WHAT'S ON
HCO SINGER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2024
in collaboration with
Saturday, 2 November 2024, from 11.00am; finals from 3.30pm
Harvey Hall, St Swithun's School, Winchester SO21 1AH
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Audience day tickets - £20; lunch - £10
Under-18s and those in f-t education: audience day tickets - free; lunch - £10
To book, please click here: www.ticketsource.co.uk
Patrons and Friends: please contact Andrew Foot.
The semi-finals and finals of this national competition for young singers aged 20-29 years, held before a panel of distinguished judges and a public audience.
Over £6,000 in prizes is available. The winner of the Nigel Beale Grange Festival Prize is eligible for a place in The Grange Festival Chorus 2025, subject to a satisfactory standard being reached.
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Judges:
Michael Chance CBE, Artistic Director, The Grange Festival (Chair)
Rosalind Plowright OBE, British mezzo-soprano
James Black, Director, James Black Management​
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Timings:
Semi-finals - 11.00am
Lunch - approx. 2.00pm
Semi-final results - approx. 2.50pm
Finals - 3.30pm
Final adjudication and presentation of prizes - approx. 5.30pm
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Full details for competitors are available here.
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 4.00pm
Church House, Wimborne BH21 1HT
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Admission by donation. Please book ahead by email: Andrew Foot
Our ever-popular musical celebration of Christmas with a specially chosen group of young artists and festive fare.
LA CENERENTOLA
by Gioachino Rossini
Monday, 14 April 2025, Theatre Royal Winchester SO23 8SB
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, Coade Theatre, Bryanston School, Blandford DT11 0PX
Friday, 18 April 2025, Regent Theatre, Christchurch BH21 1AS
Rossini's lively interpretation of the Cinderella story. A cast of exceptional emerging opera stars and the Hurn Court Opera orchestra will bring this comic fairytale glitteringly to life. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Further information about our programme will be released soon. For updates, join our mailing list (see below). Or to get ahead of the crowd, consider becoming part of our Friends scheme, which gives you advance notice and booking opportunities.