Schools Prom 1996

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CONTENTS Introduction Programme - Monday, 4th November

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Programme - Tuesday, 5th November

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Programme - Wednesday, 6th November

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Executive Director: Larry Westland CBE Schools Prom Organiser: Pippa Cleeve Assistant Organiser: Anna Woodward Press Officers : Nicola Russell & Hazel Shaw Production Manager: Richard Butler Stage Manager: Adrian Evans Rostrum Manager: Alex Hearson

'Iusic for Youth Directors: Cicoffrey Potter, Chainnan (Glaxo Wellcome) '\icholas Mann (British Aerospace) Kcith Grant (Commercial Union) 1),)11 Sll);l11 (\\' H Smith Retail) .lame'S C\ )J1pock (\ lusic Industries Association) Patricia RL)\\ an I TES The Times Educational Supplement) LaITY \\cstland CBE. Executive Director

Drawings and corer design hy Sholto Walker Photographs by Andy HOll'e~ Pianos kindly supplied by Yamaha-Ke/llble Music (UK) Ltd Percussion instrume11ts kindly supplied by Premier Percussion and Impact Percussion Amplification kindly supplied by Peter Webber Hire Limited

MUSIC FOR YOUTH is a charity sponsored and directed by BRITISH AEROSPACE, COMMERCIAL UNION, GLAXO WELLCOME and W H SMITH RETAIL and supported by the Associated Board of th e Royal Schools of Music, Department for Education and Employment, Department of Education for Northern Ireland, Marks & SpenceI: Music Industries Association, National Union of Teachers and Trinity College London.

Support is also received f rom the Frien ds ()( \ Ill' ic f or Youth (see list on back COl'er;.

A rtistic endeavours with Music Jar Youth , Londoll Mu sici Gild Pavilion Opcra Educational Tru st bring musical oppo rtunities to young people througlT out ti, e CO UII I ry.

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INTRODUCTION This is my tenth consecutive year. I asked for more money, and Larry Westland laughed, said no, and asked me to write the introduction to the programme. For nothing.

He nonnally writes it himself and thanks everybody. As a result he remains the Significant Unthanked Person, and he shouldn't be. He started these, he has kept them going and he's still here. As a result of him and his staff at Music for Youth. every year 50,000 children get :1 chance to perfol111 in the Regional Festivals. the '\ :lli,)n.d Festival and the Seh\)\\I, Pr(\I11 .

This is , r dare te\ :,ugge:i l. beneficial ;lIld enj 1) ahk for them. It i~ also hendicial and enjoyable for gm\\ ll-llpS. Grown-ups are being bombarded with pictures and stories of youth behaving badly. and it's very depressing for us.

Where's the point of going on if

the next generation are going to trash the place? But one night of the sort of thing you're about to experience, and we go home convinced - as I have been for years - that the next generation is more generous and talented than ours. and far better equipped to drive our grubby planet through the car-wash of the future.

Thank YOll to Larry, his staff, the teachers. the parents, our :,upporters and sponsors for cnahling these events to happen.

Thank \ ' Oll for letting me be here again. !-.'lost of all, thank : \)u tu the children taking part.

It i~ ran of the job of children w gi\e adults the strength to ,:~lrry on. and you do that very \\ ell. ,,/),

This year's Schools Prom features 33 of the country's most talented youth ensembles who were chosen from more than 50,000 young musicia,!s and singers who took part in 41 Regional Music Festivals in the spring, 9,000 of whom then went on to the National Festival of Music for Youth in London in July. If you would like to participate in our festivals or would like more information about Music for Youth, please call us on 0181-870 9624.

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MAURICE JACOBSON OBE, 1896-1976 with, and encouragement of, aspmng young mUSICIans.

He had a deep love for young people and this love was retul11ed by all who came to know him rhrough hi s work. Much of the d rl\ Ing force behind rhe 511CCeSS 0 : i'K' ' l ~J. >i~' fC'II\ ~li 111,'\ ~'Illcn! nl '

centenar: \\ ( :' , For 0\ er 11 t'I . devoted hi to th nri hm nt Ijfc by hi'

with the National Festival of Music for Youth that we came tl) know Maurice - not only as a teacher and adjudicator. blll ;11 .:;(', as an uncompromising Chairlll:l" constantly seeking Oll! weaknesses and pro)l0:,in:,; improH.'lllCnl:'. \buri 't,' " intlucncc in .lil ,1'1'~'~ ! ' 0f \ :l.., j , 1','1' Y,)uI h :k:l >' !ii ~', ; , :" :11 ' _ loda. as ila 3[ [h d 3 h In J -n

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WHSmith Supporting schools through the W H Smith Young Writers' Competition, Music for Youth, Poets in Schools with the Poetry Society, Project Business UK, Teachers Placement Programme and Work Experience Programme.

路 ... IS AN EDUCATIO.VAL CHARITY DEDICATED TO KEEPING MUSIC ALIVE I.V THE NATION'S SCHOOLS. Each year, more than 50.000 ~ l)Ung pcople, aged between 4 and 19, perform in our festivals and conccns, Rcm ccn now and the year 2000 our aim is to incrca:,c thi:, figure to 80,000.

Our annual programmc mcludes -to nation-\\'ide preliminaries, a six-day National Festival at the S()uth Bank C cntrc. London. three Royal Albert Hall concerts and a serics 1..")( frcc concens for inncr-city primary school children.

We are funded by 1l1an~ of thc country's leading business. education and trade organisations, \\'c al:'l) enjoy the support of the Department for Education and Employmcnt and thc :\rts Council and work in association with the School Curriculum and ,-\ssessment Authority, BBC Radio 2 and Classic FM.

\\ 'c ill\ itc you to become a major co-sponsor or corporate supporter of Music for Youth and its many thousands of young people who take part, plus the parents. teachers, schools, community organisations and local authorities who support them.

F or further details please call Pippa Cleeve or Lucy Riley at Music for Youth, 4 Blade Mews, London SW15 2NN. Tel: 0181-870 9624.

