Verse And Chorus

                     The award-winning Harrogate Youth Choir     

                              
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Honours

Harrogate Competitive Festival

March 2007        Mawer Trophy (First Verse And Chorus)

                       Mary Worth Shield

                       Sykes Silver Challenge Shield

                       Alice Smith Jubilee Trophy

                       Winner of the Choral Challenge

March 2006        Mawer Trophy (First Verse And Chorus)

                       White Rose Shield

                       Mary Worth Shield

                       Godfrey Barton Trophy

                       Alice Smith Jubilee Trophy

                       Winner of the Choral Challenge

March 2005       Godfrey Barton Trophy

                       Choral Challenge Finalists

March 2004       Mary Worth Shield

 

Music For Youth National Choral Festival (Symphony Hall, Birmingham)

July 2007          Finalists (Verse And Chorus - Senior Category)

                       Finalists (First Verse And Chorus - Junior Category)

July 2006          Finalists (Junior Category)

                       Finalists (Senior Category)

July 2005          Finalists (Senior Category)

 
Please read on to see what the adjudicators have said about Verse And Chorus

 

  • Refined phrasing and tone from this well-focused group.

  • Your unison singing is impressive.

  • Clear diction and beautiful tone.

  • Dynamic and rhythmically alive.

  • A lovely sound, charmingly and sensitively sung.

  • Enviable balance between main melody and accompaniment, and imaginative word painting.

  • Musical nuances were artistically delivered.

  • This is such beautiful singing.

  • A most moving performance, with a stunning ending.

  • Musically confident and stylish.

  • A prayerful performance - sung with commitment and affection for the music.

  • A very secure performance - built on firm foundation of vocal sonority and a sense of line. 

  • Excellent breath control and ability to phrase.  

  • Super solo; clean, in tune with excellent diction throughout.  

  • Excellent unison and gorgeous in two parts.  

  • Balance is terrific.  Beautifully managed close.

  • A challenging piece which showed a versatile approach to music - you were able to sing with liveliness and energy, as well as slower more sustained sections. 

  • Throughout you let the words drop very clearly into the musical line.  

  • The choir moved easily from unison to four parts.  

  • Terrific opening - love those top notes!  

  • This has huge energy.  

  • Precise and exciting in the fast music, and beautifully expressive in the slower music.  Stunning close.

  • A very fine choir.  

  • This was an inspired performance in so many ways.  

  • Well conducted and sensitively accompanied.

  • Arranged by the choir's conductor, this was a performance with conviction. 

  • In three parts with sympathetic accompaniment, there was a gorgeous sense of line and vocal blend.  

  • The baritones were well controlled.  Nice to hear young men making a well produced and supported mature sound.  

  • An effective arrangement which plays to the strengths of your group.  

  • Well shaped performance which proceeded with a nice lilt and some most affecting moments.

  • There is a sense of commitment in this performance.  

  • The soloists blended confidently in this reflectively swaying performance.  

  • Some of the progressions are challenging and you rose to that challenge well with very good diction and intonation. 

  • Beautifully shaped opening, and most flexible and responsive singing.  You relish the richness of the harmonies and contrast these with elegant line work. 

  • The arches of melody reach a glorious climax.  

  • The hushed close is extremely well managed. 

  • A fine choir.  

  • Your whole body language says how much you are focused on communication.  

  • This performance has a good focused sound and sense of line.  

  • You had confidence and blended very well indeed.  

  • Successful projection of the phrasing and music.  

  • A most reliable unison with a lovely fresh clean sound.  The whole is beautifully shaped, and you work extremely well with your conductor.  

  • Diction is excellent.  Beautiful tone and excellent production.  Lovely.

  • A flowing sense of line.  

  • A super soloist, then a most affecting full choir.  

  • Two part singing was excellently controlled.  

  • This performance showed skilful training (again) and communication.  

  • Once again a supremely musical performance.  

  • You avoid the schwaltz approach and this gives the music an integrity and authority.

  • Control is very, very good - lovely dynamics.

  • A fine young choir.  Well done.  You can achieve much, and have done so already.