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The Phil Kids, Codetta Youth, Notre Dame (USA), Police Male Voice Choir

Enjoy the great variety of music and meet the singers, the choirs and the people behind the scenes who give the thriving choral tradition in Ulster its international reputation.

Sing Out celebrates the thriving popularity and the very high standard of choral music in Northern Ireland.
Who are all these people who sing and why do they do it? It's an opportunity to enjoy the choirs singing and talking about their passion and get an insight into this wonderful world of music, where absolutely anyone can be a participant, where musical expertise can range from beginners to highly sophisticated.

This week, John Anderson calls in on the Phil Kids, 300+ kids from 7 years up 20 years who are part of an ambitious and innovative 10 year programme, he goes to Derry/Londonderry where Codetta greet the Choir of Notre Dame from the USA, and the Police Male Voice Choir give a rousing concert in Glanmachan.

The series is an affectionate and unashamedly biased celebration of choral music and people in Northern Ireland today.

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Music in the programme

Grosvenor


The Star of The County Down: trad arr Goodall

The Phil Kids Children’s Choir 


The Drunken sailor: trad arr Crocker
Cockles and Mussles: trad arr Evans
Siyahamba:trad African arr Doughty
Swing Low Medley: trad arr Doughty


The Police Choir 


Ain’t Misbehavin’: Fats Waller
Calon Lan: trad arr McGrath
The Rose: McBroom arr Humphreys
I Wanna Be Like You: Robert & Richard Sherman
I’ll Tell Me Ma: trad arr Barnett

Codetta Youth


Furusato: Bob Chilcott


University of Notre Dame Chorale


Oh Arranmore: trad Irish arr Blachly
Notre Dame,  Our Mother: Joseph J. Cassanta
Victory March: Michael J. Shea

Allegri


Fly Me To The Moon: Bart Howard

Phil Kids Children's Choir

Phil Kids Children's Choir

The Phil Kids Choir was founded in 2006 under the leadership of Christopher Bell who was then Chorus Master of the Philharmonic Choir.  Young singers come to sing and make music from all sections of the community and from all over Belfast and beyond. 

The Children’s Choir has 218 singers from 7 – 11 years.  All the young singers are taught musicianship as well as choral singing based on the philosophy of the Hungarian composer Zoltan KodaIy. 

At Phil Kids the staff believe that music learning through singing should be fun and enjoyable for children.  So, every week in musicianship classes the children play singing and rhythm games as well as singing in the choir. 

Friendship and joy through singing is what Phil Kids is all about.


The Police Male Voice Choir

(Incorporating the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Male Voice Choir)

The Choir was formed in 1973.  Within two years the membership had grown to 35 and the decision was taken to enter the Morecambe Music Festival where they were awarded first place.  Since then, they have continued to compete against other male voice choirs, taking part in thirty one music festivals and being awarded twenty two first places and seven second places.  The choir has performed throughout the United Kingdom and has toured and performed in Sweden, Germany, Canada and the Czech Republic. 

During the past forty five years the choir has, through their concert performances, raised approximately £500,000 for community projects, and always welcomes requests to give concerts for fund-raising.  

For further information contact any member of the choir or the choir secretary,  c/o Newforge Country Club, 18b Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NW

University of Notre Dame Chorale

University of Notre Dame Chorale

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private, non-profit Catholic research university in the community of Notre Dame, Indiana, near the city of South Bend, in the United States. 

Founded in 1842, it stands on 1,250 acres considered by many to be among the most beautiful owned by any university in America.

The University of Notre Dame Chorale is the official concert choir of the University.  In addition to its autumn and spring concerts on campus, the Chorale presents Handel’s ‘Messiah’ with the Festival Baroque Orchestra every year in early December. 

The Chorale tours cities throughout the United States in January and periodically travels overseas in May. 

Since 1997 the Chorale has toured Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hawaii and New Zealand.

Codetta Youth

Codetta Youth

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Jun 2018 18:30
  • Tue 5 Jun 2018 19:30