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By DAN CARRIER
 














Albert Hall hosts the capital's biggest school concert

MORE than 3,000 children from schools across Camden packed the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday night to perform musical classics in front of friends, families and teachers, writes Dan Carrier.
Guest of honour to see the 500 musicians and 3,000 singers was Camden’s former education director Bob Litchfield, who retired last year. It was his idea to put on the bi-annual concerts at the famed Kensington auditorium ten years ago.
Compere Channel Four news presenter Jon Snow, a governor at Brecknock Primary School, said: “I find compering the festival inspiring. It’s an insight into what makes our schools so special.”
The programme ranged from primary children singing the George Gershwin classic I Got Rhythm to Camden Jazz Band’s version of the James Bond theme Live And Let Die and the Youth Orchestra’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth with a stirring performance of The Magic Flute.
Soloist Olivia Williams, 9, from Fleet Primary School in South End Green, Hampstead, said: “When I heard that I’d been chosen to sing a solo I was very excited. I’ve sung in front of audiences before but not as big as this.”
The choir from Frank Barnes School in Swiss Cottage – for pupils who suffer from impaired hearing – were helped by teachers using sign language.
Co-organiser Gillian Tilbrook, from the Town Hall’s schools department, said: “This is the biggest concert in terms of performers the Albert Hall puts on.”

Pictured: 1) Camden Youth Jazz Band (CYJB) with conductor Kate Hannant;
2) Compere and newsreader Jon Snow;
3) CYJB saxophonists Emma Montier and Rosanna Lowton;
4) Drummers George Keane, Leo Chandler and Kai Akinde-Hummel;
5) From There to Here performers Neema Islam, Anjuma Alon and Mizanur Rahman;
6) Estelle Kwende and Amirah Mukoko from St Aloysius who sang Monkees’ hit I’m A Believer;
7) The Magic Flute opera performance,
8) CYJB saxophonist Robert Tidey.
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