hallć© & choral leadership network
The Choral Leadership Network, inspired and led by the Hallé, brings together a
range of partners involved in choral singing and training. Their aim is to
promote the joy of choral singing through increased training and resource
opportunities for choral leaders, promoting best practice within any type of
choral genre, encouraging more boys to sing and supporting conducting with young
leaders. Partners include Opera North, Royal Northern College of Music, Greater
Manchester Music Hub, Sing For Pleasure and Association of British Choral
Directors (ABCD), amongst others. A major project they have supported recently
has been a workshop run by ABCD, focussing on Boys’ changing voices. Including
members of the Hallé Children’s and Youth Training Choir, Dr Martin Ashley
(Professor of Music at Edge Hill University and leading researcher on Cambiata
voices), choral leaders were guided on repertoire suitable for boys’ changing
voices, how the physical changes to a boy’s voice may impact the sound, and
finally their own Hallé Youth Director Stuart Overington, ran a short workshop
to help brush up their conducting skills.
