Schools Prom 2011

ROYAL ALBeRT HALL LOnDOn 7-9 nOVeMBeR 2011

SC SC PR HO PR O O OL M OL S S One Venue THRee nigHTS 3,000 PeRfORMeRS

Welcome To THe 2011 ScHoolS PRom Across three nights 3,201 young musicians from England, Scotland and Wales will take to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, the world’s most famous concert hall.

performed by every conceivable combination of musicians in myriad locations and will form an explosive opening to Tuesday evening's Prom performed by over 800 musicians.

The performers embarked on their journey with Music for Youth in the Spring, performing alongside 50,000 young musicians in one of 71 Regional Festivals held across the UK. These local festivals are the gateway to our season and provide a great opportunity for performers to meet other musicians, try something new and be inspired.

We’re delighted to be joined by three Massed Ensembles from Islington, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. These ensembles have been put together uniquely for Schools Prom 2011 and showcase the fantastic work taking place in these three areas of the country.

The groups were then invited to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth, our annual festival held in Birmingham, where for six days young musicians take over the city, performing at some of its premier venues. Following the National Festival, many of them have headed here to the Royal Albert Hall.

Programming the Schools Prom is a real privilege, but also incredibly challenging as the talent on display at the National Festival is outstanding.

Our aim with the Schools Prom is to programme artistically engaging concerts that showcase a broad range of musical styles, present unique collaborations and shine a spotlight on the UK’s inspirational young performers.

The concerts celebrate commonalities rather than differences and highlight the power and potential in collaboration, bringing together different genres and musicians from across the UK to create a unique sound world. Commissioning new work is a growing part of MFY’s portfolio – immersing young musicians in 2011's diverse music scene.

Our 2011 season commission, Play, has been

We’re pleased to extend a warm welcome to our friends from Scotland, who, as part of the launch of MFY across the border, have created a brand new ensemble made up of players from Féis Rois, the Scottish Brass Band Association and HITS, Highland Area to create the group Ceòlraidh.

In October MFY staged a Prom at Perth Concert Hall, which, alongside Ceòlraidh’s performance at the Schools Prom, is the launch of a three year partnership with Creative Scotland, to provide inspirational performance opportunities for young musicians.

The Schools Prom continues to be a benchmark of quality, showcasing the brightest of the UK’s young talent and celebrating music teachers, as we once again present the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards across the three nights.

As an organisation we are committed to providing high quality, inspirational opportunities for young people across the UK. These concerts are designed to inspire and excite and we hope you will enjoy Schools Prom 2011!

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MFY is a festival series, not a competition. It offers young people the opportunity to perform live in a supportive and non-competitive environment and more than 2.4 million young people have taken part in MFY events over the years.

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clASSic Fm MuSic TEAchER Of ThE yEAR AwARdS Since we began the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards back in 1999, our vision has been to reward the very best classroom music teachers for their work in instilling a passion for their subject into a new generation of music lovers.

There is a tendency for classroom music teachers to be the unsung heroes of the music world. Yet, without them, there is a risk that many young people would not have music introduced into their childhoods in a structured way. Music has the power to touch our lives in a far more complex way than many subjects that we study at school and gives us life skills far beyond what we learn in the classroom.

Since 1999, we have widened out the categories included in the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards, with recognition for Primary and Secondary School Teachers, Peripatetic/Private Teachers, Special Educational Needs, New Music Teacher and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

We are very grateful to Yamaha and Avid for their continued support of our awards.

We are particularly pleased that once again the awards are being presented here at the Music for Youth Schools Prom.

At the end of last year, I was asked by the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP, to undertake an independent review into Music Education in England. As part of the review, I was delighted to be able to take the opportunity to make special mention of the Music for Youth Schools Prom concerts and the valuable role that they play in showcasing the incredibly high quality of achievement in music-making by young people of all ages.

There is a huge amount of talent on show from the young people performing tonight and music teachers are the very special people who help to unlock that talent. We owe them a very deep debt of gratitude.

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clASSic Fm mUSic TeAcHeR oF THe YeAR AwARd wiNNERS 2011 Primary School Music Teacher Kathryn Smith Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School, Barnsley Secondary School Music Teacher Sheila Cornall Wycombe High School, Buckinghamshire Peripatetic/Private Music Teacher Frances Sixsmith Warrington Schools’ Arts and Culture Service Special Educational Needs Music Teacher Sheila Oglethorpe New Music Teacher Award Matthew Hunt Kingstone High School, Herefordshire Lifetime Achievement John Hall Norton Knatchbull School, Kent

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The host of Smooth classics on classic Fm, margherita is one of the most in-demand stars in broadcasting After graduating from the University of Central England in Birmingham, Margherita began her radio career at the city’s radio station BRMB, before moving to Capital FM and returning to London, her home city, a year later.

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Will Horner is twenty years old and was born and raised in Stockton-on-Tees.

As a past mFY performer, Will is familiar with performing in front of large crowds Will and his band The Naughty Vicars took part in the 2009 Music for Youth season, performing in the Stockton-on-Tees Rock, Pop and Urban Regional Festival, the National Festival at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, and the Schools Prom.

Will’s personality and confidence as a performer really stood out, making him an ideal ambassador for the MFY Emerging Leader Programme. Through the Emerging Leader Programme, Will has presented at the National Festival in both 2010 and 2011, entertaining audiences in the O2 Academy, Birmingham Conservatoire, Town Hall and HMV Institute. Will did such a fantastic job co-hosting the Monday evening of last year’s Schools Prom with Margherita Taylor that MFY has asked him back to co-present all three nights this year.

When Will isn’t presenting at MFY events he works in primary schools with a local charity project called ‘Beat it!’, teaching children to play music together in a band context. This project provides opportunities for children who wouldn’t usually have access to music-making and along with two other teachers, Will puts together shows for the school and parents every term.

Once a year Will has the privilege of working in India on a short term basis, visiting towns and villages and playing music. “I love the gift of music and what it does no matter where you are! It brings people together, it communicates and it touches something deep in us.”

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omAR lYe-FooK every inch the British soul icon, omar developed his style at an early age growing up in a musical household

Born in 1968 to a Chinese Jamaican father and Indian mother, he grew up in Canterbury, Kent. His father was in a band and founded Kongo Records, a positive influence which nurtured Omar’s desire to make music.

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Did you always want to be a musician?

I began playing in brass bands, orchestras and choirs when I was about eight so music was always going to be part of what I did.

Being a performer is part of who I am and I knew from a young age that music was going to be my career.

You’re a classically trained musician.

How did you begin to experiment with other forms of music?

Yes, I was classically trained and studied percussion, tuba, baritone tuba and cornet, which felt like quite a lot of instruments at the time! I started to explore and listen to other music when I was about fourteen and in particular was inspired by Stevie Wonder.

His harmonies and use of instruments, how he plays them and makes them come alive is incredible. He definitely helped me learn my craft.

You are described as the founder of nu-classic British Soul. How would you describe your music?

It’s a mixture of soul, funk, reggae, classical jazz, latin and a real mish mash of African based music.

If you could fix your dream band who would be in it and where would you play your first gig?

That’s a hard question. Stevie Wonder on keys, Pino Palladino on bass and guitar (one of the greatest session musicians still working today), Questlove (drummer from The Roots) and me on whatever is left! We’d play in Japan or America, it would be an amazing gig!

How do you go about writing your songs?

Do you have any tips or advice for budding young songwriters?

Work at it, it doesn’t happen overnight! You need to find something different so that you can stand out from the crowd. Especially these days, you need to find your audience so it’s important to be unique but not so much so you alienate people.

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I enjoy both working by myself and with other musicians. I can come up with some great stuff in the studio by myself but I love the energy you create when you work collaboratively. It’s great to have people that you bounce ideas off, it makes my job easier.

If you could recommend one recording to a young musician what would it be?

Anything by Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of life is a classic.

As someone who spends a lot of time on stage, what do you think the elements of a great performance are?

Musicians have to give their energy to the crowd. You’ve got to get them going and give them something to remember so that they want to come back again and bring their mates. That’s what can be so special about live performance. www.omarmusic.net

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JUleS BUcKleY composer, orchestrator and conductor Jules Buckley is a musical pioneer who pushes the boundaries of contemporary genres Jules is a highly sought after composer, writing original work and arrangements for acts across the board from Arctic Monkeys, Brian Eno, Dizzee Rascal, Jamie Cullum, Professor Green and The Streets, to CocoRosie, UNKLE, Tim Minchin, Cinematic Orchestra and Razorlight. Increasingly in demand abroad, Jules’s flexible writing style has seen him work with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, WDR Rundfunkorkest, BBC Concert Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Jules is Chief Conductor and Orchestrator for the Heritage Orchestra which collaborates with present-day artists from the mainstream and experimental worlds of art and music. He also holds the position of permanent guest conductor with The Metropole Orkest in Holland.

You performed at the MFY Schools Prom with Aylesbury Music Centre Big Band.

What are your memories of playing at the Royal Albert Hall in 1998?

The Royal Albert Hall was a huge deal for the whole band. Having been part of the celebrations at the National Festival, to receive an invitation to the Schools Prom was fantastic motivation. I was lucky to be part of a band that had real heritage and a supportive, nurturing and caring approach to their students which was a great way to help us prepare. The Royal Albert Hall is such a great place to play and the Schools Prom allowed us to be more adventurous with our performance and repertoire. I played trumpet and co-wrote one of the pieces that we performed, Ba-lim, which was an antiphonal afro beat tune. There was nothing else like the Schools Prom at the time and that’s still true today. The Hall seemed absolutely massive, it’s a very inspiring space and the Schools Prom allowed me to experience what it might feel like to be a professional musician.

Did you always want to make your career as a musician? Is being a professional musician as you imagined it to be?

When I was about 16 I wanted to be a jazz

trumpeter and composer and was convinced that I wanted to pursue music as a career but I didn’t foresee the path that would evolve.

By the age of 22 I knew I wanted to write more than just play trumpet so I changed my studies to suit that focus.

I never thought I’d end up doing what I am now. I feel very lucky as I have a lot of friends who I think are far more talented than I am and who deserve to be doing much more.

I thought my work would be more erratic than it is, but because I write, arrange and conduct I have been able to create more opportunities to take on work rather than just being a performer in a single field. A lot of these opportunities have come through the broad range of music I have studied and been involved with. When you work on lots of different projects with diverse musical genres, a chameleon element can be helpful to your work. It’s important to recognise that pop bands work very differently to orchestras as do big bands to folk bands.

Who has inspired you along your musical journey so far and who inspires you today?

All of my mentors over the years, but most importantly I’m inspired by musicians and peers around me and by others' achievements. When I see people doing great things it is very inspirational, it makes me want to up my game and create more music. I like people that are constantly trying something new, who are willing to take a risk, who surprise and are constantly reinventing themselves.

If you could fix your dream team band/ ensemble/orchestra, who would be in it, why and where would your first gig be?

In front of the Pyramids!

The band would have David Bowie performing with the London Symphony Orchestra, incorporating live sound design from Brian Eno. I think Bowie may have narrated Peter and the Wolf once with The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, but he is such an enigmatic performer that a collaboration of his own music with such a

great orchestra as the London Symphony Orchestra could offer up some really fresh results. The orchestra should open up the concert with atmosphères composed by György Ligeti in 1961 and the players should all be dressed in space suits - air conditioned of course.

As someone who spends a lot of time on stage, what do you consider to be the component parts that make up a great performance?

Audiences like to feel involved so believe in what you’re doing, have fun and jump in the deep end of the pool rather than taking a lift.

Every performance is different, it is never a repetition so be in the moment and go for it – I respect performers that have guts!

The Heritage Orchestra encourages new work and thrives on “risk and reinvention”.

What advice would you give to today’s young orchestral players?

Listen to as much different music as you can, play as much as you can and go to as many live gigs as you can. As an orchestral player you should expect to play a huge range of repertoire and you need to get used to playing a groove and beats as well as having phenomenal technique.

It’s important to be open minded and enjoy working with the whole ensemble. Having a democratic approach and fully committing to your work are essential qualities for any musician. Remove the barrier between musical genres, what you play shouldn’t be completely different to what you listen to on your mp3 player. Learn to respect Fela Kuti as much as Shostakovich.

Anything else you’d want to say about yourself that these questions haven’t given you the opportunity?

There are so many options and opportunities if you want to be a musician – the most important thing is to play and enjoy what you’re doing. It’s important to be patient and allow your skills to develop. www.theheritageorchestra.com

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ABRAm WilSoN Abram Wilson is one of the leading jazz trumpeters in the UK. With a trumpet style reminiscent of Freddie Hubbard, miles davis and Wynton marsalis and vocals reminding one of Sammy davis Jr. and chet Baker, Wilson has managed to create a style of melodic compositions that swing and groove

Award winning New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Abram Wilson, has become one of the fastest rising stars in the UK. To date he has recorded three albums; Jazz Warrior (2004), Ride! Ferris Wheel to the Modern Day Delta (2006) and life Paintings (2009).

He has won awards such as the International Songwriting Competition, the British Jazz Award for Best New CD and BBC Jazz Award for Best Band.

Did you always want to make your career as a musician? Is being a professional musician as you imagined it to be?

When I was seven or eight I thought I wanted to be a doctor, or maybe an architect or even a pilot, doesn’t everyone? I decided to make my career as a musician when I was thirteen and at that age I only saw the glamour of playing great venues, having a manager and going on tour. Actually being a musician does have a glamorous side but it’s also really hard work and there is a real need to take a lot of personal responsibility.

My father saw my desire and passion to be a musician and he gave me the idea of pursuing music as a profession. My parents believed in me and encouraged me to get out there and do it.

