissioned by the ~ech e r Sto\\ e School Orchestra. Ir was first performed at the ~acion31 Fescinl of ,'v\usic ior Youch in Juh- in che Ro"al Festi"al Hall. \\'here the orchestra received the Oucstandi ng Performance A\\'ard.

It is a colourful work and technically demanding . Ir requires all the players in the orchestra to produce several different techniques for forrepiano effects, trills, double stopping, the use of mutes and such like. It features much use of unison strings, a f;n'ourite device of Kenneth Plans, and plenty of percussion.

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Programme Notes HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Edgar Holmes Organist: Neil K elley Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (2nd movement) Camille Sa int-Saens Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, 'Land of Hope and Glory' Edward Elgar Symphony No. 3 in C Minor Call1i11e Sallll路Saens Despite it being a pcdod when Saint-Sacns had a very good reason to be depressed - at fifty, hls children were dead and he was separated fro m his w ife - [he work did not present him witb undue difficulties. " It is weIl under way, " he wrote; " it will be terrifying, 1 warn you. This imp of a symphony bas gone up half a tone; it did not want to stay in B Minor and is now in C Mino r. It will be a great joy fat me to conduct it. Will it be a treat though, for the people who hear it?"

On 19 April 1886 the audi ence in SeJ ames' Ha ll were in no two minds. In the presence of the P rince and Princess of Wales, the work waS greeted with enthusiasm. It sco red an equally quick success in Pad s the following yea r. Gounod was in the audience and was heard to rema rk as Sain t-Saens left the platform, "There goes the French Beethoven. " The work, however, owes much to Liszt to w hom it was dedicated. The Liszt idea of theme transformation is employed whereby a basic theme is used throughout the whole wo rk changin g its character to suit its surroundings.

Pomp and Circumstance March No. l - Edward Elgor The Pomp and Circumstance marches are a series of five military marches in symphonic form. The first march is now best knOWTI because of its lin k with the words 'Land of Hope and Glory '. This link came about when Elgar used both the words and music in his Coronation Ode to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII. A hybrid it may be, but it never fails to stir the patriotic fervour associated with it.

Hampshire County Youth OrcMstra

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8. MIDLAND YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musical Director: J ohll Ruddi,k Soloists: Slan T I'acey, AY! Themel1 Afro Chadie meets the White Rabbit Ston Tracey Take The 'A' T rain Strayhom, arr. M,Collne/l

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CORNWALL COUNTY YOUTH BAND Conductor: Alberl Cllappell ranfare & Nationa l Anthem Ballet Music: Le Cid The James Bond Connection

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Ale;>:ander Han,t'llIlyan.

Edl/lard Elgar

For the words of Land of Hope aI"d GI01)" please see page 9.

Spiritual , arr. K. Pant Jerome K ern Spiritual, arr. H . Dexter

ST OLAVE'S GUITAR TRIO No. 2 of 'Deux Interludes'

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W ALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR Director: David Victor· Smith 0, Won 't You Sit Down The Way You Look Tonight Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho

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Massenft, arr. Hor.tlard Snell 01'1' , Goff Richard.>

Giorgio Mainerio Anon. Scottish Mic/me! Praetor/us Giorgio Mainerio

STONELElGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Adl'ian Brol/lll Soloist: John Wa llace \ Finale from .o:N=~,-.,l The Firebird Suite (1919) ~~ T rumpet Concerto ,.

Pom p and C ircum stance March~ No. I , BRASS 'Land of Hope and Glory'

arr, Gaff Ridwds

Micha'el Praelorius

Jacques Ibert

SUNNYBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCUSSION GROUP AND DANCERS Musical Director: Margaret McKinnon Choreographer: Anne Hart A Puppet Suite Margaret M cKinnon and Ron Forbes

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RUDKI Musical Director: Stanislaw Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej PiClliazek Polish National Dance and Song

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THE GOULD QUINTET String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. III (3rd movement)

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7. KING EDW ARD VI COLLEGE SINFONIA Conductor: John Griswold Soloist: Mark Bebbington Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat, Op. 73 'Emperor' (3rd mo,·ement)

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Programme p/lOeography by Haverillg Photography Workshop .

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Programme Notes CORNWALL COUNTY YOUTH BRASS BAND Conductor: Alhert Chappell Ballet Music: Le Cid The. James Bond Connection

Massenet, arr. Howard Snell arr. Goff Richards

It is a happy coincidence that the appearance of Cornwall County Youth Brass Band at the National Festival of Music for Youth at the Royal Festival Hall in July, and now at the Schools Prom, should mark, in a very special way, its 25th anniversary year.

With the advice of the late Dr Denis Wright (the founder of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain), and active support from eminent conductors and composers over the years, the band has provided a spur and very real musical stimulus to young brass players throughout the county.

The present membership is drawn from approximately fifteen bands of varying brass band gradings through individual audition.

Rehearsals are held twice monthly between October and April, culminating with a five-day residential course at Easter. The band's very existence and continuity depends upon the goodwill and cooperation of all the parent bands and the work and dedication of local tutors.

Cornwall County Youth BTass Band

Ballet Music: Le Cid-Massenet, arr. Howard Snell This short extract provides a lively and rhythmic opening number.

Skilfully arranged by Howard Snell, formerly a professional trumpet player and now highly successful as a conductor in both orchestral and brass band spheres, the music demands clarity and delicacy from a large all-brass ensemble, apart from the expected power and brilliance.

The James Bond Connection-arr. Goff Richards This arrangement by Cornishman, Goff Richards, was commissioned by Albert Chappell's own band, St Austell, in 1982 for use in own-choice programme competitions. It has proved to be very successful and attractive to audiences and players alike. Time restrictions do not allow for performance of the complete arrangement, but in addition to the James Bond Theme, we hear Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, Her Majesty's Secret Service and From Russia With Love.

WALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR Director: David Victor-Smith 0; Won't You Sit Down The Way You Look Tonight Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho

Spiritual, arr. K. Pont Jerome Kern Spiritual, arr. H. Dexter

Walsh Middle School achieved the unusual distinction this year of having two groups of musicians in the junior section of the National Festival of Music for Youth. Although their brass ensemble did not gain an award, nearly all of the players are also members of the choir, which achieved an Outstanding Performance Award at the South Bank in July. The choir has in the past won both the junior and the senior choral championships at the Bournemouth Music Festival whilst their brass ensemble has had many local festival successes. .

. St Olave's GuitaT Trio, OTpington

ST OLAVE'S GUITAR TRIO No. 2 of 'Deux Interludes'

Jacques Ihert

St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington, has for many years now had a close connection with mu路sic. It used to supply Southwark Cathedral with Its choristers until the school moved in 1967 from its former premises near Tower Bridge to its present situation. It still supplies the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy with choristers. Not surprisingly, there is a great choral tradition within the school, and every year for the last twenty years, a major choral and orchestral work has been performed, including Bach's St John Passion, Orffs Carmina Burana, Verdi's Requiem and Hoist's Hymn of Jesus.

St Olave's Guitar Trio was formed two years ago. In 1982 a new work by Alan Ridout was commissioned for the Trio. This year the Trio won first prize in the National Chamber Music Competition.

No. 2 of 'Deux Interludes'-Jacques Ibm This evening the Trio plays the second of two interludes by Jacques Ibert, written originally for flute, violin and harp. Though highly evocative music, it is simply constructed, having two main musical ideas: the opening theme of the flute which returns at the end, re-scored for violin, and the lovely sustained melody introduced by the flute which dominates the central part of this delightful movement.

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Nearly a quarter of the 250 children in this Middle School belong to the choir which includes members from every year group.

