Post by drew on Nov 6, 2006 10:22:09 GMT
Yorkshire Post:
Just one Cornetto... an ice surprise for top chorister
Brian Dooks
NOT one but two of the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year are from Harrogate.
William Dutton and Emma Whiteley sang their way to success in Westminster Abbey in a programme broadcast last night.
William, who also plays violin with the National Children's Orchestra, was asked by the presenter of the Young Choristers of the Year Final, Howard Goodall, what he wanted to do if he could not be a violinist or a singer.
He replied that he would like to serve ice cream from a mobile van. Yesterday he got his wish when the vicar of St Mark's in Harrogate, Paul Hooper, arranged for an ice cream van to be waiting outside church at the end of the morning service to help mark his achievement.
William and Emma each won a trophy, a prize of £500 and £1,000 for their choir. William's £1,000 goes to the Choir of St Mark's Church, where his father, Paul, is choirmaster.
Emma's £1,000 will go the Choir of Harrogate Ladies' College, where she is a pupil. She sang Morning has Broken and Son of Mary by Michael Diack. William sang Thine Be The Glory and Pie Jesu from John Rutter's Requiem.
William, a pupil at St Aidan's Church of England High School, who has been with the choir for five years, said the ice cream had been a wonderful surprise. "I have had two this morning."
The 11-year-old, whose brother, Christian, eight, also sings with the choir, said he was bowled over by his win. "I fell off my chair with the excitement," he added.
Both William and Emma, 15, are now due to have a live interview with Aled Jones on his Radio 3 programme and will sing at the Royal Albert Hall with Jose Carreras in his Christmas Concert on December 12.
William's father said: "It was certainly a wonderful occasion and it would not have mattered whether William had won or lost. Just getting there in the first place was an achievement. It was a fantastic experience for all of us. Emma's success made it a double whammy for Harrogate. It was amazing and we had quite a party afterwards."
The eight finalists – four boys and four girls – performed in front of a panel of celebrity judges: Hayley Westenra, Jonathan Ansell from G4, David Grant of BBC1's Fame Academy, and Director General of the Royal School of Church Music, Professor John Harper.
The Radio 2 programme included All Angels, featuring Laura Wright – the BBC's Young Chorister of the Year 2005. Its presenter, Howard Goodall, a former choir boy, is now a composer with TV credits including music for Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley.
06 November 2006
www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1861277
Thread title edited for clarity, by Dave
Just one Cornetto... an ice surprise for top chorister
Brian Dooks
NOT one but two of the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year are from Harrogate.
William Dutton and Emma Whiteley sang their way to success in Westminster Abbey in a programme broadcast last night.
William, who also plays violin with the National Children's Orchestra, was asked by the presenter of the Young Choristers of the Year Final, Howard Goodall, what he wanted to do if he could not be a violinist or a singer.
He replied that he would like to serve ice cream from a mobile van. Yesterday he got his wish when the vicar of St Mark's in Harrogate, Paul Hooper, arranged for an ice cream van to be waiting outside church at the end of the morning service to help mark his achievement.
William and Emma each won a trophy, a prize of £500 and £1,000 for their choir. William's £1,000 goes to the Choir of St Mark's Church, where his father, Paul, is choirmaster.
Emma's £1,000 will go the Choir of Harrogate Ladies' College, where she is a pupil. She sang Morning has Broken and Son of Mary by Michael Diack. William sang Thine Be The Glory and Pie Jesu from John Rutter's Requiem.
William, a pupil at St Aidan's Church of England High School, who has been with the choir for five years, said the ice cream had been a wonderful surprise. "I have had two this morning."
The 11-year-old, whose brother, Christian, eight, also sings with the choir, said he was bowled over by his win. "I fell off my chair with the excitement," he added.
Both William and Emma, 15, are now due to have a live interview with Aled Jones on his Radio 3 programme and will sing at the Royal Albert Hall with Jose Carreras in his Christmas Concert on December 12.
William's father said: "It was certainly a wonderful occasion and it would not have mattered whether William had won or lost. Just getting there in the first place was an achievement. It was a fantastic experience for all of us. Emma's success made it a double whammy for Harrogate. It was amazing and we had quite a party afterwards."
The eight finalists – four boys and four girls – performed in front of a panel of celebrity judges: Hayley Westenra, Jonathan Ansell from G4, David Grant of BBC1's Fame Academy, and Director General of the Royal School of Church Music, Professor John Harper.
The Radio 2 programme included All Angels, featuring Laura Wright – the BBC's Young Chorister of the Year 2005. Its presenter, Howard Goodall, a former choir boy, is now a composer with TV credits including music for Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley.
06 November 2006
www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1861277
Thread title edited for clarity, by Dave
