Childrens Concerts come to Gloucester Three Choirs Plus

17th June 2010

Three Choirs Plus Children’s Community Singing Project

The Gloucester Three Choirs Festival are putting on a series of children’s concerts as part of this year’s festival which will appeal to all ages of youngsters.

‘Magic Song and Dance’

6pm, Monday 21st June, 2010 in Gloucester Cathedral
Ticket price: FREE

Programme to include:

‘Mr Majeika and the Magic Organ’ by Bob Chilcott – a bewitching tale of sorcery in music and words with an assortment of comical organ effects!

Ashley Grote organ

Bill Armiger narrator

Amanda Bath, Benjamin Nicholls and Rachel Gay conductors

Lucy Howell Gloucestershire Dance Inclusion Co-ordinator

Join the children from Swindon Village Primary School, Ashchurch Primary School and the Alderman Knight School for special needs alongside choristers from Tewkesbury Abbey and Tewkesbury Youth Choir for an inspiring performance of song and dance in Gloucester Cathedral. This concert is in association with teachers from the government’s ‘Sing-Up’ initiative and Gloucestershire Dance. Workshops will take place in the participating schools in the summer term, and each school will perform, individually and jointly during the concert. This socially inclusive outreach project is intended to raise the awareness of the existence of the Three Choirs Festival to young people and their parents and who live outside the immediate environs of Gloucester.

Entry is free with a retiring collection for Whizz-Kidz, a charity that gives disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life by meeting their individual mobility needs and ensuring they get the right mobility equipment, advice and training at the right time.

Alderman Knight Dance Group

A mixed ability group from Tewkesbury will perform a dance created by the children and Gloucestershire Dance leaders Sarah Gardiner & Anna Crofts, with special thanks to Janet Davies of Alderman Knight School.

Peter Combe – Children’s Entertainer

11am, Monday 9 August, 2010 at the Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester GL1 1NS
Ticket price: £5/Under 5’s FREE

Peter, the original "King of the Kids" is Australia’s top children’s entertainer and renowned throughout the world. Many ‘twenty-somethings’ will remember Peter from the numerous concerts he gave in the ‘80s when he lived and worked in Gloucestershire. Much loved classics such as Spaghetti Bolognaise, Newspaper Mama, Wash Your Face in Orange Juice and Juicy Juicy Green Grass are all part of the UK school repertoire and have earned him 3 ARIAS, 7 Gold and 2 Platinum Albums. Three Choirs Plus is especially delighted to have the opportunity to present this wacky, fun, very special concert especially suitable for pre-school and primary school children.

Tickets are available online on www.3choirs.org from April 23^rd, 2010 or through the Festival Box Office on 0845 6521823 from June 1st.

Philippe Graffin– Children’s Concert

11am, Wednesday 11^th August, 2010 at the Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester GL1 1NSTicket Price: £8/£5(Under 16’s)

Philippe Graffin - ViolinPolly Ives - NarratorMarisa Gupta – Piano

Alan Ridout Ferdinand the Bull

Philippe Graffin The Hidden Fairy

Join Philippe Graffin and friends as they explore Munro Leaf’s famous children’s book about the bull that abhors bullfighting and prefers to smell flowers while sitting in the shadow of a cork oak! Then discover the secret genie of the violin as it unlocks the mysteries of this beautiful instrument, sweeping between devilish virtuosity, soulful songs and gypsy dances.