Cinemagic and Ulster Youth Chor Presents 'Dominic Peckham' Voice Masterclass

The Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People will open and close on a high note, with a special preview screening of the new laugh out loud comedy PITCH PERFECT (Universal Pictures)  on Monday 19th November, at 7pm in Odyssey Cinemas. Tickets are available at www.odysseycinemas.co.uk.

And on the final day of the Festival (29th Nov) the corridors of Belfast City Hall will be filled with the sound of music as highly acclaimed Ulster Youth Choir Training Conductor Dominic Peckham,  will be hosting a very special masterclass for young people which will bring participants on a journey of vocal discovery!

Learn about the science of sound and how the voice can be used to create special effects similar to those used in some of the big screens recent block-busters.  In this workshop, participants will work together to create a unique soundtrack using only the voice and all its possibilities. Participants will have the opportunity to perform their original piece of music to a 500 strong audience at the Coca-Cola Cinemagic Gala Awards ceremony on the evening of 29th November.

Dominic is regarded as one of the UK’s finest ambassadors of choral music, both in performance and through his critically acclaimed educational work, with Music Teacher Magazine calling him 'The Jamie Oliver of singing!'

A scholar of Chetham’s School of Music and The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he is Assistant Musical Director of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Director of The Ulster Youth Training Choir, Patron of The Voice Festival UK and Artistic Director and Founder of iSingUK – The Schools Choral Workshops Tour.

He is in demand both at home and abroad as a guest conductor, adjudicator, workshop director, beat-boxer, vocal collaborator and presenter for a variety of choral training and educational programmes.

Recent appointments include workshop director for The Trinity Guildhall Open University CPD Programme, Workshop Director for BBC Choir Of The Year, and Workshop Director for Music for Youth.

Previous posts include Musical Director of The Edinburgh Singers, The Merchant Voices, Edinburgh Youth Choir, Chorusmaster and Associate Conductor of 2x2 Opera, Director of the CBSO Youth Chorus, Guest Musical Director of The National Youth Training Choir of Scotland and Assistant Chorusmaster for The Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Dominic combines these positions with a career as a Tenor in the Chorus of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden peforming alongside the world’s most distinguished singers and conductors. He made his Royal Opera solo debut as “Dominic Gent’ in the world premier of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s “Anna Nicole’ under Sir Antonio Pappano.

His conducting credits include: the world premier of Oliver Searle’s Pride, Poverty and Pianos for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Mass in C for The Edinburgh Singers and Orchestra, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ensemble, The National Police Federation Memorial Service for The British Federation of Youth Orchestras and Chorusmaster for The Voice at the BBC Proms.

As a Chorusmaster, Dominic has prepared for Stephane Deneve, the late Richard Hickox OBE, Bernard Labadie, Simon Halsey, Christopher Bell, Vassily Sinaisky, Sir David Willcocks, Lorin Maazel, Stefan Bevier and John Rutter CBE.

Recent engagements include: Forging Ahead for The National Youth Training Choirs of Great Britain and The National Youth Jazz Collective (Barbican, London) including the world premier of Dominic’s Mash’d, Guest Director of Londinium Voices (Natural History Museum, London), Guest Chorusmaster for Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light for CBS Youth Chorus (Birmingham Symphony Hall), Mahler’s Symphony 3 for Vassily Sinaisky and The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester), Workshop Director of The Big Sing for The Music for Youth Festival 2011 (Birmingham Symphony Hall), SingUp for Boys’ Voices (Wigmore Hall, London), VFUK’s Olympic Flashmob (Millenium Bridge, London), the critically acclaimed premier of Dominic’s latest unique arrangement Star Spangled as part of NYCGB’s Worldsong performance (The Royal Albert Hall, London), Olympic Voices (Ipswich Corn Exchange).

Future engagements include: preparation for The Philharmonia Chorus’ forthcoming season, the creation of The Royal Opera Youth Chorus (Thurrock), T-Sing 2012 for Hampshire Music Service and a collaboration with Schlomo as Vocal Director of Downhill, part of The Genius of Hitchcock Season (BFI, London) and The National Music for Youth Season 2013. 

TO BOOK PLACES ON THIS MASTERCLASS EMAIL [email protected] OR TELEPHONE 028 90 311 900.

Date: Thursday 29th November

Time: 10am-1pm (Please note there is a rehearsal time of 1pm-2pm for the Gala Awards ceremomy performance and participants wishing to perform at this are required from 6pm-8pm in Belfast City Hall. Additional details will be issued on registration.

Venue: Belfast City Hall

12-25 year olds

£5 per person