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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.)
Support and resources       Events diaries       Orchestras     

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Support and resources
Making Music    75 Years of Supporting and

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

in2arts

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 .
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!).
St CeciliaMusic (and some arts) events in a fifteen-mile radius around Ripon.

TeesMusicForthcoming events by amateur choirs, orchestras, opera groups and bands in and around Teesside.

Celebrate North YorkshireEvents diary from an organisation supporting volunt
ary arts activities in North Yorkshire.

Celebrate North YorkshireDirectory of all sorts of cultural things to do throughout the whole of Yorkshire
.

Music-roomOrgan and choral events - and other classical concerts - in the North East and Yorkshire.

GerontiusSearchable directory of choral concerts throughout the United Kingdom.

concert-diary.comExtensive 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:

North Yorkshire County CouncilEvents in the whole of North Yorkshire (but not including those of our concerts which take place outside the county).

Hambleton District CouncilHambleton District includes Northallerton and Thirsk and some of our other regular venues.  
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.
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.
Charities

We try to support charities, especially those which are active in our local area.
Here are some we have raised money for recently:
Sing for Your HeartHeart Research UKAt 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.
     
Marie Curie Cancer Care
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.


Voices for Hospices

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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