Auditions are held each September to fill the large gap created when a third of the choir goes on to Secondary schools, and there is fierce competition for the 20 or so places . Everyone in the school is justly proud of the success of their choir, and performances to the school are much appreciated by the children, as is the L.P. record which the choir made two years ago. Rehearsals are usually t\\ ice a week, mainly in the lunchtimes, and attendance is 100%.

Three contrasting songs have been chosen for tonight. The first is a simple arrangement of the spiritual, '0, won't you sit down', lightweight and fast-moving. The second song is Jerome Kern's wonderfully expansive melody 'Just the way you look tonight' which for the adjudicators at the National Festival was "the greatest inspiration of the whole morning" . Finally, another spiritual, 'Joshua fought the battle of Jericho', in an exciting arrangement in three parts.

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Programme Notes SUNNYBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCUSSION GROUP AND DANCERS Musical Director: Margaret McKinnon Choreographer: Anne Hart A Puppet Suite Margaret McKinnon and Ron Forbes There has been a percussion group in Sunny bank Primary School for three years now. The fact that the children leave Sunnybank at the age of eleven to go to Secondary School means that new members are always having to be found, but despite this, the group has maintained a high standard and has played at several concerts in Aberdeen.

Last year, Mrs Anne Hart came to the school to do creative dance with some of the children. She worked along with music teacher Margaret McKinnon and the result was A Puppet Suite using the percussion group and six dancers which won the school an Outstanding Performance Award in this year's National Festival of Music for Youth.

A Puppet Suite--Margaret McKinnon and Ron Forbes The Suite opens with the agitated and humorous antics of the clown which are contrasted in the second movement with the delicate movements of the little dancer. The third movement portrays the menacing monster who is really only a 'paper tiger '.

The Gould Quintet, London

THE GOULD QUINTET String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 (3rd movement)

Johann es Brahms

The Gould Quintet is a new mixture of old friends from Sheila Nelson's Sunday evening group at Cromwell Avenue, Highgate.

Most of the members have played at the Schools Prom before in different ensembles, but this group hopes to remain together for at least another year to explore more of the string quintet repertoire.

Sunnybank Primary School Percussion Group and Dancers, Aberdeen

String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. ll1-Johal1l1es Brahms Completed the year before the more famous quintet for clarinet and strings, Op. 111 shows a similar dramatic complexity and an expectation of virtuosity from each player in the ensemble, After a slow movement of considerable intensity and passion which highlights the first viola in a style comparable to the clarinet in Op. 115, one might expect a lighter atmosphere in the third movement, which replaces the minuet and trio of the classical quintet. But restless syncopations and a stormy climax are encountered in the G Minor opening before the sun finally shines through in a peaceful G Major episode corresponding to the trio section. Here the upper strings answer each other in pairs against a moving quaver accompaniment from the cello, and after a repeat of the opening material, the movement ends with a coda in the major key, restoring this contented mood.

RUDKI Musical Director: Stanislaw Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej Pieniazek Polish National Dance and Song The group is composed of 24 dancers and 5 musicians; the age range is 17 to 21 years. Rudki was founded in September 1979 and is attached to the Electro-Mechanical Schools Group in Rzeszow.

Many of the young people from these schools join the ensemble.

The group has participated in regional and Voivodship competitions. In 1982 it was awarded the first prize at the Rzeszow Voivodship Competition. It also won the first prize at 'Polonez 82' National Dance Competition and one of the first prizes, namely the 'Silver Fir', at the 9th Nationwide Youth Festival in Kielce. In 1983 the ensemble toured through Belgium for two weeks and was enthusiastically welcomed by the Belgian public and Polish immigrants.

Rudki comprises three groups: folk dancers, folk singers and , instrumentalists. It repertoire includes national dances and songs as well as regional folk dances and songs from the areas of Rzeszow, Lublin and the Uplands.

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Rudki, Poland

KING EDWARD VI COLLEGE SINFONIA Conductor: John Griswold Soloist: Mark Bebbington Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat, Op. 73 'Emperor' (3rd movement) Ludwig van Beethoven Stourbridge is part of Dud1ey M etropolitan Borough in the county of West Midlands. It is about twelve miles west of Birmingham on the edge of the Black Country and very close to the qorders of Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropsnire. King Edward's is an open access sixth form college, drawing students from all over the Metropolitan Borough and from neighbouring areas. It has been lucky enough to be represented at the Schools Prom in 1978, 1979 and 1982. The Sinfonia grew from a wish by students to have an orchestra to play in during the summer holidays. The membership is drawn from past and present members of the college. A concert is given annually at the beginning of the Autumn term.

Mark Bebbington is one of many talented musicians who have left King Edward VI College in recent years. He joined what was then a boys' grammar school in 1973 and left the College in 1980, having gained a considerable reputation in the West Midlands as a pianist. He is a graduate of London University and an exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music where he studies with Kendall Taylor. In his first year at the Royal College he was awarded the piano prize and, in his second year, the "Chappell Silver Medal" .

He was also a finalist in the piano section of the Royal Overseas League Music Festival.

In January of this year he deputised for Daniel Barenboim at rehearsals of the 'Emperor' Concerto with the Royal College First Orchestra under the baton of Sir Georg Solti, and in September he gave a lunch-time foyer recital at the Royal Festival Hall.

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat, Op. 73-Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven's fifth and last piano concerto, known as the 'Emperor' (a title not given to it by the composer), was completed in 1809.

The composer never played it in public. The last movement which is normally linked to the preceding slow movement, starts with the main theme played on the piano. This theme is then taken over by the orchestra and the movement continues with music which is by turns both brilliant and delicate. An interesting and unusual moment comes just before the end when the solo piano is accompanied only by the timpani.

Midland Youth ja" Orchestra King Edward VI College Sinfonia, Stourhridge

MIDLAND YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musical Director: John Ruddick Soloists: Stan Tracey, Art Themen

Mro Charlie meets the White Rabbit Take the' A' Train

Stan Tracey Strayhorn, arr. McConnell

Although associated with the Midland Art Centre, the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra is a self-reliant organisation comprising three grades of ' big-band', with members from 11 years old.

The senior band has regularly won the MU Midland Big Band Competition, and is a previous winner of the BBC Rehearsal Band Contest; several members also winning individual national awards.

Apart from presenting its own concerts, the band has appeared with such distinguished musicians as John Dankworth, Don Lusher, Kenny Baker, Barney Kessel, George Chisholm, and singer Marion Montgomery.

Its musical policy is to play challenging modern jazz, within the discipline of the big-band framework, and through appearances at schools ete. to demonstrate the relevance of this music in developing all-round musical ability , including improvisational skills.

Mro Charlie meets the White Rabbit-Stan Tracey Afro Charlie was written in' the Sixties and was a featured number with Stan Tracey's quartet of that time. He recorded it on his 'Alice in Jazzland' album and it is still a favourite of his in the Eighties.

Take the 'A' Train-Slrayhorn, arr. McCotllJell This most famous of jazz standards, originally written for the Duke Ellington Orchestra, has been re-scored by the Canadian composer/ arranger Rob McConnell in samba form, with exciting ensemble passages and ample room for individual improvisation.

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Programme Notes KINCORTH WAITS Galliarde Putta Nera BaUo Furlano o Lusty May Brimsle Gay Schiarazula Marazula

STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA Michael Praetorius Giorgio Mainerio Anon. Scottish Michael Praetorius Giorgio Mainerio

The Kincorth Waits, pupils of Kincorth Academy, a comprehensive school in an Aberdeen housing estate, began, in 1975, to perform music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. The present group of eight musicians is the third to be so designated. Amongst their great variety of reproduction instruments, many, including crumhorns, schreyerpfeifen, flutes, recorders and cornamuses, were made by the Director, Charles Foster. Of special interest is his re-creation of a 'still shawn' of unique design, salvaged from the Mary Rose.

