Musical Youth ; the World's Largest Children's Music Festival Hits Birmingham Next Week. Terry Grimley Sets the Scene

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More than 10,000 young musicians aged between four and 21 will descend on Birmingham next week for the biggest celebration of youth and music in the calendar.

The 35th National Festival of Music for Youth has been dislodged from its usual home on London's South Bank by the major redevelopment here, and London's loss is Birmingham's gain. The event is being staged here ss part of the city's Urban Fusion programme.

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Musical Youth ; the World's Largest Children's Music Festival Hits Birmingham Next Week. Terry Grimley Sets the Scene

Every kind of musical activity from classical orchestras to jazz, brass bands to bhangra, choral music to rock, will be represented over six days of performance in three venues: Symphony Hall, the Adrian Boult Hall an...

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