What are the cells that make up your musical DNA? Definitely New Orleans. And after that the people who taught me. I’ve had some great teachers, beginning with my parents. My Mum played clarinet and Dad played guitar and there were always records on around the house. My cousin was ten years older than me and also played bass, drums and guitar, he was a big influence. As a five year old, having a 15 year old say “take out your drum seat – let’s play”, I really wanted to do it.

My first teacher, Lester Wright, was a crazy kind of individual, but had really creative ways of teaching. He taught me three notes

and then to improvise with those notes.

Lester would always play along with me on organ. He was really good and made our three notes sound really good. It was such a great feeling, it felt like he was inviting me to play in his band!

Believe in what you’re doing and perform all the time. I used to perform in the laundry room at my dorm. I’d perform a three minute piece to anyone who would listen, you learn so much from a one to one performance.

Always be willing to collaborate and to talk.

Who has inspired you along your musical journey so far and who inspires you today?

I get my inspiration from far and wide and not always musicians – Martin Luther King, Barak Obama, Wynton Marsalis.

If you could recommend one recording to a young musician, what would it be?

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, which was released in 1959 on Columbia Records. It’s an amazing album featuring Davis' sextet, which consisted of pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

There’s good reason that this album has been regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time. The album's influence on music, including jazz, rock and classical, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums of all time.

I guess I’d talk about my parents again and their strong work ethic. With Mum and Dad, everything was always the best it could be. Their approach to life instilled in me a disciplined approach to my career – I practise every day. To stay on top you need to work hard to develop and better your craft.

If you could fix your dream team band, who would be in it, why and where would your first gig be?

A dream team is about knowing your team mates really well and having a common goal.

Like a football team, you don’t want a bunch of star strikers and no one in defence!

So, my dream team is the team I have right now; Reuben James on piano, Alex Davis on bass and Dave Hamblett on drums. As for where…..we’d love to play the Royal Albert Hall!

Could you offer one piece of advice that might help any young musicians and composers navigate their way to a musical career?

Practise regularly. You have to be excellent at your craft and strike at every opportunity to find your personal voice, that’s what people will remember! Bringing your art to other people is what is important. It takes absolute commitment but it’s worth it. Remember, there’s no jazz on MTV.

As someone who spends a lot of time on stage, what do you consider to be the component parts that make up a great performance?

You need to take the audience on a journey and give them a few signposts along the way. It’s more fun when everyone knows what’s going on. Whatever you do, keep your musical integrity and do it because you think it’s great!

Anything else?

Give back! As a musician you have the capacity to help people to understand what you have learnt. It’s a great thing to give something back! www.abramwilson.com

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lUcY SHAW lucy Shaw plays both the double bass and bass guitar and enjoys an eclectic musical life playing and collaborating with a variety of musicians and genres Lucy was a founder member of the contemporary music-theatre group the Gogmagogs which created shows working with the theatre director Lucy Bailey and different composers and script writers including Django Bates and John Taverner.

Lucy plays freelance classical double bass with orchestras including the English Chamber Orchestra and records for many pop artists and film scores in London.

Amongst the more popular music scene, Lucy has played with Katie Melua, Bat for Lashes, Jay Z, Corduroy and Nitin Sawhney.

She is a member of the Wigmore Hall Creative Ensemble, Ignite, with whom she recently premiered her one page score a Sense of Entitlement and works with London Symphony Orchestra Discovery and various outreach projects.

Lucy has toured and worked with the Hofesh Schecter Dance Company and has recently written orchestral arrangements for the Noisettes, Cock and Bull Kid, Marina and the Diamonds and Squeeze. Lucy has been working with Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers since 2004, recording Transatlantic Ping Pong and Pandemonium Ensues. Lucy has also recorded and toured Travelling the Face of the Globe with Oi Va Voi and as it Happens with The Rag and Bone Club.

As a double bass player you played Elgar and Walton at the MFY Schools Prom with Latymer School Orchestra from London.

What are your memories of playing at the Royal Albert Hall in 1990?

It was amazing and I loved playing at the Royal Albert Hall. It’s such an inspiring space.

Did you always want to make your career as a musician? Is being a professional musician as you imagined it to be?

I don't think I saw music as a career but as a wonderful experience I wanted to continue.

Music introduced me to different people and travelling, seeing different parts of Great Britain and the rest of the world. I just knew this was a fantastic opportunity in life.

400 bass guitarists and double bassists have taken part in this year’s MFY Festival

Series. You’re known for extending the way in which the bass is seen, used and heard.

What advice would you offer them?

Practise first thing in the morning and then go out and experience life and watch other people playing music. Listen, listen, listen and play along.

In a rehearsal, listen to what’s going on around you musically and think about the whole artistic approach. The bass is usually the rock or foundation to the music, so your role is to be consistent and reliable and to have a good feel. Keep an open mind and don't be afraid to move outside your comfort zone. The first time you play a new gig/piece of music, it may be terrifying but the next time it is always easier!

Who has inspired you along your musical journey so far and who inspires you today?

That’s always a difficult question because there are so many things that I listen to that are inspiring and all the people I have worked with over the years have inspired and influenced me in some way. I had some fantastic university lecturers at Edinburgh and amazing double bass teachers including David Peller, Richard Lewis and Tom Martin.

Two of the most inspirational people I have worked with are Lucy Bailey and Nell Catchpole from the Gogmagogs. They opened my mind to pushing the boundaries of the expression and performance of music.

Today I find the people I work with inspire me (including all my band mates in Ignite and the composers with whom we work) but it can also be a random moment in life or nature that influences how I think, write or perform.

The Gogmagogs were all about performance and emphasised the connection between being a musician and being an actor.

What do you think performing musicians can learn from actors?

I think the Gogmagogs were not trying to be actors but we did try and learn in the same way as actors, how to get inside the heart of a performance and express the emotion and feelings of each narrative or piece of music. Musicians can learn how to get to

the essence of a piece of music from going through a similar process to actors when treating or considering a performance.

In a very general way, applying acting techniques can allow a musician to relax more or produce a performance that is less inhibited and possibly more exciting or open.

The Gogmagogs were working with the theatre director Lucy Bailey who was pushing the boundaries of musical performance and almost creating a new media of theatre which didn't just involve music or acting or movement but also considered lights, design, space and experience.

You are the definition of a portfolio musician – performing, arranging, recording and teaching. How do you make time for it all?

I have been very busy and worked hard.

I don't really watch TV, in fact I didn't own a TV for a while! Also economy of time…

I always try to keep alert and learn from each musical experience.

If you could fix your dream team band/ ensemble/orchestra, who would be in it, why and where would your first gig be?

What a question! The dream team would be quite a large bunch of musicians from all forms of music in a loosely termed orchestra with a rhythm section and it’s more a question of who wouldn't be in it!

But it would be a collaborative affair and no one would use sheet music and there would possibly be some other art forms like visuals and dancers and singers involved…why and where would we gig? Finding a reason to perform is luckily often generated by an invitation because organising gigs on your own is such hard work. Where would we gig?

Hopefully we would gig all around the world starting in the Royal Albert Hall of course.

As someone who spends a lot of time on stage, what do you consider to be the component parts that make up a great performance?

Excitement, emotion, commitment and truth. www.lucyshaw.co.uk

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eAST RidiNg SeNioR PeRcUSSioN eNSemBle East Riding of Yorkshire Age 11-18 Musical Director Christopher Sykes Suite for Solo Drumset and Percussion Ensemble David Mancini

THe RAiNBoW coNNecTioN YoUTH cHoiR Doncaster, South Yorkshire Age 13-20 Musical Director Paul Mellors, Choreographer & Vocal Coach Deborah Mellors Add Some Music to Your Day Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love Suite from Tommy Pete Townshend all arr Paul Mellors THe loVell-JoNeS BoYS Cardiff, South Glamorgan Age 12-14 Teacher Richard Ormrod, Organiser Sara Jones Prelude from Sonata for Four Hands Poulenc Slavonic Dance No 8 Dvorák THe co-oPeRATiVe JUNioR WiNd BANd Crewe, Cheshire Age 7-13 Musical Director Emma Clark, Band Manager Jackie Davies Prelude from Te Deum Marc Charpentier, arr Thomas Wyss Festival March Nick Mills Tequila! Chuck Rio, arr alan Fernie iNNoVeNce Newport, South Wales Age 17-19 Numb Innovence Paper Chain Innovence gloUceSTeRSHiRe YoUTH BRASS BANd

Age 12-20 Musical Director Steven Legge, Head of Brass Philip Cowley The Smile Matthew Hall Birdland Joe Zawinul, arr Sandy Smith

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THe KleZBiANS Falmouth, Cornwall Age 18-20 Director Jack Addy, Assistant Director James Randall Uva Hoova Trad Traditional Trad Fun Tashlikh The Klezbians all arr The Klezbians ST JoHN FiSHeR cATHolic HigH ScHool JAZZ oRcHeSTRA Harrogate, North Yorkshire Age 14-18 Musical Director Nigel Beetles The Caboose (from Big Train) Wynton Marsalis

ST AidAN'S HigH ScHool cHAmBeR cHoiR & ST JoHN FiSHeR cATHolic HigH ScHool JAZZ oRcHeSTRA Wade in the Water Trad, arr Mark Hayes, Nigel Beetles

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iSliNgToN mUSic FiRST mASSed eNSemBle London Age 7-18 Musical Director Nathan Theodoulou Music First Anthem Nathan Theodoulou

gcS UKUlele eNSemBle Guildford, Surrey Age 13-17 Group Leader Christian Drew White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes The Bucket Kings of Leon all arr Christian Drew WeSSex YoUTH oRcHeSTRA

Age 10-21 Director & Conductor Susanna Riddell Gayaneh Suite Khachaturian i Sabre Dance v Lullaby vii Lezghinka Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Elgar

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St Aidan’s Chamber Choir is a mixed choir of sixty sixth-formers, meaning that every year half of the choir has to be replaced by new students in Year 12. The choir is well known in Yorkshire and further afield, having performed in recent years in Notre Dame and La Madeleine in Paris, Florence Cathedral and San Gimignano in Tuscany. The Chamber Choir has performed in the BBC 1 Songs of Praise Choir of the Year competition, winning in 2006. Other performance venues have included Birmingham Town Hall and the cathedrals of Chester, Coventry and Ripon and the Royal Hall in Harrogate for HRH Prince Charles at the opening of the magnificent hall after its refurbishment.

At the end of October members of the choir were part of the St Aidan’s music tour to China, performing in the Forbidden City concert hall in Beijing. They were privileged to be asked to sing at a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey for the bicentenary of church schools in this country. As well as on the national stage, the Chamber Choir also performs regularly at venues, festivals and concerts in the local community.

The East Riding Senior Percussion Ensemble was formed in the early 1990s with the aim of providing regular ensemble provision for percussion players in the East Riding. In 2010 the East Riding Schools’ Music Service moved into its new base, the Hexagon Music Centre in Beverley and a generous donation by the Friends of the East Riding Youth Orchestras provided a fully equipped percussion studio.

This has given the group more opportunity to rehearse and perform together. It has also led to the formation of an Intermediate Percussion Ensemble for younger players.

The Senior Percussion Ensemble is made up of eight very distinct personalities, working and playing together in a cohesive unit.

These players are full of fun and enthusiasm, displaying a real sense of ownership in their ensemble.

Paul and Deborah Mellors formed the Rainbow Connection Junior and Youth Choirs in 2007. The Youth Choir have enjoyed the privilege of performing at the Royal Albert Hall on two previous occasions, at the MFY Schools Prom in 2009 and earlier this year as Barnardo’s Senior Choir of the Year. The Junior Choir are very excited to be making their Schools Prom debut this evening.

Sleep is an increasingly popular piece by American composer Eric Whitacre, originally a setting of Robert Frost's poem Stopping by the Woods, subsequently with new text

by Charles Slivestri. It was the piece which Whitacre used for his online virtual choir in 2010, in which 2,052 people uploaded videos of themselves singing their part. These were then mixed down to create an atmospheric music video which can still be viewed online.

Soprano Louisa Adams, Molly Beetles, Jemima Clark, Esther Galilee, Helen Gallico, Emma Hart, Ruth Henshall, Amelia Lumb, Isabella Newbery, Cleone Pardoe, Alice Pickard, Felicity Quinn, Katie Small, Chanelle Smith, Ellie Smith, Poppy Smith, Julia Thompson-Smith Alto Emily Carter, Anise Francis, Kirsty Hall, Rhian Jones, Laura Marks, Cecelia Morgan, Joanna Nicholas, Charlotte Noble, Naomi Pallant, Rebecca Paynes, Ella Potter, Olivia Potter, Hattie Rhodes, Katie Skinner, Tilly Scullion, Alice Spencer, Rachel Tulley, Annie Wright Tenor Robert Andrews, Michael Berry, Tom Bryant, David Crothers, Seb Davies, Angus Fisher, Chris Gray, Owen Lacey, Alex Lancaster, Jack Morris, Sam Peters, Jordan Smith, Tom Warren Bass Michael Earnshaw, Jamie Emmett, Elliot Kirk, John Kirkwood, Jonathan Millican, Douglas Robinson, Peter Russell, Luke Shermer, James Sinclair, Richard Upton

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Suite for Solo Drumset and Percussion Ensemble by David Mancini is the ensemble’s favourite piece. The orchestration is rich, the melodies catchy, the moods and grooves diverse. Everyone is kept busy. From the opening funky march, Laura P’s explosive drum kit breaks are traded with Ben’s tomtoms and Ruairí’s bongos, to Matt’s cross sticking fanfare at the start of the 12/8, heralding Charlotte’s mesmeric marimba bass line and Laura B and Sarah’s haunting melody on vibes and bells. When we hear Katie’s agogo bells, we know the samba party has started! Laura Prescott on drumset is featured throughout, grooving and soloing across the funky, free-form, Afro Cuban and Brazilian landscapes. Laura is also a singer songwriter who has entered numerous competitions and has performed her own music at large community festivals and on the radio. She is studying jazz piano and has recently finished a stint on first clarinet in the East Riding Youth Orchestra.