In 1976 the Waits accepted an invitation to present a series of concerts in Moscow and Leningrad. More recently, among many other engagements, they have played in the Purcell Room on the South Bank, at the Bristol Conference of the International Society for Musical Education, and this summer, in the course of a recital tour in Southern England, in the foyer of the National Theatre.

In 1980 they contributed Volume Five to the series, 'Medieval and Renaissance Sounds', made and distributed by the C.M.S . Record Company of New York.

The Galliarde, performed by a loud band of shawms, schreyerpfeifen, sackbut, curtal and percussion, and the Bransle Gay which uses seven crumhorns, come from Terpsichore, the famous collection of Michael Praetorius. Putta Nera Ballo Furlano played by a quartet of gemshorns, and Schiarazula Marazula, which begins with solei sackbut accompanied by tenor and bass shawms, are both danc.es published in Italy. 0 Lusty May was a song popular in Scotland for 150 years. The music was specially transcribed for the Waits, with many other Scottish pieces, from the hitherto inaccessible Robert Taitt Manuscript, in the possession of Los Angeles University.

Conductor: Adrian Brown Soloist: }v/m, Wallace Finale from The Firebird Suite (1919) Trumpet Concerto

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Igor Stravinsky Alexander Harut'unyan Edward Elgar

The Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra was formed in 1944 by the late Edward Gough as a junior orchestra for young players in the Epsom and Ewell districts of Surrey. It is a full size symphony orchestra now with an upper age limit of 21 years. Since 1973 the orchestra has been under the direction of Adrian Brown. Together they have achieved some notable successes in recent years at the National Festival of Music for Youth in 1976 and 1979, on a tour of Sweden during the summer of 1978 and at the International Festival of Youth Orchestras in 1977. They have broadcast for the BBC and have twice appeared in the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, and for three years running played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Stoneleigh receives no finartcial support from either government or educational sources and as a Registered Charity relies on contributions from parents, friends, and other interested parties for its existence.

Adrian Brown was born in Ipswich and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later with Sir Adrian Boult. In 1975 he was the first British conductor ever to reach the final of the Herbert von Karajan Conductor's Competition. Since then he has broadcast with the London Sinfonietta and the BBC Scottish Orchestra. He has worked with the City of Birmingham Orchestra and Opera North Orchestra and broadcast with the Salamon Orchestra. He is conductor of Harrow Students' Philharmonic and Oxford University Orchestra and with them performed M'ahler's 5th Symphony in St John's Smith Square in 1982. He has recently given concerts with Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.

Finale from The Firebird Suite (1919)-Igor Stravinsky The original ballet from which " T he Firebird" Suite, is taken was the first major work the impr~sario Diaghilev commissioned from Stravinsky for his Russian Ballet. In idiom, harking back to the sounds and scoring of his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov, its combination of melody, rhythm and colour made it Stravinsky's first success in Paris, 1910. Look back it does, but certainly the seeds are there of the two more modern and percussive ballets shortly to be written, "Petrouchka" and "The Rite of Spring".

Kincorth Waits, Aberdeen

Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, Surrey

The story is simple. A scintillating bird hovers round the fairy tree in an attempt to gather golden apples. Ivan, a hunter, pursues the elusive bird and manages to capture a golden feathe.r which helps him ultimately to vanquish fear, personified by the ogre Kashchei who petrifies all. Ivan obtains possession of Kashchei's soul in the shape of an egg, breaks it and thereby releases a captive princess who becomes his bride and the enchanted castle is filled with rejoicing.

Trumpet Concerto-Alexander Harut'unyan The Armenian composer Alexander Harut'unyan was born in 1920 in Erevan. In 1941 he graduated from the conservatoire in En;van and went to study in Moscow. He made his name with his 'Cantata on the Homeland' written in 1948 and became the Artistic Director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra in 1954. He became the Director of the Erevan Conservatoire in the Fifties and was made a People's Artist of the USSR in 1970.

The Trumpet Concerto was written in 1950 and has been popularised by the fmt trumpet of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Timofey Deikshitzer. It is a concerto in one movement, scored for a large orchestra in a colourful manner, rather like Khachaturian's style, and its origins could be said to be based in Armenian peasant music. The piece opens with a declamatory recitative passage for solo trumpet followed by an energetic allegro section. The piece features the trumpet in its most lyrical register and, after alternating slow, lyrical passages with allegro material, the concerto presents the solo trumpet in a cadenza before the final coda.

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1-Edward Elgar 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 later to the first march in 0 Major for a special Gala Performance given to commemorate the Coronation of Edward VII.

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Larry Westland, Director and Producer, is well-known for his work in youth music, notably as Director of the National festival of Music for Youth, which he founded in 1971 with the backing of The Association of Music Industries. In 13 years, the Festival has grown into the most comprehensive youth music festival in Europe. The Festival embraces all forms of instrumental music and this year some 20,000 young musicians took part. He has produced the Schools Prom since it was launched in 1975 and was last year appointed Director of this now famous concert series. He has also been appointed Executive Director of Music for Youth, a charity which has been formed by The Association of Music' Industries, Commercial Union Assurance, The Rank Orga~isation and The Times Educational Supplement. He is General Administrator of the British Youth Band Championships which he founded in 1978 in conjunction with the British Youth Band AssoCiation. He is also Director of the Sainsbury's Festival of Choirs held at the Royal Albert Hall in conjunction with the National Association of Choirs. He has presented numerous concerts by British youth orchestras and his other activities include the presentation of charity concerts, the British Music Fair and the National Guitar Month.

Larry Westland

Atarah Ben- Tovim

Atarah Ben-Tovim, MBE, Presenter, was a child prodigy - by the time she was seventeen she had played in public almost the entire repertoire for the flute. She held the position of Principal Flautist with a number of orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philhannonic Orchestra, this position made her both one of the youngest and one of the first female principals in any major orchestra.

Atarah has been very active in the field of musical education, concentrating particularly on the musical welfare of the young. Her musical experience, or show, Atarah's Band has worked live to more than two million children and she has produced a number of publications.

In 1980 Atarah was awarded the MBE for her services to children's music, the first time anyone has been so honoured for work in this field.

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He has lectured and conducted in many countries and his Talking About Music programm~ on Radio 3 is now in its 30th year. His book Understanding Music won the Yorkshire Post award as the best music book of the vear. and has now been issued in paperback. His book o~ the Beethoven symphonies has also been reprinted recently as a paperback while other publications include SOlllld5 of Music, a book about the orchestra, and his highly entertaining autobiography Beating Time. His re-cem book of scandalous poems about musicians. .\l1I5i(amusings, is guaranteed to make you laugh. Another work of his, John & the Magic .\llIsic .\lall. makes a perfect introduction to the orchestra for young children: Antony Hopkins wrote the words and music. conducts it and narrates it. Is this a record? Yes. it is - on C nicorn RHS 360! In 1980 he was a\Yarded a Doctorate by the University of Stirling and made a Fello\y of Camb~idge College; he says it makes him feel quite respectable at last!

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Schools Prom Personalities Kenny Clare, Guest Musician, became a professional musician in 1949 after leaving the RAP. H e joined Oscar Rabin and stayed for five years and then joined Jack Parnell for one year. He joined John Dankworth in 1955 and played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1959.

While on this US tour he played with Duke Ellingtoo and was offered a job with the band but, due to visa problems, had to decline.

He left John Dankworth in 1960 to freelance and was the regular drummer on That Was The Week That Was with Dave Lee's Band. He was also on over a hundred top ten recordings during the next few years. He shared the Ted Heath job from 1962 with Ronnie Verrell, doing a great many albums with Ted during this period. He has recorded with many famous artists including Lena Home, Tony Benriett, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis Jnr. and Mel Torme.

