Ahoy! has been performed over 60 times so far, in the UK and around the world.
24 June 2013 World Premiere in Portsmouth
This world-premiere musical celebration featured 400 singers of all ages, including children from local schools, alongside The Portsmouth Grammar School Community Choir, The Festival Choir and renowned local performer and comedian Hugh Dennis (‘The Now Show’ and ‘Mock the Week’). Alexander L’Estrange, the composer, performed in the Call Me Al Quintet.
2023 Performances
Wed 8th Feb Devon UK Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon Blundell's School/Call Me Al Jazz Quintet/Andrew Johnson
Sun 19th Feb Leicester UK English Martyrs' Catholic School, Leicester Scratch Orchestra
Thurs 23rd March Somerset UK The Forum, Bath, Somerset Monkton School Choir
Sat 1st April Gloucestershire UK Newent Community School, Newent, Gloucestershire Newent & District Choral Society
Mon 1st May Bucks UK Pigotts Music Camp in Buckinghamshire
Fri 19th May Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City The International Choir of Ho Chi Minh City/Gareth Groves
Sun 4th June Surrey UK Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey Farnham & Bourne Choral Society
Thurs 15th June Austria Evangelische Christuskirche, Innsbruck Chor der Evangelischen Christuskirche Innsbruck/Bach-Kids & Bach-Teens der Johann-Sebastian-Bach Musikschule Innsbruck/Thorsten Weber/Bärbel Weber
Fri 16th June Austria Evangelische Christuskirche, Innsbruck Chor der Evangelischen Christuskirche Innsbruck/Bach-Kids & Bach-Teens der Johann-Sebastian-Bach Musikschule Innsbruck/Thorsten Weber/Bärbel Weber
Sat 24th June London UK King's College School, Wimbledon, London King's College School, Wimbledon
2022 Performances
Sat 15th October Hampshire UK Froxfield Choir, joined by local school choirs in St. Peter’s High Cross
2020 Performances
Wed 25th March Bristol UK Performed by Redmaid’s High School and Bristol Choral Society at Redmaid’s High School, Westbury on Trym, Bristol.
Sun 29th March Reading UK Performed by Bracknell Choral Society at the University of Reading
2019 Performances
Thurs 7th November Manchester UK Performed by Manchester Grammar School, Manchester
2018 Performances
Sat 3rd March London, UK St Mary's Church, Merton, London with the Choir of St Mary's, Merton. Conducted by Helen Smee.
Wed 21st March Cheltenham UK. Performed by Berkhampstead School
Fri 11th May Colorado, USA Performed by Kinnard Middle School Choir at the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Tues 8th May Gateshead UK Performed by Bailiffgate Singers at the Sage, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Sun 24th June Sudbury UK Performed by Sudbury Choral Society and Bures Primary School at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, UK
Sun 24th June Evesham UK Performed by Hanley Voices and Prince Henry's High School at Evesham Arts Centre, Evesham, UK
Sat 30th June London. UK Part of the Voices of London Festival at St James' Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London
Sat 30th June London UK Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society, Surbiton High School and Lady Margaret School perform at London Oratory School.
Sat 4th August Townsville, Australia Part of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. 1.00pm at Townsville Civic Theatre, Boundary Road, Townsville, Queensland.
Thurs 18th Oct Manchester UK Performed by Manchester Grammar School and St James Primary School at Manchester Grammar School.
2017 Performances
Fri 13th Oct Kent, UK
The New Beacon School, Sevenoaks, with the Choir of Hospice in the Weald, King’s Rochester Chamber Choir, Walthamstow Hall Senior School and Leigh Primary School
Thurs 20th July Norfolk, UK
Thetford Singers at Carnegie Room, Kings Street, Thetford, Norfolk
Sat 1st July Newcastle UK
Newcastle Choral Society at The Castlegate, Melbourne St, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Sat 24th June Reigate UK
Ahoy! and Mass in Blue by the English Arts Choral. Conducted by Leslie Olive at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Fri 9th June Swanage UK
Performed as part of Purbeck Art Weeks with a community choir and
local school children.
Sat 22nd April East Sussex UK
Heathfield Choral Society with children from Burwash and Cross-in-Hand Primary Schools
Heathfield State Hall, Station Rd, Heathfield, East Sussex
Friday 5th May Gloucester UK
Sat 25th March Lichfield UK
Featuring massed choirs lead by Staffordshire County Chorus
at Lichfield Cathedral Conducted by Cathy Lamb
Sat 25th Feb Suffolk UK
Stowmarket Chorale conducted by Leslie Olive
at Stowmarket United Reformed Church, Ipswich St, Stowmarket, Suffolk
2016 Performances
Thursday 17th Nov Bristol UK
Bristol Grammar School conducted by Dominic Franks. St George’s Bristol
Sat 15th Oct Evesham UK
The Avon Singers and De Montfort School Choir at The De Montfort High School, Evesham.
