Participants

2009 National Festival of Music for Youth Participants

The following is a day-by-day list of groups performing at this year's National Festival.
KEY: SH = Symphony Hall, TH = Town Hall, ABH = Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, O2A2 = O2 Academy 2 (previously the Carling Academy 2)

MONDAY 6 JULY

Infants (SH)
Fairfield Infant Group
Henstead Junior Choir
Infant Choir
Meltham CE School Infant String Group
St Elphege's School Infant Choir
St Swithun's Junior School Y3 String Quartet

Juniors (SH)
Dulwich College Prep Big Band
Dulwich Hamlet Junior School Fusion Ensemble
Gate 6
Heathfield Junior Department
Horbury Bridge School Sambastic
HVMC Intermediate Wind Band
Massed Junior Strings of West Wiltshire
Millbrook Junior School Orchestra
Nether Green Junior School Y6 Choir
Pilgrim Junior Steelband
Rochdale Junior Brass Band
Smithy Bridge Primary School Brass Band
Spratton Hall School Concert Band
St Elphege's School Junior Choir
St John's Primary School Orchestra
St Mary's RC Primary School Choir
The Green School Steel Band
Wardle High Junior Band

Juniors (ABH)
Abercorn Ensemble
All Stars String Ensemble
Beatlets
Brixworth Band
Burghclere School Band
Dragon School Concert Band
Dunton Green Primary School
Heath Mount Jazz Band
Homefield Composers Ensemble
Jordan Junior Strings 1
NMMC Jazz Monkeys
Northamptonshire County Junior String Orchestra
Oundle and Kings Cliffe Middle School Brass Ensemble
Portchester Panyard
St James C of E Primary School Brass Band
St Wilfrid's C of E Jazz Quartet
The Links Primary School Choir and Recorders
The Stocktonaires
The Voice Squad Cadets
Torfield Minstrels
Trifle with Children
Turnfurlong Junior Jazz
Wadhurst Primary School Singing Club

Ensembles (TH)
Belles and Crooks Bassoon Ensemble
Berkshire Youth Guitar Orchestra
BlockWork
Calderdale Youth Guitar Ensemble
Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Advanced Percussion Ensemble
CYM Percussion Ensemble
Greater Gwent Double Reeds
Greater Gwent Schools Brass Ensemble
Greater Gwent Youth Modern Ensemble
Hampshire Double Reed Ensemble
Holmfirth High School Orchestra and Choir
Northampton School for Boys Junior Clarinet Choir
Northampton School for Boys Low Brass Ensemble
Northamptonshire County Youth Guitar Ensemble
Northamptonshire Youth Percussion Ensemble
Oldham Music Centre Contemporary Music Ensemble
SDS Percussion (Development Group)
Slideshow
The Original Octet
The Magnificent Seven
The Voice Squad Seniors
Top Brass, Wellingborough

TUESDAY 7 JULY

Junior Choirs (SH)
All Saints Junior School Chamber Choir
Ballyholme Primary School Senior Singers
Bowdon Preparatory School Choir
Coloma Junior Chamber Choir
Cotswold Children's Senior Choir
Farleigh School Senior Choir
Glanaethwy Junior Choir
Holwell/Peartree Choir
Lindley Junior School Choir
Mount St Mary's College Junior Choir
Queen's Gate Junior Choir
Rainbow Connection Junior Choir
Ripley Choristers
Rochdale Girls' Choir
Rowan Preparatory School Choir
Shakespeare Primary School Choir
SJF Chamber Choir
Smithybridge Primary School Choir
Spratton Hall School Choir
St Nicks Singers
Taplow Children's Voices
Waverley Abbey Junior School Choir