He has conducted drum clinics all over the world, given master classes at Trinity College and drum weekends all over the country, and has worked with nearly every major symphony orchestra in Canada, the US and the UK. He is currently working with the Pizza Express All Stars and says he is looking forward to the gig at the Royal Albert Hall and to playing one of the best arrangements ever written - Sing, Sing, Sing!

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Stan Tracey, Guest MI.tsician, born in London in 1926, was a professional musician at the age of sixteen. Stan Tracey's career stretches back to the formative days of modern jazz in tms country. He worked during the Fifties with many top name bands including a twoyear stay with the Ted Heath Orchestra as pianist, vibraphonist and arranger. For seven years, until 1967, Stan Tracey was resident pianist at Ronnie Scott's Club where he worked with almost every visiting American musician, from Sonny Rollins to Jimmy Witherspoon, from Ben Webster to Roland Kirk. It was during this period that he formed his own quartet and big band and produced suites such as Alice in Jazzland (1966) and the timeless Under Milk Wood (1965) .

Since then, tan Tracey has led various highly original bands, working in combinations from solo to eighteen-piece. He bas composed theme music and background music for television and has been Melody Maker poll winner several times as pianist, composer and arranger. hl 1977 Stan Tracey had the rare distinction of being the subject of an hour-long Omnibus programme on BBC 2. His impressive number offullscale compositions include The Bracknell Connection and Salisbury Suite for his Octet, and Ct'ompton S~lite for his new Sextet, and his music, in its many guises, has been widely enjoyed by audiences and critics alike.

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Karen Jones, Guest Musician, was born in London in 1965. Both her parents are professional musicians. She won a county music award to St Paul's Girls' School, London, and whilst there won a prize at the 1978 International Summer Flute School (Rams gate) and joined the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

For the last three years she has been a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra under the baton of Sir Georg Solti, Claudio Abbado and Daniel Barenboim. Their extensive travels took them to Mexico last year and will take them to China and Japan next Spring.

Last year Karen received further acclaim when she won the wind section of the BBC Television Young Musician of the Year competition. Karen plays in the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Covent Garden Sinfonietta. She has recently won a coveted scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and is to continue her studies there with Peter Lloyd, principal flautist in the London Symphony Orchestra. Karen is a Countess of Munster Award Winner.

Art Themen, Guest Musician, took up jazz seriously in the late Sixties at Cambridge, playing alongside the likes of Dick Heckstall-Smith Colin Purbrook and Lionel Grigson. At that time they won the interuniversity jazz competitions and Art Themen won the first prize in 1959 for the outstanding soloist. On settling in London he became associated with the early Blues movement, playing in the bands of Alexis Korner, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond and Jack Bruce. He later joined in the modern jazz scene of the late Sixties working with Graham Collier, Mike Westbrook and Mike Garrick; he also did a number of tours, mainly of the United Kingdom. He joined Stan Tracey's band about ten years ago and since then has been a regular member of his quartet, sextet, octet and big band. In the last couple of years he has been associated with the late Al Haig, appearing on four LPs with him.

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Ken Griffin, Television Producer, started his musical

Ken Criffin

training as a chorister at The Chapel Royal. At the age of 14 he joined the Army as a Band Boy with the King's Regiment (Liverpool). Some years later, after further studies at The Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, he joined the Coldstream Guards Band. In 1966, after 20 years in the Army, Ken Griffin joined BBC Television as a Production Assistant and became a Producer some 5 years later. Now, as an Executive producer in Television Outside Broadcasts, he is responsible for a variety of programmes ranging from Beauty Contests, Brass Band Competitions, the West End and Variety Club Awards to World Dancing Championships and the Schools Prom, with which he has been associated since 1975.

Gary Karr, Guest Musician was born in Hollywood, California, into a large Russian emigre family and became one of the seventh generation to play the double bass. His maternal grandfather, having followed the family tradition as a bassist, left Russia dllring the Revolution and soon established a career for himself in the New World. By the time Gary was four, not only his grandfather but his uncle and cousin were all pIa ying with American orchestras. Gary himself started on a miniature sized bass at the age of nine.

At the age of 11 Gary joined the Musicians ' Union and officially became a professional. At 19 he met " probably the strongest artistic influence on my life".

Jennie Tourel singer and teacher who tau ght him ro phrase like a singer and to use his instrument as rhou h it were a human voice. Shortly afterwards. Jennie Toure! introduced him to Leol1ard Bern rein who launched him on Young People's CO/lcert - a highly popular television series - in 1962. His appearance with Bernstein soon began to bear fruit and his career as a concert soloist was established .

At the age of20 Gary Karr played his debut recital in New York. The following day he \YaS telephoned by Olga Koussevitsky to say that , ha\-ing heard him play, she had decided that he should be the custodian of her late husband's priceless 1611 Amati double bass and that she therefore proposed to gi\"e it to him. It has been with him ever since.

Car)' Karr

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Schools Prom Personalities John Wallace, Guest Musician, was born into a family of keen amateur musicians in Fife in 1949. His father gave him his first cornet lesson at the age of 7, and by the age of 15 he undertook a European tour with the National Youth Orchestra and Rudolf Schwarz as soloist in Haydn's Concerto in Eb. Further education took place at King's College, Cambridge, the Royal Academy of Music and, due to his growing interest in composition, he did two years postgraduate study with David Blake at York University.

In 1974 he became Assistant Principal Trumpet to Howard Snell in the LSO and in 1976 he joined the Philharmonia as Principal Trumpet, the position he still holds. John Wallace has played concertos with the Philharmonia conducted by Andrew Davis, Simon Rattle and Yuri Temirkanov, and in November this year plays the Hummel in E at the Royal Festival Hall with Riccardo Muti.

In December 1982, John Wallace gave the European premiere of Gunther Schuller's Trumpet Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and in January 1983 the first performance of Malcolm Arnold's Trumpet Concerto in the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal College of Music Centenary Gala Concert. The single most memorable event of John's career to date is still, however, the Royal Wedding of the Prince and the Princess of Wales, at which he had the privilege of playing the trumpet obbligato to Kiri Te Kanawa in the Handel aria Let the Bright Seraphim.

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DERBYSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH WIND BAND

Musical Adviser: Barry Russell Age range of performers: 16--18 years

Musical Director: Murray Slater Manager: John Hudson (County Music Adviser) Tutors: David Taylor, Peter Bullock, Jeffrey Singleton Age range of performers: 13-19 years

Shaun Thompson (reeds) Andy Rawnsley (keyboards) Cliff Brown (guitar) Paul Stipetic (drums) Tony Stipetic (bass guitar)

BURY SCHOOLS MUSIC CENTRE FLUTE QUARTET Tutor: Clare Tristram Age range of performers: 16--18 years Michelle Powell Christine Pemberton Julie Helliwell Richard Sadler

CORNWALL COUNTY YOUTH BRASS BAND Conductor/Senior Tutor: Alber! Chappell Tutors: Hugh Camps , fan Sutton, Keith Rowe, Leonard Adams Age range of performers: 11-20 years Eb Cornets Paul Bilkey Jeremy Squibb Solo Cornets Paul Richards Mark David Edward Collins Michael Couch ran Hooper Karen Triggs Jonathan Small Joanna Ford Philip Neville Karen Squibb Repiano Cornets Richard North Dy lan Herbert Carl Boundy Barbara Goodwin 2nd Cornets Sharron Kessell Tracey Stevens Adrian Wallace Catherine Triggs Ted Dunstan 3rd Cornets Andrea Ambrose Pauline Hocking Lesley T residder Rachael Barnes Heather Wilton Solo Horns Robert Fulcher Joanne Cook Alistair Whitehead 1st Horns Katrina Holden Sarah Lenton Garry Lanne 2nd Horns Andrew Gilbert Jackie Toms Denise Repper

