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Blue Choir – (Year 7 – Year 10)
Working on a wide range of challenging repertoire, music for the Blue Choir is often in three or more parts and choir members are expected to sight read to a moderate level and pick up the music quickly. An extremely high level of choral discipline is expected from the choristers, who are developing a number of skills including teamwork, choral blend and musicianship.
With an energetic and fun approach to music making, the Blue Choir is led by Suzzie Vango, who has extensive experience in working with young singers.
‘I was in awe of the children in the blue choir. What special young people to learn what they did and make such beautiful music.’
Parent of child in Blue Choir
Our members come from throughout the UK, from a wide range of musical backgrounds.
Suzzie Vango
Blue Choir Conductor
Passionate about the arts and choral education, Suzzie’s high-energy workshops and dynamic choral programmes have gained her an international reputation, working with singers of all ages. In demand as a soprano, choral director and vocal coach, she directs and sings with the critically acclaimed female a cappella quintet Papagena, conducts the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain and is an adjudicator and guest conductor for many UK vocal ensembles and festivals. Recent collaborations have seen her working with: the London Symphony Orchestra, Vache Baroque, Sing for Pleasure, Sing Ireland, ABCD and the National Youth Choirs.
She has run projects in Uganda, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, the USA and across Europe, with visits to Scotland, Ireland, France and Nairobi in 2024.
Suzzie is Associate Artist at the University of Warwick, Vocal Coach for the CBSO Youth Chorus, Singing Teacher at the University of Birmingham, Schools Programme Leader for Music of Life Foundation working with children with disabilities, and a vocal tutor for Ex Cathedra Education’s award winning projects: Singing Playgrounds and Singing Medicine. Her own compositions have been published in Ex Cathedra’s SingMaker series, Sing for Pleasure publications and Carols for Choirs 6.
Her career as a soprano has taken her around the world, conducting, performing and recording with some of the top UK vocal ensembles, and her multi-award winning warm up book ‘How to Make Your Choir Sound Awesome’, written with Lucy Hollins, was published by Banks Music Publications in 2022.
Audition for the NCCGB
We meet twice a year for week-long residential choir courses, one during the Easter holidays and one during the summer holidays. We also run workshops in schools, and choir tours abroad.
Membership of NCCGB is by audition only. Auditions take place in the autumn.
We accept new choir members who would be at least 9 years old when they join their first Easter course. We expect choir members to attend every course, unless there is an unusual event, for example a family wedding.