National Youth Choir of Great Britain

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.

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 the 2006 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 [http://www.nycgb.net/wp-content/Winter06NewsletterWeb.pdf] .

Recordings

Various "Sactum est verum lumen: Multi-Part Music for Choir" (2008) Delphian Records
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

Famous Members

* Stephen Connolly of the King's Singers
* Joanna Goldsmith of the Swingle Singers
* Chris Neale of the Swingle Singers
* Ben Thapa of G4 (band)
* Henrik Wager of the Flying Pickets
* Karen England of Opera Babes
* Laura Wright of All Angels
* John Christos

External links

* [http://www.nycgb.net Official website ]
* [http://www.nycgb.net/wp-content/Winter06NewsletterWeb.pdf Official newsletter]
* [http://www.delphianrecords.co.uk Delphian Records ]