In fine voice – York Community Choir Festival at Joseph Rowntree Theatre
28 – 30 January 2016
From 28 – 30 January, the stage of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre will welcome some of the finest vocal ensembles from York and nearby when it hosts the first York Community Choir Festival.
The Festival came about following successful Music Nights featuring vocal groups including the Tuesday Singers.
“For many choirs, performing a full hour-long concert requires a huge amount of rehearsal time and preparation, so each of our three evening concerts will feature either three or four choirs singing some of the most popular songs in their repertoire,” comments festival organiser, David Stainton. “When we first put feelers out to the choirs of York to see if they would be interested in performing in a special choir concert, we were delighted by the number of groups who said ‘yes’ and so our Festival was born!”
In total, 11 choirs will perform over the three nights of the Festival, with the line-ups as follows:
Thursday 28 January, 7.30pm
Tutti Amici
The Vocal Vikings
The Macmillan Cancer Care Workplace Choir
The South Bank Singers
Friday 29 January, 7.30pm
In Harmony
Spirit of Harmony
Cantar
Saturday 30 January, 7.00pm
The Stamford Bridge Singers
Harmonix
Main Street Sound
York Musical Theatre Company
“We’ve got a fantastic mix of groups each with very different repertoires, from the classical South Bank Singers to the sounds of In Harmony, male and female Barbershop groups, Spirit of Harmony and Main Street Sound, young voices in youth choir Tutti Amici, and classics from stage and screen with York Musical Theatre Company,” adds Joseph Rowntree Theatre’s fundraising director, Graham Mitchell.
If successful, it is hoped that the York Community Choir Festival becomes an annual event in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre calendar. Proceeds from all of the concerts will go to help improve facilities of York’s Art Deco theatre, which is entirely self-funding, and run completely by a dedicated army of volunteers.
Tickets cost £9 for one night, £15 for two or £18 for all three evening concerts, available online from www.jrtheatre.co.uk, emailing tickets@jrtheatre.co.uk or by calling 01904 639117. Discounts for groups are available on request.
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About Joseph Rowntree Theatre
The Joseph Rowntree Theatre is located on Haxby Road in York. The theatre is entirely run by a team of dedicated volunteers, including the board of trustees, backstage crew and front-of-house stewards and managers. The theatre receives no funding from local authority, government or Arts Council England, instead sustaining its activities through fundraising and hire charges for the many touring and local companies who perform within the Art Deco building.
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Email: jay.commins@jrtheatre.co.uk