Sat 2nd July Salisbury UK
Amici Singers, The Coffee Choir, The Navy Larks, The Downton Community Choir and the Downton Primary School Choir conducted by Kate Edgar with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer
Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Ln, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Sat 11th June Lancing UK
Boundstone Chorus and Sompting Village Primary School Choir, conducted by Aeden Kerney with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer at St Michael and All Angels Church, South Street, Lancing
Sun 1st May Dorset UK
Sinfonietta Choir and Gryphon School Choir performing at Sherborne Abbey Festival
Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne, Dorset
Fri 22nd April Cardiff UK
Christ College Brecon, conducted by Jonathan Ling with the Call Me Al quintet, will be performing Ahoy! as part of their 475th Anniversary concert.
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff
Wed 23rd March Bristol UK
Bristol Choral Society, local school children, conducted by Adrian Partington with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer at Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol
2015 Performances
Sat 28th Nov Suffolk UK
Eye Bach Choir, local school children, conducted by Leslie Olive with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer, Eye Parish Church, Suffolk
Sun 15th Nov Herts UK
Beechwood Park School and the Lea Singers, conducted by Jane Lodge & Benjamin Goodson, with instrumental quintet featuring Alexander L’Estrange and Kevin Street (accordion)
Beechwood Park School, Markyate, Hertfordshire.
Sat 14th Nov Herts UK
Amici Cantate with local schoolchildren
Bishop’s Stortford Baptist Church, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Sat 10th Oct London UK
The Fleet Singers with local schoolchildren. Conducted by James Davey with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer. Gospel Oak Methodist Church, Agincourt Road, London
Tues 28th July Dorset UK
Voces 8 Summer School choir, with the Call Me Al quintet conducted by the composer
Milton Abbey Church, Blandford Forum, Dorset
Sat 11th July Ashtead UK
Stoneleigh Choral Society, Youth Choirs of St Giles’ & St George’s, conducted by Nigel Perona-Wright, at St George’s, Ashtead
Sat 5th July Eastbourne UK
Eastbourne Choral Society, conductor John Hancorn with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer
Wed 24th June Sussex UK
Songbirds Choir, members of Billingshurst Choral Society at the Hawthorn Theatre, Crawley, Sussex
Sat 25th April Carlisle UK
The Abbey Singers, Carlisle Cantate Children’s Choir, Petteril Bank Primary School conducted by Edward Taylor at Carlisle Cathedral
Fri 27th March Cheltenham UK
Cheltenham Youth Choirs led by Rachel Bowen at St Paul’s Church, Cheltenham
Sun 22nd March Winchester UK
The Swithun Choir, the Arlesford Community Choir and the Hampshire County Youth Choir (conductors YiRu Chiam Hall and Keith Clark) with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer.
St Swithun’s School, Winchester
Sat 21st March Worcester UK
Hanley Voices, conductor Ben Sawyer at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire
Sun 8th Feb Shrewsbury UK
Shrewsbury School, Shropshire, conductor Alex Mason, with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer
2014 Performances
Thurs 20th Nov Bath UK
Prior Park College, The Paragon School with quintet featuring the composer (piano). Conducted by Roland Robertson
Sat 9th August Gosford AUSTRALIA
Gosford Anglican Church, Gosford, NSW. Central Coast Philharmonia Choir, directed by Philip Rees
Sat 12th July Essex UK
The Valentine Singers, Barkingside, Essex, with local choirs. Conductor Christine Gwinn
Wed 9th July Wiltshire UK
The Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon, with the Bradford-on-Avon Schools Cluster and the quintet led by the composer, conducted by Kirsty Barry.
Sat 5th July Stevenage UK
Stevenage Choral Society, local school choirs and the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer, conducted by Robin Osterley
Sat 28th June Sussex UK
Angmering Choral Society conducted by George Jones with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer
Sat 21st June Sussex UK
Billingshurst Choral Society, conducted by George Jones with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer
Thurs 19th June London UK
Eltham College choirs with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer & conducted by Laura Oldfield
Friday 23rd May St Davids Wales UK
St David’s Cathedral, as part of the St Davids festival, with the Call Me Al quintet, conducted by the composer
Sat 10th May King's Langley UK
Choirs from the Steiner School & The Lea Singers and a quintet led by the composer, directed by Benjamin Goodson. King’s Langley UK
Fri 9th May Aldeburgh UK
Ipswich School Spring Concert, with the Call Me Al quintet led by the composer & conducted by Andrew Leach. Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Thurs 10th April Alberta CANADA Medicine
Hat College, Medicine Hat, Alberta College Choir
Sat 22nd March Birmingham UK
Bournville Young Singers, Director Anne Ellis
Sat 15th March Guildford UK
The Ahoy Singers and the Call Me Al quintet, conducted by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Tues 11th Feb Wyvern, UK
Wyvern College Vocal Festival and local school choirs, conducted by the composer