Want to join the MYC? Listen to this!
Listen to this podcast about Royal School of Church Music Millennium Youth Choir (MYC) recorded during their 2007 course in Edinburgh. With the help of course members and staff, we take you “behind the scenes” as they prepare for services, concerts and a live broadcast.
MYC singing Choral Evensong live on BBC Radio 3
in Dunblane Cathedral at the Summer course
(Photo: Stuart Robinson)
You can also save this MP3 file to your computer by right-clicking on the link text.
Thanks to:
Lorna Kisby, Philip Lawton, Robert Nottingham, Alex Robinson, Lydia Simpson
David Ogden (Choir Director), Esther Jones (Assistant Conductor), Daniel Moult (Course Organist)
St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, Edinburgh
All musical extracts in this feature were recorded during the Edinburgh course.
The MYC has also recorded a CD Out of the Stillness available from RSCM Music Direct (see below).
Musical extracts in order
| Title | Composer |
|---|---|
| Easter Responsory | John Harper |
| Christ’s Glory | Grayston Ives (to be published by RSCM) |
| Were you there? | arr. David Ogden (published by RSCM) |
| Psalm 150 | chant by CV Stanford |
How to order Out of the Stillness, the MYC's CD from RSCM Music Direct
Price: £12.95 (£11.95 for RSCM members).
Contact details are as follows:
RSCM Music Direct
Tel: +44 (0)845 021 7726 then dial 206
Fax: +44 (0)845 021 8826
Email: musicdirect(at)rscm.com
Online: www.rscm.com/shop
About the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir
Founded in 1999 at the suggestion of George Carey (then Archbishop of Canterbury) the choir pool of fifty singers aged between 16 and 23 is drawn from singers in church and university choirs all over the UK. It meets during vacations for residential courses which take place all over the British Isles include concerts, radio and tv broadcasts and sung services.
Further information at www.rscm.com/myc
Contact: myc(at)rscm.com
How to join: By audition. Apply online or contact the address above.
This podcast was produced for the RSCM by Stuart Robinson and is a 4sitesmedia production.