Performers Laura Bradford, Lottie Dodd, Katie Dodsworth, Sarah Massey, Laura Prescott, Ruairí Sinkler, Matthew Taylor, Ben Wadsworth

The Choir’s ambition is to engage new audiences who wouldn’t normally listen to choral music. They perform original arrangements of contemporary songs, in a way which is hopefully as entertaining visually as it is to listen to. Their first piece

by Brian Wilson hopefully sums up the ethos of the Schools Prom in one sentence, Add Some Music to Your Day, followed by an exciting new suite from the first Rock Opera, Pete Townshend’s Tommy.

Soprano 1 Lizzie Bailey, Gabrielle Burnell, Alice Edwards, Amelia Goodwin, Danielle Phillips, Kendall Robinson, Harriet Thompson, Melanie Wildey**, Leanne Wright Soprano 2 Emily Clamp, Lottie Dodds, Rebekah Emmas, Samantha Gunn, Liberty Haughan, Hannah Jenkins, Hannah Morley, Ellie Sayles, Jessica Shaw, Abigail Williams, Caitlin Wright Alto Jenna Allen, Savanna Darnell, Bryony Fairclough, Jasmine Gamble-Boguszewski, Emily Hunt, Ashleigh Kincell, Georgia King, Sallie Lax, Sammie Lee, Francesca Roberts, Abigail Robinson, Emily Summerill Junior Choir Katie Bailey, Georgia Baker, William Challis, Ben Corbett, Katy Edwards, Molly Elliott, Oliver Greenwood-Mitchell, Georgia Higgins, Beatrice Holland, Lucy Molson, Emily O’Shea, Megan Prill, Hannah Roberts, Ajay Singh, Daniel Thomas, Courtney Webster, Lucina White, Poppy Winstanley Guitar Rupert Stansall Bass Josh Kirk Drums Cameron Lee

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Harry and Charlie Lovell-Jones are brothers aged twelve and fourteen from Cardiff.

They have been playing piano duets together since they were very small and have had opportunities to perform across Wales.

They have been successful in competitions and have enormous fun playing a wide range of music. Next week they are looking forward to playing in front of Princess Anne!

They are both members of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain - Harry on percussion and Charlie leads the orchestra as a violinist. Their years with the NCO have been hugely rewarding.

Youth wind bands are few and far between in Cheshire. The Co-operative Wind Bands (Crewe) consist of three bands – beginner, junior and youth, involving 100 players in the three bands. The junior band has been in existence since 2005, has 51 members and rehearse on Saturday mornings for one hour a week during term time. The band takes part in many events throughout the school year including the Nantwich Food and Drink Festival. This is the first year the group has taken part in the Music for Youth season and they are exceptionally excited to be playing at the Royal Albert Hall this evening.

Innovence formed in July 2009 having attended Caerleon Comprehensive School together for a number of years. Originally the band was just something the guys did for fun, but after a few weeks they decided to take it seriously and began to perform in local venues. The band’s original material become more important to them as they started to move away from being just a covers band, beginning to form their own identity.

Poulenc was a member of the French group of composers called Les Six when he wrote this Sonata for Four Hands in 1918 aged nineteen. The sonata can be played on one or two pianos and this evening Harry and Charlie are performing on one instrument!

Dvorák’s hugely popular Slavonic Dances were originally written for four hands, before his publisher asked him to orchestrate them.

After the success of the dances in Op 46 in 1878, Dvorák went on to write another set - Op 72 in 1886, which were equally well received and still enjoyed by audiences today.

Prelude from Te Deum by Charpentier is a piece traditionally used for weddings or special occasions, which is why the band have chosen it to begin their programme, followed

by Festival March composed for Wind Band by Nick Mills. To end their programme they have chosen Tequila! arranged by Alan Fernie. The band would like to thank the Cheshire Area Committee of The Cooperative movement for their support.

Piano Charlie Lovell-Jones, Harry Lovell-Jones

Clarinet 1 Liam Abbotts, Thomas Baston, Sophie Brett, Davina Hamilton, Bethany Martin, Charlotte Nixon, Lauren Ratty, Thomas Riddle, Shelley Robinson, Katie Thorley*, Zoe Van Cauter, Rosie Walsh

Numb is the first song the band wrote that they felt reflected their musical identity.

It begins with two guitars and synthesiser in a very atmospheric manner. The band tried to achieve more of a sense of harmony rather than melody in this section. The song gradually builds throughout, climaxing in a guitar solo combined with previous vocal ideas. Paper Chain is one of the band’s more upbeat numbers, with lyrical melodies and exciting instrumental passages.

Vocals/Rhythm Guitar Owen Firminger Lead Guitar Jonathan May Bass Guitar Tom Jayne Kit Morgan Evans

Clarinet 2 Rachel Basford, Lucy Jones, Rowena Jones*, Eleanor O'Grady, Joseph Smith Bass Clarinet Phoebe Lawson* Flute 1 Abigail Bennett, Ellie Cooper, Lydia Cope, Chloe Crossley, Molly Edwards, Emma Gleave*, Lucy Gleave, Megan John, Rhiannon Owen, Daisy Wybrow Flute 2 Olivia Hawkins, Natalie Jones*, Charlotte McConnell Cornet 1 Natasha Brett, Jeremy Griffiths*, Lloyd Owen, Ruth Rhodes, Luke Wilson Cornet 2 Andrew Beattie, Georgina Nixon, Thomas Palethorpe* Tenor Horn Richard Rhodes* Saxophone Amy Bickerton, Jessica Mitchell, Peter Mitchyn*, Liz Painter, Ben Shurety Trombone Emma Beattie, Freya McConnell, Callum Shaw, Sam West* Euphonium Jacob Leech* Percussion Matthew Brett*

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The Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band was formed in April 2005 to provide young brass and percussion players with the opportunity to perform at the very highest level of youth music-making. Through the support of Gloucestershire Music and the Gloucestershire Brass Band Association, the Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band has worked with many of the country’s leading conductors and soloists and performs at concerts and youth music festivals including Music for Youth and the National Youth Brass Band Championships.

Tonight's concert is a real highlight for the band and their supporters as it is their first performance at the Royal Albert Hall.

The inspiration for this collaboration stems from a conversation between MFY Music Mentors John Evans, Rob Farrer and Andrew Skeet after the 2010 Schools Prom when they had the opportunity to listen to some fantastic brass bands. They wanted to combine a great rock band with a fantastic brass band, and a percussion ensemble seemed an obvious choice to link the whole sound.

The Klezbians are all music students at University College Falmouth, studying degrees ranging from Creative Music Technology to Popular Music to Music Performance and Composition. They play traditional Klezmer and Gypsy music with a twist and formed through a world music module on their course. University College Falmouth was founded in 1902. It had previously been the Falmouth School of Art and then Falmouth College of Arts until it received taught degree-awarding powers in 2005. In 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts, adding a range of performance courses to its portfolio.

The Smile by Matthew Hall was written for the Tredegar Brass Band. This lyrical work provides an opportunity for the band to play an original brass band composition and features many of the band's fine young soloists. Birdland showcases many of the band's principal players, most notably the percussion section and is performed with flair and drive making it a real favourite with the players.

Soprano Cornet James Dale, Marcus Fisher Cornet Peter Baker, Ellen Camm, Glen Caroll, Charles Collins, Vicky Cullen, Henry Fidler, Rory Gordon, Emily Harding*, William Isaac, Beatrice Kinsey, Thea Merrett, Adam Naylor, Oliver Pugh, Harriet Smith, Michael Tait, Carter Taylor, Dominic Trott, Hannah Williams, Grace Windsor

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Tonight you’ll hear three bands with their own unique, distinctive sound creating a new one via the use of a great pop song. Crazy in Love was a huge hit for Beyoncé back in 2003. It features a horn sample from The ChiLites track, are you My Woman? (Tell Me So) and it includes an appearance by Beyoncé's now husband, Jay-Z. The horn riff provides a strong vehicle for the brass band and the feel of the original has a strong Latin influence that is replicated with the percussion ensemble. By having a classic rock feel underpinning everything, this classic R and B tune is transformed into a unique and exciting collaboration that could only be achieved at the Schools Prom.

The group admit their Hebrew is not very good and many of the names of the pieces are the names they remember their versions of them by. Their programme opens with a highly energetic version of the traditional piece Uva Hoova. The next piece is their version of an un-named Hebrew score they found in an obscure book on Klezmer.

The group call it Traditional and it was the first piece that they learnt and used in their module. Finally the group play a new song of theirs called Fun Tashlikh.

Trumpet Naomi Crotty, James Randell Saxophone Fiona Watt, Steven Wright Accordian Russ Yates Violin Hannah Cumming

Flugel Horn William Norman, Jacob Thornton, Ian Walshaw

Acoustic Guitar Jack Addy, Tim Ellis

Tenor Horn Samantha Ford, Grace Kinsey, Aaron Lewis, Jack Lythaby, Lucy Windsor

Mandolin Alfie Gidley

Euphonium David Foxley, David Holmes, Otis Williams Baritone David Crowe, Robert Eyles, Ben Stratford Trombone Thomas Broekman, Jonathan Gilbert, Andrew Hartnell, Matthew Lee, Ryan Morgan, Alice Perkins, Jonathan Petticrew, Thomas Thornton Basses Laurence Atkinson, Ieuaf Griffiths, Kieran Morgan, George Stratford, Alex Tait Percussion Osian Griffiths, Kathryn Harding, Max Ireland, Adrian Tait

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ST JoHN FiSHeR cATHolic HigH ScHool JAZZ oRcHeSTRA The St John Fisher Catholic High School Jazz Orchestra has been playing in one form or other at St John Fisher School for well over 25 years. In this time, it has developed from a simple Swing Band to a full scale Big Band who have achieved national success. Under their Director, Nigel Beetles, they are the current Harrogate Festival Jazz ensemble winners and are regularly in demand across Yorkshire and further afield to perform at many different engagements. The band regularly works with national Jazz artists and were delighted to workshop with MOBO award winning saxophone player Soweto Kinch in July 2011.

The Caboose was written for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra by their Musical Director and renowned trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. The Big Train is a suite of pieces that includes All Aboard, The Sleeper Car and Night Train - all depicting the varied sounds and history of the American Rail Network. The Caboose has a continuous 3/4 riff that sounds k-knock, k-knock...Goes the Big Train in the East, Goes the Big Train in the West.

Performers Dominic Bates*, Alice Bryant, Lucy Callaghan, Ed Dennis*, Eloise Dunn, Isaac Dunn*, Louis Durkan, Tim Hurst*, Blake La Bonte, Charlie Lancaster, Charlie Manchester, Jack Manchester, Connor Mansfield, Sarah McHugh, Matthew McKernan, Jamie O'Neill, Alice Pye, Dominique Simpson, Sam Smith, Caroline Sykes, Peter Thomson, Evan Tillotsen, Jacob Tomlinson, Robert Turnbull, Patrick Viles, Gavin Walters*

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Wade in the Water is a traditional American spiritual and has been specially arranged for this collaboration by Mark Hayes and orchestrated for Swing Band by Nigel Beetles, Assistant Head at St John Fisher Catholic High School. This is a great representation of how successfully the Associated Sixth Form at the two schools works and the groups are delighted to be collaborating this evening.

This string ensemble is one of the ensembles of Brighton and Hove Music and Arts, formed

by Andrew Sherwood in 1994. They were proud last year to perform for Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools, in London at Parliament as part of an advocacy campaign by the Federation of Music Services. This year they shared a performance with the Trinity Laban String Ensemble which still happened despite deep snow and most of the players and audience having to walk to the venue as transport had broken down. The ensemble works collaboratively with the University of Brighton. One of their best known fans is Bob Hoskins who fondly refers to it as ‘my band’.

ST AIDAN'S HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR & ST JOHN FISHER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL JAzz ORCHESTRA

Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, priest and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice.

He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe.

Vivaldi is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over forty operas. Although Vivaldi's music was well received during his lifetime, it later declined in popularity until its vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century. Today, he ranks among the most popular and widely recorded Baroque composers.

The Concerto for Two Cellos is Vivaldi’s only true ‘double’ cello concerto.

Violin 1 Jamie-Lee Glinsman, Morwenna Hawkins*, Alex Hill, Avalon Ridler, Oliver Turvey, Corey Wickens Violin 2 DannyIel Hodd*, Isabel Manning, Julia Palmer, Iona Rose, Jenny Seong, Lizzie Walker Viola Adam Pickard, Polly Ryland Richey*, Tom Widdicombe Cello Shabnam Gould, Halumi Hayazumi Dennis, Tim Lambert, Oliver Pickard, Milan Tarascas*

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This vast ensemble features the children of Music First, a charity which provides an intensive music education programme for its members. They are accompanied by teachers, parents and some grandparents who form the Music First Community Choir. They are joined by young players from the newly formed National Orchestra for All (NOFA) with instrumentalists from Sheffield, Coventry, Birmingham, Bath, Essex and London.

The ensemble also features students from Highbury Grove School in Islington which is the home of their initial Music First Hub. Partners and supporters include: Teach First, Achievement for All, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Academy of Music, Dame Alice Owen’s Foundation, Sir John Cass Foundation, Sir Vernon Ellis Foundation, Islington Council, Cambridge Education and the kind support of individual philanthropists.