1st Baritones Elizabeth Rowe Andrew Searle 2nd Baritones Mark Wills David Wilton 1st Tenor Trombones Byron Fulcher Michael Reader Andrew Kemp Margaret Thompson 2nd Tenor Trombones Michael Perkins Adrian Hammer Michael Heard Bass Trombone Nigel Rowe Euphoniums Nicholas Hitchens John Hitchens Heather Wardley Steven Thomas Samantha Collett BBb Tubas lan Hitchens Airlie Whitehead Jonathan Bond Jason Smith Simon Gibberd Graham Sibley Eb Tubas Steven Wearn e Catherine Wig gan Derek Wilton Edward Robins on Simon Sweet Percussion Mark Whiteman lan Dedman

Flute/Piccolo Margaret Holmes Jill Sutcliffe Flutes lain Diack Joanne Bradley Sara Ashby Heather Mackenzie Oboes Lesley Long Alison Diack Eb Clarinet Diane MeIlor Solo Clarinets Dionne Helm Diana Hill-Wilson 1st Clarinets Jenny Ashly Jeremy Sutcliffe Michael Wilson 2nd Clarinets Janet Barnes Helen Cotterill Alyson Hanna Karen Smith Caroline Hewison 3rd Clarinets Jane Bacon Sarah Christie Lynne Evans Anne Wood Jane McKeown Alto Clarinet Catherine Hall Bass Clarinets Nicola Hill Christine Jakob Alto Saxophones Claire Sadler Susan Millns Tenor Saxophone Catherine Marsland Baritone Saxophone Sarah Goodwin Bassoons HeIen Peller Fiona Bryan

French Horns Elizabeth Mayer Margaret Gibbs Kate Jones Eb Horns Madeline Eley Susan Gee 1st Cornets lan Hobday David Hill 2nd Cornets Angela Pinder Anthony Gregory 3rd Cornets Neil Kirkland Martyn Long Trumpets Christopher Kirk Matthew Holland 1st Trombones Paul Dennison Andrew Kirk Guy Burrows 2nd Trombones Sharron Leadbeater Jane Thoday Bass Trombones Andrew Richardson Gregory Snape Euphoniums Robert Woods Philip Howitt Myles Jelf David Hopkins Tubas Nigel Harrison Michael Coleman Scott Pearson String Bass David Peller Percussion Edward Davies Tracev Hambleton Rache'l Nolan Timoth y Mason

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List of Performers DONCASTER YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Director of Music: John El/is Associate Director: Philip Gibbons Tutors: Harold Searle, Richard Ingham (saxophones) Age range of performers: 13-21 years Flute Rona Gilchrist Alto Saxophones Jane Seade Sharon Ward Andrea Scanlan Tenor Saxophones Steven Gibbons Simon Lockwood Julia Mills Baritone Saxophone Krystyna Rozynska Trumpets Steve Flemming Mark White David Grace Tony Corish Paul Millband

Trombones Dennis Rollins Winston Rollins Andrew Gurnhill lan Rowing Helen Ashwood Bass Trombone Andy Needham French Horn David Scott Piano Andrew Vinter Guitar John Moore Bass Glenn Muscroft Double Bass Jonathan White Drums David May Percussion Michael Yates

THE GOULD QUINTET Tutor: Sheila Ne/son Age range of performers: 15-16 yea rs Clio Gould (violin) Mark McEvoy (violin) Kavus Davis (viola) Ania Ullmann (viola) Robert Max (cello)

GRANGETOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Tutor: Bob Mason Age range of performers: 10--11 years Susan Bell Michelle King Lynn Parsons Marie Bruin Andria Binns

Sharon Mucklow Anita Harding Amanda Lawrence Janet Eddon Gary Tyerman

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC JUNIOR BRASS BAND .

Conductor: JO/1Il Clmk Soprano Cornet N. Betts Cornets N. Anderson D. Baverstock J. Beadbn K. Bennion T . Bradley M. Chinner J. Day-Lewis A. Hart G. Lewis G. Moorhouse B. Morrison R Young Flugel Horn R. Nunnery Tenor Horns F. Aitken K. Davies R Hall P. Nunnery

Euphoniums D . Dadey A. Morgan J. Rolinson Baritones A. Whiteman M. Wheatley Trombones .A. . :\irken J \ lansflcld Bass Trombone D. SmJrt Basses \\. Grd\路son C. lud~\ 19 F. TimmsPercussion D. Grist

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Edgar Holmes Tutors: 1st Violin: Joan Schmeising; 2nd Violin: Jean Paterson; Viola: Timothy Griffiths; Cello: Muriel Daniels; Double Bass: Margaret Fairfax; Flute: Robin Soldan; Oboe: Geoffiey Bridge; Clarinet: Janet Herson; Bassoon: Eric Butt; Horn: Peter Kane; Trumpet: MalcoIm Weale; Trombone, Tuba: Clifford Bevan; Percussion: Jack Richards Age range of performers: 13-19 years 1st Violins Elizabeth Greaves (Leader) Patrick Ardagh-Walter Clare Bentall Emma Bishop Susan Bowran Amanda Britton James Cookson Elisabeth Hay Hilary Joy Hilary Kinsler Ruth Norris Sara Pidsley Helen Robinson Penny Stow Paul Watson Michael West 2nd Violins Philip Nor;is Meirwen ApSimon Kate Austin Simon Bentall Gareth Bicknell Victoria Dixon Susan Gane Lucy Gould Rebecca Hardy Christina Henley Juliet Hill Paul Janes Karen Lane Lisa Melior Lucy Shedden Claire Whalley Violas Rebecca Carrington Clare Barwick Imogen Burchett Jacqueline Dopson Karen Hovey Mark Kinkaid Kirstine May Jane Mowbray Simon Roach Tyree Smallwood Jennifer Starbuck Paul Tapping Cellos Sarah Bowler Catherine Ardagh-Waiter Sally Barnerr Stephen Collisson Clare Eaton Claire lsbister Rachel Macfarlane Karen MurphY Da,路id Robinson Rachacl Rudling Double Basses Jonathan Ha,路es Catherine Briggs Peter Fr\' Robert Ho lmes Sally Johnson Gayin Murphy Peter Ringrose Dayid Vincent

Flutes Susan Lance Helen Brew Emma Micklewright Piccolo Hannah Cock Oboes Karen Gregson Virginia Shaw Cor Anglais David Heath Clarinets Sara Jones Sally Arnold David Kerr Heather Wilson Bass Clarinet Lawrence Cook Bassoons Erika Wright Peter Burbridge William Reid Contra Bassoon Kevin Gale Horns Sally Hazelgrove Paul Bentall John Harmer Martin Hobbs Joseph Melior Mark Paterson Trumpets Martyn Lewington David ApSimon Stephen Foster Timothy Hayward Andrew Holman Julie Ryan Trombones Daniel Scott Simon Hanyard Ben Murph y Phi lip Stone Tuba Robert Steadman Harp Fiona Clifton-Welker Pianos !\licola Tabearr Smart Sherwood Timpani & Percussion Dayid \\'ebster Simon Carrington .A.ndrcw 1\IcDonald Daniel Sayille William Si vier Organ "Ieil Kelley

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List of Perforl11ers HOLMFIRTH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR

