autumn 2006
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a chance for you to get involved!
NEW VOCAL
ENSEMBLE FOR YORK Young people who are interested in singing now have the chance to join an early music group, thanks to an award from Youth Music to the City of York Performing Arts Service. The City will be working in partnership with the National Centre for Early Music to launch Vocalise, a new music programme that has been designed to support the NCEM’s Early Music Ensemble – the Minster Minstrels – and provide young people in York with the opportunity to enjoy singing from an early age. Delma Tomlin, Director of the NCEM, was delighted with the award. She said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for young people to learn how much fun singing is and to find out about music of the past at the same time.The launch of this vocal ensemble widens this opportunity to those who have not previously had the opportunity to make music.” The Minster Minstrels instrumental ensemble will continue its active life alongside the vocal ensemble and is now seeking new members playing a wide range of instruments. Set up three years ago to explore the music of the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods, the ensemble provides young people aged between 10 and 18 with the opportunity to learn about the instruments, musical styles and historical events that would have influenced music from the past. Musicians are offered this rare opportunity of chamber music coaching every Saturday morning as part of the City of York’s Performing Arts Service.
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The Minster Minstrels perform regularly in the York Early Music Festival and the York Early Music Christmas Festival, and in July 2006 they entertained the crowd in between scenes at the York Mystery Plays. To find out more, contact the NCEM by visiting www.ncem.co.uk and go to the Community and Education section.
Welcome to the first edition of the NCEM’s bi-annual Education and Community newsletter the space for you to learn more about events and activities. In this issue find out about the new early music singing programme, the innovative Tudor teaching resource and what is happening as part of the Early Music Christmas Festival and Chinese New Year celebrations.