NYC's
connections
Other organisations that we work with in various ways
We
are proud of the good relations we have with other organisations in the
field of
choral music and in our local communities. Here we show some
of
them - with links so that you can explore further. (External
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Support and resources
Events diaries
Orchestras
Other choirs
Charities |
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Support and resources |

Making
Music (formerly the National Federation of Music Societies)
has 2500
member groups throughout the UK. MM provides a wide range of
advice and
services
to its members, including the invaluable Programme Notes Bank with more
than 2600 entries.
There
is
also a regional arm of MM: Making
Music Yorkshire,
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Hambleton
Arts is the voice of the voluntary arts sector in the
Hambleton District Council area. NYC regularly uses staging
from their
equipment bank, "in2arts".
Information is on HDC's
arts page or email Ann Hutchings. |
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Events diaires
These
are the main web listings services which we use to publicise our
concerts and avoid clashes as much as possible. You might
find them
useful in planning your own concert-going (for
days when there is no NYC performance, of course!).
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Music
(and some arts) events in a fifteen-mile radius around Ripon.
Forthcoming events by amateur choirs,
orchestras, opera groups and bands in and around Teesside.
Organ and choral events - and other
classical concerts - in the North East and Yorkshire.
Searchable directory
of choral concerts throughout the United Kingdom.
Extensive searchable list of national music
events (with some international as well).
We also also put our concerts in the general leisure and arts events listings
of our local councils:
Hambleton District includes
Northallerton and some of our other regular venues.
Events in the
whole of North Yorkshire (but not including those of our concerts which
take place outside the county).
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Orchestras
Mowbray
Orchestra We
first joined forces with this orchestra, which is the professional wing
of the Ripon St Cecilia Orchestra, at our concert in November 2007, and
we look forward to working with them again. |
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Other choirs
Cleveland and North Yorkshire are rich areas for
choral singing, and many of our members sing in
other groups as well. Here are some of our neighbouring mixed
voice choirs:
Cleveland
Philharmonic Choir
Impressive choir of 100+ which has been giving concerts in Teesside and
beyond since 1968.
Easingwold
Singers 45-60 singers,
giving 2 concerts a year in Easingwold.
Guisborough
Choral Society 70-strong
choir, giving 3 concerts a year. No website, but telephone
01287 624192 for membership information.
Mowbray
Singers Chamber
choir based in Thirsk. No website, but telephone 01845 523238
for information.
Ripon
Choral Society
The largest
choir in the area (200+ singers), performing 3 or 4 times a year in Ripon Cathedral.
Greg Smith, our Chorus Director, is their Accompanist and
Deputy
Director and we are hoping to have a joint concert with them within the
next couple of years.
Richmondshire
Choral Society 70-strong choir in
Richmond.
Stokesley
& District Choral Society Well-established
choir of about 45 voices. No website, but telephone 01642
700672 for membership enquiries.
And if you are interested in further afield or other sorts of choirs, try looking at British
Choirs on the Net !
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In 2005 we gave
two performances of Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony
jointly with the South
Devon Choir, in Torquay
Central Church and Ripon Cathedral. |
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Charities
We
try to support charities, especially those which are active in our
local area. Here are two we have raised money for recently: |

Proceeds
from the sale of programmes and a retiring collection at the
performance of Messiah in
Stockton-on-Tees on 25 November 2006 were donated to Marie
Curie Cancer
Care, Making Music's official charity for that year.
By
coincidence, Lady Crathorne, wife of our President, is the regional
patron of MCCC, and she wrote a special introduction to the programme. |

We held an
Open Rehearsal of Vivaldi's Gloria
on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 6 October
2007, and raised £450, divided between Teesside
Hospice and
Herriot Hospice Homecare, which
both serve our area.
Voices
for Hospices is a coordinated "Mexican wave" of musical
events
around the world every two years on this day.
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