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| NYC
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| 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 links open in a new window.) |
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| Support
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Events diaries
Orchestras
Other choirs Charities |
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 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, which includes a Yorkshire concert diary and links to other music groups. |
  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 . |
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| Events diaries 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. Events diary from an
organisation supporting voluntary arts activities
in North
Yorkshire. Directory of all sorts of cultural
things to do throughout the whole of Yorkshire. 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 put our concerts in the general leisure and arts events listings of our local councils:  Events
in the
whole of North Yorkshire (but not including those of our concerts which
take place outside the county). Hambleton District includes
Northallerton and Thirsk and some of our other regular venues.
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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. They have played with us several times since and we look forward to working with them more in the future. |
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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: Bedale Festival Choir Small mixed choir performing wide variety of music including an annual Christmas concert. No website at present, so email for information. Cleveland Philharmonic Choir Impressive choir of 100+ which has been giving concerts in Teesside and beyond since 1968. Poster for their next concert Easingwold Singers 45-60 singers, giving 2 concerts a year in Easingwold. Guisborough Choral Society 70-strong choir, giving 2 concerts plus a Christmas concert each year. 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. St Hilda's Festival Chorus Mixed-voice choir of some 70 singers based at St Hilda's Church in Whitby. 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 some we have raised money for recently: |
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  At
our concert in December 2008 we raised money for Heart
Research UK , whose "Sing for your Heart" event takes place
for a week before Christmas each year. |
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 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. |
 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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