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International Voices

Youth Music Voices is a major new project providing 16-21 year olds with the opportunity to join in and celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through singing.

All images: International Youth Music Voices rehearsal - Photographer: Matt Grayson

Youth Music Voices 2008

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Youth Music Voices is a major new project providing 16-21 year olds with the opportunity to join in and celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through singing. One hundred and twenty young people from the broadest cultural mix across the UK will be working together as the Youth Music Voices Ensemble – a youth vocal ensemble unlike any other in the UK. The young singers will produce vibrant and exciting music throughout the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Working closely with Youth Music, Sing Up and other partners, the British Council, through the Connecting Classrooms programme, has developed an international component of this project. International Voices brings schools and artists in the UK together with schools and artists from around the world to write, learn and perform specially commissioned songs and will invite some of the most talented international performers to the UK for the London 2012 Festival.

Warm Up for the Games

For schools in UK and around the world who are interested in doing projects around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we have created a ‘Warm up for the Games’ section on our Schools Online website. There are project ideas and activities for you to use in your classroom or with your partner school. If you don’t have a partner school, find out how to Twin for 2012!

Get Set Goes Global

If you are from the UK, through London 2012’s Get Set goes global programme, you’re invited to learn about how sport and the Olympic Games bring the world together.

Are you from outside the UK?

The official London 2012 International Education Programme offers learning resources about the London 2012 Games in English, French and Spanish. These resources are available for schools from around the world.

The British Council global programme inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Big Dance, BT River of Music, English for the Games, International Inspiration, International Showcase, International Voices, Poetry Parnassus, Unlimited, The Changing Room, World Olympic Dreams, World Shakespeare Festival and World Stages