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SCHOOLS PROM PERSONALITIES Bob Hotness, Presenter. Thirty-five years after making his television debut as host of Granada TV's early gamc shows, 'Take A Letter' and 'Junior Criss-Cross Qui 7'. Bob Holncss is kno\\ n to JIl a\-crJgc :ll1dicllcC of ';L1IllC 12 millioll \ ic\\ Cb as llo,;t L.lf Ccntral TV's rLlI1a\\ay succcss. 'Blockbustcrs'.

Bob's special rapport with his cager young competitors and the consistently cliff-hanging intelligent nature of the show have twice won 'Blockbusters' the TV Times Readers' Favourite Game Show Award and five British Academy Award nominations for Best Children's Programme. After presenting the prime-time ITV show 'Raise the Roof last autumn, Bob has changed channels and can now be seen on BBC1, hosting a new daily version of one of Britain's most-loved panel games, 'Call My Bluff. He has most recently been heard on Radio Two's 'Bob Holness and Fricnds'. \\'hich featurcd a wealth of celebrity gucsts from the world of theatre and music and. to top it all, Bob's is one of the best known voices on BBC World Service, for whom he has worked, every week, since the mid '60s. His enormously popular sho\\'o 'Anything Goes', which is transmilte,: three times a week, is now in its ~ll ii' year.

Antony Hopkins CBE, Gue< Conductor, has been assoc i:li: .' the Schools Prom from tll c :;; , has conducted the finale' .: i : .

He has lectured and c, ';:,:

BBC. He has recently written a book on Beethoven's concerti - his 18th! He ha s 1l0\\' owned sixty-two cars, including a lightweight racing E-type Jaguar \\ hiL'h would go from 0 to 100 111.p .h. ill ll . ~ scconds! The CutTent 0\\ ner i~ J.ll':lIlcse and he paid a milliL)ll l"' ,in,l , for it - sadly not to Antoll~ 11::' :1 fanatical golfer and has no\\' pl:!:- ~., : :路 carl y 300 golf courses, as far lI"e 5, ::" \ 1I;~ lleapolis, as far east as Hong I( f" ii': ~ :: t : .h t:1r south as AdcLlI ci ,' : . I. :;> ,j remains the llorthern,路 , 1I" 'l! . but if he can only get a ct . ,, '-- :le ill lceland, perhaps ... t\ctld l ' :nere briefly as part of ' ,11 Cape and back. : ,., 'l!rse but he did ' -,'c lition on board u:- himself putting

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which contain his lyrics, keep playing all over the world. 'Cats' and 'Starlight Express' are now the longest and second-longest running shows in British theatre history.

He has done children's concelis at the Maltings at Snape and the Royal Festival Hall, and introduced the Schools Prom at the Royal AlbeIt Hall for nine consecutive years. 'Maestro' and 'Stilgoe's Around' have had further series on BBC Radio, and he reached his 100th appearance on 'Countdown'.

The Orpheus Tmst has run many courses in music theatre for people with disabilities, and is about to build a permanent centre for its work. Schools continue to perform his musical 'Brilliant the Dinosaur'.

Larry WestIand CBE, Founder and Executive Director of Music for Youth, has directed and produced the Schools Prom concerts since their inception in 1975 . He is widely respected for his work with young musicians and was awarded the CBE in 1991 for his services to music and education. \Iu sic for Youth's National Festival :\I1d Schools Prom are the largest and ;n, "1 , uccessful events of their kind in rl! :-"l' e. They greatl y enhance the nJ ' f ~ , !1 life of thc Lnited Kingdom cl ( : :::. " \ \ idch acclaimcd throughout . : '.'. I ,:-I ,j LIIT\ i, im'olved in many i;i: :- <,h-:r,:- ,>1' arts activity for young ;,:, .;< , 1!1 .\l'ril la,t year. he - along '.\ lih BT - iJullL'llcd BT Dance '96, a Ilallllllal L'elcbratioll of youth and dance. This highly successful project is now in its second year.

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PROGRAMME

Monday, 4th Novetnber 1. SCISSETT MUSIC CENTRE SENIOR WIND BAND, HUDDERSFIELD

Musical Director: Simon Mansjield Fanfare and National Anthem Snakes!

Th omas Duffy Vaughan WilIiams, an: J Stout Linden Lea The King's March (from 'Deo Gracias') Guy Woolfenden 2. YSGOL GERDD CEREDIGION, DYFED Musical Director: Islwyn Evans Clychau'r Cantre ArIan y mor Folkdance Medley

Traditional Welsh, a n: G Mitford Traditional Welsh, an: I Evans Traditional Welsh

3. OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOLIHULL Musical Director/Conductor: Pauline Heartjield Jigs & Reels

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4. BROMLEY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, KENT

Musical Director/Conductor: Nicholas Woodall Elegy (from 'A Downland Suite') Jig (1st movement from 'St Paul's Suite')

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3. WOOTTON UPPER SCHOOL PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE,

BEDFORD , ,u' le ll Director: Lee Stallley . i j ' \Iusic: Bm-rie Jo/7nson "". h, ri ll I from 'Concerto for Percussion')

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8. THE YANGCHIN GROUP, MIDDLESBROUGH Conductor: Christoph er Lewis A Vos T'hai Pesar Pulau Kecil

Traditional Argentinian. an: C !vI Lewis Traditional Indonesian, an: CM Lewis

9. THE HUMMINGBIRDS CHOIR, LONDON

Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the free.

How shall we extol thee, who are bom of the e~ Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

Choir Trainer/Conductor: Diana Th ompsonl Trisha Proctor Rainforest Medley an: D Thompson with excerpts j;'OI1I 'The Emerald CrOlVn' by D Campbell & 'Along Cam e Man' by L Marsh 10. WAKEFIELD COLLEGE POP BAND Musical Director/Conductor: Jam es Pitchjorth Word of Mouth Slipping Away

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PROGRAMME NOTES SCISSETT MUSIC CENTRE SENIOR WIND BAND, HUDDERSFIELD Musical Director/Conductor: Simon Mansfield Age range of perfonners: 11-18 years Fanfare and National Anthem Snakes!

