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Votes on BBC's The Voice fund music project in Grimsby

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IF YOU'VE ever voted for a contestant on The Voice, then your money has helped fund a music project in Grimsby that will be featured on the hit TV show.

Money from the programme's voting lines has helped fund 19 musical projects across the country, including bringing BBC Music Fellow Ben Crick to Grimsby Minster.

The conductor is running five projects across North East Lincolnshire, one of which has been filmed for The Voice live shows and is due to be screened either this Saturday or on June 15.

Lee Beckett, who is arts and events officer for Grimsby Minster, said the venue secured £10,000 from The Voice to help bring Ben to Grimsby, as well as a further £6,000 from the Arts Council for an orchestral project.

He added: "We are delighted that Ben has come here to help bring music to different sections of the community and to promote what is on offer here at the Minster. It's a great opportunity for us to engage new people in music, particularly working in local schools to instill a passion in music from a young age."

Ben's projects include helping GCSE students at Humberston Academy create a composition as part of their assessment, which will be performed at the Minster on July 11.

He has also created a choir of NHS employees and will be teaching local primary schools Peter And The Wolf.

On August 23, there will be a performance at the venue conducted by Ben and uniting his hometown orchestra, Skipton Building Society Camerata, with Grimsby Symphony Orchestra.

The fifth project, which was filmed by a camera crew for The Voice on Monday, is a choir made up of users and staff of Roundabout – a project for recovering substance addicts – and EMpower – which helps rehabilitate former convicts.

April Hillyar, 41, from Grimsby, is a substance misuse worker at Roundabout.

She said: "I've always enjoyed singing and thought I was pretty good when I was belting along to Motown classics and doing the housework! The choir is great because Ben encourages everyone to have fun and do their best without putting any pressure on you.

"The BBC doesn't film in Grimsby every day so it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be recorded for The Voice."

Soo Faircloth, 51, from Cleethorpes, is a volunteer at Roundabout.

She added: "I've been watching The Voice and can't wait to see the bit they filmed here on the live shows.

"My children say I'm not a very good singer, but I really enjoy it!"

You can find out more about Ben's work in Grimsby by following him on Twitter @benconductor

Votes on BBC's The Voice fund music project in Grimsby


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