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RAH Diary, 14 March 2018 – Watch the world come alight!

Published on 15th March 2018

Take those with a passion and a belief in art and music, offer them support and training, give them a platform – and watch the world come alight! WHY? The concerts we stage at the Royal Albert Hall for AC Academy projects serve a simple purpose: to bring together the different elements of our outreach

RAH Diary, 10 March 2018 – AC Academy Warwick

Published on 10th March 2018

On 10 March 1964, Simon & Garfunkel recorded “The Sounds of Silence.” We will perform this song at the Royal Albert Hall, in the cover version released by American heavy metal band Disturbed in 2015. Most appropriately, The Sound of Silence features in today’s vlog, taken during rehearsals at AC Academy Warwick.

RAH Diary, 2 March 2018 – The Phillips 66 Choir

Published on 2nd March 2018

Our singing education programme, AC Academy is generously supported by Phillips 66 & JET. They have formed a choir of employees at their London office, led by one of Armonico Consort’s leaders, and jumped at the chance to perform at the Royal Albert Hall later this month. Two of their choir members have written about the experience of joining the choir.

RAH Diary, 23 February 2018, Alysha – Park Hall Academy

Published on 23rd February 2018

Alysha is a Y12 student at Park Hall Academy and under the mentoring of our Artistic Director, Christopher Monks, she is leading the school’s choir. Read what she writes about the journey.

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Christopher’s post-Biber blog

Published on 13th February 2018

Conducting massive polychoral works has somewhat been a theme of my musical life ever since we started exploring the larger scale works of the 16th Century, such as the 40 part works of Striggio and Tallis. When choirs and ensembles go to such considerable lengths to bring together polished and beautifully performed versions of these