Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Training Choir

Key Information
Ages: Years 7 and 8 
Standard: Some previous choral experience and music reading skills are preferable. 

Rehearsals 
Notre Dame Catholic Academy, Everton 
Mondays during term time (excluding Bank Holidays), 6-8pm 

Entry assessment required 

Our newest choral group, delivering an elevated experience to set you on the pathway to Youth Choir. 

The perfect stepping stone between Children’s Choir and our flagship Youth Choir, Youth Training Choir helps talented singers make the jump to more challenging music and provides vital support to changing voices.  

Led by Artistic Director Olivia Hamblyn, Youth Training Choir takes things up a notch. There’ll be more advanced repertoire, and a real focus on vocal technique and choral etiquette. As you develop your musicianship, you’ll work on performance and audition skills, and learn all about your voice and how to best look after it.  

And if your voice is changing? Lower voices specialist Tom Campbell will be on hand to coach you through discovering your new voice – and keep you singing throughout the whole process!

A small note about our auditions process

You'll take an entry assessment, where you'll sing a piece of music of your own choice, accompanied by the audition piano accompanist or a backing track that you provide - or you can sing unaccompanied if you prefer. Make sure you pick something you're comfortable singing and that showcases the best of your voice - we recommend a piece from choral, classical, world, folk or musical theatre genres.

You'll also be asked to sing back pitches and short melodies, and to complete a very short and simple sight-singing exercise. You don't need to be able to sight-sing - the panel just use this to gauge your musical experience. 

More information on our audition process can be found on the Youth Company Prospectus page here.