National Youth Choir | |
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Choir | |
Also known as | NYC |
Former name | National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, British Youth Choir |
Founded | 1983 |
Artistic Director | Lucy Hollins |
Chief conductor | Nicholas Chalmers, Joanna Tomlinson, Lucy Joy Morris, Greg Beardsell |
Headquarters | Durham, England |
Label | NYCR, NMC, Decca, Delphian, Sony & others |
Website | www |
The National Youth Choir, formerly known as the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and the British Youth Choir, is a family of choirs for outstanding young singers, and those with outstanding potential, in the United Kingdom. It comprises five choirs for around 900 children and young people between the ages of 9 and 25:[1]
The National Youth Choir also has a number of additional programmes and schemes, including its three Emerging Professional Artist programmes, the Fellowship,[2] Young Conductors and Young Composers[3] schemes, and its Learning & Engagement[4] programme.
The organisation also has a strong community of over 1,000 former members, National Youth Choir Alumni,[5] who often participate in performances alongside National Youth Choir's flagship choirs.