Thomas DuffY Linden Lea Vaughan Williams, arr. J Stout The King's March (from 'Deo Gracias') Guy WoolJenden Scissett Music Centre is one of seven area venues run by Kirklees Music School in West Yorkshire. This is the centre's third successive appearance at the Schools Prom, the previous performances being given by the centre's Big Band. This has been a busy year for the band with perfonnances at the 199:BASBWE Conference, Boosey and Ha\\ kc" National Concert Band Festivals (Regl,)lu! and National) and gaining an Ollt:'t:ll1J1Il': Perfonnance Award at the 19% "311,)n3: Festival of Music for Youth As the title suggest". 'Snake;;" i:, J \\ ,)rk that explores the sound,; a,<,),lateJ \\ ith the different varietie, l)! ,;nake , . including a s\\ aying cobra and ,lem -1110\ ing boa constrictor. 'Linden Lea' i" a straightfoJ'\\ arJ adaptation of the song b~ \'3ughan Willial11s Varied scorings and slight tempo changes are used to heighten the appeal of this attractiw melody. 'The King's March' is the final movement of the suite 'Deo Gracias' being based on music first written for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of 'Henry V'.

YSGOL GERDD CEREDIGION, DYFED Musical Director: Islwyn Evans Age range of perfonners: 15-18 years Clychau'r Cantre Traditional Welsh, arr. G Mitford Ar lan y mor Traditional Welsh, arr.l Evans Folkdance Medley Traditional Welsh Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion was established by Islwyn hans in 1993. It is based in Newcastle Emlyn. West Wales with students as young as si.,. attending from the snITollnJing areas. The choir has perfonned w c3ra"it~ audiences in concerts and "'11lJ1Ctitions at numerous national venues.

R.:.:.:nt c:ngagements have included overseas :,'Cl r< to South America, Denmark and Ireland.

The "chool was awarded two Outstanding P.:rfonnance Awards at this year's National Fe:sti\ al of Music for Youth.

The: programme reflects traditional Welsh .:ulture with 'penillion' singing to the Jccompaniment of the harp, a haunting love -,'ng 'Ar lan y mor' and finally a lively medley of dance melodies accompanied by the clog rhythms of Gethin Page and Eifion Thomas.

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOLIHULL \lusical Director: Pauline Heartfield Irish Dancing: Rose El/is -\ge range of perfonners: 6-11 years Jigs & Reels arr. EH Jones Our Lady of the Wayside School, Solihull has approximately 400 pupils whose ages range from 4 to 11 years. From Year 1, all children arc encouraged to play recorder and later some are selected to play violin, cello, brass or percussion instruments. Music plays an active part in school life; there are various recorder groups, string orchestra, brass and percussion ensembles. Each year several concerts are given at school and children regularly visit a hospice to perfonn to patients and staff.

The dancers, who are all pupils at Our Lady of the Wayside but attend various Irish Dancing Schools, were brought together especially to take part in the National Festival of Music for Youth this year in the Infants Section. They are accompanied by three Year 6 pupils playing violins and the traditional Irish drum called a bodhran.

BROMLEY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, KENT Musical Director/Conductor: Nicholas Woodall Age range ofperfonners: 13-18 years Elegy (from 'A DownIand Suite') John Ireland Jig (1st movement from Hoist 'St Paul's Suite') Bromley Youth Chamber Orchestra has played in the Schools Prom several times since being founded in \ 977. The orchestra was top award winner in the 1992 International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, and shortly before winning a Music for Youth Outstanding Perfonnance Award this year, they recorded their second CD. The Bromley Youth Chamber Orchestra has appeared on radio and television, and has toured in 10 countries. Future appearances include concerts at St John Smith Square with the pianist Philip Fowke, and the Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

The 'Elegy' was transcribed for strings by the composer himself, and although written in 1932, presents string playing in its most lush and Romantic fonn. By contrast, the 'Jig' from 'St Paul's Suite' is a highly energetic movement, weaving two themes together and bringing the movement to an exhilarating climax.

WOOTTON UPPER SCHOOL (GM) PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, BEDFORD Musical Director: Lee Stanley Head of Music: Barrie Johnson Age range ofperfonners: 16-18 years Scherzo Leonard Salzedo (from 'Concerto for Percussion') Wootton Upper School (GM) is a popular 1318 comprehensive school situated to the south of Bedford. The school has a thriving music department which organises weekly rehearsals for 22 instrumental and vocal ensembles, catering for a wide range of musical interests from Jazz to Classical. The percussion ensemble is one of these groups. Gaining the Maurice Jacobson Award at the National Festival of Music for Youth in July was a high point for the group whose senior member, Troy Miller, had also reached the semi-finals of the Percussion Class in this year's BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

Salzedo's 'Concerto for Percussion' is a tourde-force for four percussionists playing a vast array of tuned and un-tuned percussion. The 'Scherzo' features musicians on snare drum , bongos, hi-hat cymbal and timpani. It is a fast, exciting movement featuring each soloist in turn against a background ostinato texture provided by the other players, with extra problems being presented through the tutti silent pauses!

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PROGRAMME NOTES WALTHAM FOREST STEEL, LONDON Musical Director/Conductor: Richard lvlllrphy Age range of perfonners: 14-18 years Force Field lack Laurcll ce, «"F. 1!" !7>i':, <'< KirleF Gymnopcdie \"0, 1 [ ,'-'." " mr , i'T J ! lII jJ /n' '. 1 ore" '\ urr .Joi ~ ; ~.')h.l · Baba Yaga

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the world playing, hence the name. Chick Corea first became prominent in jazz around the 1970s. He was one of a new crop of pianists, such as Keith Jarrett and Herhie Hancock, who introduced modem ideas and hannonies through their pieces and perfonnances. Chick regularly experimented with new, interesting rhythms and colourful chords, as in 'Spain' - his most famous composition.

