National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

The latest NYCGB collaboration with Karl Jenkins is receiving its first reviews:

...the musicians themselves can't be faulted. The National Youth Choir of Great Britain produce the deep, strong wall of sound needed in the punchier movements, and luscious creamy richness in the second movement...

Read the full review and listen to samples of the disc here.

The disc is released on July 12th - preorder here.

NYCGB's latest collaboration with Delphian Records has resulted in a further five-star review. Choir & Organ say "The singing is technically strong and totally uninhibited... If you need a feel-good factor, this is it.". Click here for the full review.

New Laudibus disc LIGHT AND GOLD by Eric Whitacre is available now for pre-ordering at amazon click here

Later this year NYC will once more collaborate with renowned Welsh composer Karl Jenkins in the 10th anniversary of his monumental work 'The Armed Man' which the choir recorded in 2000. NYC will perform the piece in the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday October 31st.

Watch the concerts and events section for more updates.

Basses from Laudibus performed with the National Youth Orchestra under Paul Daniel at the Festival Hall. The concert was a celebration of Edgar Varese and received a glowing five-star review in The Times. Read the full review here.

Members of the NYC team spent the weekend at Mill Hill School training the future choir leaders from within the NYC ranks.

Keynote speaker Liz Garnett made a great impression, and her website provides an excellent overview of what was covered. Liz commented: "It was a wonderful group of people to spend time with – intelligent, energetic and humane. Their common experience in the choir showed not only through a shared repertoire of warm-up and rehearsal activities and choral conventions, but also through a common ethos."

The latest product of our ongoing relationship with Delphian Records has hit the office. The disc has a range of Mike's own arrangements of world music-inspired pieces, including the first commercial recording of Hamba Lulu.

Copies can be ordered from the office at £11.

NYCGB is now on Twitter - follow us for regular updates.

We have posted out audition results to all applicants. 2009 was a record year with well over 600 applicants! Thank you all for coming to sing for us. The 2010 season looks to be a great one.

Thirty members of the Main Choir performed Handel's Messiah as part of the BBC Proms. They were joined by Northern Sinfonia and members of six other youth choirs from around Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. A full report will be in the next issue of the NYC newsletter, Resound. The Guardian, Independent and Telegraph all gave five star reviews - Click here