Develop
skills
Moving on Up is our exciting new singing
project for children, supported by Sing Up!
Primary school choirs in and around Milton Keynes are
creating their own, unique musical theatre pieces with
the help of talented teenage singers who took part in
Choir of the Year 2008.
We were bowled over by the amazing quality of singing
in the youth choirs that entered Choir of the Year in
2008 and wanted find a way of sharing their talent with
younger children.
Guided by animateur and composer Barry Russell, members
of three youth choirs along with their conductors will
help the children's choirs to develop their singing and
performance skills.
The first part of the project, "Songs from the Shows
- Shows from the Songs" encourages the choirs to
be creative with existing material; the challenge is to
take a song from a musical such as Singing in the Rain
and incorporate a related song, for example Raindrops
Keep Falling on my Head. The choirs will then develop
the song material, incorporating movement, for a showcase
performance at Milton Keynes Dons stadium on 27th February
2010. The children's choirs will also have the chance
to be wowed by performances given by the three youth choirs
at this exciting event.
Over the course of the project a small group of 'Young
Leaders' from the youth choirs will take part in workshops
and school visits with the primary schools, developing
their skills and confidence in leading.
Participating youth choirs are:
 Cantate,
led by Nick Shaw
Masquerade,
led by Barry Clark
Voice
Squad Seniors, led by Birgitta Kenyon
Participating Primary Schools are:
Brookmead
School
Christ
The Sower Ecumenical Primary School
Green
Park School
Hanslope
Primary School
Middleton
Primary School
Quainton
Church of England Combined School
St.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
Stanton
School
Willen
Primary School
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Download foundscapes
and soundscapes, our unique creative choral
resource for children. Invite your young singers
to devise their own performance from the images
and symbols in our specially commissioned graphic
score! |
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