National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) is the family of choirs for outstanding young singers, and those with outstanding potential, in the United Kingdom. It comprises a total of five choirs for around 750 young people between the ages of 9 and 25:

Background and performance history

Originally set up in 1983 as a single choir made up of 100 of the best young singers in Britain,[1] NYCGB now comprises an educational structure of eight choirs: Boys' Choir for trebles and Cambiata Voices (for school years 5-10) which train together; Junior and Senior Girls' Choirs (for school years 6-10) which also train together; Training Choirs North and South, which are mixed boys and girls (for school years 9-13); the National Youth Choir (for school years 11 up to age 22); and the National Youth Chamber Choir for young professionals up to age 25.

Entry to the junior choirs, training choirs and National Youth Choir is by audition. Around 600 people aged 9–22 attend auditions which take place in venues across Britain in November each year. Usually, around half of those auditioning are offered places.

The National Youth Chamber Choir is formed of eight core members aged 22-25 selected by open audition for a Fellowship Programme. Forming a mixed-voice octet, they take part in a year-long programme of performance and supporting project work to develop skills, including choral leadership and profile development. Each Fellowship member is given £4k. Further members of the Chamber Choir are selected by audition from within the National Youth Choir to take part in performances.

NYCGB have collaborated with a wide range of musicians, been involved in various recordings and performed on tours as well as at many venues across the UK.

NYCGB have also toured internationally and have visited New Zealand, Australia, USA, Singapore, Samoa, Rarotonga and South Africa, as well as destinations in Europe.

Musical Directors

Recordings

Notable former members

References

  1. ↑ Quadros, André de (2012). The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music, pp. viii; 98. Cambridge University Press
  2. ↑ BBC Proms Performance Archive. National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/remembrance-sunday-brittens-84201
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.