This junior choir is based at Smithils School in Bolton where the children are taught music from year 7 to 11. They take part in school performances and have also taken part in events outside the school such as community events and in competition.
In the recording studio the choir performed with other chidren’s choirs on on The Christmas Album in 2000 by the tenor singer Roberto Alagna. They have also bee heard singing with Robert Alagna on the compilation albums Notre-Dame: Les Plus Grands Airs De La Musique Sacree and Musique Sacree issued in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Roberto Alagna recordings
Adeste Fidelis (Frederick Oakeley/John Francis Wade)
EMI 57017 (CD: The Christmas Album)
Arranger – Thomas Greatorex
Conductor – Robin Smith
Tenor – Roberto Alagna
London Symphony Orchestra
New London Children’s Choir
Smithills School Junior Choir
London Oratory School Choir
Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge
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