KINCORTH WAITS

Conductor: Liz Green Age range of performers: 11-16 years

Tutor: Charles Foster Age range of performers: 15-17 years

Georgina Kenworthy (solo) Sally Middleton David Rawlinson John Braithwaite Andrew North Malcolm Gill Carolyn Haigh Jane Dewsbury Louise Scahill Helen Maden Sus an Crabtree Jayne Adams Jane Dawson Gillian Salter Carolyn Day Fiona Brown Paul Robinson Anthony Booth Sally Dixon Georgia Eliott Elizabeth Castle C raig lbbotson Maia Beckett Natalie Hinchcliffe Marie Pickles Amanda-Jane Lees Jane Hirst Jill Midwood Jackie Gledhill David Sykes Paul Bamford Christopher Bamford Phillip Gledhill Justin Tootill Ruth Bradley Katy Haigh Helen Beverley

David Warren (treble and alto shawms, tenor crumhorn, bass gems horn, tenor recorder) John Milne (teno r sackbut, great-b ass crumhorn, still shawm) Kenneth LaWTie (alto and tenor shawms, tenor crumhorn, trian gle) Bruce Hopwood (bass curtal, bass rackett, bass crumhorn, bass shawm) Averil Roberts (alto gemshorn, alto recorder, soprano crumhorn, garklein flotlein, tambourine) Karan Buchanan (soprano schreyerpfeife, soprano gemshorn, sopranino recorder, alto crumhorn) Judith Geddes (tenor gemshorn, violin; small, m edium and large tabors) Karen Thomson (sopranino schreyerpfeife, violoncello, alto crumhorn, small tabor)

Jo Dodson Simeon Brook Ann Smith Anna Dunford Karyn Boniface Ann Dewsbury Sarah Scaddon Richard Tinsdeall Jackie Ally Francis Beardsell Mark Williams Jonathan Hinchliffe Natalie Murray Heather Jackson Sara Williamson Emma Burgess Sarah Kennedy Rachel Byron Jasmin Capli Rachel Davison Maxine Brook Joanne Hobson Julie Bradshaw Kathryn Hollis Kathryn Nixon Susan Middleton Gillian Tunnaley Annabel Martin Clarissa Corder Lyn Cartwright Claudia Jackson Karen Sykes Joanne Adams Trudy Bell Liz Simpson Charlotte Booth

THE HUNKA TRIO Tutor: Sheila N elson Age range of performers: 9-10 years Katherine Hunka (violin) Nicola Loud (violin) Alexandra Mackenzie (cello)

THE JANGLE BAND Conductor/Teacher: Charles Crabtree Age range of performers: 10-14 years Milan Ladd Richard Pauling Paul Woodhea d Sharon Baxter Bradley Clanon Mark Stevenso n Carla N ailer Beverley Gilfode

KING EDW ARD VI COLLEGE SINFONIA Conductor: J ohn Griswald Age range of performers: 16-22 yea rs 1st Violins Andrew Scrivener (Leader) Katharine Rees Susan Ward Catherine Malpass Matthew Scrivener Robert Bishop 2nd Violins Ralph Allin Della Lawrence Susan Nordon Tim Byard-Jones Stephanie Hardwick Jonathan Barwell Violas Peter Jones Heather Raybould Sara Jones lan Jones Gaye Springer Cellos CIa ire Woodhouse And rea Hulme David Knight John Dudley Paula Springer Louise Jones

Double Basses Katherine Bishop Rosalind C yphus Flutes Christine Sage Heather Brown Oboes Julie Tranter Robert Willis Clarinets Paul Hawker Philippa Hewitt Bassoons Sarah Weston Nigel Moore French Horns Karen Leedham Catherine Longstaff Trumpets Mark Bayley Patrick Allen Timpani Stefan Asbury

MIDLAND YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Musical Director/Tutor: Ja/m RlIddick Age range of performers: 15-21 years Trumpets Justin Tundervary Jason Williams Simon Powell Patrick Allen Chris Ward Flugel Horns Alan Terry Pat rick Fr;dgb" Trombones Mark ~ight i n g ale Graham Bern路 Daye Hopkin路s Richard Hollings\\" orrh Ke,"in Hadley

Alto Saxophones lan Smith ~ ic k Homes Tenor Saxophones Stephanie Barnes Christine Po\\"ell Baritone Saxophone J ulian C roo k Drums Pcter Cater Piano Paul Sim m Bass Esth er Green

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List of Performers NETHER STOWE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Conductor: Carry Firth Age range of the performers: 11-18 years 1st Violins Martin Smith (Leader) Ruth Thompson Marion Harkness Andrew Milner Robyn Dangerfield Ruth Abbott Anna Crockwell Susan Hall Scot Jarvis 2nd Violins Anne Kendrick Vanessa Phillips Josephine Chiazzese Rachel Dennis Sarah Boddington Claire Thompson Sarah Davies Alyson Budden Violas Wendy Smith Rachel Ellis Charlotte Jacks Jane Pritchard Mathew Alcock Michelle Hunt Sara Lees Tim Prestidge Cellos Andrea Page Helen Trumper Warren Jarvis Rachel Cooks on Maria Weekes Adrian Dangerfield Michael Pomeroy Heur Newell

Double Basses Michael Rudd Andrea Christer Flutes Heidi Williamson Jonathan Astill Piccolo Sarah Walsh Oboes Jane Amphlett Fiona Green Clarinets Donna Willard Michael McKenzie Bass Clarinet Elaine Haviland Bassoons Angela Graham Sarah Hewitt French Horns Peter Charles worth Sian Ferguson Trumpets Hillary Charlesworth Michael Gething Trombones Ruth Mathers Jayne Moore Tuba Emma Russell Timpani Christopher Cotton Percussion Nicholas Love Graham Scambler

NORTH YORKSHIRE E.A.S.Y. BAND Musical Director: Tony Turner Tutors: Tony Turner, Nigel Blenkiron, Jonathan Shardlow, Karen Lund

Age range of performers: 9-18 years Flutes Megan Griffiths Katherine Otway Soprano Saxophone Lesley Shaw Alto Saxophones Helen Otway Helen Pry~r Karen Russell Tenor Saxophones _".ndrc\\- Sha\\' J)J\"l,~ KCI1lp Baritone Saxophone Helen \\ -J,,""::: o,' Piano Jayne Ro' Percussion Stephen MOOrr. 0:':S,路 Jackie Lindsln'

Basses Susan Lowe Aidan Lawrence Guitars Vicky Turnbull Daniel Rourke Trumpets Richard Milner Mark Hodgkins Jonathan Roger Karl Marsden Gillian Towler Richard Wood Trombones Paul Shepherd Virginia Channon lulic Wheeler 'KJtrinJ Laing Tuba b~l St":.~n(L'

OXFORDSHIRE COL'l'TY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: .\lie".',; E: "."

Tutors: Senior String: h'::';' _,-:::: L::,:-,', S:,':1,,: L::,-,:, E., ::.:;: Cello: Marci" Bocl"";,,;,, ()oubi.: BJ;;':' I:;:,: .\I.,.~,"" Woodwind: DOl<gi,,-, Lw,b. J:.''''z.; 5h,{;,' ." Flute: 51,'1';"" I.,,,,,;: Oboe: Jolm Esaias; Horn: P.",i Wilier: Brass: R,:lurJ H.l ii.",,, Percussion: 51<f Lal<'rfllce; Harp: J .mi<t' CJrJ"fY路Br"l< '" Age range of performers: 12-2.3 years