THE YANGCHIN GROUP, HALL GARTH SCHOOL, MIDDLESBROUGH Conductor: Christopher Lewis \ ~ c Llnge of perfonners: 12-16 years \ \ '" T'hai Pesar Traditional Argentinian, an: CM Lewis f'ul.lu h:l'Ci! Traditional Indonesian, arr. CM Lewis -ht",1 is an 11-16 comprehensive,

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'Force Field' shows pan in its narurall: percussive state, but unusually highliglH' the lower pans on melody. 'Gymnop(:dlCNo , I' has a pure and magical simplicit\ only the tcno r pans ha\ c thc melody. Tll, sustained piallis" illlo and leg alO music demands immcnse control from thc pla \ c-' The magical atmosphere of Russian fo i', tales introduces the malevolence of the witch Baba Yaga, and her hut on chic!.;,' . legs, from Mussorgsky's 'Pictures fro T Exhibition'. All sections of the ban d 1;.) a hair-raising ride!

wild creatures in the rainforest, and how man's intervention has affected them so disastrously, WAKEFIELD COLLEGE POP BAND Musical Director/Conductor: James Pitchforth Age range ofperfonners: 16-20 years Word of Mouth RuthelfordlNeil Slipping Away Lisa Goldtholpe Wakefield College School of Music is no stranger to perfonning in the National Festival of Music for Youth. For the past ten years, Pop, Classical, Jazz and Contemporary Ensembles from the BTEC Popular Music Course and the A-level Music courses run at Wakefield College have seen great success.

Wakefield College Pop Band was very pleased to be presented with the Outstanding Performance Award at the National Festival.

Made up from students on the BTEC Popular Music Course, the band rehearses weekly at the college and regularly perfonns at local concerts. It concentrates on playing pop music and original compositions, and is fronted by vocalist Lisa Goldthorpe, who has composed a song especially for this event.

SURREY COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Keith Willis Age range of perfonners: 13-18 years Symphonic Poem - Praga Josef Suk (abridged) Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 Elgar 'Land of Hope and Glory' Surrey County Youth Orchestra was fonned 30 vcars ago in 1967 and is no stranger " .: " :~Ii o nal Festival, having played in the "' J, Pr\.'1ll sC\Tral tillles over the years . It _ \ : - :: :;: ]j or cOllcert with various choirs _ F _ .,: _\lb en I-[all every second year. __ f U<l 1;.i \ c reLently returned from a tour

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The Hummingbirds Choir includes every girl in Year 4 of Lytton House, which is the primary department of Putney High School.

They are all eight or nine years old and, they say, are extremely proud to have been invited to perfonn in the Schools Prom, as they are following in the footsteps of 'The Soundwaves Choir' (9 to ll-year-olds) who have already perfonned twice at this exciting event.

'The Emerald Crown' and 'Along Came Man' are both environmental musicals. The excerpts chosen for the medley describe the wonder of

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He studied violin at the Prague Conservatoire, taking up composition seriously in his third year under no less a teacher than Dvorak, whose daughter he was later to marry. His symphonic poem 'Praga' (Prague) is a celebration of the beautiful Czech capital and the Czech land and shows the influence of Richard Strauss and Dvorak. As well as a very large orchestra. an organ is required for the grand finale .

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Tuesday, 5 th N ovelnber 1. DERBYSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH WIND BAND

Musical Director: Murray Slater Fanfare and National Anthem Music for a Festival

Philip Sparke

2. GREAT KINGSHlLL FIRST SCHOOL CHOIR, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Musical Director/Conductor: Joan Palmer Days of the Week Song The Calendar Song Do-Re-Mi Knicky, Knacky, Knocky, Noo

Traditional, an: J Palmer Traditional, an: J Palm er Rodgers & Hamlllerstein ji-Olll Okki-Tokki-Unga

3. BERKSHIRE YOUTH CHOIR Conductor: Gillian Dibden Francion The Riddle Song Hold On!

Pierre Bonnet John Rutter Eugene Thamon Simpson

4. CHARNOCK HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHEFFIELD Musical Director/Conductor: Jill M Hepple Time-Piece

Various, an: J M Hepple

5. THE PENNINE PLAYERS, SHEFFIELD \lu sical Director: Nina Martin Allegro 'Ioderato (from Quartet in G for Four Violins) \Iolto Allegro I from Quartet for Four Violins) h.

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7. AYLESBURY 'llSIC CE:\TRE DANCE BAND, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Musical Director/Conductor: Nick Care Sing Sing Sing Bill Bailey

Louis Prima an: T. Kubis

8, EXETER SCHOOL SAXOPHONE QUARTET Musical Director: Simon Foxall Oh Lady be Good Pavane for the Earl of Salisbury Brown & Blue

Gershwin, an: A. Marshall Byrd, an: P Harvey James Powel; an: D. Grinard

9. BERKSHIRE YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA

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Musical Director/Conductor: Paul Cox Finale (from 'Little Suite', Opus 1)

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10. KlNGSWOOD JAZZ, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Partido Alto Au Priva\'e

Charlie Ber/rami, an: Arrhllrs Charlie Parkel; an: Ar/hllrs

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PROGRAMME NOTES DERBYSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH WIND BAND Musical Director: Murray Slater Age range of perfonners: 13-21 years Fanfare and National Anthem Music for a Festival Philip Spade Derbyshire County Youth \\ 'ind Band II'as fonned in 1979 and have appeared at the National Festival of Music for Youth four lime , gaining an Outstanding Perfonnance Award in 1983 and again this year. The band has made several appearances at the Boosey & Hawkes Wind Band Festival in the Open ection, gaining a old Award in the 1990 Final alld following Uli widl third prize in the European hampionsilips, Tours abroad have been made to Holland, witzerland (winning the World Youth Champion hip) and Prance. Next year the band will vi it Israel, having recently hosted The Lod Youth Band ft'om near Tel Aviv, The work opens with a fanfare of trumpets which is then taken up by various sections of the band, before the ma in theme is introduced . The second subject appears on saxop hone and homs and the main theme retums to end the movement. Beautiful quartet IITiting for woodwind opens the slow movement followed by a bassoon solo, taken up by the lower half of the band . The final movement opens with percussion followed by a rhythm ic melody played by . all tile band. A cmltabile theme appears 011 a clarinet and saxophone, leading to a return of the rhythmic melody. After the opening fanfare and a brief' allargando, the work gallops to a triumphant close.

