800 young singers and musicians from across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are preparing to get everyone in the festive spirit with a bumper schedule of seasonal concerts.
The Cardiff County and Vale of Glamorgan Music Service will be presenting no less than 9 performances this December featuring children who have been busy rehearsing over recent months.
The seasonal entertainment starts with the Junior Schools’ Choir Christmas Concert at St German’s Church in Adamsdown on Monday, December 5 (7pm).
The annual Christmas Showcase takes place on Wednesday December 7 at St David’s Hall (7pm) with eight county ensembles: the Youth Brass Band, Training Brass Band, Advanced Percussion, High Schools’ Wind Band, Junior Jazz, Youth Big Band, High Schools’ Choir and High Schools’ Orchestra, plus a 250-strong Cluster Choir from the Primary schools which feed into Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, while on Thursday, December 8, the Transitional Wind Band will perform at St Andrew’s & St Teilo’s Church, Woodville Road (7pm – tickets available at the door).
On Saturday December 10, the Beginners and Foundation Brass bands will perform on the Glanfa Stage of the WMC (10am) and the Symphonic Brass band will join with Llandaff Choral Society for their traditional Christmas Carol Service at Llandaff Cathedral (7.30pm), followed on Sunday December 11 with the Cardiff Ardwyn Singers for their concert at All Saints Church, Penarth (7.30pm).
The annual Christmas Celebration takes place at City Hall on Monday, December 12 (7.30pm) and once again features the talents of the Youth Orchestra and Choir in a heart-warming concert.
The countdown to Christmas continues when the Youth Choir and Symphonic Brass Band join carollers at the annual County Hall Carol Service on Wednesday, December 14 and the Music Development Team perform Christmas Hits with secondary school pupils on the WMC Glanfa Stage (12.00 noon).
On Wednesday December 21 the season’s musical festivities will come to a conclusion when the Youth Orchestra perform at the BBC’s Hoddinott Hall at the WMC for the first time, featuring Mahler’s 6th Symphony.
Executive Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, Cllr Freda Salway, said: “December is always a busy time of year for the music service. Both the music students and their tutors have been hard at work rehearsing for their performances for months and they always give it their best when they perform. It’s great to see the music service involved in so many events once again this year.”
