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  1. Blog

Blogs

Fellowship 2022 Vlog #2

Fellowship 2022 Vlog #2

A sit down chat with Timothy Peters, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) Fellow 2022.  Enjoy his contemplative accounts of, and reflections on his time in Training Choir and National Youth Choir and how his experience is different as part of the NYCGB Fellowship Programme. Read more

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Published: 19th May, 2022

Updated: 23rd June, 2022

Fellowship 2022 Blog #1

Fellowship 2022 Blog #1

Read the first NYCGB Fellowship 2022 blog, written by Olivia Shotton. Olivia discusses her experiences of starting the NYCGB Fellowship programme and the diverse range of opportunities which she has received in her first three months with us. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 22nd March, 2022

Updated: 12th May, 2022

Fellowship 2021 Blog #4

Fellowship 2021 Blog #4

Read Fellow Ben Goodall’s first ever blog all about his experience of the Fellowship programme across ten months. Ben discusses his experiences of co-leading a webinar with Music Mark, staffing the Girls’ Choir residential courses and lots more. Read more

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Published: 18th October, 2021

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Team NYCGB

Fellowship 2021 Blog #3

Fellowship 2021 Blog #3

Read our latest blog by Fellow Michael McCartan who describes the most recent phase of the Fellowship programme as 'a whirlwind of workshops, learning and engagement opportunities and many, many lateral flow tests'. Read more

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Published: 24th August, 2021

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Team NYCGB

2021 Fellowship Vlog #2

2021 Fellowship Vlog #2

Shivani Rattan takes us on a whistle-stop tour of April and May’s activity in our first Fellowship video blog with accounts of, and reflections on sessions with leading composers and musicians David Arnold, Thomas Newman, Shiva Feshareki and Roderick Williams. Photo: Ben Tomlin Read more

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Published: 17th May, 2021

Updated: 12th May, 2022

Author: Team NYCGB

2021 Fellowship Blog #1

2021 Fellowship Blog #1

Read our first NYCGB 2021 Fellowship blog, written by Elizabeth Leather who describes her experience of meeting with the Fellows, Young Composers' and NYCGB team for their first day of online activity together. Read more

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Published: 15th March, 2021

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Team NYCGB

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 9

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 9

Freddie Crowley takes us through the process of making a virtual recording of Sir Karl Jenkins' 'Locus Iste' for the Stay at Home Choir Read more

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Published: 7th October, 2020

Updated: 26th November, 2020

Author: Team NYCGB

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 8

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 8

"From Zoom calls to ‘individual group’ recordings, the Fellowship has been transferred to the online world, continuing to learn and lead musically from afar." Read more

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Published: 10th May, 2020

Updated: 11th May, 2020

Author: Team NYCGB

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 7

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 7

"How can you sing an encore after Spem?” James Botcher shares his thoughts on performing Spem in allium with the Tallis Scholars. Read more

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Published: 16th March, 2020

Updated: 20th March, 2020

Author: Team NYCGB

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 6

2019-20 Fellowship Blog: Episode 6

David Woods on a composition workshop day at Royal Hospital School, Ipswich. "...the students learnt a lot from this experience. We covered a range of styles and showed them ways to turn their basic ideas into actual music." Read more

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Published: 28th January, 2020

Updated: 20th February, 2020

Author: Team NYCGB

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  • RT @nycgbalumni: Conducted by @wjbdawes https://t.co/FNHhlTIjB5

    19thAugust, 2022 @nycgb
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