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Warwickshire Music

Christmas Concerts

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7. Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow,

Praise Him, all creatures here below,

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Friday 8th and Sunday 10th December 2017 All Saints’ Parish Church, Leamington Spa

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Singing Groups and Choirs

County Male Voices (changed voices) Singers may attend any of the following rehearsals and don't need to attend every one. Alternating Mondays @ Bilton Grange Prep School, Rugby 7.00-8.15pm Alternating Tuesdays @ King Henry VIII School, Coventry 5.30-6.45pm Every Wednesday @ PAYP, Nelson Lane, Warwick 7.00-8.15pm For more details on any of the above male choirs please contact choristers@choristers.org

Music Theatre Groups Central - Fridays @ Kenilworth School (Lower School Hall) 6.00-8.30pm Nuneaton & Bedworth - Tuesdays @ Milby Primary 3.30-5.30pm

Decimus Fridays @ Kenilworth School 4.45-6.15pm Applications from good singers in years 5 and above

Children’s Choir (years 3 - 6) Nuneaton & Bedworth Wednesdays @ Milby Primary 4.00-4.45pm

Song Club (years 1 and 2) Nuneaton & Bedworth Mondays @ Milby Primary 3.15-4.00pm

Welcome to our Double ‘County’ Celebration I am delighted to welcome you as we celebrate the amazing talent of young people in

Warwickshire and I am very proud that the Warwickshire Music Hub is able to provide a

platform for such talent. These are interesting times for music education and I am reminded of

this line from A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens:

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’.

Sadly there is little doubt that music education in some schools is reducing as schools feel

somewhat forced to focus on English Baccalaureate or Progress 8 subjects.

However, it is also true that some schools are fighting hard to retain a broad and balanced

curriculum and to keep arts in general and music in particular as high profile subjects.

It should also be recognised that the Warwickshire Music Hub benefits enormously from our

Arts Council funding that enables us to maintain our fantastic network of music centre groups;

culminating in the high standard of our county groups.

Our two ‘County’ concerts feature groups representing what we all believe in; allowing our

young people to find their talent and have a platform in which to ‘show off’ that talent to us

all.

We are delighted to welcome the choir from Campion School - representing around 200

schools that the Warwickshire Music Hub supports every year. The fabulous Warwickshire

Choristers represent the value of partnerships within the Hub as they set the highest possible

standards for boys’ singing in Warwickshire. Vocal Generation does exactly what the name says

– bringing together singers of all ages to share the sheer enjoyment that singing offers

everyone.

Our County groups continue to thrive and thrill us all with their wonderfully high standards and

it is particularly exciting to welcome two very new county groups – the County Guitars and the

County Chorale.

Jeremy Dibb Director Warwickshire Music

County Boys’ Choir and County Choristers (age 7 upwards) Entry is not auditioned - we are entirely open access and boys need only attend one of the following rehearsals: Every Monday @ Bilton Grange Prep School, Dunchurch, Rugby CB: 5.30-6.30pm; CC: 6.15-7.30pm Alternating Tuesdays @ King Henry VIII School, Coventry CB/CC: 4.00-5.15pm Every Wednesday @ PAYP, Nelson Lane, Warwick CB: 5.30-6.30pm; CC: 6.15-7:30pm

Vocal Generation Community Choir Central - Tuesdays (alternate weeks) @ St. Paul’s Primary, Leamington 6.00-7.00pm

Warwickshire Youth Chorale Rehearsals by agreement Email wychorale@gmail.com for more details

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Concert - Friday 8th December - 7.00-9.00pm

County Male Voices Directed by Daniel Galbreath - Accompanied by Julian Grimshaw Cantate Domino .............................................................................................................. Guiseppe Pitoni Salvation is Created .................................................................................................... Pavel Chesnakov The Rose ................................................................................ Amanda McBroom, arr. Julie Knowles Weep No More ................................................................................................................. David N Childs Dulaman .......................................................................................................................... Michael McGlynn

