Sheffield Schools – Join us for One Voice Christmas 2025!
Sheffield Schools – Join us for One Voice Christmas 2025!
We are thrilled to invite you to take part in One Voice Christmas 2025, a festive singing celebration organised by Sheffield Music Hub for KS2 classes and choirs. Schools are welcome to bring as many classes as they wish, or to participate with their choir or singing club. Featuring a vibrant and varied repertoire, this year’s festival promises something for every child to enjoy
We’re excited to announce that One Voice Christmas 2025 will be held at Victoria Hall. It is going to sound mega in those acoustics!
This project empowers teachers to lead their classes in singing and provides children with the fantastic opportunity to come together with hundreds of other children from across Sheffield for an inspiring performance at Victoria Hall. Tickets will be available for families for £5 to watch their children perform.
Dates & Times
- In-Person CPD Session (for all participating teachers)
Date: Monday 29th September 4 - 6pm
Location: The Foundry Studios, 3 Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS - Live Online Singing Sessions (for all participating pupils)
Dates TBC - Performance Day
Tuesday 2nd December, 10:00am – 2:30pm
Location: Victoria Hall, Sheffield
Festival Overview
The project begins with an in-person CPD session led by Kate Shipway, one of our Vocal Music Leaders. This fun and supportive session will guide teachers through the festival songs at The Foundry Studios.
Teachers will then lead their classes in rehearsing the songs using the provided resources, including sheet music, lyrics, rehearsal tracks, and backing tracks.
In the weeks leading up to the performance, Kate will host two live YouTube sessions to support schools with their preparations. These can be watched live or on demand.
On performance day, schools will gather at Victoria Hall for a morning rehearsal, followed by an afternoon performance.
We are proud to renew our partnership with The Linking Network for One Voice Christmas 2025. The Linking Network inspires and equips schools to support children and young people in building meaningful connections with children from other schools and backgrounds.
What is 'Linking'? Linking involves sharing time and experiences with people from different backgrounds, such as socioeconomic status, nationality, faith, age, or other characteristics. To reduce prejudice and challenge stereotypes, effective linking requires careful thought and preparation. Rooted in research around intergroup contact, linking provides opportunities for meaningful positive social contact.
As part of this festival The Linking Network will facilitate opportunities for linking, such as practicing songs with other schools or engaging in collaborative games on the One Voice performance day.
Cost
- £300 per class(up to 34 students)
- £250 for each additional class(£50 discount)
If travel cost is an issue, please get in touch with MusicHubProjects@sheffield.gov.uk. The Linking Network have offered to provide bursaries to help with travel costs.
How to Apply
Due to unprecedented high demand we are nearing full capacity for One Voice Christmas 2025. We are currently gathering numbers from the schools that have applied so that we can determine whether we have space for any additional schools. Therefore, we have had to pause the main application form. If you would like to sign up for One Voice, please use this expression of interest form. We will then say yes to more schools on a first-come, first-served basis.
We look forward to another amazing One Voice festival. If you have any questions, please contact Kate at kate.shipway@sheffield.gov.uk.