Guildford County School is a Specialist Music College which boasts eleven choirs and twelve thriving instrumental ensembles. It has a local and national reputation for inspiring boys to sing, with its 150 strong Boys Choir featured as a shining light on Gareth Malone’s BBC BAFTA winning documentary The Choir: Boys Don’t Sing. They have also featured on Howard Goodall’s radio series Class acts, as well as recently providing a soundtrack for a Radio 4 play. The confidence gained from this strong male singing ethos has fuelled and supported many school ensembles. The GCS Ukulele Ensemble is one such group.

Wessex Youth Orchestra is one of the largest independent youth orchestras on the South Coast. The "Wessex" performs regularly in Dorset as well as in London and on international tours to great acclaim.

The membership consists of between eighty and ninety young musicians from across the Dorset and Hampshire areas and they rehearse each Saturday throughout the academic season. The Wessex Youth Orchestra has just celebrated its 40th anniversary and over the years has been broadcast on BBC TV and radio, performed hundreds of concerts both in the UK and abroad and raised more than £40,000 for local charities.

Moving from percussive voices to an enchanting vocal harmony and re-occurring melodic motifs this piece builds layer on layer of engulfing colour and light. A shimmering piano solo leads to a sustained passage which holds the listener in a force ten gale of percussion, strings, woodwind and voice with brass breaking through like the sun in a cloudless sky. The piece culminates in a triumphant movement that eventually breaks vocal harmony to unison, bringing a return to calm and order. This epic composition, which was specially commissioned for the Schools Prom is the Music First Anthem. It allows all of the young musicians to participate, whatever their ability. It challenges every player and vocalist to demonstrate their musical achievements.

Schools Ashmount Primary School, Canonbury Primary School, Dame Alice Owen’s School, Drayton Park Primary School, Duncombe Primary School, Gillespie Primary School, Highbury Grove School, Highbury Quadrant Primary School, Islington Arts and Media School, Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Laycock Primary School, Montem Primary School, Newington Green Primary School, Pakeman Primary School, Rotherfield Primary School, Sacred Heart R C Primary School, St Mark’s C E Primary School, St Joan of Arc C E Primary School, St John Evangelist C E Primary School, St Jude and St Paul’s C E Primary School, St Mary’s C E Primary School, St Peter & St Paul’s R C Primary School, St Joseph’s R C Primary School, Thornhill Primary School Instrumentalists National Orchestra for All

The programme opens with a number written and originally performed by the Seattle based band Fleet Foxes. White Winter Hymnal has been arranged by Christian Drew for ukulele and melodica. There is variety in vocal textures throughout the piece with the final climax featuring an impressive three part a capella. The second piece is an arrangement of an indie rock song called The Bucket by the American band Kings of Leon. This arrangement, again by Christian Drew, was influenced by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. The lead is taken by Christian.

Performers Aram Bahmaie, Finbar Charleson, Leo Charleson, Christian Drew, James Humphrys, Simon Medlicott, Jack Nicole, Tom Nicole, Haytham Whitear

Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet Armenian composer. His two romantic ballets Gayaneh and Spartacus echo all the colourful exotic romanticism of Russian Nationalism, but also have an extra ingredient - one of traditional Armenian folk flavour. Regularly using frantic ostinati and chords of 4th and 5ths (reminiscent of the strings of the Armenian "saz"), these folk influences can be heard in all of Khachaturian's music. Sabre Dance is perhaps the most famous dance from either of Khachaturian's ballets.

Violin 1 Helena Bartlett, Rob Campkin, Adam Collins, James DiCapite, Nathalie GreenBuckley*, Elspeth Griffin, Leah Howell, Zhia Lim, Jasmine Morgan, Lucy Morris, Esme Phillips, Tim Rathbone, Anicka Sufraz, Holly Wallis Violin 2 Mark Anstead*, Ben Atherton, Susan Farrokhe, Marcus Gurr, Kelsey Hyde, Katie Long, Annelies Paris, Andrew Phillips, Sam Spears, Theo Vadgama, Annie Yu Viola James Aitkenhead, Yipmun Allan, Oskar Apperley, Tristan Apperley, Frances Farrell, Robert Hardyman, Stacey Newlin, Josh Peiro, Jessamy Pullen*, Jo Seaby Cello Dan Grinstead, Emma Heslington, Jay Jenkinson, Rachel Leigh, Katie Macleod*, Pete Musson, Bonnie Schwarz, Will Sherwood, Cameron Smith, Laura Williams Double Bass James Atkinson, Rachel Bolden, Jack Bond, William Miller, Stephen Street*, Lucy Wellstead Flute Natasha Gibbs, Clare Nicholas, Olivia Parham, Hannah Scott*, Laura Simmons Oboe Izzy Atkinson, Polly Bartlett*, Laura Dann, Katherine Hodge, Charlotte Salter Clarinet Chris Clarke, Olivia Douthwaite, Hannah Gobbett*, Francis Gurr, Pete Scott Bassoon Rachel Miller*, Laura Tan French Horn Chris Head, James Rodgers*, Henry Tan, Grace Taylor, Harvey Turnbull Trumpet Joe Gallivan, Tom Kidman*, James King, Joseph Skypala Trombone Dominic Casey, Craig Hancock, Edward Mylechreest* Tuba Hazel Boxall, Jamie Riddoch* Harp Megan Fisher Percussion Stephen Downey, James Hunter, Rob Taylor, Chris Wood*

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Music Services play a leading role in inspiring, nurturing and enabling children’s ‘whole-life’ development through music and the arts. The musical journey for many young people is seeded in our schools and propagated by the dedication and professionalism of 12,000 music teachers.

By uncovering and harnessing young people’s talent Music Services transform lives, light the fire for a life-long love of music and make our nation a powerhouse of instrumental and vocal greatness.

Music is not just a ‘nice to have’ subject but should be an integral part of every school curriculum.

Its cognitive, behavioural and social values in education are well recognised. Without this work in our schools who will foster the musical talent of tomorrow?

The Federation of Music Services is proud to support the 3,000 creative and brilliant young muscians being showcased at the MFY School Prom.

Call 01943 463311

info@thefms.org www.thefms.org The Federation of Music Services 7 Courthouse Street, Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS21 3AN

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SoUTH WilTS gRAmmAR ScHool STRiNg cHAmBeR oRcHeSTRA Salisbury Wiltshire Age 14-18 Musical Director Richard Parsons Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6, No 8 Corelli

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Age 6-21 Musical Director Kate Courage, Head of Wiltshire Music Service Valerie Hayward You Raise Me Up Rolf Lovland, Brendan Graham Reach for the Positive Brenda Rattray World at my Feet Kate Courage

SWmS QUiNTeT South West Music School Age 12-18 Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor Louise Farrenc i Allegro

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Age 16-18 Conductor Andy King Armottoman Osa Mia Makaroff Bogoroditsye Dyevo Rachmaninov The Battle of Jericho Moses Hogan

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Age 4-7 Musical Director Frances Hawkes Accompanist Sheila Doherty Singing Playgrounds Trad collected by Ex Cathedra, arr Rebecca ledgard, Urszula Weber, Susannah Vango

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Age 13-18 Musical Director Bob Richmond Washington and Lee Swing C A Robbins St James Infirmary Joe Primrose all arr Paul Severson

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Age 14-18 Band Leader Lee Nelson I'm Yours Jason Mraz Live and Let Die Paul McCartney Band from Space Crazy

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Age 13-21 Guest Conductor Paul Holland Penlee Simon Dobson

TANeiSHA JAcKSoN & STePHANie FoRBeS Lewisham, London Age 15-16 Musical Director Andy Gilbert Broken Stephanie Forbes, Taneisha Jackson Bullet Proof Stephanie Forbes, Taneisha Jackson

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Age 13-21 Chief Executive Fiona Dalgetty, Musical Directors Corrina Hewat, Dave Milligan Deireadh Fﾃｲrladh Trad, arr Corrina Hewat, Dave Milligan Fﾃｨis the Music Corrina Hewat Redesmouth Mill Corrina Hewat Brae of Rannoch Trad, arr Corrina Hewat, Dave Milligan Puirt a Beul Trad, arr Corrina Hewat, Dave Milligan Resistance Reel Dave Milligan

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Age 13-19 Dhol Leader Anand Vekaria Head of Music Lisa Harris Head of Dance Laura Leigh Dhol in the Dark Anand Vekaria

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Age 14-21 Conductor Colin Touchin Director of Warwickshire County Music Service Andrew Atkins Hungarian Dance No 6 Brahms

SoUl PATRol Market Harborough, Leicestershire Age 14-19 Musical Director Helle Munksgaard Petersen Lucky Man Liam Wade You are the One Bethia Mitchell Don't Say a Word Liam Wade

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Age 14-21 Conductor Colin Touchin Director of Warwickshire County Music Service Andrew Atkins Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Elgar

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PLAY is an original piece written by composer Tim Steiner, commissioned by MFY and Rockschool for the 2011 season. PLAY has been written to be infinitely flexible, with a range of parts playable by any number and any combination of instruments and voices. PLAY has been performed across the MFY season including at the Regional Festivals, Primary and Family Prom concerts and at MFY’s six day National Festival in Birmingham.

South Wilts Grammar School for Girls is a state school in the cathedral city of Salisbury with a thriving music department. The Chamber Orchestra is just one of several ensembles which include a full orchestra, wind band and choirs. The orchestra enjoys performing a varied repertoire of music from a range of periods and styles – it’s not all baroque! Tonight they will be performing without a conductor.

Wiltshire Music Service is part of the Department for Children and Education of Wiltshire Council. It supports schools in the development of music education of the highest quality, which is accessible to all. It is dedicated to raising standards in schools and maximising the potential of young people within the county. The service works extensively across the county, providing instrumental and vocal tuition in schools. Through its lively and engaging Wider Opportunities programmes and its involvement with Sing Up it has transformed music learning for large numbers of pupils in primary schools. It runs forty ensembles and choirs through its Young Musicians Clubs based in four districts and the flagship Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Orchestra and Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra. In 2011 the service’s self evaluation partner said: Wiltshire Music Service is an outstanding service that is highly effective and represents outstanding value for money. a close partnership forged between Wiltshire Music Service, Wiltshire youth arts Partnership and Wiltshire Music Centre has enabled the service to lead the formation of the county’s music education hub and embed partnership working in the county to the benefit of some of its most vulnerable children and young people. For this evening’s performance some of the county’s best ‘singing schools’ and choirs have been brought together enabling these young people to achieve the highest standard of performance and to produce a truly thrilling sound.

MFY aims to inspire, guide and showcase more original material created and performed by young people – the next generation of singer songwriters, collaborators, composers, performers and producers. MFY is committed to promoting new music and PLAY is part of its contribution to this.

Tonight’s version of PLAY acts as the overture to the concert, involving 800 young performers and will feature Lewis West on cornet and MC Ryan Pearson.

You can download the full parts at mfy.org.uk/thesoundvault

In Corelli’s time the Christmas Eve festivities of the great Italian houses often included after dinner concerts prior to Midnight Mass.

Corelli's Concerto Grosso, Op 6, No 8 in G minor ('Christmas Concerto') may well have been heard at these entertainments and perhaps even at the Vatican. The group will be playing a selection of movements concluding with the famous Pastorale which evokes images of the shepherds in the fields and angels hovering over Bethlehem.

Violin Erika Holden**, Fiona Mashford, Christabell Pidduck, Alice Poppleton**, Rebecca Prince, Alex Richards, Abigail Tan Viola Rachel Maxey, Emily Tan, Helena Wynn Cello Flora Burns, Hannah Bonney** Harpsichord Caroline Halls

The pieces chosen for tonight’s performance all reflect the educational values of Wiltshire: trusting in others, believing in yourself, and doing your best. You Raise Me Up is a powerful ballad that makes us all realise we can achieve more if we have faith in others and work together. Reach for the Positive is a wonderfully catchy song, written by the effervescent Brenda Rattray, which is a life affirming statement about how to look for the good in everything and keep going when times are hard. World at my Feet was written to tell children everywhere that they have the power to make their dreams come true and that each and every one of them holds the future in their hands.

Thank you to all the staff and parents who’ve helped prepare for tonight’s performance and to Steve Abbott and Petra Randall for their musical direction.

Choir All Cannings C E Primary School, Bishop Wordsworth's Boys Grammar School, Box C E Primary School, Broadchalke C E Aided Primary School, Ivy Lane Primary School, Kington St Michael C E Primary School, Newton Tony C E V C Primary School, Ogbourne St George and St Andrew V C C E Primary School, Ramsbury School, St Barnabas C E School, The Mead Community Primary School, West Wiltshire Young Singers and Salisbury Area Young Musicians’ Children’s Choir

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Wiltshire Young Musicians Musical Director Richard Parsons Flute Ellie Jones, Sorcha Rudgley Oboe Claire Billingham Clarinet Katie Collins, Ellen Sargent Bass Clarinet Rachel Lamerton Horn Caroline Halls, Joshua Reid, Florence Tabeart, Rosamond Thomas Trumpet Matthew Cockcroft, Murray Tabeart Trombone William White Violin Isaac Akalanne, Claire Crawford, Tegan Eldridge, Angharad Harris, Erika Holden, Samantha Lockley, Fiona Mashford, Joanna Mlot, Beatrice Moore, Alice O'Mahony, Christabell Pidduck, Alice Poppleton*, Rebecca Prince, Isaac Randall, Alex Richards, Robert Scott, Katherine Stonham, Abigail Tan, Elena-Jane Taylor Viola Rachel Maxey, Emily Tan, Helena Wynn Cello Alexander Baker, Hannah Bonney, Peter Brook, Flora Burns, Asher Randall, Daniel Springate Double Bass Anna Baines, Barnaby Stacey Drum Kit Matthew Thorpe Percussion Robin Otter Bass Guitar Ralf Dorrell Piano Mark Walker

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South West Music School (SWMS) is a charity working with talented young musicians. Its programme is inclusive, open to all regardless of musical or personal background, and provides a package of specialist education consisting of mentoring, individual tuition and residential projects. The SWMS Quintet was formed by Tim Boulton to bring chamber music to students living in the Penzance area and has grown from strength to strength. SWMS is part of the Department for Education network for Centres for Advanced Training.

