Bute House Choir Festival

The annual Bute House Choir Festival takes place every summer in the Hammersmith Town Hall with two hundred and fifty children from local Hammersmith schools enjoying a day of fun singing together.

The aim of the day is to bring together children in the local area to share and enjoy the experience of singing in a friendly and supportive environment.  We believe that events such as this one enable all our children to develop a sense of belonging in the community. The festival also provides them with an opportunity to work and thrive alongside children from different backgrounds in order that a sense of community cohesion can be developed. 

The days begins with rehearsals and ends with a concert to which parents and staff from all the participating schools are invited.

Aims

The Explore programme is our big tent of activities, programmes and partnerships with local schools. Bute House Explore reaches out to all primary schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and beyond with programmes and activities to enrich learning across the curriculum and beyond. We give a space to children for their personal growth and learning through creative experiences and enhanced learning.

All the Bute House staff team are involved in delivering Explore. Staff members give up time to
commit their expertise and talent to creating the best experiences for the children who participate.

The Choir Festival involves many children, bringing them together to enjoy a big community singing experience, supported by professional musicians, professional stage set up and support and giving them a chance to share in a performance with an audience.

Background

As part of our established and developed Explore programme, we are constantly seeking new ways to engage with our local schools, using resources and expertise we can uniquely provide. Based on feedback, discussions and requests with the Senior Leadership Teams of our local schools, we developed the enrolment procedures and a teaching programme that would be of benefit to the children and schools involved.

This programme has run every year to great success since the Summer Term.

Resources

Specialist teachers give their time and expertise to design, deliver and review the event working closely external professional musicians and choreographers to deliver a fantastic experience on the day. We pay for and equip the venue with professional staging.