Currently celebrating its silver jubliee, Music for
Youth, which organises the Schools Prom, has just held its largest ever programme of regional festivals. This spring, over 50,000 young people, aged from 4 to 21, took part in a total of 42 festivals up and down the country. Richard Stilgoe presents highlights of the regional auditions held at centres in Bedworth,
Cwmbran, Liverpool, London and Reading. With performances ranging from choirs to ceilidh bands, guitar orchestras to gamelan.
Producer Jane Ward