Wolverhampton Music Service's Youth Orchestras holding warm up concerts for Italy shows
School pupils from Wolverhampton are tuning up for a musical tour of Italy, holding a special concert in city before they jet off.
A total of 77 members of Wolverhampton Music Service's Youth Orchestra and Youth Wind Orchestra will take part in a series of prestigious concerts in the Umbria region of Italy at the end of July.
Whilst here they will perform classical pieces by a range of composers including Verdi, Grieg, Ellerby and Dvorák.
Before they jet off, they will be in concert at St Peter's Collegiate Church, St Peter's Square, on July 21. The programme includes Rossini's Overture from The Barber of Seville, Greig's Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Dvorák's Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Gonna Fly Now by Conti, Overture to Nabucco by Verdi and Ellerby's Dreamscapes. Julian Lloyd Webber and the Mayor of Wolverhampton are among the guests for next week's performance.
Councillor Claire Darke, Wolverhampton council's cabinet member for education, said: "Every year the two orchestras take part in a foreign tour at the start of the summer break.
"Music is an important part of a young person's education, and Wolverhampton Music Service provides quality teaching for children and young people across the city.
"The tour of Umbria is an excellent opportunity for pupils to show off their talents, and they will be excellent ambassadors for both our city and our country."
The tour has received sponsorship from The James Beattie Charitable Trust, fbc Manby Bowdler Solicitors, Wolverhampton Partners in Progress and the city's six Rotary Clubs – Bilston & Wolverhampton East, Tettenhall, Wednesfield, Willenhall, Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton St George's.
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Tickets for the Wolverhampton concert are priced £7 each. To book call: 01902 558105. Tickets may also be on sale on the door, subject to availability.
