What is the Youth Choir?

Are you a singer aged 14-25 and looking to take part in the Three Choirs Festival? Look no further than our Festival Youth Choir!

Giving young singers in the local community a chance to perform with some of the UK's top orchestras, ensembles and soloists, the Festival Youth Choir is one of the best ways to gain valuable experience in concert.

Previous performances include:

Venables: Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra (conducted by Adrian Partington)

The Pilgrim's Progress with the British Youth Opera and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Charlotte Corderoy)

Voices of Power with the Philharmonia Orchestra (conducted by Samuel Hudson)

Duruflé Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra (conducted by Geraint Bowen)

What will you sing?

This year the Youth Choir will perform the world premiere of a new work by Bob Chilcott, his Mass for Peace and Reconciliation.

You will also sing John Tavener’s Funeral Ikos and Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude. The concert will be conducted by Samuel Hudson and will take place on Monday 28 July in Hereford Cathedral.

The Youth Choir will also perform evensong in Hereford Cathedral on Tuesday 29 July, conducted by Samuel Hudson. The evensong repertoire will include Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn and the King’s College Service by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.