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Exciting Choral Outreach Project
Published: on 23rd November 2007 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
Teachers and children at the Minster School have this term started an outreach initiative funded by the Choir Schools’ Association. Minster School staff and choristers have been working with three York Primary Schools to share their musical expertise and help children to enjoy singing. Children at St Barnabas’s, St Lawrence’s, and St Paul’s Primary Schools have been able to learn about life as a Minster chorister and have taken part in weekly singing workshops with staff from the Minster School. This first part of the outreach project will culminate in a York Schools Partnership Concert at the Minster on Monday 26 th November. A choir of three hundred, made up of children from each primary school and the Minster School will come together in an extravaganza of song; performing music from around the globe. With pieces from Canada to Japan and from South Africa to Russia, the music will be truly multicultural. The concert will begin at 5pm and will last approximately 40 minutes: admission is free of charge.
The three schools that have taken part in the trial have been visited weekly by the Minster School’s Director of Music Alison Forster, and vocal coach Katy Mahon-Cooper. Alison and Katy have worked with both children and staff, teaching a huge range of music from around the world. Children have thoroughly enjoyed the workshops. Work with these three schools is just the beginning of the project; many other schools have signed up to be involved during future terms. It is hoped that the project will run for at least the next four years.
Alison Forster, Director of Music at the Minster School said “The fantastic thing about singing is that it is an all-encompassing activity: everyone can sing and enjoy singing, no matter what their background”.