Three choirs (She Choir – Manchester, Infant Hercules – Stockton and Commoners Choir – Yorkshire), following three separate routes will fill the streets with song before gathering in one unified chorus.
Trailblazing
Follow the rousing voices of three choirs as they make their way along separate city centre routes before joining together in an uplifting chorus at Performance Square, Sage Gateshead.
Painting a musical picture of life in the North, the performance comprises a trio of very different choirs with passionate links to their hometowns of Manchester, Leeds and Stockton.
With songs composed by Boff Whalley – formerly of pop band Chumbawamba – Trailblazing not only celebrates the diversity of the North, but also emphasises how much its regions have in common.
It’s a gathering of different places, histories and dialects – a harmonic bringing together of identity and place.
ALL THREE CHOIRS SINGING TOGETHER
X1 – 2pm • northern Stage, Newcastle University. The starting point for all three choirs singing together
X2 – 5pm • Central Station. The final performance, all three choirs singing together.
INFANT HERCULES, WALKING ON THE INNOVATION TRAIL
H1 – 3pm • Urban Sciences building, Newcastle Helix
H2 – 4pm • Times Square (outside)
SHE CHOIR, WALKING ON THE ARTS TRAIL
S1 – 3pm • Grey’s Monument, Grainger Street
S2 – 4pm • St Nicholas Cathedral (inside)
COMMONERS CHOIR, WALKING ON THE DESIGN TRAIL
C1 – 3pm • The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street
C2 – 4pm • The Toffee Factory, Walker Road