AmaSing We Rise
Chester Cathedral 2026
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We are thrilled to welcome your school to AmaSing We Rise 2026 — a powerful creative journey celebrating Black voices, culture, and identity through music, dance, art, and drama.
Your pupils will learn a collection of well-known songs alongside one brand-new collaboratively composed piece, created by children with our professional creative team.
The project supports creativity, wellbeing, mental health, confidence, and curriculum learning across Music, PSHE, and Creative Arts.
📅 Chester Cathedral Performance Dates
Each school is allocated one performance date only:
- Monday 29 June 2026
- Tuesday 30 June 2026
- Wednesday 1 July 2026
Art Workshops linked to performance dates:
- Monday 29 June 2 March
- Tuesday 30 June 9 March
- Wednesday 1 July 16 March
(Schools listed under each date remain unchanged from your allocation list.)
School rotas
Mon 29th June
- Childer Thornton
- St Mary’s of The Angels
- The Oaks
- Hoole CE
- St Clares
- Lache
- Mill View
- Shocklach
- Upton Heath
- Boughton
- Eccleston
- Saighton
- Alvanley & Manley
Tues 30th June
- St Theresas
- Black Lane
- Guilden Sutton
- St Chads
- Saughall
- Chester Blue Coats
- Westwood
- Tattenhall
- Capenhurst
- Sant Dunawd
- Borras Park
- Parklands
Wed 1st July
- Rossmore
- Whitby Heath
- Meadow
- St Lukes
- Kingsley St Johns
- Wolverham
- Highfield
- Witton Walk CE
- Waverton
- Woodlands
- Sutton Green
- St Oswalds
Workshop schedule
JANUARY
23 January – Composing Workshop
- Venue: Waverton Primary School
- Participants: 2 children per school
MARCH
2 / 3 / 4 March – Art Workshops
- Venue: The Oaks Primary School
- Participants: 2 children per school
(Your school attends on the date linked to your Cathedral performance day.)
9 March – Chester Dance Workshop
- Venue: Lache Primary School
- Participants: 2 children per school
APRIL
23 April – Drama Workshop
- Venue: Guilden Sutton Primary School
- Led by: The Literacy Company
- Time: 9:15am–12:30pm
- Participants: 2 children per school
COUNTDOWN TO AMASING CHESHIRE
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🕒 Plan of the Day – Chester Cathedral Shows
- Arrive at school as normal
- Travel to Chester Cathedral for 2:00pm
- Rehearsal with live band: 2:30–5:00pm
- Tea break: 5:00pm
- Packed tea in a disposable bag
- Children may eat in the refectory
- Optional film shown at 5:30pm
- Schools may also take children off-site under their own risk assessment
- Return to positions: 6:15pm
- Doors open: 6:30pm
- Performance: 6:50–8:00pm
- Children leave with school staff
- Collections must happen outside the Cathedral grounds or back at school under your risk assessment
AmaSing Chester Enquiry
Once Upon a Musical Concert
AmaSing: Once Upon a Musical is coming to Chester Racecourse Wednesday 18th November 2026 – and it’s set to be an unforgettable night of music, energy and joy.
Highly Commended at the Diverse Cumbria Awards! 🎉
We’re delighted to share that our 2025 collaborative music project with Cumbria Music Hub has been Highly Commended
Amasing Musical Tots
Come and join us in a safe and welcoming atmosphere for bags of fun, musical mayhem and movement which will get your little ones exploring and being creative using music and dance.