Staff Blog - Beth Hodgson

Blog post:

With the 2017/2018 NMPAT year coming to an end, a tour for both the CYO and CYCH seems a fitting way to finish. Both groups have excelled themselves this year through rehearsals, performances and multiple world premieres.

Coming on tour is both exhausting and exhilarating for staff and students alike. Travelling on the coach is not a pleasant way to cross Europe and at the end of the journey over 130 people must all find the energy to check in to a hotel quickly and quietly.

From that moment however the true professionalism of our students was apparent. Every concert, coach journey and mass meal has seen them come together full of fun and class...(Mostly!)

Directing the choir is the highlight of my week and year. We instinctively know each other’s highs and lows and I am incredibly proud to know and help them perform to the standard they have this week. They help me ground myself in the most important aspect of our roles at NMPAT: our students Music making with a little love and joy mixed in.

To all the leavers of 2018, find your happy place wherever life takes you. To our returning members, enjoy your rest... NMPAT’s 50th Birthday awaits!

With my thanks, Beth.Les mer