Talented young musicians from Warwickshire in grand gala showcase

More than 1,200 young singers and musicians from Warwickshire are being given the chance to showcase their talents together at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham this Sunday (April 6).
Young musicians in the Warwickshire County Music Service are performing at Birmingham Symphony Hall.Young musicians in the Warwickshire County Music Service are performing at Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Young musicians in the Warwickshire County Music Service are performing at Birmingham Symphony Hall.

Members from across the county who are in the Warwickshire County Music Service (CMS) and Warwickshire Music Hub are performing two concerts at the prestigious venue, as well as performances in the foyer of the International Convention Centre.

Singtastic!, from 11am to noon, will feature more than 800 primary school singers performing - with a live band - a variety of tunes, as diverse as Stevie Wonder’s Always and Allan Naplan’s Al Shlosha.

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Then at 5.30pm, every young person in the CMS’s groups - including the Boys’ Choir, Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra, Girls’ Choir, Chorale and the Male Voice Choir - will present a gala concert, the service’s biggest to date.

Throughout the afternoon, visitors can enjoy live singing, Taiko drumming, steel pan drumming and Renaissance and jazz music in the foyer.

And all performances will be professionally recorded and filmed, with the resulting DVD available from the Warwickshire Music Hub website.

Tickets for Singtastic! cost £10 (£7 concessions) and tickets for the gala concert cost £16 (£12.50 concessions). To book, call 0121 345 0603 or visit www.thsh.co.uk

To order a DVD after the shows, visit www.warwickshiremusichub.org