Violins Dawn Neller (Leader) Sally-Jayne Alien Janet Ashcroft Alan Baker Ruth Beard Deborah Brinsden Rachel Britton Karen Butler Rebecca Coles Ruth Coles Rachel Coles Jane Cress well Karen Dando Bridget Davey Caroline Easton Katharine Edgington Pa trick E vans Julie Fleetwood Emily Fuller Alison Futter Sally Harrison Jessica Haxworth Karen Hodgson Katherine Holmes Jane Hunter Marcus Julier Claire J ulier Simon Lay Sally-Jane Lavis Anna Lawrence Alison Meardon Linda Mears Catherine Morbey Joanna Noli Celia Randall Ann Richards Jayne Robins Sophie Robson Ara bella Saker Anita Salt Julia de Ste Croix Carolyn Taylor Sally Tomkins Philip Von Hauenschild Mark Warner Kirsty Wilson Violas Helen Adam Jeremy Bache Catherine Boulton Sarah Buckley Jonathan Cole Sarah Harwood Glyn Howells Paul Norman Carolyn Tregaskis Cellos Duncan Bache Jane Baur Lucy Caperon Frances Cha pple Alison Dean Mark Dendy Susan Duff,: Helen Gotti'c1dt Alastair Ha, Mark Harrr:s\\orrh Gillian lones Susan KnightJl1 Martin La ~ drJY SandrJ \ IcBriclc Hilan Pulkcr Holl- Rv;; Bnol1\ Snmh .".rn' Somen-ilk Gisclc TJ,-Ior Susannah Thomas Claire \\'ilson

Double Basses Pipa Doubtfire Malcolm Fairbairn Dean Fennell Hal Fowler Eliza beth Ha rrt~ John Mason Alison Ross Sue Witham Flutes Alison Bate Allison Parris Jacqueline Webb Hilary Woolley Oboes Rebecca O'Connell Alexandra Weston Isobel Williams Clarinets Heather Bower Helen Pill Caroline Smith Sarah Turberfield Bassoons Michael Darke Shirley Giles Jane Sarson Amanda Schofield French Horns Mary Cowletr Nicholas Goddard Anthony Langrish Antony Lowe Erik Smith Nicola Stoneham Sophie Taylor Paul Willett Emma Wilson Trumpets Alison Croxon Paul Mummery Lloyd Payne Daniel Ruiz Marcus du Sautoy Nicholas Stanhope Trombones John Burgum Rosemary Edge Christian Hopwood Paul Macey Martin McNulr\' Matthew Shelto'n Tuba Alan Pricken Timpani and Percussion Nicholas Da\'idson Anthon\' E \ erin Gillian Shorter Gary Wailer Alex Wilson Harps Maria Beanie Emm3 G\\- ) nne Piano Carol- n T ador Organ Da,-id S" inson

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List of Performers COR YSGOL PENWEDDIG PENWEDDIG SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor: Gaenor Hall Age range of performers: 13-18 years Sopranos Angharad Davies Annette Davies Bethan Wyn Davies Lowri Evans Carys Hughes Ceri Wynne Jones Eirian Dyfri Jones Eirian Mair Jones ManonJones Jeannette Lucas Wendy Lucas Annwen Morgan Heledd Parry Delyth Wyn Roberts Siwan Rowlands Catrin Tomos Hilary Williams Delyth Woolley Altos Carys Davies Helen Davies Manon Davies Llinos Edwards Manon Edwards Branwen Evans Meryl Evans Carwen Griffith Mabli Hall Catrin Hughes Mererid Hughes Bethan James RhianJames Ann M Jones ElinJones Sally Lucas Roseanne Lloyd Sioned Lloyd Nerys Haf Lloyd Elin Morris Eleri Tomos Haf Tudno Williams

Tenors Deian C Davies Emyr P Evans Melfyn Jones Michael Jones Rhydian Jones Huw Llywelyn Aeron Williams Carwyn Williams lan Owen Basses Dafydd Davies Einion Gruffudd Gareth Ifan Lewis Jones Rhodri Wyn Jones Emyr Kirkman Gwydion Lewis Rhodri McDonald Andras Millward Tudor Thomas Matthew Trow

RUDKI Musical Director: Stallisiall' Szabat Artistic Director and Choreographer: Andrzej Pieniazek Staff: KrystYlla Karpill .<ka-Jallicz, Teresa Stanisz, Jerzy Tyc/miacz Age range of performers: 16-21 years Maciej Chrobak Maciej Dochnal Urszula Trawka Andrzej Fracz Lidia Fura Marek Palczak Grzegorz Szczepan Andrzej Szydelko Krystyna Kuchta Piotr Glo\\'iak Marek Gregorowicz Elzbieta Ka\\'a Renata Leja Agata Surmacz

Robert Dochnal Malgorzata Iwinska Mariusz Kurzydlo Marta Kuzniar Arkadiusz Mach Grazyna Majda Elzbieta Mans Jozci Sikora • \i:'ojciech SraszJk Zdz isla \\'l Straczek \\'lcla\\ SzubJ Bo"dan Baran Gr;zyna Prusak Piorr \\'itck

ST OLA VE'S GUITAR TRIO Tutor: Stephen Davis Age range of performers: 18 years Richard Wiseman (flute) Christopher Rogers (violin) Robin Saunders (guitar)

STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Adrian Brown Chairman: Eieanor Martin Manager: Dudley Davies Deputy Conductor: David White Treasurer: Bruce Smith Administrative Staff: Jill Gregory, Jack Jansen, Jill Lodge, Ruth Lock , Evelyn Wilcock, Alan Hargrave

Age range of performers: 11-21 years Violins Christine Bowles Emma Briggs Catherine Brooks Judy Brown Tracey Cansick Rebecca Coleman Sarah Davies Christina de Domingo Neil Edwards Melanie Eglon Anne Finert y Emily Gardn er Anthony Gibbs Leah Goldmann Catherine Grazynski Jill Gregory Michael Griffiths lan Hargrave Roderick Kearney Rosalind Lee Jeremy Martin Lisanne MeJchior Gillian Morley Anna St Clair Caroline Suggitt Timothy Suggitt Madeleine Townley Florence Wilcock Violas Hilary Bunting Gregory Da vies Belen de Domingo Hugh Gwilliams Caroline Harrison RolfHind Adrian Lock Ma xine Moore Donatella Reale Fergus Scarfe Clairc Smith Mariella Wildbur CeIlos William Butt John Harn ett Jenn\' Janse Da\'id Lock Mark Lodge Alexis Par~rid ge Sail\' Rosen Chl~e Stron g :'-Jaomi Zoob Double Basses James Dean Shirin Jindari Smart Wright

Flutes Stephen Cviic Stephanie Giles Monica McCarron Claire Michael Francesca Perlman Anthony Robb Howard Tucker Oboes Ruth Contractor Lucy Frank Maria lacadoro Rebecca Lodge Hilary Storer Clarinets Suzanne Green Paul Harrison Clare Janse Nicholas Nayyar Laura Summers Alice WiJcock Bassoons Alan Dorrington Jacqueline Keen Jayne Malham Lisa Nevett Emma Weis blatt Trumpets Ben Cleverdon Sharon Davies Colin Findlay Julie Hall Trombones Tibor Hartmann Liese J ansen John Mears Neil Pearce,' A ndrc\\" Sc~rgie Tuba Joseph Hassa n French Horns Johanna A "is Smart lon es Karen -)Jicholson \ ' anessa Price Douglas Scarfc Sa rah Willis Harp .,>,line Bre\\ er Timpani and Percussion "·!arion Alterman Susan Bentle~' lan Hicks AmI Pate!