GREAT Kl:\GSHILL FIRST SCHOOL CHOIR, BlCKI:\GH.\'ISHIRE Musical Director Conductor: .loa/l Pa/lllcr Age range of pcrfonllers: :,-S : cars Days of the Week Song TmC/irio/la/.

song 'Knicky, Knacky, Knocky, Noo', all about parts of the body!

BERKSHIRE YOUTH CHOIR Conductor: Gilliall Dibden .\ge range " I' perfonners: 14-19 years Francion Pierre Bonnet The Riddle Song John Rutter Hold On! rl/g!!ne Thamon Simpson The Berkshire Youth Cho ir (fonned in 1984) has eamed a natI ona l reputation as a leading SATB Youth Choir. \kmbcrs are drawn from throughout the C,'unty of Berkshire.

They have enjoyed 'C\ eral tours abroad, giving concerts in France. Ciennany.

Switzerland, AustrIa an d lta l\' and loo k forward to their next tpur rn )uh 1997. The schedule is very bus: thI- tenn :1> the choir has qualified for the ,erl1l-tin,11 "I' the SainsbUly's 'Choir of the );:.lr' c"Illpetition in Buxton this month路 th;:1 ',\ ;:re tinalists in the 1994 competition ..\ h'l~hlrgh t "I' last season's work was a pert~'ml.l:1ce ,wd recording of a contemporar. '.\ ,'rk 1\ ith the Wren Orchestra, 'But dw,'p hI' ;c'!lJ,:r Iling'

by Richard Sisson - they f('U: IJ :hl' h,)th challenging and fulfilling .

The Berkshire Youth Choir ha" I'err','nned once before at the Schoo];; Pr" Ill l~~ ! 'Nil and is delighted to be back aga r'l. 11 .1'. lIlg achieved an Outstanding Perf,'m 1.!~~ce Award in the senior choral catcc!,',. . ,:' :!1e National Festival of Music for ~',,~;: :; I he choir fonns part of 'The Berkshire 1 ",:~ \,: Musicians Trust', an organisation \\ h! c'; provides instrumental and vocal tUl , l(' !~ :', 'r students in schools and music l'cntr~' throughout Berkshire. The Trust i, represented by both the Choir and SI rr n:: Orchestra tonight. The Choir has a nr".IJ repertoire of both sacred and secular Pl,X;:' This evening's offering is a selection of Par Songs to suit all tastes.

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Okki-Tokki-Unga Great Kingshill First School Choir was fanned in -1995 . As soon as the children's singing \'oiccs are secure they are invited to join the choir. \lost of the thirty-six children come from the first and second years. They rehear5e I\eekly during their lunch hour and generally show a great deal of enthusiasm for the choi r with the odd exception wh o. on reall: sunny days, would rather be outside' The four songs come from a programllle devised to cover the requiremefl( , of the National Curricululll. The tiN ,,'rH! is perfonlled twice, once in Engli,h ar~d once in Gennan. The familiar chant 'Thrm Da\ , hath September' is sung to a cah:hy (ah'p ~'1 melody. In 'Do-Re-Mi' the ch"rr , holl s it can sing in parts and the programme concludes with a lively accumulatile action

CHARNOCK HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHEFFIELD Musical Director/Conductor: JiI/ M HC'pp/,' Age range of perfonners: 9-11 years Time-Piece Various, an: .l .\/ HL'!'!'!'

The 70 members ofChamock Hall Seh,"" Choir from Sheffield are drawn from Y~:lr, 5 and 6 in the 250-s trong Juni or Department, They rehearse I\cekil f,'r :h eir perfomlances th rough U1C schoo l ycar. whjch include appearances at local I11u,r,'al festivals, city centre venues. local churchc, and school concerts. 01 er :'0 "I' the performers play instnJmcnt5. man y demonstrating this at thc "atillnal Fcstilal of Music for Youth this vca r - thel had a wonderful dav at the RO'\"31 Fe,;ti,'al Hall on the South Bar;k in Juh. .

In 'Timc-Picce' the pert<.mncrs represcnt a clock mechanism Ilhich ,;tops. is OI ' ~f\1 ound. and nursts into a non-stop rncdlc\' of son!!s on the theme of time. l. mil (t el entu;lIy 1I inds down, the 'clock'

travels through 'Rock Around the Clock', 'Just In Time', 'Tum, Tum, Tum', 'I'm Late!', 'Summertime', 'One Moment in Time' and many others, arriving back at 'Grandfather's Clock'. 'Time-Piece' incorporates singing, solo playing, ensemble work, dance movement and a second or two of drama .

The Choir wish to thank, for their kind sponsorship, Lincoln Electric (UK), Crystal Peaks (Sheffield) and Bell and Buxton (Solicitors - Sheffield) .

THE PENNINE PLAYERS, SHEFFIELD Musical Director: Nina Martin Age range of perfonncrs: 15-1 6 years Ignaz Lachner Al legro M.oderato (from Quartet in G for FoUl' Vio lins) Molto Allegro Gmzyna Bacewicz (from Quartet for Four Violins) The Pennine Players were fonned in 1993 and won a Highly COlllmended Perfonnance Award at the National Festival of Music for YouUl in the same year. Two of the original members, Nina Cockbum a.nd Gim Langley, are playing toni ght. Sara Fletcher and Lizzie Ball joined them this year and they were delighted to be presented with an Outstanding Perfonnance Award at this year's National Festival in July. They live in Sheffield, Buxton, Doncaster and Hathersage, and study the violin with their teacher. Nina Martin.

