The invitation from Gloucestershire Music Service to appear under the bright lights of London's Royal Albert Hall was a great accolade. Over 600 young musicians and singers from Gloucestershire travelled to London to perform a new work called Journey.

The choir totalled 480 young singers from twenty-four Gloucestershire secondary schools, including Sir Thomas Rich's. The 150 strong orchestra also contained STRS pupils, drawing from the county's top youth music groups: the Youth Jazz Orchestra, Youth Orchestra, Youth Sinfonia, and Youth Wind Orchestra.

STRS participants: Samuel King, Charles Powell, Dominic Trott, Jacob Barns, Ryan Birch, Harry Jenkins, leuan Lavender, Victoria Smith, Olivia Yates, Christopher Sullivan, Toby Churchley, Alfie Harrison, Jasper Jackson, Erin Brookes, Charlie Ros, Joseph Fautley, Eleanor Youngs, Joshua Hudson, Rachel Hamilton, David Ion, Ben Andre, George Dickinson, James Stokes, Edmund.