We have volunteers from the AHSArts&Culture here today helping out!

The Jack Lyons Concert Hall looks fantastic!

The York Schools Choral Festival is beginning! Schools are slowly making their way in 😁 AHSArts&Culture

The view from the mixing deck 👀 Rehearsals sounding beautiful! AHSArts&Culture

❤️ Beautiful rehearsal from some visitors

Absolutely joyous afternoon York Music Hub Choral Festival 2023. Well done to all of the schools involved and to the phenomenal Molly Newton 🎼❤️

Festival Day 1 done! Thank you to everyone who took part and volunteered :) 😁

What a fantastic first day! 🎶 Well done - Lord Deramore’s Senior Choir, Vale of York Academy, Clifton with Rawcliffe (The CwR Stars), Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy choir, Tadcaster Grammar School, Clifton Green Primary Young Voices, Huntington Secondary!

Good morning all! York Schools Choral Festival Day 2 is beginning!

Thank you to yesterday’s schools: Lord Deramore’s Senior Choir Vale of York Academy Clifton with Rawcliffe (The CwR Stars) Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy choir Tadcaster Grammar School Clifton Green Primary Young Voices Huntington Secondary

Welcome to today’s schools: St Aelred's Primary School St Lawrence's CE VA Primary Academy Dringhouses School Choir Joseph Rowntree School show choir. Hempland Sing and Sign Choir Hempland Primary School Archbishop Holgate’s School Hob Moor School Poppleton Road Primary School

Looking forward to welcoming parents and guardians to watch this afternoon’s performance. They are in for a treat!!

Songs are sounding good! Joseph Rowntree are currently rehearsing their song, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol 😊

Hempland move us with their rehearsal, singing and signing!

We danced with St Lawrence’s as they smashed Livin’ on a Prayer 😎

York Schools Choral Festival 2023 - day 2! 🎶

Some great banners are being made by our schools! @Poppleton_Road, Dringhouses Primary School | York, @HemplandPrimary

A great second day!! Thanks again to the AHSArts&Culture volunteers 😊

Two full days of choral festival DONE ✅ over 500 children involved and incredible singing from everyone! Well done all! York Choral Festival ‘23! @JRowntreeSchool AHS Music hobmoor_primary @HemplandPrimary @stlaws_school @AelredSt Dringhouses Primary School | York @Poppleton_Road Pathfinder MAT #sing

It was great to hear the fantastic singing of over 500 children from 16 schools across Yorkshire! A huge well done to Molly Newton, Buffy Breakwell, workshop leaders - Caroline, Sarah, Sean, Bethan, Laura, Olivia and students from AHSArts&Culture that helped the event run! 🎶