The Friday Afternoons Big Sing at Snape Maltings is the home event of the Friday Afternoons project. During our Friday Afternoons Big Sing events at Snape Maltings, we fill the Concert Hall with young people from across Suffolk. Children and teachers gather together to sing through a selection of songs as part of a massed choir.

Friday Afternoons Big Sing 2024
Friday Afternoons Big Sing 2024 took place on Friday 22 November 2024, and we would like to warmly congratulate all who took part.

You can watch this special performance below, including interviews with the songwriting schools.

Friday Afternoons Big Sing 2025 – Friday 21^st November 2025

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The full timeline for how to apply to be a part of our next Big Sing will be announced on Tuesday 22 April (first day back to school after the Easter holidays), so please check back then for information.

Group Singing

If you’re wanting to try out some new repertoire for your school group or youth choir please visit our “Sing It” page, where you can access downloadable resources including lyrics, scores and backing tracks.

Songwriting

We can support you with your ambition to compose your own song with your group!
Head to our “Make It” page for downloadable resources and easy how-to videos to get you started.

Contact Us
You can contact the team anytime on community@brittenpearsarts.org – we always love to hear what your groups are up to.

Happy singing!

The Big Sing is made possible with the generous support of corporate, Trust & Foundation and individual supporters. To find out more visit our Thank You page.

Kindly supported by O&C Butcher.

On Friday the 22 November Snape Maltings Concert Hall hosted students and teachers from schools across Suffolk, to perform a range of songs composed specially for the Friday Afternoons project.

The Friday Afternoons Big Sing in 2023 celebrated the 10th anniversary of our Friday Afternoons project. Young people performed 7 songs from this year's collection of songs, including pieces by Roderick Williams, YolanDa Brown, Alexander Campkin, Charlotte Harding, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Alice Zawadzki and Kerry Andrew, as well a piece from Benjamin Britten's original set. All songs released were co-written with young people and have a theme of identity, amplifying their thoughts and feelings on life and the world around them.

On Friday 18 November 2022, 700 young people from 20 schools across Suffolk gathered in Snape Maltings Concert Hall to take part in the Friday Afternoons Big Sing, led by Nicholas Chalmers and Ula Weber. They sang a selection of songs from the Friday Afternoons song bank, including brand new releases from our Dragon Songs collection. These were written by Joanna Lee with text by Andy Shepherd, author of the series of books The Boy Who Grew Dragons.