| Orchestra or Band | English Festival Orchestra |
| Choirs | The Really Big Young Chorus |
| Performance Notes | The Scratch Youth Messiah makes a welcome return for the fourth successive year, having been voted Best Classical Music Education Initiative in the 2015 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence. This vibrant performance features more than 1,600 fresh young voices (aged 625) from The Really Big Youth Chorus in a performance of Handels Messiah.
Previous performances have drawn praise from participants and audience alike:
An utterly brilliant experience for our students
Huge enthusiasm for the Hallelujah Chorus even from the seven year-olds in this massive choir
Ben Parry (director, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain) conducts, with the English Festival Orchestra and young, prize-winning soloists. |