New London Children's Choir
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The New London Children's Choir is based in North London, with members aged six to eighteen. Members live in London and surrounding areas. The choir has performed in many concert halls and opera houses worldwide.
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[edit] History and organization
The choir was launched by its musical director Ronald Corp in 1991 with the aim of introducing children to the challenges and fun of singing and performing all types of music. The choir has appeared in major London concert halls working with symphony orchestras.
The choir has also performed in major festivals and concerts across the UK and abroad.
There are three choirs: The training choir (ages 6+), The Senior Choir (main performing auditioned choir) and The Youth Choir (ages 14+ mixed SATB voices).
[edit] Performances
Recent Highlights of the choir include:
- Royal Opening of St Pancras International Station with Katherine Jenkins in the presence of HM Queen
- Winner of Best Opera Recording at the Grammys 2008 for Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel- CHANDOS Label, Charles Mackerras/ Philharmonia
- Lou Reed Berlin Tour Europe 2007 and Summer 2008
- Falklands 25th Memorial Concert at Southwark Cathedral
- Damon Alburn 'Plague Songs' concert at the Barbican November 2007
- John Adams 'On The Transmigration of Souls' - Barbican 2007 with London Symphony Orchestra and Choir
- Blue Peter BBC Prom 2007 Royal Albert Hall with Connie Fisher
- Aldeburgh Festival 2007
- Russell Watson 'Outside In' 2007 Album
Other highlights include:
1984 at The Royal Opera House, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at The Royal Albert Hall, The Queen's 80th Birthday Prom, Mahler's Symphony of 1000 at The Royal Albert Hall/Birmingham Symphony Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Blackford's Voices of Exile at the Barbican, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at the Barbican, Tan Dun A World Symphony for the Millennium (Albert Hall), yearly appearances at the BBC Proms, The Magic Pot- Lorin Maazel 70th Birthday Celebration at the Barbican,
The choir has performed in Italy (RAI Television), France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and made its US debut in 2003 at the Lincoln Centre, New York.
[edit] Recordings
The choir also has a large discography including:
The annual bestseller for NAXOS recording of 'A Ceremony of Carols'- Britten, Carmen-Bizet (Chandos), Turandot-Puccini(Chandos), Ivan the Terrible-Prokofiev (Sony), Song of the Forests-Shostakovich (Decca), The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky (EMI), Hugh the Drover-Vaughan Williams (Hyperion), A Midsummer Nights' Dream-Britten (Phillips), Carmina Burana-Orff (ARTN), 2000 Today- A World Symphony for the Millennium (Tan Dun), St Nicholas- Britten (Naxos), Jewish Voices in the New World (Naxos), A Hannuka Celebration (Naxos), Voices of Exile-Richard Blackford (Quartz), Hansel and Gretel-Humperdinck (Chandos- 2008 Grammy winner)
The choir has recorded for various feature films and colloborated with artists incuding: Tarzan, A Little Princess, The Seed of Chucky, Roberto Alagna, Charlotte Church, Russell Watson, Fat Les, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Katherine Jenkins, Lemar, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, and Lou Reed
The choir has a special commitment to commissioning and has premiered over forty new works by composers such as Diana Burrell, Simon Bainbridge, Howard Skempton, Philip Cashian, Patrick Nunn, Richard Causton, Tansy Davies, John Woolrich, Michael Nyman, Gary Carpenter and Morgan Hayes. It has performed the premieres of dozens of further works.
[edit] Patronage
The choir's patrons include Louis Andriessen, Oliver Knussen CBE, Mary King, and Michael Nyman.