Vocal Generation Directed by Sheila Russell - Accompanied by Claire Honey

Medley from Les Miserables ....................................................................... Schonberg & Kretzmer Walking in the Air ............................................................................................................... Howard Blake Something Inside So Strong .................................................................................................. Labi Siffre Campion School Choir Santa Tell Me ....................................................................................................................... Ariana Grande Half the World Away ................................................................................................. Oasis, arr. Aurora

~ INTERVAL ~ County Guitar Ensemble Directed by Steve George The Entertainer ........................................................................................................................ Scott Joplin Trio, Op.26: Adagio, Cantabile .............................................................................. Leonard Von Call Troika (from Lieutenant Kije) ................................................................................... Sergei Prokofiev Waltz of The Flowers (excerpt, from The Nutcracker) ............... Pietr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Le Grand Tour to La Rochelle – Summer 2018 County Windband and County Jazz Orchestra ( WYJO )

There has been a terrific response to the tour to La Rochelle next summer and we are all looking forward to it enormously. The health of our prestigious ‘County’ groups is very good. Indeed, so good that we welcome two brand new County groups performing at these concerts: County Guitars directed by Steve George and Warwickshire Youth Chorale directed by Garry Jones. County Waits are performing on Tuesday 12th December at St. Mary’s Parish Church Warwick and the Coventry & Warwickshire Youth Orchestra take the stage at Coventry Cathedral on Saturday 16th December.

Exciting News from Warwickshire Music

Warwickshire Music Education Trust Warwickshire Music is committed to ensuring that high quality music education is available for all – regardless of social or financial background. I am therefore delighted to announce that we are setting up a Warwickshire Music Education Trust with a launch event at Warwick Castle on Friday 16th February 2018. The purpose of the Trust is to fundraise in order to support ALL children and young people in accessing high quality music education. I look forward to giving you more news about the Trust in the next few months.

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WYJO - County Jazz Orchestra Directed by Neil Williams In the Mood ............................................................................................................................... Joe Garland Blue Train ................................................................................................... John Coltrane arr. Sweeney Chameleon ........................................................................................... Herbie Hancock arr. Sweeney A Nightingale Sang .................................................................. Maschwitz & Sherwin arr. Holmes Girl from Ipanema......................................................................................Moraes & Jobim arr. Berry Sir Duke .............................................................................................. Stevie Wonder arr. Dave Wolfe

County Percussion Ensemble Directed by Sheila Russell Out of Space Out of Time ............................................................................................ J Michael Roy Waltz from Masquerade ......................................................... Khatchaturian arr. P Hutchinson

~ INTERVAL ~ Warwickshire Youth Chorale Directed by Garry Jones Programme to be announced on the day.

County Windband Directed by Stella Mackereth and Andrew Mackereth Nativity Swing ..................................................................................................................... A R Mackereth Veni Immanuel ......................................................................................................................... arr. P Sparke Sleep .............................................................................................................................................. E Whitacre To Dance in the Secret Garden ........................................................................................ R W Smith

Massed Item

The Blues Brothers Revue .................................................................................................. arr. J Bocock

Decimus Directed by Rebecca Ledgard - Accompanied by David King Can You Count The Stars? .................................................................................. Jonathan Willcocks Irish Blessing ............................................................................................................................. Bob Chilcott Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day ................................................ Trad arr. Malcolm Pearce

County Choristers Directed by Benjamin Hamilton - Accompanied by Julian Grimshaw I Dreamed a Dream ..................................................................... Arnold Schönberg, arr. Mac Huff You Raise Me Up ................................ Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham, arr. Teena Chinn Excerpt from A Ceremony of Carols ................................................................... Benjamin Britten Ubi Caritas .............................................................................................................................. Sally Albrecht Firefly................................................................................................................................................ Andy Beck

Massed Item - All choirs, guitars and audience on verse 7 (see back page) All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night .............................................. Thomas Tallis circa 1567

Concert - Sunday 10th December - 5.00-7.00pm

Photography/Video Etiquette at Concerts and Events

Parents and friends should not take photos or videos during Warwickshire Music performances. Concert organisers will encourage photo opportunities either before or at the end of concerts.

Children/young people for whom there is no photography permission will need to leave the performance area whilst photos/videos are taken. Please note that posting photographs of other people’s children on social network sites is not allowed.

Thank you for your co-operation with this sensitive issue.