Ign3Z Lachner was bom at Rain am Lech in I~"O-; and died in Hanover in 1895. This channing work is for an unusual fonn of ':ring qt;artct - four violins. Grazyna B ~k' ':\\ icz was born in Lodz in 1909 and ,kJ In \\ arsall' in 1969. She was a ,', 'lnl',,,er and \' iolinist. balancing both ,.!~.:;:r' ,ucecssfully. This piece, written in : "':". l ' full of rhythmic drive and vigour .:!l J :- ::reat fun to perfonn.

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EXETER SCHOOL SAXOPHONE QUARTET Musical Director: Sill/on Foxall

Age range of performers: 11-18 years Let's Face the Music and Dance Berlin, an~ G Richards Farandole (from 'L'Arlesienne') Bizet, an F Wright

Age range ofperfonners: 16-1 8 years Oh Lady be Good Gershwin, an: A Marshall Pavane for the Earl of Salisbury BYI'd, an: P Harvey Brown & Blue James Pmvel; an: 0 Gril1ard

De Ferrers High School has been involved with the National Festival of Music for Youth si nce 1987, and groups from the school have visited the Royal Festival Hall at the South Bank Centre every year since then, 1996 marked the fourth appearance of the Brass Band at the Royal Festival Hall; in their first (I 992) they achieved a Highly Commended Perfonnance Award, but the band is delighted I,' have been given the Outstanding Performancc Award this year. This is the third time th~ 'c+' " I has made an appearance at the Schlw l , Pc m 'Let's Face the Music and Dan c,' \'.. :' m .:,:,' famous by Fred Astairc. an,1 !1,"'~ " L·,·c!1: i:. has been used in an ad\ cn t~ ,; Per"on.!! insurance. The op~ nin :,: !:- ~ i c' " Ther: nu:trouble ahead _. " h"i"'(U: ':!, ::; ,' 0<l nd ' :1\'. '-'.! 'j not be inclicaI!'. L' ,'( :,1T11:;ht:- r('rfL)nnanCc Onginall;. "F :l r,lnci,)k' \ \.1, Ih~ incid~ntal music 10 Daud et"< rla~'. ·L\rk ,;i~ nne' . Biz~l adapted the music into l\\ 0 suites: the 'Farandole' is the most famous movcment from the first suite and features the tenor drum. The music builds up in tempo, texture and dynamics to provide an exciting finale.

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L nf,lrlUnately, their lead player, Charlie \ I"rgan, is leaving for university so the (j1l3 r!ct is currently looking for a replacement.

These are some of the quartet's favourite [li nes. The first two are what they consider to be excellent arrangements of two well-known pieces, and the last tune is one which is less '.\ ell-known but is one in which they can show ,)IT their talents by improvising! The programme demonstrates different moods and :'tyles, from straight moving Baroque to lighthearted Blues.

BERKSHIRE YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA 'vlusical Director/Conductor: Paul Cox Age range of performers: 14- 18 years Finale Carl Nielsen

(from 'Little Suite', Opus 1) The Berkshire Youth String Orchestra is at the pinnacle of the string progression within the Berkshire Young Musicians Trust. Drawing members from all quarters of the County, the Orchestra rehearses on a course basis during holiday periods. It has performed at the Edinburgh Festival (under the auspices of the National Association of British Youth Orchestras), the Festival Hall with members of the Philhannonia Orchestra in a developmental workshop involving improvisation, and, as the string section of Berkshire Youth Orchestra, the Requiem by Verdi, in the Royal Albert Hall.

Although Nielsen's 'Little Suite for Strings' is his first numbered work, two other pieces were published during the same year, and the 23-year-old composer already had a number ,of unpublished \\ orks to his name. From the "' C .!"min" [hi, i, :1 \\ or/.: of e:-.[rcme optimism. wlk ' ,'," ihi, li: elinC! mJ\!l1ified ulltil. f .. , 1i:1 it:,.: "....: ~ :~'~ll ;"' . tile I ~~t>:\..:

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The members of the band are Tom, Peter Shelley and Claire Lees on saxophones, Lewis Hubbard on bass and Kieran Brain on drums.

In their first appearance at the National Festival of Music for Youth the band were very pleased to be presented with an Outstanding Perfonnance Award.

Both of tonight's pieces feature improvised solos. The first piece, 'Partido Alto' is a funk/Latin chart, which was played by South American drummer, Airto Moreira's band. It is followed by the Charlie Parker be-bop classic 'Au Privave'. This piece shows off the band to great advantage, especially the tricky soli section.

CHANNEL ]SLANDS ORCHESTRA, GUERNSEY Musical Director/Conductor: Keith Smith Age range of performers: 13-19 years

Intrada, Introduction and March Leighton Finale (from 'Dance Suite No. 2') Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 Elgar 'Land of Hope and Glory' The Channel Islands Youth Orchestra has been in existence for just two years. The Orchestra comprises some of the most talented young musicians in the Channel Islands. It is organised jointly by the Education Departments of Guernsey and Jersey and is sponsored by Midland Bank plc. It includes pupils from Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. It meets for three weekends each year and gives concerts in the major islands. The conductor, Keith Smith, is well known for his work as a choral conductor and is at present the director of the Hampshire County Youth Choir, which he founded in J 991.

Leighton's attractive 'Dance Suitc \ 0. 2' \\:1S commissioned for the Farnham Festival of 1971. The orchestra will perfonn the first and last movements. The opening movement has a vital rhythmic impulse throughout in triple measure. All the melodic material C!ro\\, from the initial motif presented b: (he 5tril1:':, .

