London Oriana Choir announces new choral scholarship programme
Florence Lockheart
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Young singers can now apply for a funded place to join the choir's 2021/2022 season.
London Oriana Choir has today announced the launch of a new Choral Scholarship Programme, offering a number of funded places for singers aged 18-25 for its 2021-22 season. The scheme is part of the choir’s commitment to support aspiring young singers and is open to anyone who enjoys singing, whether they are studying music, starting a career or simply wanting to expand their performance opportunities in London, around the UK and abroad.
The choir sings from a broad repertoire ranging from early music through to contemporary commissions, often accompanied by professional orchestras. It has also worked with some of the world’s biggest names in the industry including Madonna, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and Pete Towshend of The Who.
The deadline for applications is midnight on 31 October and successful candidates will join the choir from early November for its 2021/2022 season. Scholarship singers, will be able to take part in the choir’s two Christmas concerts as well as the final year of five15, the choir’s initiative championing women composers, which will involve three new commissions by composer Hannah Kendall, recordings of all the pieces commissioned under the programme in the last six years and a final festival in 2022.
Other benefits for the scheme include singing lessons from the choir’s professional singing teacher Aimee Presswood and individual coaching sessions from Dominic Ellis-Peckham, the choir’s musical director, as well as solo opportunities. Ellis-Peckham said: ‘We are very keen to expand the singing and performance opportunities available to young singers, wherever they are in their musical journey. The choir promotes five of our own concerts during the year and is frequently invited to perform in other events. We foster a friendly and supportive environment in the pursuit of musical excellence and have a keen shared purpose in developing our individual vocal skills, pushing ourselves with new and varied repertoire.’
More about the scheme and how to apply can be found London Oriana Choir’s website.