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Young Persons' Future Fun...

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Review of Monteverdi's Ve...

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National Youth Choir: UK ...

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Concerts & Events

Music for Youth National Festival
We're very excited to be working with Music For Youth again in July, and we need your help! We need a soprano, alto, tenor and bass from the Training Choirs (either one) and the same personnel from the National Youth Choir. Read more

Summer 2013: UK tour, BBC Proms, and more
We have nearly all details for our summer courses in place now. We are absolutely delighted to be visiting some parts of the UK that we've not spent much time in before, and to be taking part in some of the world's greatest music and arts festivals. Check out the details below and make sure the dates are in your diary!

National Youth Choir - UK tour

Wednesday 7 August: Light and Song, First Presbyterian Church, Derry. Tickets & booking info not yet available.
Thursday 8 August*: Vaughan Williams and Beethoven, Derry Culture Venue. Tickets: £15 (£5 U18s); booking info not yet available; www.cityofculture2013.com/events/
Both of these concerts are part of the Derry-Londonderry City of Culture festival.

Sunday 11 August*, 7.30pm: Vaughan Williams and Beethoven, Royal Albert Hall, London (BBC Proms). Tickets: Free Prom, tickets from 28 June, max 4 tickets per booking: www.bbc.co.uk/proms

*with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, the Irish Youth Chamber Choir, and Codetta, with conductor Vassily Petrenko

Tuesday 13 August, 7.30pm: Light and Song, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. Tickets: www.rwcmd.ac.uk; £15/£10 (£5 concessions)

Thursday 15 August, 7.30pm: Light and Song, St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh (part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Tickets: www.edfringe.com; £10 (£6 concessions)

Saturday 17 August, 7.30pm: Light and Song, Snape Maltings, Suffolk (part of Snape Proms). Tickets: www.aldeburgh.co.uk/; £17/£14/£11/Prom £6.50

Training Choir North

Monday 19 August, 7.30pm: British and Irish masterpieces, Oxford Town Hall. Tickets: £10/£6 U25s and concessions, from NYCGB office: 0191 383 7355 (9am-5pm) or email: office@nycgb.net. Please note that we can only accept cheques or bank transfer.

Girls' Choirs

Saturday 24 August: The Girls Choirs' summer concert is part of the Association of British Choral Directors' conference in Oxford, and is not open to members of the public.

Training Choir South

Thursday 29 August, 7.30pm: Connections South-east; Rochester Cathedral. Tickets: £10/£6 U25s and concessions, from NYCGB office: 0191 383 7355 (9am-5pm) or email: office@nycgb.net. Please note that we can only accept cheques or bank transfer.

Boys' Choir and Cambiata Voices

Saturday 31 August, 5pm: 'Bring on the Boys', The Sage Gateshead. Tickets: thesagegateshead.org/; £7.50 (concessions available)

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