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Wednesday, 6th Novetnber 1. OLDHAM MUSIC CENTRE YOUTH BRASS BAND Conductor: Martyn Evans Fanfare and National Anthem A Trumpet Piece Amazing Grace Trailblaze

HT Scull Traditional, an: W Hill/ es Gaff Richards

2. AUGMENTED FIFTHS, HUDDERSFIELD Musical Director/Conductor: Elisa Barker Pacem Dream Catching

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3. SWANSMERE PERCUSSION GROUP, SURREY Musical Director/Conductor: Ray Alien Storm Piece No. 2 Contrasts

Charlotte Norn's Christopiler Wames H'illi(l/II Tay lor

4. YSGOL GERDD CEREDlGlON, DYFED Musical Director: IshvYII Evans Do-Re-Mi Cysga Di/Lwlibai Cadwyn

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PROGRAMME NOTES OLD HAM MUSIC CENTRE YOUTH BRASS BAND Conductor: Martyn Evans Age range of perfonners: 11-19 years Fanfare and National Anthem A Trumpet Piece HT Scull Traditional, an: W Himes Amazing Grace Trailblaze Goff Richards The Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band was founded in 1984. All members of the band attend schools in the Oldham Borough and meet each week for rehearsals. The Youth Brass Band represents the pinnacle of a four-group stmcture within the music centre.

In addition to presenting concerts locally and nationally, the Youth Brass Band has achieved many successes in music festivals and competitions. These have included nine appearances at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the National Festival of Music for Youth and, most recently, a second place in the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain in February. Since 1985, the band has tra\'clled to Gennany, Austria and France. In August 1993 they toured the east coast of America. along with the Oldham Youth Orchestra, presenting concerts in Washington, New York and Boston.

'A Trumpet Piece' displays the rich son O r0 ~:­ sounds which can be produced by a bra " band. Written for a ceremonial occasion. makes an ideal start to tonight's perforl l':1 The alTangement of the ever popular t ll n~ 'Amazing Gracc' by William Hime, .1l1 band to demonstrate its ability to 1'1" ".' wide dynamic range. 'Trailblazc' j . exciting piece both to play an d I; · . of contrasting moods, style "'h' L concludes the group' s pro"r ,:.

ACG ,\ I[:-' ITD FI~ I'" HUDDI::RSFn I Il Mu >ical (), ~, ,' - ( Pacem Dream Catching The Augmented Fifths \\ crc !\' nll ,',; IH December 1995, adding to a quiL·~::. developing and livel y music dCpanll1 CIl; ..!

Colne Valley High School. HlIlldcr,!ic !d Performances have included the Scllllll1·.

Christmas and 40th Anniversary Coneen ;. " concert at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.

Huddersfield, Hornsea Music Festi\'al andlhc National Festival of Music for Youth. at which a New Composition Award was presented.

Three members of the Augmented Fifths performed at the Schools Prom in 1992 with Kirklees Music School's 'Colne Valley Festival Strings'. Four of the group sang with Kirklees Chorale at last ycar's \Tational Festival, as did two of them at this ycar's Festival.

YSGOL GERDD CEREDlGION, DYFED Musical Director: Islwyn Evans Age range of perfolTllers: 6-13 years Do-Re-Mi Rodgers & Hammerstein Cysga Di/Lwlibai Traditional Welsh Cadwyn Traditional, an: G Glyn

'Pacem' wa s \\ rillcn at the suggestion of Elisa's Illusic t C ~l ck r . .Iudith Rowland, for a small group "r kt.':n singers prior to the School's Chr; · ;;n.i. Cl' ncer!. Influenced by the music ,, :' f..: ~ : i J:nkins' 'Adiemus', Michael Nylll<ln ;lI~ C; !i". ~ "'llIcmporary sources, 'Pacem' \"'" .• ,:!,;) In a short space of time and IeJr" .. .; C ,;;il ,kl y by the group.

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Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion was established by Islwyn Evans in 1993. It is based in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales with students as young as six attending from the surrounding areas. The choir has perfonned to capacity audiences in concerts and competitions at numerous national venues.

Recent engagements have included overseas tours to South America, Denmark and Ireland.

The school was awarded two Outstanding Perfonnance Awards at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth.

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. iV· _:; , .. ITcntl y playing in the group ' ... '(' ,: :o ~ c\tcnsion work in music ... , ;;: ;;)" 'Ic;ll composition. All the .'. ,' rking on Key Stage 1 National '- , ... :n i11u, ic but have extensive musical . c· .,. -hc >cl1ool, which include a large . . ,.. ,bill''''''\ laboratory. : '\ ~ ;'Icec; arc original compositions i.;UdcJ by the young composers :H' .,." cs. the first two compositions being [;c cn \\ hen the composers were still just .' " w ars old. 'Stonn' charts the progress of c \l cather from the first raindrops, through a ;l:r ...!lcning StOll11 to its calm resolution. \ '1ri,lllpher Wames' piece describes the f'" '"ress of a dream in which parts of that drca m transmogrify and attempt to escape into rC;llity. 'Con trasts' takes the perfonners on a Irain joumey (like Honegger's 'Pacific 231 ') fr om the station, through the countryside, past ;1 fair and to a stop at the final destination. ,-\11 the pieces are scored for a large range of percussion instruments and electronic keyboards.

The programme for the Junior Choir includes the well-known 'Do-Re-Mi' from the 'Sound of Music', two popular Welsh lullabies and a medley of three lively folktunes: 'Wrth fynd hefo Deio i Dywyn', 'Migildi Magildi' and 'Deryn y Bwn o'r Banna'.

BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS ASIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE Musical Directors/Conductors: Ranjit & HO/jit Singh Age range of perfollners: 11- J 6 years Raga Ahir Bhairou Ranjit & HO/jit Singh The Birmingham Schools Asian Music Ensemble is a mixed group combination and members are from several schools around Binningham. The group has been together for just under two years and has performed both locally and nationally in large and small venues. The highlights for the group were a performance on BBC I 's 'Songs of Praise' and Music for Youth's 'Lollipop Proms' at the Symphony Hall, BilTllingham.

Asian music in Birmingham caters for all cultures and traditions, and is a growing trend.