Founded in 1992 by John Forsyth, Tees Valley Youth Choir were runners up in the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition.

The choir performed Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Messiah as part of the Brinkburn Festival in 2009 and 2010 respectively, and has sung in some of the UK’s most exciting performance venues including Durham and Ripon Cathedrals, The Sage Gateshead and the Royal Albert Hall. The choir rehearse once a week in Stockton, but singers come from all over the region, based in schools and colleges in Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond and Hartlepool. Over the years the choir has been proud that many singers have become members of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and several have gone on to sing professionally. The choir has toured Europe extensively, performing in some of the finest venues including St Mark’s and St Paul’s Basilicas, Venice, St Michael’s Cathedral, Budapest, St Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Barcelona Cathedral and La Madeleine and Les Invalides, Paris.

19th century Paris was a flamboyant world dominated by opera, dramatics, stage works and notable men. Louise Farrenc differed from the French norm in many ways not least the fact she was a woman.

Her compositions were more intimate than most, drawing influence from the Germanic recent past rather than the contemporary salon music. This Piano Quintet demonstrates beautiful melodic writing and interweaving counterpoint which makes it challenging to play and pleasing on the ear. Based on this first quintet it is hard to comprehend why her works are mostly unexplored.

Violin Tobias Tripp Viola Freya Hicks Cello Indigo Hicks Double Bass Edward Francis-Smith Piano Benjamin Comeau

The choir opens their performance with Armottoman Osa by Finnish composer Mia Makaroff, the words for which are based on a poem which translates to The Unloved One. Their second piece is the beautiful Bogoroditsye Dyevo, the ave Maria from Rachmaninov’s liturgy of the Vespers. Finally they perform the late Moses Hogan's superb arrangement of the spiritual, The Battle of Jericho, telling the biblical story of Joshua.

Performers Janelle Alanguilan, Aiden Allinson, Ruth Allinson, Jenny Ash, Thomas Boynton, Eleanor Busby, James Bywater, Anna Clark, Beth Clay, Eleanor Coleman, Claire Collins, Marcus Cooke, Richard Cowley, Lauren Crombie, Judith Da Silva, David Elliot, Rebecca Etherington, Anthony Ferguson, James Gaddas-Brown, Sam Gilburt, Adam Gilburt, Cameron Glover, Ellie Grantham, Helen Greenough, Bethany Hadfield, Naomi Haigh, Oliver Haigh, Anna Harrison, Rijlke Harrison, Laura Heath, Alison Hicks, Gemma Holgate, Ian Hope, Alice Hughes, Hannah Hunter, Emma Jackson, Matthew Jeal, Richard Jones, Caroline Kelly, Sam Linley, Georgie Lock, Hannah Lofthouse-Hill, Lucy Mann, Jane Marley, Steven Masterson, Annabel Mellor, Jonathan Mellor, Phillppa Neal, Ben Noble, Daniel Overin, Sophie Overin, Rebecca Owen-Hughes, Eve Proctor, Alice Pugh, Anna Puttick, Lauren Robertson, Emily Scott, Emma Sharman, Amy Smith, Emma Smith, Matthew Sonley, Kim Spoors, Aarthi Suresh, Matthew Tyerman, Elizabeth Westwood, Eve Whittaker, Katherine Wingate, Hannah Winship, Rachel Wood

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St Elphege’s Infant Choir has approximately eighty members aged from four years old and they practice each week after school. Their varied programme comprises of movement and dance to accompany the songs as this is what the children enjoy most. The positive impact of singing together results in excellent personal and social development because of team work. The choir represents all the continents of the world and is ethnically diverse. They sing in different languages and thoroughly enjoy singing.

The Rip Roarers have been together as a Trad Jazz Band for the last three years. Four of the band’s players have now left school, Ripley St Thomas C of E Academy, and tonight's performance will probably be the last chance that they will all get to perform together in this line up. They have enjoyed gigging a lot locally and have travelled further afield with a memorable ten day tour to Cape Town earlier in the year.

The Littlehampton Academy is one of the largest schools in the UK. The steelband was formed in 2005 and currently has over seventy students performing with three steelbands at the Academy. This year the Academy’s steelbands have performed in Paris, Germany and Switzerland.

Inspired by Ex Cathedra’s Singing Playgrounds project, the choir’s programme of playground songs reflects its enjoyment of accompanying songs with movement and dance. The choir’s ability to sing in different languages enables it to use both Estonian and Polish in their medley. Singing with movement requires a range of skills that are reflected here: being able to recognise rhythm, pulse and timbre as well as excellent listening skills and cooperative partner work. During playtimes the choir teaches other children its singing games.

Performers Damola Adeniyi, Titilope Adeniyi, Veronica Agyemang, Israel Ballou, Gabriella Bongo, Julian Briamah, Sean Brittain, Enrico Broglia, Clarissa Charles, Olivia Child, James Childs, Nicole Clachar, Matthew Conway, Edith Dann, Esme Dann, Isobel Dann, Owen Davis, Cissyle Devine, Brilliana Djamba, Jack Dowsett, Luke Doyle, Andrea Drummond, Kevin Duah, Omari Elliott, Stevie Fallon, Ronan Fallon, Sofia Fernando, Sarah Gayita, Zemyna Gocentaite, Kieran Hamilton-Lee, Serena Hamilton-Lee, Ilana Harris-Walters, Bovely Kiazolou, Kristen Konadu, Zuzanna Kulfan, Samantha Ledda, Lelana Legere, Annabel Luboyera, EJ Luteke, Nitisha Michael, Godwill N’Dah, Grace N’Dah, Benjamin Neal, Donnika Nelson, Chinedu Nwakwu, Mya-Marie Okawabi, Samantha Okawabi, Chi Chi Onwubiko, Uzo Onwubiko, Aisha Opio, Naahema Owusu, Joseph Papilson, James Pickthall, Michella Quansah, Roosevelt Quansah, Leslie-David Quashie, Laksejan Ragunathan, Sean Rathborne, Travis Rathborne, Joseph Ridley, Lakshmi Satheskumar, Sanya Sebastian, Serena Sebastian, Zara Shears, Tatiana Sourmarie, Frankie Toms, George Turney, Alejandro Valencia-Marmolejo, Alice Vincent, Grace Wallace, Kiyara Wijeratne

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The Rip Roarers specialise in the Dixie Jazz sound of New Orleans. Washington and Lee Swing and St James Infirmary give the players a chance to play in two quite contrasting styles, but with the emphasis on improvised instrumental solos. The authentic sound is contributed to by the inclusion of the tuba which replaces the string bass in this performance. The group have dispensed with the dots and like to stroll around the stage as the mood of the music dictates.

Trombone Josh Cirtina Drums Joel Collins Tuba Harry Cunningham Tenor Saxophone Sophie Flint** Piano Robert Krug Alto Saxophone/Clarinet Daniel Mawson** Clarinet/Drums Simon Saunders** Trumpet Lily Whitfield**

This evening’s performance begins with I'm Yours, featuring a duet on the tenor pan between eight junior band members and the senior band. The next piece, Live and Let Die, is perhaps an unusual choice for a steelband but works very well and allows the band to demonstrate a wide dynamic range. The final piece, Band from Space, is a popular Soca song. In Trinidad (the home of steelpan) steelbands compete for the annual Panorama Championships where bands play arrangements of popular Soca and Calypso songs.

Performers Luke Acott, Jake Bates, James Butler, Sam Chandler, Alex Clifton, Emma Collins, Owen Crawford, Belinda Funke, Emily Holden, Turner James, Matthew Johnson, Alicia Jolly, Daniel Jones, James Mahoney, Marlowe McCaffery, Toby Mills, Dana Lloyd, Will Osborne, Harry Pannell, Millie Perry, Louis Semlekan-Faith, Louise Smith, Chris Stanfield, Simon Stewart, Ellen Thomas, Lucy Unsted, Lee Wass, Alice White, Joe Winstone, Amber Yeoman, Harry Yeoman

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gReATeR gWeNT YoUTH BRASS BANd The Gwent Music Support Service is a council service providing music tuition and activities for children and young people on behalf of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council and Torfaen County Borough Council.

The music service is nationally recognised as producing individuals and ensembles of the highest standard whilst holding true to the very basic principle of music being accessible to all pupils. All pupils are encouraged to participate in an ever increasing, diverse range of activities so that they may aspire to achieve their full potential. The Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band is one of many ensembles organised by the Gwent Music Support Service. The band consists of the most talented young brass and percussion musicians from the four unitary authorities and was formed in 1960 with the purpose of providing opportunities for the many young brass and percussion players in the area to perform the best of brass band repertoire.

Last year was a very special year for the band as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of the County Youth Band with many super events spread throughout the year.

Penlee is a very powerful and moving work which was composed for the Cornwall Youth Brass Band. The combined bands of Gwent and Cornwall performed this work at the very prestigious RNCM Festival of Brass in Manchester in January 2011. The composer, Simon Dobson, writes: For many Cornishmen and women, the Penlee lifeboat disaster is an ever present memory. To some the tragic story of the Penlee lifeboat, the Solomon Browne, would need no introduction, and to some the pain felt is still very much a reality. I was brought up in full knowledge of the story having been born just a few weeks before the fateful night itself and felt that given the opportunity I would like to pay musical homage to the bravery of the souls involved in a true story of heroism and sadness, a story that has passed almost into Cornish legend.

Penlee for brass band and percussion is the result of my feelings regarding the events. It is dedicated to all the souls who lost their lives in Cornwall’s treacherous waters, those on the lifeboat, and the crew and passengers of the Union Star, on the night of 19 December 1981.

The music ends with a quote from the tone poem Resurgam by Eric Ball, proclaiming, “the souls of the righteous are in the hands of God”.

TANeiSHA JAcKSoN & STePHANie FoRBeS Performers Gareth Abbott, George Atkin, Thomas Barker, Rhys Barrett, Karys Beckett, John Boulton, Azhiamari Church, Kale Church, Naomi Clark, Sam Danaher, Joshua Danaher, Scott Davies, Christian Dullea, Thomas Dunne, Ross Dunne, Gregory Evans, Josh Fish, Calum Greenhalgh, Glen Greenhalgh, Ella Greenhalgh, Matthew Griffiths, Annabel Guppy, Ffion Guppy, Grace Hart, Alex Hay, Rhiannon Hayes, Edward Hayes, Cerys Head, Rhianwen Head, Matthew Horne, Thomas Howells, Oliver Hudson, Andrew Hughes, Emily Humphries, Lara Jones, David Langley, Jack Lapthorn, Jacob Lloyd, Elizabeth Millar, Rebecca Moore, Cian Morrey, Michael Olivier, Lloyd Pearce, Lucie Phillips, Jacob Prosser, Grace Redmore, Lucy Redmore, Ben Roberts, Evan Roberts, Christopher Rogers, Clare Smith, Robert Spencer, Rhiannon Symonds, Ben Teague, William Thomas, Daniel Thomas, Jonathan Turzinski, Richard Ward, Lewis West, Lloyd West, Owen Williams, Molly Williams, Kirsty Williamson, Ophelia Xerri

Taneisha Jackson and Stephanie Forbes are a piano and voice duo based at Sedgehill School in Lewisham, London. The talented pair of year 11 students have both been writing songs together since year 7 and have performed regularly in school concerts and within the local community. Both Taneisha and Stephanie are regulars in the school’s recording studio where they are learning to arrange and produce their own music to a professional level. They are both greatly influenced by gospel and modern day pop music. The songs they are writing go well beyond their age especially with the lyrical and melodic content and Stephanie’s lush harmonies.

The words and melody to Broken were written by Taneisha and the music by Stephanie. Lyrically the song talks about how in a relationship one person changes more than the other and eventually has different needs to the other. Musically the song has a Soul/Gospel feel with some beautiful jazz and chromatic chord changes. The words and melody for Bulletproof were again written

by Taneisha and the music by Stephanie.

The song tells a story of needing some sort of armour when facing the realities of love and how it can protect you from being hurt.

Musically the piano uses simple ostinato rhythms in the right hand while the left hand fills in the harmony. This song also features Taneisha’s rapping skills.

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Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Fèis Rois enables young people to participate in and enjoy traditional Scottish music and the Scottish Gaelic language and its associated culture. Fèis Rois translates as Ross-Shire Festival. The organisation was founded in Ross-Shire in 1986 and now works nationally and internationally. Foundation funded by Creative Scotland and with a year-round programme of activity that engages over 3,000 young people, Fèis Rois is regarded as one of Scotland’s leading arts education providers. The majority of the musicians performing this evening are from the Highlands. However, the group represents Scotland as a whole with some of the musicians coming from Orkney, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moray, Ayrshire and the Western Isles.

Park High School has over 250 students taking instrumental lessons, who contribute to the musical life of the school. Extracurricular life at Park High never stops and students benefit from many performing opportunities, such as informal Christmas concerts, the Young Musician of Park competition, GCSE/A level showcases and celebration assemblies. Park High has a history of performing at many prestigious venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and now the Royal Albert Hall. In 2010, the department went on tour to Germany sharing their love for Dhol drumming in Europe.

