Young Voices Festival 2010
All God's People
The annual Royal School of Church Music Young Voices Festival is an opportunity for young people from schools and churches to join together in song in fabulous venues across the UK. It offers an inspiring musical and spiritual experience for all participants, and a chance to develop vocal and musical skills under expert musical direction.
The festival is a Voice for Life outreach event. The Voice for Life scheme is one of the RSCM's core educational programmes, which exists to encourage, support and promote singing in schools, churches and the wider community.
The service for 2010 is entitled All God's People - a festival service for young voices celebrating God's gift of diversity. It includes hymns old and new, and songs which your choir will love to sing, as well as readings and prayers.
There will be festival services around the country from which to choose - details of all events will appear below as soon as they are available. The festival book with accompanying CD-ROM will be available in February 2010, but can be pre-ordered through RSCM Music Direct here.
| Festival venue, date and director | Contact details |
|---|---|
| Eton College Tuesday 15 June 2010 Ralph Allwood is Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College and the Founder and Director of the Eton Choral Courses. This festival is held in the beautiful chapel of Eton College, which is within walking distance of Windsor Castle. |
Sarah Jordan, RSCM Education Administrator Tel: 01722 424843 Email: education(at)rscm.com Download booking form here |
| Birmingham Cathedral Monday 11 October 2010 (to be confirmed) Mick Perrier is Chairman of the RSCM Birmingham Area Committee and an experienced choral conductor. This festival will be held in Birmingham's baroque cathedral in the centre of the city. |
Contact Sarah Davies for booking details: 0121 604 2161 sarld77(at)yahoo.co.uk |
| King's College School, Wimbledon Wednesday 13 October 2010 Daniel Phillips is Director of Music at King’s College School, which hosts the Festival in south London. The school is located on the south side of Wimbledon Common. |
Contact Stephanie Dowling for booking details: 0208 255 5386 s.dowling(at)kcs.org.uk Download information sheet here Download booking form here |
| Salisbury Cathedral Saturday 6 November 2010 Ian Wicks conducts the Young Voices Festival at Salisbury Cathedral. He is Head of Music at Salisbury Cathedral School and Director of the Salisbury Cathedral Junior Choir. |
Contact Tim Ruffer for booking details: |
To arrange your own Young Voices Festival
The flexible format of the festival services make them ideal for use at your own event. We hope that schools and churches will wish to collaborate in encouraging young singers to take part.
We have prepared a free guidance pack to help you organise your own festival using any of the RSCM's themed services. The pack includes advice on arranging and staffing the event.
Further information
If you have any queries or would like more information please contact:
RSCM Education, 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EB
Tel 01722 424843, Fax 01722 424849, Email education(at)rscm.com