Save the date for Live at The Exchange! Friday 11th July 2025
Back for its fifth year, Live at the Exchange showcases talented young singers from in and around Richmond. All accompanied by professional musicians and hosted by Richmond Music Trust, this is an exciting evening of live music performances from Richmond’s creative youth.
For the audition:
- Prepare an excerpt i.e. verse & chorus/chorus & bridge of the song you want to perform at the event.
- Choose a song that will work well with a live band.
- Please make sure your song is appropriate for a youth event.
- Carefully select the part of the song that best demonstrates your talent and ability.
- Please bring a backing track/accompaniment (a piano will be available but you will need to provide your own accompanist). NB. A cappella auditions will not be accepted.
- We will have Bluetooth speakers you can connect to.
- Groups – duets and groups of up to 10 are welcome.
- You can audition for both a solo and group song.
Backing Vocals
If you’d like to be a part of LaTE but not audition to sing a solo just let us know! We feature backing vocals in many of the songs performed – it’s a great way to be involved without being centre-stage. Contact events@richmondmusictrust.org.uk for further information.
Feedback from the 2023 event:
“What an incredible night! Thank you so much for putting on such a wonderful show – a truly memorable evening and an uplifting and inspiring experience for everyone.”
– Parent
” I love working with you and I miss our lessons so much! I definitely couldn’t have become the person I am today without you so I just wanted to share my appreciation. I’m so glad you enjoyed my performance and I just want to thank you and your team for always doing the best you guys can and giving me the opportunities to do events like these. I had so much fun and can’t wait to see what’s coming next.”
– Participant
“Thanks for a brilliant evening and everything you do. We were proud as ever- its fun being in those backing vocals! She was buzzing on the way home, it’s such a great thing to be part of and the standard seems to get higher and higher every year!”
– Parent
“There is so much doom and gloom in the world at the moment, and then you come and see something like this and you feel so uplifted. Thank you for a great show, it was just wonderful.”
– Audience member
“A HUGE thank you for all the work that led to last night’s amazing evening – we were so impressed by the standard of every single one of them, it was a fantastic night, and must have taken such organisation to pull that off!”
– Audience member