The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms - Aireville Park, Skipton

Aireville Park, Skipton - Friday 22nd July 2022
7pm -9.30pm

A Music Event for All Ages

The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms is proud to host an evening of Opera, West End hits and classical favourites set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire countryside.

Featuring special guests including Britain’s best known Soprano Lesley Garrett, renowned Tenor and Go-Compare Man himself Mr. Wynne Evans, West End singer and actress Sophie Evans and a host of outstanding young talent from the Royal Northern College of Music.

Accompanying the stellar line up with an imaginative and eclectic mix of classical favourites, film scores and musical medleys, will be the fabulous 60 piece, Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ben Crick.

The evening will end with a fireworks finale and all the proms anthems; including Rule Britannia, Pomp and Circumstance No 1 and Jerusalem.

The show is suitable for all the family and includes all the classical favourites involving plenty of opportunity for audience participation, flag waving and sing along moments.

No seating is provided and seating is not reserved so settle down wherever you want with your own chairs and blankets and enjoy the show. Aireville Park has a natural inclined arena with perfect viewing from every location.

For a full list of Frequently Asked Questions please see our FAQ’s page.

Guest Soloists

Lesley Garrett

Doncaster born Lesley Garrett CBE is Britain’s best known soprano, regularly appearing in opera, music theatre, concert, on television and CD. For more than 30 years she has enjoyed one of the most successful and idiosyncratic careers of any modern-day, classically trained soprano, winning both critical acclaim and the affection of many fans and music lovers through the breadth and diversity of her work. Internationally Lesley has performed throughout Europe, the USA, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea.

Wynne Evans

Wynne Evans is regularly singing to millions for the TV advertising campaign that has made him a household name as the spoof opera star Gio Compario. Although a spoof opera star in the Go Compare insurance adverts, Wynne Evans is a professionally trained opera singer with over 25 years’ experience, and had a debut album ‘A Song in My Heart’ that went to the Number 1 in the classical charts. Born in Carmarthen, Wales, Evans studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.

Sophie Evans

West End star Sophie Evans is a Welsh singer and actress known for appearing in the BBC's Over The Rainbow (2010) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for a Dorothy, in which, out of 10,000 hopefuls, she finished as the runner-up. Sophie has performed in many shows but most recently as Glinda in Wicked on the West end. She has performed in many major venues and arenas around the world, including, the Lyric Theatre on Broadway and The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas with ‘Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance’.

Jane Burnell

Jane is the Coro Nuovo Sussex Young Musician of the Year 2021-2022. She is studying an MMus at the Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Paul Nilon. Prior to this she studied at Leeds Conservatoire under the tutelage of Adriana Festeu where she received The Leeds Rotary Club Music Prize and The Peter Roberts CBE Memorial Prize.

Jane has performed in many opera roles and is a regular concert soloist, performing with choirs and orchestras all across the UK. In 2021 Jane performed for The Great Yorkshire Proms at Harewood House with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra alongside Sir Willard White and Aled Jones.

Sophie Clarke

Sophie is a Mezzo-Soprano, Actor, Compère and Dancer from Liverpool. who has been awarded the Hargreaves and Ball Scholarship to study for a Masters of Music in Classical Singing and Opera at The Royal Northern College of Music. Performance highlights in recent years include being the Alto Soloist in Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and performing as the Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in the latest production of Bernstein’s ‘Mass’.

After a recent successful audition, Sophie is now a member of the RNCM Songsters – a pool of selected singers and pianists who specialise in song repertoire. Theatre and dance credits, amongst many, include tap dancing in the one off charity performance of ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ at The Adelphi Theatre, West End.

Conrad Chatterton

Conrad Chatterton is an English baritone studying with Matthew Best. In 2020, he graduated with a 2:1 (Hons) M.A Geography degree from the University of Aberdeen. Conrad made his operatic debut performing Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen and has since performed the roles of Immigration Officer in Flight, Gianni Schicchiin Gianni Schicchi, Jackie “Tiger” Brown in Threepenny Opera, and Melissoin Alcina. Conrad’s upcoming performances include performing the role of ‘Bartolo’ in Royal Northern College of Music’s Le Nozzedi Figaro, as well as being a Chorister with Grange Park Opera for the 2022 Summer Season. Conrad is generously supported by the Maria Bjornson Memorial Fund.

Zihua Zhang

From Xiamen, Fujian, China, Zihuastudied Musicolologyat JimeiUniversity before moving to England to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Zihuais completing his postgraduate studies as a tenor.

He is studying with Paul Nilon, RNCM Principal Study Tutor and one of Europe's outstanding lyric tenors in a wide ranging repertoire ranging from Montevardito Britten.

Ben Crick

Ben has been working in music for 20 years, mainly as a freelance orchestral conductor and composer. He is a former BBC Music Fellow and has conducted such soloists as Tasmin Little, Peter Donohoe, Nicholas Daniels, Raphael Wallfisch, Lesley Garrett, Sir Willard White, Aled Jones and Dame Emma Kirkby. In 2004 he created Skipton Building Society Camerata, of which he is still the Artistic Director. His compositions and arrangements have been performed at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Wigmore Hall and the Bridgewater Hall to name but a few. Major projects include collaborations with Ian McMillan and Simon Armitage.

He is a staff conductor at the Leeds Conservatoire, has written for BBC Music Magazine, Opera Now and Early Music Today, translated 3 operas and has been a guest contributor for BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4.

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

In 2021, local Skipton-based conductor Ben Crick and Leeds-based concert promoter Jamie Hudson resurrected the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, more than 60 years after it was disbanded, providing a “cultural voice for Yorkshire and the north of England” and re-employing professional musicians whose musical careers had been paused by the COVID-19 crisis. The new orchestra has accompanied many headline acts at a series of major outdoor concerts including a Picnic Proms featuring Alfie Boe, at Harewood House, and Lakeside Live Starring Queen Symphonic at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium, amongst other engagements.

Aireville Park, Skipton - Friday 22nd July 2022
7pm -9.30pm

A Music Event for All Ages

The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms is proud to host an evening of Opera, West End hits and classical favourites set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire countryside.

Guest Soloists

Lesley Garrett

Wynne Evans

Sophie Evans

Jane Burnell

Sophie Clarke

Conrad Chatterton

Zihua Zhang

Ben Crick

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

Earth Day – Making the right moves

On the Yorkshire horizon

Mums the Word

SELFA – Our Official Charity Partner

Random Act of Kindness

Love is in the Aire-ville Park

Ciao Bello

Harmony Restored

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Aireville Park, Skipton - Friday 22nd July 2022 7pm -9.30pm

A Music Event for All Ages

The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms is proud to host an evening of Opera, West End hits and classical favourites set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire countryside.

Guest Soloists

Lesley Garrett

Wynne Evans

Sophie Evans

Jane Burnell

Sophie Clarke

Conrad Chatterton

Zihua Zhang

Ben Crick

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

Partners

Enjoy an amazing experience at The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms 2022

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Aireville Park, Skipton - Friday 22nd July 2022
7pm -9.30pm