BYCPO - Brent Youth Concert Pops Orchestra

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BMS Tutor in Charge - Caroline Gardner - caroline.gardner.bms@gmail.com - 07860 342701

Rehearsal Dates 2025/26

Lycée Internationale de Londres Winston Churchill, 54 Forty Lane, Wembley, HA9 9LY (Please use the entrance on Kings Dr.)

Sunday 21st Sept - 1-5pm, normal rehearsal

Sunday 5th Oct - 1-5pm, normal rehearsal

Sunday 19th Oct - 1-5pm, play day with Pops (invites to schools & colleges)

Sunday 9th Nov - 1-5pm, Les Mis rehearsal with Stuart Morley (West End MD)

Sunday 30th Nov - 1-5pm, normal rehearsal

Dec - No Rehearsal

Sunday 11th Jan - normal rehearsal

Sunday 25th Jan - normal rehearsal

Sunday 8th Feb - normal rehearsal

Sunday 1st Mar - Pops & BYV concert, venue & timings tbc

Sunday 19th Apr - normal rehearsal

Sunday 17th May - normal rehearsal

Sunday 21st Jun - normal rehearsal

Sunday 5th Jul - Summer concert - timings & venue tbc

Uniform Requirements

Boys:-

Long sleeve black shirt, black trousers, BMS tie, black socks and black shoes.

Girls:-

Black shirt/blouse, black skirt (below knee when sat down) or trousers, black tights/socks and black shoes. Black dresses are also permitted within the following guidelines: they must cover shoulders, sit below the knee when sat down and cover tops of arms. Dresses and blouses must not have a low cut neckline. BMS tie is optional for girls if they are not wearing a shirt.

BMS Ties – if you have one, please bring it. If you need one we can lend you one on the day.

NOT PERMITTED:-

Jeans, Leggings, Cords, Chinos

Trainers, Shoes with white or other colours on them

Pinafore Dresses

Anyone not following this dress code will not be permitted to perform on the stage. If you have any questions, please ask. We do not want to be in the position of not allowing pupils to perform if they arrive with unsuitable clothing.

Pete Harrison - Musical Director of the Brent Youth Concert Pops Orchestra

Pete studied at the Royal College of Music before his conducting career started in London’s West End with Crazy For You (Prince Edward Theatre), Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (Dominion Theatre) and Lautrec (Theatre Royal, Plymouth and Shaftesbury Theatre).

He is a regular guest conductor and presenter with many orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the New Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Novaya Rossiya), the Ulster Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

His work with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra includes their Last Night of the Christmas Proms concerts since 2010 as well as their regular series of film music concerts including Heroes & Superheroes (1 & 2), Heroes & Aliens, Heroes & Legends and Heroes & Monsters. Past concerts include their Classic FM live concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Symphonic Queen, Chilled Out Classics, Abba Spectacular, Disco Symphonic Spectacular, Symphonic 80s and Symphonic Pink Floyd.

Pete is also a regular conductor and presenter for Raymond Gubbay Ltd. Past concerts include Spectacular Classics, The Best of Bond, Zimmer v. Williams, Star Wars and Beyond – A Space Spectacular, Abba Classics, New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts, Last Night of the Summer Proms and Superheroes at the Symphony.

Studio work includes the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at the Smecky Music Studios Prague as well as the BBC and regular UK session work. Pete is regularly in the studio with composers Adam Saunders & Mark Cousins.

Education work includes the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales, Kent County Youth Orchestra, Berkshire Youth Symphony Orchestra for Berkshire Maestros and the Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Orchestra of Wells Cathedral School.

He is the Musical Director of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Voices based in Southampton, partnered with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

www.peteharrison.biz @PeteBHarrison