Senior Choirs (TH)
Abbott's Hill Chamber Choir
Bradford Girls Choir
Bridgwater College Show Choir
Broadland Choir
CCHS Rock and Pop Choir
Cor Ieuenctid Mon
Cor Llanofer Choir
Egglescliffe School Chamber Choir
Ex Silentio
Gordonstoun Chamber Choir
Greater Gwent Youth Choir
Halifax Young Singers
Ifield Community College Choir
Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir
Northampton School for Boys Jazz Vocal Group
Oldham Youth Choir
Our Lady's RC High School Senior Choir
Rainbow Connection Youth Choir
Ravenscliffe Voice Crew
St Aidan's Chamber Choir
Swing Bridge Singers
The John Fisher School Chapel Choir
Thomas Telford School Choir
Wallington Girls Gospel Choir
Wyvern Choir

Ensembles (ABH)
Bayleaf Brass
Bents Green Special Sounds
Bexley Grammar and Marlborough School Bands
Bexley Grammar School Ensemble
Bolton School Senior Guitar Ensemble
Caerleon Comprehensive School Percussion Ensemble
Cartmel Music Centre Recorders
CC Brass Ensemble
Hay Lane Percussion Band
High Wycombe Music Centre Guitar Consort
HWMC Clarinet Choir
HWMC Saxophone Choir
Kevicc Percussion Ensemble
NaTo
North Chadderton Brass Ensemble
Northampton School for Boys Percussion Ensemble
Oxfordshire Harp Ensemble
Shropshire Youth Cello Ensemble
Sponnaissance
The Foreland School Choir and Band
Withycombe Stomp

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY

School Orchestras (SH)
Crompton House School Orchestra
Egglescliffe School Orchestra
John Cleveland College Orchestra
The Guernsey Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre Orchestra
Ysgol Greenhill Light Orchestra

School String & Chamber Orchestras (SH)
Dulwich College Chamber Orchestra
Kenilworth Strings
King Edward VI String Orchestra
Northampton High School String Orchestra
St Peter's School String Orchestra

Open String & Chamber Orchestra (SH)
Barock School
Bromley Youth Chamber Orchestra
Greater Gwent Youth String Symphonia
Hampshire County Youth Chamber Orchestra
Kirklees School String Orchestra
Leicestershire and Leicester Arts in Education Senior String Ensemble
Northamptonshire String Sinfonia
Peak District String Orchestra

Traditional & International (ABH)
Bollywood Orchestra
CYM Tango Band
Folk on Fire
Fosbrook Folk Education Trust Ensemble
Hornsey Steel Pans Band
Kagemusha Junior Taiko
Leeds Silver Steel Sparrows
Morley High School African Drumming Ensemble
Oak Grove College
Oku Nojo Daiko
Panatical
Parkinson Lane Singers
Portchester Marimba Ensemble
Ripple Escola de Samba
Slania
St Mary's Grammar School Senior Traditional Ensemble
Sur-Taal
That's All Folk!
The Notorius Dhollies
The Trad Gathering
The Yangchin Group
Voyager Bhangra Music
Zingaresque 1

THURSDAY 9 JULY

School Brass Bands (SH)
Bassaleg School Brass Band
Crompton House School Brass Band
Fred Longworth High School Brass Band
Smithills School Senior Brass Band
Sponne Brass Band
Wardle High School Brass Band

Music Centre Brass Bands (SH)
Berkshire Maestros South Berkshire Youth Brass
North East Hampshire Area Schools Band
Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band
Rochdale Intermediate Brass Band
Southampton Youth Brass Band
Wigan Youth Brass Band
Wrexham Schools' Brass Band

Open Brass Bands (SH)
Bare Trees Community Band
Elland Silver Youth Brass Band
Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band
Hampshire County Youth Band
Northamptonshire Youth Brass Band
Porthywaen Youth & Training Band
Tewit Youth Band
Wantage Silver Band Youth Ensemble
Youth Brass 2000

Junior Chamber (TH)
CYM Junior Piano Trio
Mollie & Robin Stallard
Oundle and Kings Cliffe Middle School Brass Quartet
Quartet Plus One
SaKaCleMo
The Barber Duo
Viol Consort
WHS Junior Piano Trio

