Music Nation Cymru is a nationwide celebration of musical life in the UK, brought together by BBC and the Cultural Olympiad. Events will be happening across the UK on Saturday 3rd and 4th March 2012.

Music Nation Cymru has events happening across Wales during the weekend, and you can find out about them all on the Making Music Wales website.

National Flash Mash

The National Flash Mash is a celebration of singing in Wales, bringing together traditional songs with well-known pop songs, delicately seasoned with a little bit of Mozart!

When: 12pm on Saturday 3rd March

Where: Up to you – make it happen in your neighbourhood!

Here you can find all the materials you will need to get going!

A vocal score with lots of options. You can sing it all in unison or put in the splits, make it bilingual and sing everything in English – it’s up to you!

Vocal Score PDF

If you want to bring some instrumentalists with you, then we’ve prepared a whole range of scores for instruments. Pick the one that works and use it.

Baritone Saxophone score PDF

Alto Saxophone score PDF

Bass Guitar score PDF

Bass in B flat score PDF

Bass in E flat score PDF

Bassoon score PDF

Cornet in B flat score PDF

Descant Recorder PDF

Soprano Saxophone score PDF

Tenor Horn score PDF

Tenor Saxophone score PDF

Treble Recorder score PDF

If you want some help practicing – then here is a link to Soundcloud where you can hear the National Flash Mash being performed by some singers. Download it and sing along on the way to work!

However you choose to do it, we hope you’ll join us at 12pm on Saturday 3rd March 2012 and sing for Wales!