Recordings National Youth Choir Recordings Celebrates 10 Years! October 2025 marks 10 years since National Youth Choir Recording's first releases, Agincourt Song and Voices for Today. To celebrate, we've created a short documentary featuring singers, composers and collaborators telling the story of our recording label and what it means to them. National Youth Choir Recordings was established in 2015. It shows the full breadth of music sung by the UK's finest young singers aged 9-25 as well as our Fellowship Ensemble and alumni. Get in touch To find out more about our recordings, please contact [email protected]Most of the recordings released on National Youth Choir Recordings are available for licensing. For more information, please click here. back to All Recordings Explore our work Our recordings & commissions The Journey of a Butterfly The Journey of a Butterfly Millicent B. JamesNational Youth Choir (15-18 Years)James Botcher (Whistler)Olivia Shotton (Conductor)Released 2025-08-22NYCR-0129 A thrilling premiere recording of a new piece written by one of the UK's brightest young composers, Millicent B. James, who is an alumna of National Youth Choir's Young Composers programme. Featuring Fellowship alumnae Olivia Shotton (conductor) and James Botcher (whistler). This is a deeply uplifting performance, delivered by the fine young singers of National Youth Choir (15-18 Years), and is full of catchy melodies & dance-like rhythms - it will leave you feeling ready to tackle the world!With thanks to Steinberg Media Technologies (Dorico) for their kind support of this commission. Listen now Spotify Track list 1. The Journey of a Butterfly (Millicent B. James) - 05:03Recorded at Queen Margaret's School, Escrick (2024-08-24) Production Team Producer: Josh QuinlanEngineer: David Jones Performers National Youth Choir (15-18 Years)James Botcher (Whistler)Olivia Shotton (Conductor) Soloists: Alyza Z.Hannah W.Mindi V.Ellie R. Manage Cookie Preferences