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List of Performers SUNNYBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCUSSION GROUP AND DANCERS Musical Director: Margaret McKinnon Choreographer: Anne Hart Age range of performers: 9-12 years Musicians Jill Bruce Valerie Simpson Marlene Duguid Andrea Main Andrea Chow Joanne Fraser

Dancers Fiona Scott Janine Ross Alex Campbell Paul Ewnson Alice Forson Zumam Alquado

THIRSK SCHOOL STRING DUO Tutor: Linda M Wright Age range of performers: 12-15 years Sarah Herring (violin) Margaret Herring (violin) Accompanist Rosemary Boocock

W AKEFIELD DISTRICT COLLEGE BRASS CHORALE Conductor: Richard Prestoll Head of Department: Co/ill Fallslwwe Age range of performers: 16-18 years Stephen Wood (1st trumpet /soprano) Stephen Peacock (2nd trumpet/flu gel) Margaret Walsh (3rd trumpet) Mandy Ferguson (4th trumpet) Peter Mayfield (1st horn) Fiona Walker (2nd horn) Chris Hirst (1st trombone) Adrian Hirst (2nd trombone) Donald Cheeseman (tuba) Alex Ward (percussion)

W ALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR Director: David Victor-Smith Age range of performers: 8-12 years Lynette Andrews Rebecca Atkins Nathan Barber-Kebbv Jane Boddy , Amanda Bramley Jonathan Brown Rebecca Bullen Steven Clark Cindy Coaces Elaine Conn Simon Connolh Melanie Crean 'Alison Demcr~ Simon Elliort Zoe Farish Kelly Faulkner Claire Ga\\'man Wendy Hagan Lucy Hamblin Ben Harvev Emma Ha;\'e\' Janet Hollis Joanne Hollis Ben Hyatt Susan Jackson

Melanie Kay CIa ire Kinge Vicky Kinge Leon Lampard Joanne Lelliott Samantha Lelliott Hayley Lucas Vijay Maharaj Andrew Malcolm Joanne Manning Joanna Marlor Susan Myall Hayley Ncss Debbie Pike Julie Raccliffc Nikki Redfern Louise Shinn Jack,. Ta vlor Ton\' Tador Lisa 'T ra\:lcn Nicola Wilson Samamha \Vilson Andrea \\'oobcrr y Hannah Young Prunclla Young

WARDLE HIGH SCHOOL BAND Musical Director: Anthol1Y Briggs Band Manager: Chris Gib/ill Age range of performers: 14-15 years Principal Cornet Louise Webster Soprano Cornet Jillian Mottershead Solo Cornets Sharon Halliday Denise Bossons Elizabeth Miller Cheryl Parry Repiano Cornets Gillian Hargrave Debra Dearden 2nd Cornets Gillian Anderson Jane Grindrod Wendy Spinks Michael Clegg 3rd Cornets Julie Barlow Andrew Nicholson Jonathan Yates Deborah Sykes Jane Schofield Lisa Scholes Janine Anderson Trudy Harwood Flugel Horns Julie Gilligan Rachel Pearson Solo Tenor Horns Helen Plant Stephanie Taylor 1st Tenor Horns Mair Jones Sophie Kelsall

2nd Tenor Horns Karen Pitcher Andrea Nicholl Shana Cullis Solo Baritones Nichola Smith Karen Rogers 2nd Baritones Michellc T ole Adele Rosbotham Sonya Howarth Joanna Wildman Solo Euphoniums Michelle Renwick Petrina Murphy 2nd Euphoniums Joanne McMinn Scephen Tennick Andrew Souner Solo Trombones Philip Hamilton Polly Kelsall 2nd Trombones David Warburton Zoe Bannister Bass Trombone Jacquelyn Ashworth EEb Tubas John Rigg Sharan Harling

BBb Tubas Paul Scales Shaun Griffiths Percussion Richard Howarth Michael Harper

WARWICKSHIRE SCHOOLS STRING ORCHESTRA Director and Conductor: Brial1 E F Browl1 Tutors: Clive Rickards, Rita Dowkil1s, AlIIle JJerel/lcather, jal1e Tcarnal1, GeoJf Cook Age range of performers: 11-19 years 1st Violins Jacqueline Styles Mary Anthony Katie Brodie Alison Whale Gordon Duff" Tamsin Rowlinson Claire Slicer Gillian Bright\\'ell Elizabeth Mundlcr Inn Jewel Luc y Hobill 2nd Violins Jill Rcnsha\\' All \'so n Ropcr Rachael Smith Philip Hait!h :\nn3 Titky .\ tacthe\\ Gard!1cr Hilan Ibnt2Cll .\lichde Hill Susall Fdlo\\'s Richard Pick wick

Violas Julict Ratclific Fiona Burdc1~ Da\'id Ireland Sarah Dohert\' :vlichael Bemhalll Jo I:hrkes :\lice Gre\' Hclcn :\u ; till Cat hcrillc Jones Cellos Dcborah \Varren-Smith Caroline St yles Jalle Le\\ is Huw Gibson Iona than Smith 路Craig \Varcham Elll1;-'a Parsons Double Basses .\lichael Holland Clare Jones ,A.lison Th\\ .lites

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THE PURCELL SCHOOL

Music Scholarships, 1984 The Purcell School is the only specialist music school in the Greater London area, and is a day school for boys and girls aged 9-18 with a small, weekly boarding house. Special musical training and excellent opportunities are provided for talented musicians, as well as a good general education.

MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS will be offered to boys and girls of outstanding musical talent.

AUDITIONS will be held at the school on 17th & 18th February 1984, and all applications must be received by the school by 31 December 1983.

A limited number of Government Aided Places for September 1984 will be awarded on the basis of these Scholarship Auditions, and those interested in the Government Aided Places are invited to apply early.

For application forms and further details, please contact the School Administrator.

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SUPPORT MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS

David Padgett - Chandler General Secretary: I.S,M.

As ever the music on display at the SCHOOLS PROM is both varied and exciting.

It ranges over wide areas of music and is a triumph of hard work and a tribute to the music teachers whose professional skill and dedication has made this feast of music possible.

BUT do you realise that this whole development is now more seriously threatened than it has ever been since the War? In 1981/82 alone, music in schools in at least eight local education authorities has suffered very severe cuts and this is only part of the story. That is why the ISM and MU have joined forces to alert the music-loving public, parents, and all those concerned with the education of our children to the value and importance of music in their lives.

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The Roya Phi harmonicOrc~frg The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wishes all participants in the 1983 Schools Prom every success The RPO is delighted to offer a SOp reduction on all its Royal Festival Hall promoted concerts in the 1983/84 season to all I 500 performers taking part in this year's Schools Prom

For further information about RPO concerts please write for a free concert brochure to: RPO/SP, 34 Red Lion Square, London WC IR 4SG

This space has been donated by The Association of Music Industries

A Illarvellous perforIllance!

Yes, but spare a thought for those who made the musical instruments, without which the joys of music would not be possible.

THE MUSIC TRADE'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY has, for over 80 years, tried to make the lot of old people, who have spent their working lives in the musical instrument industry, and who have now fallen on hard times, a little less bleak.

Help us to send them a Christmas present this year and increased payments in the future by sending a donation now to:

G. A. Brasted, MBE Secretary, Music Trade's Benevolent Society, c/o Ramsdens, 22 Beach Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk 52

BOOSEY & HAWKES (RETAIL) LIMITED 295 Regent Street, London WIR 8JH. Tel: 01-5802060

LONDON'S PREMIER MUSIC SHOP offer Congratulations and Encouragement to everyone performing or participating in the 1983 Schools Prom Boosey & Hawkes (Retail) Ltd., based in the heart of London, provide a complete service to musicians of all kinds, from the youngest (or oldest!) beginner to the virtuoso professional performer. * Lars;e Music and Instrument Showrooms - wIth musically qualified staff - 2 mins. walk from Oxford Circus tube, open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm.

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The Friends of Music for Youth Barclays Bank Birds Eye Wall's British Broadcasting Corporation British Federation of Music Festivals Brooke Bond Group Jaques & Lewis Kodak The Lesser Group of Companies Marks & Spencer National Westminster Bank The Occidental North Sea Consortium Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co The Performing Right Society WHSmith On behalf of the young musicians Music for youth thanks the above companies and associations for their help in making possible this year's concerts

A Music for Youth presentation