This year the music department is working in collaboration with the BBC Singers, preparing for a performance at the Camden Roundhouse in March. Next year they are participating in the Music Nation Weekend as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympics.

The orchestra has been running since 1984 and since that time has tackled much of the classic symphonic orchestral repertoire.

It has provided an opportunity for some of Warwickshire's finest young musicians to meet on a regular basis to gain valuable orchestral experience and to socialise together. The orchestra has recently toured such places as Belgium, Spain, Germany and Austria. The invitation to perform at the Royal Albert Hall is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication.

This unique ensemble has been put together as part of a series of launch events signalling the start of Music for Youth’s festival series in Scotland. With the support of Creative Scotland, MFY will be hosting festivals during 2012 in Glasgow, Perth and Inverness – showcasing local young musicians and promoting cross border collaboration.

Ceòlraidh met for the first time on 17 October.

They spent five days in residence on a Fèis Rois course in the small Highland fishing village of Ullapool where they worked on the music you will hear tonight.

The music is rooted in the Scottish tradition, but includes contemporary influences and features musical instruments you might not usually expect to hear performing alongside each other: clarsachs (Scottish small harp) with clarinets and bagpipes with trumpets!

Piano Catriona Hawksworth Clarsach Megan Kiln Cajon John Munro Mandolin Innes White Guitar Neil Convery, Ruth Green, Craig Irving, Megan Mackay, Kaitlin Ross

The Dhol is very much a cultural instrument, originating from the North West part of India during the 15th century. Dhol playing is associated with Punjabi music, also known as Bhangra and is often mixed with other music genres, for example Techno and Funky House. At Park High School the Dhol teacher, Anand Vekaria, understands the importance and passion students have for music. Anand has worked alongside the students who have shown great enthusiasm and hard work in order to put this piece together. Laura Leigh, the Head of Dance, has worked closely with students from year 10 to choreograph a vibrant performance incorporating many traditional movements from Indian dance, complimenting the ‘mind blasting beats’ of the Dhol drum. The group hope that you enjoy their performance as much as they enjoyed putting it together.

Drummers Nirag Gami, Manesh Halai, Sujan Haria, Mishal Khimji, Jaimin Patel, Yash Pattni, Tej Shah, Bharat Varsani, Anand Vekaria, Dilan Vekaria Dancers Shreya Joshi, Riddhi Patel, Vithusha Rajkumar, Priyia Ravi, Chanda Viyas

The Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms are a set of twenty one lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. The dances contain a kaleidoscope of Hungarian colours, with slow majestic dignified sections alternating with faster lively virtuosic sections. The dances were first written for solo piano four hands (two players) and earned Brahms widespread public admiration. Hungarian Dance No 6 was orchestrated by Martin Schaeling.

Violin 1 Rosie Butcher, Alana Chen, Karina Clifford, Siobhan Cullinane*, Leah Edwards, Rose Edwards, Jade Evans, Holly Gallan, Lauren Hinds, Verra Luianta, Thomas McGovern, Rose Moore, Tania Shukla Violin 2 Elizabeth Bonham, Lucinda Bourne*, Jintong Du, Emily Edwards, Harriet French, Tim Gillespie, Luke Griffin, Elizabeth Hong, Matthew Johnstone, Dale Sewell, Isobel Williams, Danya Zeng, Julian Zhou Viola Holly Coombes, Emma Fairclough, Thomas Mead, Annie Newton, Adam Sangster*, Andrew Weiner, Sophie White Cello Rowan Bidmead, Elizabeth Bolitho, Imogen Gallan, Ethan Gardner*, James Heathcote, Camille Hnat, Ben Sturdy, Georgia Sturt Double Bass Harriet Cole, Lucy Edmunds, Ellen Hetherington* Flute Catriona Bourne*, Zoe Chandler, Amy Foden, Danielle Goode, Natasha Hobson, James Sturdy

Fiddle Calum Barker, Chloe Bryce, Megan Dale, Mairi Gilmour, Robbie Greig, Rebecca Griggs, Charlotte Gunn, Hayley Keenan, Katie MacDonald, Tara Macrae, Isabella Macleod, Molly Nolan, Sally Simpson, Caitlin Sinclair, Finnie Swinnie

Oboe Abigail Keers, Caroline Murphy*

Accordion Kim MacLennan, Padruig Morrison, Robbie Stevenson, Ruairidh White

Bassoon Lotti Irvine*, Daniel Leung, Edward Stern, Laura Turnball

Bagpipes/Whistle Magnus Bichan, Shannon Cowie, Conal McDonagh, Finlay Murray

Horn Harry Brignal, Gwen Edmunds*, Caroline Weiner

Trumpet Gregor Beattie, Michael Iles, Emma McNally

Trumpet Isabel Bourne, Michael Durkin*, Joshua Mackereth

Oboe Bruce Foster

Trombone Sam Howarth, David Jakeman, Peter Simmons*

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Tuba Tim Goodman Percussion Francesca Lombardelli, Jake Maiden* Organist Thomas Neal

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Robert Smyth Academy is a mixed comprehensive in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, with 1,350 students aged 14-19. Music is particularly strong with twelve extra-curricular ensembles, over 100 students taking GCSE Music, more than fifty students studying A level Music and Music Technology and many continuing to pursue music in higher education. Formed in 2003 by the Academy's Head of Music, Helle Munksgaard Petersen, Soul Patrol has performed at many prestigious venues in the UK such as the NEC, the NIA, the ICC and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. In 2010 Soul Patrol, together with the Academy's jazz band, were selected to represent the UK at the International Society for Music Education's 29th World Conference in Beijing.

The ten day tour included concerts at the China National Convention Centre, Beijing, and Tianjin Concert Hall. Recent European tour destinations include Denmark, the Czech Republic, Spain and France. Soul Patrol has released three CDs together with the Robert Smyth Jazz Band.

Soul Patrol cover many of the 1960s soul and motown classics but tonight’s programme consists entirely of original songs which have been written by two of the singers and arranged and choreographed by the band.

The first song, Lucky Man, is an up-beat number composed by Liam Wade for Robert Williams. The second number, You are the One, is a ballad written and performed by Bethia Mitchell. The final item, Don’t Say a Word, written and sung by Liam Wade, is featured on the band’s most recent CD, Beiswing.

Vocals Bethia Mitchell, Georgia Price, Kate Ryrie, Liam Wade, Robert Williams Alto Saxophone Alice Burleigh Tenor Saxophone Daniel Iliffe Baritone Saxophone Catherine Swanwick Trumpet Matthew Iliffe, Jack Pilcher May Trombone Jonathan Roberts, Lucas Wong Piano Will Broadley-Sanders, Owen Davies Electric Guitar Edward Heritage Bass Guitar James Dash Percussion Ruby Finch, Natasha Keary

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Age 17-18 Condor Morning Rush Where Our Hearts Lie Morning Rush

ST ANdReW'S ScHool cHoiR Streatham, London

Age 8-11 Musical Director Francesca Mosconi, Costumes Raffaella Williams Five Eyes C Armstrong Gibbs Macavity, the Mystery Cat Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr Nicholas Hare Cat and Mouse Games Malcolm Abbs

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Age 16-19 Musical Director Peter Dunkley Introduction and Allegro Ravel

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Age 14-16 Director Andy Gilbert Denial SDK Stand Up SDK all arr andy Gilbert, SDK

dUdleY PeRFoRmiNg ARTS WiNd BANd West Midlands Age 13-19 Conductor Louise Jones Bridges Over the River Cam Derek Bourgeois

BYmT Big PHAT BRASS London Borough of Bromley Age 14-18 Musical Director Dennis Mycroft Suite from Chicago Kander, Ebb, arr James Davies I Got Rhythm Gershwin, arr Roger Harvey

oxFoRdSHiRe mASSed eNSemBle Age 4-21 Conductor John Traill Project Co-ordinator Liz Stock Oxonia John Traill i Isis ii Why Study? iii Today Well Lived

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Age 12-16 Musical Director Sam Horseman Artistic Director Birdy Laws Hounds of Love Kate Bush, arr Sam Horseman A Tribute to Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse, arr Sam Horseman, Birdy laws

WARdle HigH ScHool BRASS BANd Rochdale, Lancashire Age 14-19 Conductor Lee Rigg Head of Performing Arts Janet Emsley Dimensions Peter Graham

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Age 16-18 Musical Director Aled Phillips Viva la Vida Coldplay Chasing Cars Snow Patrol all arr a Phillips

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Age 14-18 Director Rob Reid North Africa Chick Corea, arr Mike Tomaro Orange Coloured Sky Milton DeLugg, Willie Stein, arr Roger Holmes

THe miRgA BRoTHeRS Wakefield, West Yorkshire Age 12-16 Head of Music Fiona Park Niesamowty Adam & Konrad Mirga, arr Kazemiesh Mirga THe SPoNTANeoUS FolK oRcHeSTRA Musical Director Joe Broughton We Met Today Joe Broughton

oxFoRdSHiRe coUNTY YoUTH oRcHeSTRA Age 12-21 Conductor John Traill Manager Tom Morter Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Elgar

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Konrad and Adam Mirga are brothers who have attended St Thomas a Becket Catholic College in Wakefield, a small school of 750 pupils that has over 130 musicians involved in music making on a regular basis alongside classroom music. The brothers often perform for musical events in school and are admired throughout the school for their relaxed approach and amazing talent.

Morning Rush are a five piece acoustic pop band from Exeter. They have been writing, recording and performing together for over two years, playing their material at a variety of music venues and events both locally and nationally including being selected to play at the National Conference of Specialist Schools at the ICC in Birmingham. Their early album Racetrack has been well received by local fans. Tracks from the album such as No Drums in Birmingham and I Know you Know have been featured on BBC Radio with I Know you Know making it onto the BBC Introducing playlist.

St Andrew's School Choir is a group of 124 singers, aged 8-12 from St Andrew's Catholic Primary School in Streatham, South London.

Tonight's performers are from four choirs: Middle School Monday Choir, Upper School Monday Choir, Middle School Friday Choir and Upper School Friday Choir. Music plays a very important role in the life of the school.

All children receive weekly music lessons from a specialist and are given the opportunity to have instrumental lessons. The childrenusually first volunteer to be in the choir when they are seven and there is a record number of children in the Choir this year. They rehearse during their lunchtime breaks so this shows great commitment! The children are thrilled to be performing at the Schools Prom.

Konrad, who plays violin, left the school in the summer and his younger brother Adam, who plays the accordion, is currently in year 9. Both pupils perform together in school for performances and out of school with their younger brother Patryk who plays the guitar.

The boys play in a traditional Polish folk style.

The first piece is Amol Concert, written

by Adam and Konrad. Later they play a traditional Polish folk piece aptly named Niesamowty meaning ‘amazing’ in Polish.

This piece has been arranged with the help of their grandad, Kazimesh Mirga, with their ideas being based around traditional Polish folk music. The piece demonstrates their personality and showmanship as well as their individual skills on the violin and accordion and is aimed at showcasing their ability to play many different techniques. All of the music they play is learnt through the aural tradition so they play everything from memory.

The boys are very excited about performing in the Royal Albert Hall and are both hoping to have a career in music with Konrad hoping to study folk music at The Sage in Newcastle in a few years.

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The set opens with Condor, a punchy sing along pop song written by the band to celebrate the importance of summertime.

The use of harmonies throughout the track helps to build the 'feel good' vibe that the band like to create when performing.

The second song, Where Our Hearts Lie, again written by the band, is a song about passions and beliefs and how much more enjoyable life is when you follow what you believe in. Funky tempo changes and three part harmonies are just a couple of the features included in this song.

Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar Sam Perry Acoustic/Electric Guitar/Backing Vocals Sam Chamberlain Keyboard/Backing Vocals Tom Short Bass Mike Richards Drums/Backing Vocals Pip Arnold

Tonight's songs are all about cats and you will be introduced to several characters!

The programme opens with Five Eyes by Armstrong Gibbs, a song about three black cats that guard their mill from 'the thieving rats'. This is set to the words of Walter de la Mare. Can you spot 'one eyed Jill'? This is followed by a complete change of mood with Macavity, the Mystery Cat, a song taken from the well known musical, Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Watch out for the 'monster of depravity'! The programme ends with Cat and Mouse Games by Malcolm Abbs, based on the poems of Rose Fyleman and Eleanor Farjeon. 'Cats sleep anywhere' but will they catch the mice?

