The York Proms Podcast

#2 Soapy Productions sound company discuss their recent brush with fame

Welcome back to the York Proms podcast, hosted by event founder, Rebecca Newman. In this episode, we chat to Simon and Sophie Hudson, of Soapy Productions, about how they will approach delivering the stages, sound and lighting for the event later this month. They also tell us how they ended up as a central part of recent political history during the UK general election, and how Channel 4 have teamed up with them to raise money for Stand Up for Cancer this autumn by auctioning off the 'general electern'. Listen on for more. Find out more about the York Proms at https://www.yorkproms.com/ Join us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/yorkproms https://www.instagram.com/yorkproms

#1 Musical director and conductor Ben Crick discusses this year's music programme

Welcome to the first episode of The York Proms Podcast where York Proms founder Rebecca Newman discusses the music programme planned for the 2024 event with Ben Crick, the musical director and conductor, as well as chats to Ben about his music career. Hear about Ben's musical party piece - how he can arrange On Ilkey Moor Bar t'At into any song or piece of music - and how he swapped Rugby League of music! Find out more about the event at www.yorkproms.com. Find out more about the York Proms at https://www.yorkproms.com/ Join us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/yorkproms https://www.instagram.com/yorkproms