BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2008

Alice Halstead, a 16 year old choir girl at St Alphege Church, Solihull, won the coveted title of BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2008 in front of an audience of over 1,000 people in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in October 2008.

Her year of being BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2008 was full of amazing experiences and she has had so many incredible opportunities. She has appeared several times on BBC One Songs of Praise and featured in many national radio broadcasts.

Her first recording experience was on Karl Jenkins' album Stella Natalis for EMI Classics, which was Number 1 for four weeks in the Specialist Classical Chart.

Alice attends King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham and the Birmingham Junior Conservatoire. She is one of the youngest members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and sings in Ex Cathedra’s Academy of Vocal Music.

This summer she is singing with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain at the National Festival of Music for Youth on Tuesday 6th July at Birmingham's Symphony Hall and at Coventry Cathedral on Saturday 28th August. In between she will be away on an exciting World Challenge trip to Mongolia and then back to start her A Level courses.