National Youth Choir of Great Britain

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The National Youth Choir of Great Britain is recognised as one of the most outstanding choirs of any kind in the world. It is the original and most senior of the regular choirs in the broader National Youth Choirs of Great Britain 'family', and is for young people aged 16 - 22, taking them into advanced areas of choral repertoire and giving them experience of the highest standards of professional rehearsal and performance on courses in the UK and on international tours.

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[edit] Brief History

NYC came into existence 25 years ago after current Company Secretary, Carl Browning, having inherited the ailing British Youth Choir in 1979, approached Mike Brewer OBE, the Musical Director of the organisation with the idea of reforming the BYC. In 1983 the National Youth Choir gave its inaugural concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

In the 25 years of the NYC, there have been many musical highlights. Most notably working with George Shearing and the King's Singers in the Barbican, and again with the King's Singers for their 25th anniversary and the NYC's 21st anniversary. Three concerts with the National Youth Orchestra and other national youth music organisations. Other highlights include: four huge Christmas concerts in the Royal Albert Hall with thousands of children from the surrounding area, recordings of modern complex music, the Millennium Youth Prom, working with Karl Jenkins and his Mass for Peace, singing with African drummers and tackling Indian Ragas, performing at Twickenham Stadium for the RFU England internationals and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium for last season's FA Cup Final.

A well established project for NYCGB is its international tours, of which there have been seven, including visits to New Zealand, Australia, USA, Singapore, Samoa, Rarotonga and South Africa. In summer 2006 NYCGB visited Eastern Europe, a report can be found within the pages of the NYC newsletter, Resound [1].

[edit] Recordings

Heinrich Schütz Die vögel unter dem Himmel (2008) Delphian Records
Various Song of Songs (2007) Delphian Records
Giles Swayne Convocation (2006) Delphian Records
Various All in the April Evening (2006) Hyperion Records
Richard Allain When I'm Gone (2004) Delphian Records
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (2001) Virgin Records
Wood/Pearsall Madrigals and Partsongs (1999) Priory Records
Humphrey Clucas Crucifixus: The Choral Music of Humphrey Clucas (1998) Upbeat Recordings
Rainier/Routh/Rawsthorn British Choral Music (1996) Redcliffe Recordings
Various Twentieth Century British Choral Classics (1994) IMP Classics

[edit] Famous Members

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