Not sure where to post this so may transfer it to the General Forum if there are few responses.

I'm looking to hear from anyone who has/had a child in this choir and to understand if every child in the choir gets to perform in the operas or at the prestigious venues or if only a handful of the best are picked. I'd also like to know if a boy tends to only be asked to take part in the operas if he is a treble.

I'm not sure I can answer you very well..but I do know a bit about the TBC.

In the days of David Squibb I had several ex-primary pupils in the TBC and they got to sing in the most amazing pieces and in the most amazing places.

All of these were extremely able boys with wonderful voices so they did do all the big stuff (including three of them one year in the Magic Flute at Glyndebourne).

I would imagine that it is the best who are picked to do things like Midsummer Night's Dream etc. - by the very nature of the beast surely it has to be the most able who do this high-profile work - but I don't ever remember only seeing 'a handful' taking part. I do think it's the trebles who always seemed the most 'noticed' - however, the mixed choir and the Trinity Choristers were always tremendous, too.

I'm really not sure about how things work these days - I do have a couple of ex-pupils at Trinity but they're not ones I was close to their parents so I don't know the answer, I'm afraid.

Surely you can ask these questions of David Swinson when JMNW goes for his audition?

One of my students is on the staff - but not the music department, so not much help.

I'm a singer, and a I go to trinity school and I have indeed been part of the Trinity Boys choir. In response to your thoughts; it's the best boys that are picked, but also those who have potential, for example some boys will be singing in operas within their first term of attending the school.