The Worcester International Festival for Young Singers – WIFYS – the UK's first-ever non-competitive international youth singing festival, comes to Worcester this summer.

Organised by Sing UK in association with the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat (ECA-EC), the city will play host to 11 choirs from 10 different countries - Belgium, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, Lithuania - and the UK.

Street singing, concerts in the city and county, singing at church services and a Welcome Concert will delight singers and audiences.

The climax will be the final night's Gala Concert in Worcester's magnificent cathedral, with all four of the week's distinguished international conductors, directing the young singers in performance.

The programme will include the World Premiere of a specially commissioned work from UK composer Bob Chilcott (Five Days that Changed the World with words by Charles Bennett), which will be conducted by the composer – and will involve all 400 young singers!