Performers Helen Abebe, Roishyn Abril Osorio, Jayden Adams, Basit Adelekan, Ronald Agyemang, Ethan Ah Soo Leen, Rebecca Ah Soo Leen, Temilola Alu, Ruth Amfo Titiriku, Saskia Amoah Alexander, Catherine Amoako, Denisha Anthonipillai, Anna Appiah-Kubi, Monique Arowojolu, Anastazja Bartkowska, Nicole Bbaale, Gemma Bellamy, Kebron Benhur, Noah Benhur, Max Boden, Jemima Boka, Destiny Boka Batesa, Naomi Borrelli, Michelle Braganca, Serena Brugnoli, Szymon Bulatewicz, Senna Campbell, Priscilla Castro, Tom CauneenJordan, Louise Cecile, Bella Corwin, Luca Corwin, Natalie Covino, Eleanor Cowlin, James Dalsanto, Hugh Davies, Selorm Dogbatse-Joppa, Shika Dogbatse-Joppa, Athena Dullard, Abigail Fernandes, Keanah Forrester Osborne, Gus Gabriel, Sophie Gabriel, Joseph Gama, Renata GarciaArposio, Marcin Gil, Jason Hakizimana, Maize Harewood, Betrys Hendon, Jake Howlett, Roan Hutcheson, Sean Hutcheson, Zoe Iezekiel, Ahunna Iroeche, Ffion Jarrett, Courtney Jelley, Joshua Jibulu, Orla Joyce, Ella Kennedy, Klaudia Klawikowska, Piotr Klawikowski, Jada Lee, Ella Loizou, Adriana Ludena, Valeria Maida, Krystal Marshall, Theo McCalla, Thomas McCann, Kacper Mielniczuk, Alice Moloney, Dominic Morrison, Elizabeth Morris, Rachel Morrissey, Hollie Murphy, Rose Nana, Vanessa Nantongo, Georgia NesbittBlair, Nia Nicholson, Sonny Nicoll,

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Chidera Nweze, Muna Nweze, Ona Nwokolo, Konyeme Nwokoro, Catherine O'Dea, Helena O'Donnell, Martin O'Donnell, Triniti Ofili-Ellis, Judith Ohen, Thea Okeke, Adaure Onyeji, Karen Oppung-Manu, Liam O'Shea, Vivica Otabor, Rosemary Owusu-Ansah, Dylan Payne, Rebekah Peters, Aleksandra Piatek, Nathaniel Pillay, Wendy Poma Nunez, Miriam Quhali, Dylan Rebolledo-Callot, Samuel Redman, Maciej Romanowski, Raynia Samuel, James Shepherd, Kamila Soltynska, Sophia Somera, Mateusz Szczepan, Michael Tait, Natalia Tercjak, Olivia Thatcher, Martyna Turek, Tiffany Uzodibia, Sophia Vargas, Joseph Waight, Darragh Walsh, Niamh Walsh, Dichewa Winney, Aleksandra Wrona, Mikolaj Wydra, Bethany Yates, Sandra Zuczek

The Maurice Ensemble (the name Maurice blatantly stolen from Ravel's forename) was brought together from members of the 2010-11 Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra, a group organised under the umbrella of Northamptonshire County Council's Music and Performing Arts Service.

Ravel's Introduction and Allegro is one of the most challenging and unique works in Ravel's chamber music repertoire and to have seven young players of the musical and technical calibre to even attempt the work is a rarity in itself. They rose to the challenge, loved the piece and are delighted to have the opportunity to perform the work to you this evening. They hope you enjoy Ravel's music as much as they do!

SDK are an urban-pop group from Hurstmere School in Sidcup, Kent. Rappers Jack, Riad and Habib have been performing and writing together since they were eleven years old. Their lyrics aim to send out a positive message about teenage life counteracting the stereotypical view of rap music in the media.

Singers Sami and Sam, keyboard player Tom and guitarist Joe completed the line up in March this year. This is only their third public appearance together and the boys are very passionate about their music and perform with a tremendous energy and enthusiasm.

Piano Mitra Alice Tham

Written in 1905 in the midst of a scandal following Ravel’s elimination from the Prix de Rome, his Introduction and Allegro was completed at unusual speed prior to a boating holiday, receiving its first performance in Paris on 22 November 1907.

It is amongst his greatest and most beautiful works, allowing the listener to feast on Ravel’s impressionistic genius, offering flowing melodies supported by complex, but totally appropriate harmonic structures. Although sometimes described as a septet, the work gives a pre-eminent role to the harp, with the other instruments providing a substantive accompaniment. Commissioned by the Maison Érard, makers of harps and pianos to promote their new pedal harp as a rival to the more established chromatic harp, the piece is dedicated to the firm's director Albert Blondel.

Denial has its musical influences in the electronic grime scene with pulsating synths and heavy drum beats. It also really showcases the rappers’ skills. Lyrically the song talks about one person living in denial and not being able to face up to the problems in their relationship. Stand Up was musically influenced by let the Sun Shine by Labrynth.

Lyrically it captures the 'feel-good' message of that song and encourages the audience to stand-up during the chorus and sing along.

Performers Sami Bouzefrane, Joe Hannen, Tom Monks, Habib Muyanja, Riad Muyanja, Sam Obaseki, Jack Rutherford-Axcell

Harp Elizabeth Bass Violin Hannah Bell, Cameron Smith Viola Sophie Louise Phillips Cello Casey Burgess Flute Heather Brown Clarinet Melissa Baron

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PRogRAmme NoTeS wEdNESdAy 9 NOvEMbER dUdleY PeRFoRmiNg ARTS WiNd BANd The Dudley Performing Arts Wind Band consists of young people drawn from schools and colleges across the Dudley Metropolitan Borough. The band rehearses for an hour each week and is just one ensemble in a network of ensembles providing performance opportunities for instrumentalists at all levels, from beginners to more advanced players and for all genres including orchestras, brass bands, contemporary groups and choirs.

The band gives regular concerts locally and further afield and enjoys playing a variety of different styles of music.

Several band members have benefited from the Wider Opportunities programme with their first instrumental experience being part of whole class instrumental tuition. It is a testimony to the quality and inclusiveness of this programme that we now have so many talented students who have continued to play.

Likewise, many players have benefited from the endangered species programmes where tuition has been heavily subsidised for certain minority instruments.

Members of the band regularly continue their studies at higher education institutions.

Courtney Brown on bass trombone recently commenced his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, following in the footsteps of fellow Dudley bass trombonist, Lyndon Meredith, who is currently bass trombonist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The band is thrilled to be taking part in this evening's concert and both of the band’s conductors took part in the Schools Prom many years ago when they were students.

They remember the wonderful experience they had and it’s these memories which have been the motivation in trying to achieve the same for the current students, so that they too can have the chance to play on this world famous stage.

Bridges Over the River Cam by Derek Bourgeois is a programmatic piece and recounts, through music, Bourgeois’ days as a Cambridge undergraduate and all the elements of student life are featured.

The piece opens with a pastoral theme to represent idyllic walks along the “Backs” which lead down to the river from King's College. You can hear the organist playing a fugue with rippling semiquavers followed by a section that depicts drunken reveries with many changes of metre. Next follows a beautiful melody, to suggest a hint of romance. The piece culminates in a stirring crescendo and triumphant ending.

Flute Victoria Brown, Megan Ellis, Emily Hill, John Jeffs, Rebecca Lagomarsino, Hayley Moss, Katherine Penn, Shauna Pritchard, Theresa Rose Clarinet Madeleine Cole, Zoe Davis, Christie Grove, Matthew Hill, Lauren Holman, Fiona King, Hannah Payton, Jonathan Simpson, Emily Walters, Alice Whitaker-Hughes

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BYmT Big PHAT BRASS Bass Clarinet Cara Philpott Alto Saxophone Bradley Beighton, Hannah Griffiths, Christopher Standley Baritone Saxophone Ria Aldersley Tenor Saxophone Hannah Legg Oboe Rosemarie Barnfather, Amy Hillman, Elizabeth Parkes Bassoon Esme Ashmore, Duncan Maud, Jenni Wilkes

The Bromley Youth Music Trust, funded by the London Borough of Bromley and the Government, exists to help young people in the area to develop their musical abilities.

BYMT teaches more than 8,000 children every year to sing or to play an instrument and BYMT's orchestras, bands and choirs have an international reputation for excellence.

BYMT also assists primary schools to develop their music curriculum and in partnership with 'Bromley 14-19 Flexible Learning' delivers courses in Music Technology.

B Flat Tuba Kyle Hipkiss

Big Phat Brass was formed in 2010, the players being invited from the brass section of the Bromley Youth Concert Band.

The group was inspired by the amazing Venezuelan Brass Ensemble to develop a different approach to performance. Big Phat Brass rehearses once a week and then increases intensity as a performance date becomes imminent - the mantra of enjoyment and connecting with the audience being paramount. Tonight's programme includes music from the show Chicago and from the Gershwin classic I Got Rhythm, in an abridged version of an arrangement by Roger Harvey.

The band hope you enjoy listening as much as they enjoy playing!

E Flat Tuba Toby Ashmore, Joel Brown, Anthony Cork, Amy Wright

Trumpet Louis Barclay, Joe Brandon, Charlotte Ferguson*, Andrew Fisher

Percussion James Sproston, Aaron Townsend, Tom Whitehouse, Benjamin Willis

Horn Joel Roberts

Horn Charlotte Barnfather, George Cole, Laura Horton, Robert Spencer, Daniel Thomas Trumpet Shaun Baker, Joseph Birnie, Oliver Case, Hannah Cheeseman, Grace Hadley, Laura Jeffs, David Leek, Joshua Roberts, Michael Rose, Luke Rowley, Charlotte Williams Trombone Theo Barfoot, Johnathan Hill, Stephen Jenks, Howard Mitchell, Alexander Robottom, Greg Whitehouse Bass Trombone Courtney Brown Euphonium Christopher Bell, Matthew Colley, Alastair Mallin

Trombone Tim Munday, Jonathan Young* Bass Trombone Jonathan Essam Euphonium Olivia Braddon Tuba Dan Mackintosh Drums Stefan Beckett

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The Oxfordshire County Music Service is part of the Children Education and Families Directorate, providing tuition and activities for children, young people and adults. The service is nationally and internationally recognised for providing ensembles of the highest standard that maintain accessibility for all and encourage the individual to aspire to their full potential. Tonight’s premiere of John Traill’s Oxonia has been commissioned by the service and comprises thirty two Oxfordshire primary schools, the music service choirs and the County Youth Orchestra, amounting to 650 performers.

The Greater Gwent Youth String Ensemble consists of pupils from the Greater Gwent four unitary authorities. The string orchestra is for the most part based on the string section of the Youth Orchestra. The group enjoys performing a wide range of repertoire from all eras and have given peformances most recently of works by Shostakovich, Elgar, Gorecki, Leifs and Mahler. The group has been fortunate to have played in Poland as part of the Greater Gwent Youth Orchestra tour. They are delighted to have been able to commission a work by the young Welsh composer Christopher Lloyd George Petrie based on an old Welsh song.

Fitzwilliam Street are a newly formed vocal harmony group that train at the Oscars Theatre Academy in Huddersfield. There they are all trained in the Bel Canto vocal technique combined with dance, drama and musicianship skills. Musically, they work hard to make new and fun arrangements of existing songs with all members of the group contributing to the creative process and providing live accompaniment wherever possible.

Oxonia is written for choir, orchestra, offstage brass and chamber choir accompanying a solo cello on an island stage. The first of three songs, I, ISIS, divides the choir into four columns, each a spoken round that charts the journey of the River ISIS/Thames through Oxfordshire. The sung material describes the Ancient Egyptian goddess, ISIS, and the motto from the City Council’s coat of arms, Fortis est Veritas (Truth is Strength). The second song comically answers the Socratic question of why we study, by celebrating the many achievements of people from Oxfordshire. The final song rejoices in the past, present and future, incorporating text from an ancient Sanskrit poem, Today Well lived, concluding in a triumphant chorus of Oxonia, the Latin form of Oxfordshire.

Choir Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School, Bayards Hill Primary School Oxford, Botley Primary School, Buckland Church of England Primary School, Caldecott Primary School Abingdon, Carswell Community Primary School Abingdon, Checkendon Church of England Primary School, Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School, Ducklington Church of England Primary School, Dunmore Primary School Abingdon, Enstone Primary School, Gateway Primary School Carterton, Hornton Primary School, Manor School Didcot, Nettlebed Community School, Northbourne Church of England Primary School Didcot, Pegasus Primary School Oxford, Rush Common School Abingdon, Sandhills Community Primary School Oxford, St Andrew's Church of England School Oxford, St Barnabas' Church of England (Aided) Primary School Oxford, St Edmund's Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Abingdon, St Francis Church of England Primary School Oxford, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Thame, St Nicolas Church of England Primary School Abingdon, St Peter's Church of England Primary School Cassington, Stadhampton Primary School, Standlake (Church of England) Primary School, West Kidlington Primary School, William Fletcher Primary School Yarnton, Windmill Primary School Oxford, Woottonby-Woodstock Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Oxfordshire Youth Chamber Choir, Oxfordshire Young Singers City, South Oxfordshire Young Singers

The subject of this composition is an old Welsh song of the same title which was originally written by Joseph Parry. The subject of the poem deals with a man’s struggle as he contemplates separating from his lifelong partner. Despite the separation between these two people one can nevertheless construe that the love they once felt for one another still exists, but as a tender memory.

Offstage Sextet Violin Heidi Forde*, Jonathan May Viola Allysha Perryman, Sophia Rigby Cello Matthew Brown, Bethan Reed

The programme opens with Hounds of Love

by Kate Bush, taking inspiration from a recent arrangement by indie band The Futureheads and reworked for the group especially for Music for Youth’s 2011 season. The group is very excited to conclude its programme with a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse.

Her music has provided great inspiration to young musicians and singers and as a result the group is very excited to be performing a medley of songs in her honour tonight.

