The Choir and AJ at St T's NYC

[DracoM]

Indeed, BUT there are all manner of other choir 'school' type set-ups in non-choir school foundations, catholic places, singing / cantoring in synaguogues, and, heaven forfend, some of the best singing choirs in our actual schools eg Ampleforth, Winchester to start at the top, and many, many others. Tiny fragments of The Choir time every so often that would salt the meat, get younger listeners in to listen to themselves on heavenbs above R3!! Yoof 'earin themselves on Radio Free!! Safe, eh! Doesn't have to be with trumpets and for some govt scheme eg Sing Up!, but simply because in a sense all music is local, kids are local, regina pride in tnhose choirs is good, and shows Auntie with non-po face and keen to do UK singing bit. BUT on Radio 3. NOT a competition, repeat NOT a competition, but just an eavesdropping.

Someone ought to tell Rev Stephen Shipley about our brilliant idea!!

[ardcarp]

Someone ought to tell Rev Stephen Shipley about our brilliant idea!!

I have one reservation. Some producer (with 'Breakfast' leanings) might turn every CE into a chat show:

"...now as the organ voluntary fades away, Head Boy Orlando Bloggs is just preparing himself in the flickering candle-light to sing the introit. Now tell us, Orlando, what's it like being a chorister in St Custard's?"

"Er, it's cool"

"And what do you feel when you sing this wonderful music by the great master T. Tertius Noble?"

"Like, it's cool, really"

.....and so on.

[DracoM]

Yes, see that. And 13 yr old being 'cool' ain't fun.
But editing? And if it's a mere 5-8 or so minutes on repertoire, life in the choir school, big events and all manner of othere relevcant parties got a line or so in, eg parents, getting kids to choir from home / day school miles away etc? Couldn't you edit it to get the right kind of package?