UCP Marjon Gospel Choir take part in festival


Released: 09.02.09


Pictured: Gervase Phinn

On Saturday 7 March 2009, York St John University will be holding the 21st Annual Choir’s Festival to be hosted by famous Yorkshire writer and Honorary Fellow, Gervase Phinn. This year’s festival will bring together the largest number of performers to date from some of Britain’s oldest university and college choirs to sing at a spectacular concert to be held in York Minster.

The UCP Marjon Gospel Choir is performing an arrangement of the spiritual “The Battle of Jericho” by Stephen Trehair (a Plymouth-based composer and organist and director of the South West Chamber Choir).  Professor David Baker will accompany the choir on the piano.

On hosting this special occasion, Gervase Phinn said:
“I am very honoured to be hosting the 21st Annual Choir’s Festival. Where better is there to hear the most beautiful music performed by some of the country’s most gifted and talented students than in the glorious York Minster? It promises to be a most memorable evening.”

Ralph Bateman, Director of Music at York St John University said:
“Each year the participating choirs join together in different host cities to produce a truly memorable concert. Singing together is always a special form of collaboration, but with more than 400 students attending, this year’s concert promises to be particularly splendid. Individual choirs will perform short pieces and then merge to sing works written for several choirs together, which should sound wonderful in the Minster’s resonant spaces.”

For further information about the 2009 Choir’s Festival please visit www.yorksj.ac.uk/choirsfestival or Email: choirsfestival@yorksj.ac.uk


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