CHORISTERS OUT & ABOUT
Choir schools are increasingly involved with promoting singing and instrumental playing in their locality and are at the forefront of the Sing Up Campaign to boost singing in primary schools. Government funding of £10million a year includes money to support choir school/cathedral projects throughout England.
The Chorister Outreach Programme, part of Sing Up, the Government’s National Singing Programme now has 42 projects running throughout the country. Last year programmes reached more than 30,000 primary school children in nearly 500 schools. Masses of teachers and other junior school staff have become involved and are now leading singing in the school themselves.
Each programme is run in conjunction with its local music service and Sing Up team – partnerships which are proving a great hit with everyone involved – they are uniting cathedrals, music services and communities and touching the lives of thousands.
The children clearly love singing together, their families and friends enjoy the concerts while staff, whether they work for the cathedral, music services or primary schools all experience a huge sense of achievement.
 Sing Up is a government funded programme of singing activity for primary school-aged children in England. The aim of the programme is to make singing central to children’s lives in school, in the home and in the wider community. A fantastic songbank is now available along with other resources while the workforce development programme is helping to build confidence and expertise amongst primary schools teachers all over the country.
Sing Up – the Music Manifesto National Singing Programme, produced by Youth Music, The Sage Gateshead, AMV-BBDO, and Faber Music, supported by Government.
The following choral foundations are part of the National Singing Programme’s Sing Up Campaign. Some already have their websites up and running, while others are under construction and will be added as soon as they go ‘live’.
Ampleforth
Blackburn
Bradford
Bristol
Cambridge, Kings
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Chester
Durham
Ely
Exeter
Gloucester
Guildford
Hereford
Leeds RC
Leicester
Lichfield
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
London Oratory School
London Westminster Cathedral
Manchester
Newcastle
Norwich
Oxford, Christ Church
Peterborough
Portsmouth
Rochester
Salisbury
Sheffield
Southwell Minster
St Albans
St Edmundsbury
Tewkesbury Abbey
Truro
Wakefield
Warwick
Wells
Winchester
Wolverhampton
Worcester
York
Other useful links:
Music Manifesto
The Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sing Up Campaign
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