Summer concerts of the Polish National Youth Choir will take place in Częstochowa, Wieliczka and Kraków on 19-21 July 2019.
Polish National Youth Choir is an artistic and educational project directed at youth between 18 and 26 years old: pupils and students of vocal departments of music schools and academies, and the best singers of Polish choirs. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and run by the National Forum of Music. Each PNYCh edition includes two sessions devoted to a specific topic. Quartets, sections and tutti rehearsals as well as individual singing lessons, lectures and workshops conducted by specialists in their fields are held as part of individual sessions. All these activities are finalised with concerts during which young people can present the results of their work. A characteristic feature of the project is to invite guest conductors and singing teachers from Poland and abroad to collaborate on subsequent editions.
During this year's concerts at the end of the summer session 2019, the Polish National Youth Choir will perform under the direction of Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Bob Chilcott. They will present works of Bob Chilcott himself, Uģis Prauliņš, Benjamin Britten, William Albright, as well as Totus Tuus Op. 60 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.
The project is carried out as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence and rebulding of the Polish statehood "Niepodległa".
More information at: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/ i https://www.facebook.com/PolskiNarodowyChorMlodziezowy/