Performers Rachel Clements, Maddie Cookson, Thomas Cotran, Abigail Cupples, Evie Hunter, Jamaal Lewis-Simpson, Lucie MacGragor, Fiona McDonagh, Craig McDonald, Scott McDonald, Laura Saxton, Oscar Zito

Violin 1 Siobhan Clough, Amy Hayes, Victoria Humphries, Harriet Lawton, Hannah McDonnell, Michael Olivier, Joe Warmington, Eluned Williams* Violin 2 Julia Abbott, Hannah Bethune, Aylar Dallali, Aysena Dallali, Emma Halford, Louisa Hasler, Lucy Irvine, Jenny James*, Natalie Jones, Lucy Rigby, Louise Taylor, Angharad Thomas, Ffion Tun, Charles Whittaker Viola Nicholas Bolton*, Louise Bull, Emma Cleeve, Joseph Hindle, Thomas Stoneman, Rachel Tucker Cello Charlotte Grew, Gareth Ryan Hansford*, Hannah-Ffion Harris, Ryan Lowe, Samuel Smith, Robert Whittaker Double Bass Gemma Crowley, Erin Jacques*, Benjamin Smith Harp Lauren Bennett, Lowri Sian Edwards, Gabriella Sara Jones* Percussion Lowri Lewis, Aled Vaghela* Gwent Voices Tobias Barker, Josiah Barker, Maya Burchell-Haslett, Rhian Cocker, Harriet Davis, Lewis Ham, Seren Harbon, Rhianwen Head, Cerys Head, Ursula Hughes, Hannah Elizabeth Lewis, Rhiannon Lewis, Lloyd Pearce, Bethan Thomas, Mathew Verallo, Martyn Waters, Sara Jane Waters

Instrumentalists Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra

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The tiny village of Wardle nestles in the foothills of the Pennines just two miles north of Rochdale. Wardle High School, founded in 1977, soon earned a reputation as a centre of excellence for music. The school's musical groups have appeared at the National Festival every year since its formation. The truth remains that any child in the school who wishes to play is given an instrument and free tuition. Every year a new band is formed in year 7. The current school band have had an extremely successful year when in April they became National Youth Brass Band Champions of Great Britain in the Intermediate section.

Being here tonight is an amazing achievement for the Dinas Bran Male Ensemble from Llangollen. They were only formed in January this year when sixth form pupils in the school showed a passion for singing. They entered the MFY Regional Festival Series to gain experience of singing to an audience, and with dedicated hard work it's a fantastic achievement to be singing at the Royal Albert Hall this evening.

Northampton School for Girls was founded in September 1915. It has grown to be a fully inclusive secondary school providing education for 1,700 girls aged 11-18 and twenty boys aged 16-18. In 2004 the school became a specialist music college, the first in the country and has since grown significantly.

The NSG Big Band was formed in the same year and the college now has a total of twenty-one extra-curricular groups that meet on a weekly basis.

The band’s programme tonight opens with an original composition from the pen of Peter Graham, one of the brass band movement’s finest composers. Dimensions was originally composed for the 2nd Section Area Championships in the 1980s. This is a great piece which gives the band a chance to show off its technical skills finishing with an exciting ending. To conclude their performance the band has chosen to combine their performance with Ysgol Dinas Bran Male Ensemble and the grand organ of the Royal Albert Hall in Sir Arthur Sullivan’s The Lost Chord. This will be a tremendous finale to what will be one of the most memorable performances of the young performers’ lives.

Soprano Cornet Stephanie Clegg Solo Cornet Bethany Backhouse, Laura Conway*, Megan Greenwood, Naomi Richardson, Emma Rigby Repiano Cornet Erin Finerty Flugel Kathryn Egan Cornet 2 Nicole Clough, Luke Cronshaw, Laura Higgins, Joe Howarth, Alex Stephenson Cornet 3 Hannah Beresford, Sophie Johnson, Amber Kershaw, Ryan Lawrence, Tom Lord, Skye Wilson Tenor Horn Raegan Evans, Ellen Kershaw, Kirsten Tracz, Connor Stansfield*, Stephanie Woodruff Euphonium Bradley Barnes, Tomos Giles, Ashley Higgins* Baritone Ryan Ashton, Alician Atherton, Chris Barnes, Hannah Nicholson Trombone George Jones, Rebecca Whitehead, Charlotte Wilkinson* E Flat Bass Jack Holt, Matthew Howard, Jack Lord* B Flat Bass Shannon Clegg, Niall Grindrod Percussion Aaron Beresford, Grace Chilcot, Chris Davis, Matthew Rigg* Organ Geoff Proffit

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Tonight’s programme features current pop classics by Coldplay and Snow Patrol sung in a unique classical choral way. Viva la Vida was written by Coldplay for their fourth album, and was released as the second single from the album. Chasing Cars is the second single from Snow Patrol’s fourth album, Eyes Open.

It was recorded in 2005 and released in July 2006.

Tenor 1 Lewis Bate**, Daniel Griffiths, Jamie Thomas, Tom Wilson** Tenor 2 James Anthonisz, Adam Bell, Iestyn Hughes, Joel Hughes, Nathan Lloyd, Danny Richardson Baritone Adam Drakeley, Jamie Evans, Ben Hughes, Tomos Luke, Lewis Morris

The programme opens with North Africa.

Originally by Chick Corea, this version has been arranged and interpreted by Mike Tomaro. It uses the trademark samba rhythms that Chick Corea is renowned for through a quiet opening section before the band crescendos towards the solo section featuring Chloe Percy-Smith on tenor saxophone. The group’s programme concludes with Orange Coloured Sky. This swingin’, up tempo chart was recorded by Natalie Cole, amongst others, on her acclaimed Unforgettable album.

Alto Saxophone Eleanor Bedford, Claire Bodily, Heather Brown, Sophie Church, Sophie Phillips Tenor Saxophone Shannon Bell-Carney, Chloe Percy-Smith** Baritone Saxophone Megan Eyles Trumpet Emily Ashby, Eleanor Gedney, India Rand, Grace Vowden, Grace Ward Trombone Laura Cox, Chris Gemmill, Faye Laurie Piano Eleanor Jackson Drums Daniel Akinbosede, Rebecca Smith Percussion Olivia Quilter Bass Nina Harries Guitar Angus McAlpine Vocalist Annie Strausa**

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The Spontaneous Folk Orchestra involves performers from BYMT Big Phat Brass, NSG Big Band, Morning Rush and The Mirga Brothers. The performance also features Tom Chapman on cowbell and the following special guest performers from BYMT: Marco Lombardi on trumpet, James Watson on horn, Alex Argente and Angela Mulholland on Trombone and Anna Carter on Tuba.

Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra is one of three ensembles, two orchestras and a windband, who meet every Saturday morning at the Centre for Music in Oxford, the home of Oxfordshire County Music Service. 250 of the County's most talented instrumentalists come together in these ensembles, share their talents and enjoy socialising. The County Youth Orchestra is the more experienced of the two orchestras and they perform the most demanding of orchestral repertoire in a variety of concert venues in this country and abroad. As part of their annual schedule, twice a year the orchestra performs four concerts attended by 2,400 primary school children from across Oxfordshire.

We Met Today is a devised piece based on the Latin influenced folk tune Fiddle Castro’s Return to Galway which was written by director Joe Broughton. All the musicians learnt the basic melody by ear in advance but only met for the first time when they arrived today at the Royal Albert Hall for the Schools Prom. The energy of bringing together these fantastic young musicians to create original music will make for a truly memorable performance.

The beauty of We Met Today is that it’s a truly spontaneous piece which means the performance at the Schools Prom will be unique.

Percussion Bethany Bagnall-Ainslie, Chris Bogdiukiewicz, Tom Gould, Jake Morter, Olivia Paton Harp Laura Covill Organ Robert Baigent

Violin Leo Appel, James Bailey, Victoria Conn, Finella Cooney, Katherine Cox, Joshua Dalton, Alexandra Eklund, Lucy Foster, Sofia Gellner, Alexander Gunasekera, James Herzig, Henry Hudson, Anna Ingall, Francesca Ingall, Marion Jenkyns, Akuan Tianni Liu, Ruby Marsden, Imogen Mead, Elizabeth Mundell Perkins, Robert Pearce-Higgins, Alexandra Price, Isabella Price, Bethan Rose, Joanne Rose, Megan Taylor-West, Jonathan Tease, Thomas Turner, Rosie Wilson Viola Charles Baigent, Nadia Bates, Elizabeth Bullock, Joe Harrison, Dominic Henry, Roseanna Mundell Perkins, Sally Wragg, Nicholas Zachhuber Cello James Baker, Natasha Bashir, Natascha Blesing, Eve Corrie, Ruth Friedlander, Laura Laatikainen, Ghislaine McMullin, Laurens Price-Nowak, Madeleine Purefoy, Felicity Smith, Isabelle Tighe, Marten Van Den Toren Double Bass Paul Bruce, Lizzie Couves, Matthew Keen, Andis Cekuls, Mel Sanders, Thomas Wilson Flute Hannah Brownjohn, Rachael Henry, Shauni McGregor, Elhana Moore, Matilde Rahtz, Vanessa Walters Oboe Victoria Berry, James Cheung, Anthony Holmes, Coral Reid, Weronika Stepkowska Clarinet Abigail Day, Bethany Deadman, Philippa Lodge, Jennifer Marsh, Thomas Pebworth, John Ventress Bassoon Emily Caldwell, Thomas Gavin French Horn Paul Berry, Robin Christensen Marriott, Benedict Goodall, Yiran Ji, Tamar Kennedy, Lydia Phillips Lea, Weiyao Li, Elizabeth Long, James McIntyre, Kathryn Telford, Benjamin Ward Trumpet Thomas Bolton King, Matthew Curtis, Thomas Downes, Alfie Grieve, Georgia Louise French, Francesca Hadland, Matthew Holmes, Isabella Lee, Oliver Parker, Thomas Parr, Will Stanton, Emily Taylor, Sophie Taylor, Christina Ward, Will Young Trombone Catherine Garman, George Graham, Finlay Leaver, Esther Mead, Toby Morter, Lauren Nottage, Nicholas Rushton, Elizabeth Smart Tuba Nicola Adcock, Stuart Beard, David Reavley

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SPoNSoRS & SUPPoRTeRS Thank you to the music for Youth sponsors and supporters. Through their generosity and vision, these organisations are supporting britain’s young musicians and helping Mfy continue to provide performance opportunities across its season.

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The National union of Teachers is the largest teachers’ union and the only union that represents only qualified teachers, or those who are on courses or in posts that will lead to teacher qualification. The NUT campaigns consistently for professional unity in the teaching profession. We believe that a single professional body, articulating the views of the profession, would benefit both children and teachers. Teaching is a challenging and important job. Teachers can change children’s lives. The hallmark of the NUT has been a commitment to high-quality education for all children. Crucial to the full and enriched development of our children and young people is the opportunity to enjoy and make music. The National Union of Teachers is honoured to be a major sponsor of Music for Youth. teachers.org.uk

The Royal Albert Hall is the world’s most famous stage. Its breathtaking auditorium hosts over 370 shows a year by the world’s greatest artists. The magical atmosphere combined with inspired artists creates legendary events. Opened in 1871 as part of Prince Albert’s vision for a centre for the Arts and Sciences and a registered charity operating without public funding, it remains true to his founding ambitions within a modern context.

Extending the brand with over 120 events outside the auditorium, the Hall has broadened its appeal to younger, diverse audiences whilst still engaging its existing customers. It also works extensively with schools and young people through its Education programme, reaching over 30,000 participants each year.

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RocK, PoP & URBAN SPoNSoR TSL Education is dedicated to driving up standards in education. We achieve this by putting the right teachers in the right jobs and giving teachers all the tools they need to develop in their career and to deliver the very best lessons. We also work with schools to increase efficiency and help teachers share their best ideas and practices which, in turn helps them save time and money, so that they can concentrate on inspiring and teaching students to the very best of their abilities.

TES online With over 1.5 million members spread across 196 countries, we are the largest network of teachers in the world. We have over 3 million unique visitors every month and 50 million page views. TES is home to more than 90,000 teaching resources developed by teachers for teachers.

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Rockschool is Europe’s leading Rock music exam board. We believe that anyone can get a recognised qualification by playing the music they love. Our aim is to make exams accessible, fun and relevant to the needs and aspirations of pop and rock musicians.

Our qualifications cover the principal rock instruments as well as including many other areas of study including music composition, music technology, performance skills, digital synthesis and music business skills.

Rockschool supports its candidates and teachers with appropriate materials and expert advice. Rockschool is committed to supporting and producing great music teachers of the future and our teaching qualifications are endorsed by the Musicians’ Union. Higher level instrumental players can take our Performance Diplomas up to Level 6. rockschool.co.uk

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Vivendi brings together the world leader in video games (Activision Blizzard), the world leader in music (Universal Music Group), the French leader in alternative telecoms (SFR), the Moroccan leader in telecoms (Maroc Telecom), the leading alternative telecoms provider in Brazil (GVT) and the French leader in pay-TV (Canal+Group).

Vivendi has developed the Create Joy Fund to help disadvantaged young people achieve their full potential through Vivendi’s businesses. The Vivendi Create Joy Fund is proud to support Music for Youth. vivendi.com

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ev-entz Creative Scotland is the national development agency for the arts, screen and creative industries. Our ambition is to see Scotland recognised as a leading creative nation - one that attracts, develops and retains talent, where the arts and the creative industries are supported and celebrated and their economic contribution fully captured, a nation where the arts and creativity play a central part in the lives, education and well-being of our population.

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Central to achieving this ambition is the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) which promotes, supports and develops music making activity for young people aged 0-25yrs. The YMI programme is administered by Creative Scotland, with funding from Scottish Government. By the end of 2011, it will have invested a significant £67.5 million in music making activities across Scotland.

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Youth Music is the leading UK charity using music to transform the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.

We support and develop exemplary music provision at every stage of a young person’s development, whether it’s the first time a mother and baby make music together, or a talented teen’s debut at the Royal Albert Hall. Youth Music has transformed the landscape of musical opportunity in the UK. Since 1999, we’ve reached over two million children and young people through all types of music; both in and out of school. Music has the power to build confidence, broaden horizons and raise aspirations. Our music programmes allow vulnerable young people to find their way, take charge of their lives and unlock their hidden potential.

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mediA PARTNeR The Department for Education supports opportunities for children and young people to engage in good quality musical learning and activities. education.gov.uk

Music for Youth 3rd Floor, South Wing Somerset House Strand London WC2R 1LA T 020 7759 1830 F 020 7759 1831 E mfy@mfy.org.uk Charity Registration No. 285831 mfy.org.uk

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