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KIRKLEES JUNIOR WIND ORCHESTRA Conductor: Garry Firth Age range of performers: 8-13 years Flourish for Wind Band Vaughan Williams When the Stars Began to Fall Fred J Alien Island Empire March William Himes

NKS JAZZ, KENT Musical Director: John R Hall Age range ofperfonners: 15-16 years Dr Jazz OliveI' and Stetzei Everybody Loves My Baby Palmer and WiIliams Saints Traditional

Kirklees Junior Wind Orchestra is the most newly formed of twenty-five wind bands run

by Kirklees Music School, being fonned less than a year ago on 3 January 1996. The membership of the band is drawn from the sc ven music centres in Batley, Cleckheaton, De\\ sbury, Huddersfield, Holme Valley, Colne \alley and Scissett. The band rehearses on .\\ crage three or four times each term on " unda\' afternoons so as not to clash with <h,"' !. Illlhic centre and other rehearsals and

NKS Jazz is the latest New Orleans jazz band to emerge from the Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford, Kent. Past bands from the school have perfonned at four previous Schools Proms, and the present band were delighted to receive an Outstanding Perfonnance Award at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth and an invitation to the Prom. They have only been performing together for just over a year and have already appeared live on BBC Radio on several occasions and on BBC 2 Television as well as at numerous local events.

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BODMIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE JAZZ ORCHESTRA, CORNWALL Musical Director/Conductor: Adrian Evans Age range of perfonners: 14-18 years High Octane JejJ Jarvis Open Wide DOli El1is Bodmin Community College Jazz Orchestra was formed in 1978 by their present director, Adrian Evans. The Orchestra has made eight tours to Europe, achieved four consecutive Gold Awards and two Outstanding Achievement Awards in the Boosey and H3\\ kes ,,<ational Festival in the last two years. Lead trumpet player Jamie Prophet has won the Outstanding Soloist Award on two occasions. Last year the Orchestra and the College's award-winning Wind Band were honoured b: thc Gorsedd for Services to Music in Conl\\al l.

'High Octane' by JetT Jan'is is one of their most requested pieces. It i, a highly contrasted piece in the Jau funk style with some very exciting scorin~ and an extended improvisation section. 'Opell \\'ide' is an exciting Latin Jazz composilion fcaturin~ an extensive percussion section and numcrous soloists - it is the Orchestra',; t~\\' ourite piecc~

The short, fanfare-like 'Flouri,h I,', \\ '!l ,i Band' was composed as an O\enure ;,' :he Pageant 'Music and the People' and \\ a, tir < performed at the Royal Albert Hall on I .\pril 1939, 'When the Stars Began to Fall' is based on the Spiritual 'My Lord What A Mourning'. and this setting has become increasingly popular in the wind band repertoire, Young bands often have difficulty sustaining the expressive qualities of slow music and whilst this work is not technically challenging, it allows the performers the opportunity to develop this aspect of their playing. 'Island Empire March', a short concert march, was written six years ago to honour Britain for the contribution it has made to music over centuries of time, The lyrical and majestic march reflects rich melodic traditions of English folk songs and hymn tunes,

'\ 0 RTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOl'TH CHOIR .\ !\lsic~1 Director/Conductor: David Bray A'!, c r3ngc ofperfonners: 15-18 years Jahula Jesu Traditional, an: Hatjield The \ Vater of Tyne Traditional, an: Neaum Dann~ Boy Traditional, an: 0 Parker The "lonhamptonshire County Youth Choir \\ as formed five years ago by David Bray who is the county's music inspector. The choir has grown considerably and now consists of 150 singers in four choirs, They have perfonned at numerous venues, won several prizes at competitions and have been selected for the semi-final of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year Competition.

'Jabula Jesu' is an arrangement of a traditional Zulu song with lively rhythms and counterpoint. 'The Water of Tyne' is a traditional song, with a haunting piano accompaniment. 'Danny Boy' is a \\ ell-kn,w, '1 song which has been arranged b\' Oli\ cr Parker who has just completed hi, ~\- i .' , cl studies and will be sing ll1 l;' \, ;;" ,'hol; th '

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Dmitry Kabalevsky Richard Stilgoe Elgar

The Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra is administered as part of Northamptonshire's Education Service and is one of a wide range of musical activities provided at County level by Northamptonshire County Council's Music Service. The orchestra meets for rehearsals on Saturday mornings at the central County Music Centre in Northampton.

Members are auditioned annually and the orchestra maintains a very full schedule. Recent events have included tours to Canada, Belarus and Krakow, Poland as well as performances at the Royal Festival Hall, London, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, and Northampton's Derngate Theatre.

Kabalevsky's colourful and spirited overture 'Colas Breugnon', premiered in Leningrad in 1938, was written as the opening to his opera 'The Craftsman of Clamecy' - a work based on Romain Roland's novel. Born in St Petersburg in 1904, Kabalevsky was to srudy and ultimately become a professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatoire and this work, with its robust symphonic harmonies and rhythms, is typical of the twentieth-cenrury Russian style.

The Pomp and Circumstance Marches are a series of five military marches in symphonic fonn . The first march is now best known because of its link with the words 'Land of Hope and Glory'. This link came about when Elgar used A C Benson's words with his music in his Coronation Ode for the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. A hybrid it may be, but it never fails to stir the patriotic fervour associated with it.

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Performed by Pupils from Northamptonshire, Kent and Surrey Schools Conductor: Ray lanes Soloists: Diane Griffill, 5arah-lane Patterson, George Poppe The Sioux Indians have a particularly nast: \\ay \.'1' dealing with malefactors, They tie four ropes to the wrists and ankles, attach the other ends of the f\.'I"> [,1 f\.'Uf horses, and then encourage the four horses to gallop North, South, East and West. British edllcati(111 kl' b('cn like that for as long as any of us can remember - tugged this way and that by politicians, p:1 rcl1,', C:' ", c'nh ' r,;, theorists and practitioners, That is what the piece is about.

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