The
one thing ( 1) people around the world know about Manchester in
England is that it's the home of Manchester United football club. But
is Manchester also(2) an important place in the world of classical
music? Yes, (3) it is. There (4) 's a famous school in the city
centre called Chetham's School of Music, or "Chets' for short. Chets is
a specialist school for talented young musicians from around the UK.
Can boys and girls go there? Yes, (5) they can. It's a mixed school
and it (6) 's got around 290 students between the ages of eight and
eighteen. They study academic subjects like maths, English and ICT, but
they also study music for three hours a day. Students (7) play
musical instruments, like the piano or violin. For talented singers, one
of their instruments (8) can be their voice. After leaving chets,
students often go on to study at the famous Royal Northern College
Music in Manchester. Many of (9) its students become professional
musicians Manchester has got an orchestra, too, called the Hallé. It
(10) doesn't perform just in Manchester, it performs around the
world. There's also the Hallé Youth orchestra. That's for young people
in the region who (11) can't play a musical instrument, but don't
go to a music school like Chetham's. Its members play (12) brilliantly.