Senior Chamber (TH)
Albemarle String Quintet
Arnold Wind Quintet
Bassaleg School Brass Quintet
Caerleon Music Centre Isca Linea String Quartet
CYM Senior Brass Quintet
Flute a BEK
Grenadilla
Heavy Metal
HWMC Adolphe Sax Quartet
HWMC Clarinet Quartet
Junior Trinity Saxophone Quartet
MKMS Baroque
Northampton High School String Quartet
Northampton High School Wind Ensemble
Northampton School for Boys Guitar Quartet
Solomon Quintet
The Original Quintet No. 1
The Sax Pistols
Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School Year 12 Recorder Ensemble
Warwickshire County Youth Waits
Ysgol Greenhill Clarinet Quintet

Rock, Pop and Urban (O2A2)
Class Apart
Dutch Courage
Jilambis
Let the Games Begin
Open Mind
Pink Liquorice
Right Hook Ruin
Shrunk in the Wash
The Copycat Ensemble
The Fretts
The Kamikaze Veterans
The Naughty Vicars
The Spectators
Wired

FRIDAY 10 JULY

School Wind Bands (SH)
ALSO
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Concert Band
Caerleon Comprehensive School Wind Band
CC Symphonic Wind Band
Northampton School for Boys Symphonic Winds
S Peter's Collegiate School Concert Band
Smithills School Senior Symphonic Wind Band
St Aidan's Symphonic Wind Band

Music Centre Wind Bands (SH)
Eastbourne Youth Concert Band
Forest of Dean Area Wind Band
High Wycombe Music Centre Concert Band
Newport Music Centre Senior Winds
Oldham Youth Wind Band
Rochdale Concert Band
Wellingborough Music & Arts Centre Festival Band
Youth Wind Band

Open Wind Bands (SH)
Bromley Youth Concert Band
Derbyshire City & County Youth Wind Band
Greater Gwent Youth Symphonic Winds
Northamptonshire County Youth Concert Band
Pembrokeshire Schools' Wind Band

School Jazz (ABH)
Band Jazz Ysgol Tryfan
Barton Jazz
Bodmin College Jazz Orchestra
Catfish Blue
Crompton House Swing Band
de Ferrers Jazz Orchestra
Easingwold School Big Band
Friday Lunchtime
GSAL Swing Band
HABS Big Band
Kenilworth Swing Band
Maidstone Grammar School Jazz Band
Northampton School for Boys Big Band
Norton's Dixie Kings
RGS Big Band
Ripon Grammar School Big Band
Sheppard's Pi
St Aidan's Swing Band
Swing Foundation
The James Paton Experience
The King's School Big Band
Wallingford School Fun Band
Wootton Upper School Big Band

SATURDAY 11 JULY

Open Orchestras (SH)
Berkshire Youth Orchestra
Greater Gwent Youth Orchestra
Kirklees Youth Symphony Orchestra
Lancashire Youth Symphony Orchestra
Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra
Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra
Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra
Thames Youth Orchestra

Music Centre Orchestras (SH)
Caerleon Music Centre String & Percussion Orchestra
CMS Symphony Orchestra
Lancaster Grammar Schools Combined Orchestra
Rochdale Schools Concert Orchestra
Tees Valley Youth Orchestra

Music Centre Jazz (ABH)
AMC Dance Band
Brighton and Hove Big Band
Camden Youth Jazz Band
CAVMS Youth Jazz Orchestra
Hampshire Jazz
Jazz 2
KMS Shelley Music Centre Big Band
LYJO
Newport City Big Band
Rochdale Youth Big Band

Open Jazz (ABH)
DYJO 1
Northamptonshire County Youth Big Band
NSJO
Progress
Soundbyte
South African Jazz Project
South East Hants Jazz Project