Dartford Grammar School, July 2023

Looking forward to welcoming across the young musicians from Dartford Grammar School in July. A large group comprising both orchestra and choir will be based in central Rouen for their tour, the ‘city of one hundred bell towers’.

As well as performing at the prestigious Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen, the baroque cathedral that inspired Claude Monet in a series of famous paintings, they will also visit Le Bec-Hellouin nearby, regularly voted as one of the ‘Plus Beaux Villages de France’.

Honfleur will be a second location for the group to explore, with a lunchtime concert shared with the young musicians from Yarm School who are also visiting at this time, plus local young musicians from the Ecole de Musique ‘Erik Satie’ d’Honfleur.

The students can let off steam with an afternoon of aerial trekking at Parc Viking Aventure, plus a visit of the safari-style zoo Cerza.

We hope that everyone has a great time!