Plymouth's Legacy Choir sings out!
Sun 19 May
|Stoke Damerel Church
Plymouth's youth choir, the Legacy Choir, will sing a variety of music accompanied by pianist Tom Blach, who will also play solo in the concert and in 20 minute recital at the end. All profits to support their activities. Photo is from the Youth Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
Time & Location
19 May 2024, 14:00 – 16:30
Stoke Damerel Church, 85 Paradise Rd, Stoke, Plymouth PL1 5QL, UK
Guests
About the event
The Legacy Choir, run by the indefatigable Jess Rowe, are the main youth choir of Plymouth, open to all children across the city. It comprises three groups - Mango Tango for primary age, Legacy Choir for teens and the LEGS a capella group, which is auditioned. The latter recently appeared in the youth prom at the Royal Albert Hall, as the only ensemble from the South West, attended a week long workshop and performance with the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius at Ely Cathedral, and also came second in a very recent competition for a capella singing at Exeter University against strong University singers!
All of this takes money, and the cost of getting to the Albert Hall and back was over £3,000. We are a long way from much of even the south of the country.
Tom Blach, a very accomplished London pianist and…