The Ulster Youth Choir relies on both public and private funding to continue to provide and develop quality training and performance opportunities for the best of Northern Ireland’s young singers. Supporters who become a Friend of the Ulster Youth Choir receive benefits including a newsletter and complimentary performance tickets.
We are infinitely grateful to the following for their continued financial support of our work:
Funding Bodies:
Arts Council of Northern Ireland - National Lottery Fund
Fujitsu
Esme Mitchell Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
Ulster Garden Villages Ltd
Hazelwood Integrated College
Larne Grammar School
Our Lady & St Patrick's College, Knock
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Sacred Heart Grammar School
Wallace High School
Support for individual members:
Agri-food & Biosciences Institute Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch Ballyclare High School Cequel Projects Craigavon Borough Council Dominican College, Belfast Erne Integrated College Stephen Forster Dental Surgeon Hazelwood Integrated College JJB Kitchens & Bedrooms P A Kealey Solicitor Larne Grammar School Loreto Grammar School Philmarie McAlea Mrs P Mulligan |
Newtownabbey Borough Council Northern Bank Omagh District Council Our Lady & St Patrick's College, Knock Our Lady's Grammar School, Newry Portadown Male Voice Choir Regent House Grammar School SELB Youth Service St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon St Patrick's High School, Keady St Paul's High School, Bessbrook The Royal School, Armagh (Music Dept) |
Friends of of the Ulster Youth Choir
Northern Ireland's National Youth Choir needs its friends and you can contribute to the ongoing training of some of the province's best young singers through UYC's residential courses, concert tours, CD recordings, workshops in schools and conducting apprenticeship schemes by becoming our friend. The benefits you can receive from the Friend's scheme are as follows:
| Bronze Membership (£25) |
| Receive an annual newsletter and advance notification about UYC performances. |
| Silver Membership (£50) |
| As Bronze plus one complimentary ticket to a UYC performance of your choice. |
| Gold Membership (£100) |
| As Bronze plus 2 complimentary tickets to a UYC performance of your choice and the opportunity to attend an open rehearsal during a UYC residential course. |
| Platinum Membership (£250) |
| As Bronze plus 2 complimentary tickets to each UYC performance (up to 4 per year) and the opportunity to attend at least one open rehearsal during a UYC residential course. |
| Sponsor a Section (£500) |
| As Bronze plus 2 complimentary tickets to each UYC performance (up to 4 per year), the opportunity to attend at least one open rehearsal during a UYC residential course and a dinner with the sectional and conducting staff. |
To join the Friends of the Ulster Youth Choir scheme please fill in a donation form and send to:
Ulster Youth Choir
Cathedral Quarter Managed Workspace
109-113 Royal Avenue
Belfast BT1 1FF
Tel: +44 28 9023 1414 or email: manager@uyc.co.uk
Our Friends 2010 - 2011
| Sponsor a Section/Platinum | Silver | |
Mr & Mrs Hugh & Margaret Crossey Mr Brian Garrett Mr John Hannaway Mr Stephen Kingon Mr Lester Manley Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Ruddock Mr Jim Smith |
Mr & Mrs Brian & Myrtle Agus Mr Frederick G Bell Dr Paul Berry Mr Henry Eric Boyce Mrs Clare Kelly Mr G Maurice Carson Mr John Crothers Mr Samuel Norman Devlin Mr Eamonn Donaghy Ms Eleanor Eyre-Maunsell Mr Arthur Henderson Mrs Deirdre Lavery Mrs Joan McMichael Mr Stratton Mills Mr Leslie Mitchell Mr & Mrs Leonard & Ruth Pugh OBE Mr Desmond Rea Mr Peter Thompson |
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| Gold | Bronze | |
Mr & Mrs Johon & Heather Adrain Mr & Mrs Derick & Vivien Allen Leslie Best Mrs Elizabeth Bicker Mrs Violet Campbell Mr David James Clements Bronach Doyle Mr Gerald Gilpin Mr Sam Goldblatt Gosford Investments Mrs May Gracey CM & HR Graham Mr Sean Hagan Mr Alan McKeown Mr Enda McLErnon Mr Philip Price Dr Howard Thomson Mr David Watters |
Mr David Barron Bel Canto School of Singing Mrs Maureen Clark Mrs Patricia Gray Mr Dick Mackenzie CB Pat McAlinden |
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| Special thanks to | ||
Belfast Music Supplies City of Belfast School of Music Paul MCabrey (McCabrey Design) National Youth Choirs of Great Britain SELB Music Service Stanley Foreman & Martin Surginor (Ulster Youth Orchestra) Admin Support: Mark Poxon |
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