Music for Youth 2015: Town Hall, 7 July

See all the pictures from the opening day of Music for Youth in Birmingham's iconic Town Hall.

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   1. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir was the first group on stage on Tuesday. They were conducted by headteacher Florence Rostron and performed 'Gipsy Lament' by Zoltan Kodaly, 'Free' by Don Besig, 'I am the Wind' by Lynn Marsh and Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   2. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   3. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   4. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   5. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   6. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   7. Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir

   Welford & Wickham CE Primary School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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   8. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

   Northamptonshire County Youth Choir were conducted by Beth Hodgson. They performed Handel's 'Zadok the Priest', 'Steal Away' and Dolly Parton's 'Nine to Five'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    9. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    10. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    11. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    12. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    13. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    14. Northamptonshire County Youth Choir

    Northamptonshire County Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    15. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir were next up and they were conducted by Andrea Fountain. They performed 'Lullaby of Broadway' and 'This is our World' by Forbes & L'Estrange Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    16. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    17. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    18. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    19. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    20. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    21. Spratton Hall School Choir

    Spratton Hall School Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    22. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    Sarah Lant directed The Bulmershe Ensemble. They performed 'Drumming Song', 'All of Me', 'Wayfaring Stranger' and 'Shackles'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    23. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    24. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    25. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    26. The Bulmershe Ensemble 5

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    27. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    28. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    29. The Bulmershe Ensemble

    The Bulmershe Ensemble. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    30. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir was conducted by Camilla Stephenson and Sophie Reynolds. The choir's music director is Louise Taylor. They sang 'Sister Song', 'Cantar!', 'Be Cool' and 'On Your Bike'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    31. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    32. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    33. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    34. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    35. Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir

    Oxford High Junior School Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    36. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir performed Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', 'Over the Rainbow', 'Calypso' and 'I am the Earth' by Glyn Lehmann on the Town Hall Stage. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    37. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    38. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    39. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    40. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    41. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    42. Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir

    Hawthorn Key Stage 2 Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    43. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir was conducted by Caroline Kelly. They sand 'Wings' and 'Power in Me'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    44. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    45. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    46. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    47. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    48. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    49. Savile Park Choir

    Savile Park Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    50. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir on stage, performing 'Stars', 'Blue Skies' and 'Izintakana – A Zulu bird song'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    51. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    52. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    53. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    54. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    55. Cantate Senior Choir

    Cantate Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    56. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir were conducted by Elspeth Manders. They performed Karl Jenkins's 'Adiemus'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    57. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    58. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    59. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    60. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    61. CCHS Cantatrici Choir

    CCHS Cantatrici Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    62. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    63. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir was conducted by Caroline Kelly. They sang Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Movement I, Handel's 'Evensong', 'Speak Softly Love'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    64. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    65. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    66. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    67. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    68. Brooksbank Chamber Choir

    Brooksbank Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    69. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir were conducted by Stephanie Lee. They sang 'O-Re-Mi', 'O Lord turn not away they face', 'Hushabye Mountain' and 'Kum by Yah'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    70. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    71. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    72. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    73. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    74. Coloma Junior Chamber Choir

    Coloma Junior Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    75. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir, directed by Nicola Hair, sang 'Hushabye Mountain'. 'I will follow him', 'Voice of an angel' and 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    76. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    77. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    78. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    79. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    80. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    81. East Herrington Primary Academy Choir

    East Herrington Primary Academy Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    82. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir, conducted by Barrie Johnson, performed 'Ev'ry time I feel the spirit', 'Northern Lights', 'Baba Yetu' and 'My spirit sang all day'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    83. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    84. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    85. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    86. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    87. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    88. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    89. Northampton School for Boys Choir

    Northampton School for Boys Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    90. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

    Croesyceiliog Senior Choir on stage in Birmingham. They performed 'Hello', 'Bethlehem', 'School Song' by Tim Minchin and 'Run Freedom, Run'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    91. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

    Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    92. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

    Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    93. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

    Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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    94. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

    Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     95. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

     Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     96. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

     Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     97. Croesyceiliog Senior Choir

     Croesyceiliog Senior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     98. Balcarras Chamber Choir

     Balcarras Chamber Choir performed Vaughan Williams's 'Silent Noon', 'Scarborough Fair Canticle' and 'Rakut' by Eric Whitacre. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     99. Balcarras Chamber Choir

     Balcarras Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     100. Balcarras Chamber Choir

     Balcarras Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     101. Balcarras Chamber Choir

     Balcarras Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     102. Balcarras Chamber Choir

     Balcarras Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     103. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir perform John WIlliams's 'Double Trouble', John Rutter's 'Mgical Kingdom' and Judith Watson's 'A la cart'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     104. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     105. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     106. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     107. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     108. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     109. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     110. All Saints Chamber Choir

     All Saints Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     111. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir and their conductor Jennifer Brand performed 'We got together', 'Dona Nobis Pacem' and 'I wish I knew'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     112. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     113. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     114. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     115. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     116. The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir

     The Gipsy Hill Federation Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     117. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir performed Sondheim's 'Sunday', Passerau's 'Il et bel et bon', Stanford's 'The Blue Bird' and 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     118. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     119. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     120. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     121. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     122. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     123. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     124. Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir

     Oxfordshire County Youth Chamber Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     125. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir performed 'Pure Imagination', 'Songs' by Dennis Scott and 'Opportunity' by Greg Kurstin. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     126. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     127. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     128. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     129. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     130. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     131. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     132. The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Junior Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     133. Côr Aelwyn Chwilog

     Côr Aelwyn Chwilog. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     134. Côr Aelwyn Chwilog

     Côr Aelwyn Chwilog and conductor Pat Jones performed Thomas Arne's 'O cod negesydd mwyn', 'Benedictus' by Robat Arwyn, 'Search' and 'America' by Bernstein. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     135. Côr Aelwyn Chwilog

     Côr Aelwyn Chwilog. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     136. Côr Aelwyn Chwilog

     Côr Aelwyn Chwilog. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     137. Côr Aelwyn Chwilog

     Côr Aelwyn Chwilog. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     138. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir, directed by Kat Stevens, performed 'Morning Glow' from 'Pippin', 'Boogie Medley' and 'The Voice Within'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     139. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     140. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     141. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     142. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     143. Bridgwater Show Choir

     Bridgwater Show Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     144. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion and music director Islwyn Evans performed 'Bendith Clare' by John Rutter, 'Kaval Sviri' by Petar Liondev, 'I'll Send a Dove' by Héctor MacDonald and 'Dubula'. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     145. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     146. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     147. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     148. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     149. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     150. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     151. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion

     Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     152. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     153. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir sang 'The Power of Love,' John Miles's 'Music' and 'I don't like Mondays'. Their music director is Paul Mellors. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     154. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     155. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     156. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     157. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     158. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     159. The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir

     The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     160. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir, directed by Susie Webb, performed 'Wicked Medley' by Stephen Schwartz. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     161. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     162. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     163. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     164. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     165. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     166. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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     167. Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir

     Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir. Picture: Gaelle Beri

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