A teenage singer at Ellesmere College has landed two top music awards and will now train with some of the industry's leading experts. Kizzy Lumley-Edwards, who attends the College as a Music Scholar, is one of just eight people who will have bespoke training and performances alongside renowned capella choirs VOCES8 and Apollo5. The 17-year-old has also been handed the Robinson Award of up to £1,000...
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A Bedford School pupil has sung his way to the grand final of BBC Young Chorister of the Year. Alexander Olleson, 14, impressed the judges at the semi-final at the weekend, beating stiff competition on his way to the final, which will be shown on BBC One on Sunday, November 6. The fourth former, who joined the school on a music scholarship in September, has been singing for years, joining his local...
Music at Dauntsey's has continued to excel during the coronavirus pandemic, as two online concerts took place in September and October, featuring GCSE and A-level students. A wide programme including Mozart, Chopin, Handel, as well as more recent musical theatre numbers, entertained viewers and provided valuable performance experience for the students. Just before half-term, pupils at the school took...
Charterhouse has announced that West End musical theatre star, Dean Chisnall, has joined the School as its first ever Actor in Residence. Dean has worked non-stop in the professional musical theatre industry for the past 15years, both in the West End and on tour, taking on principal roles in hit shows such as Blood Brothers, Mamma Mia! and Shrek, in which he played the title role, to name but a...
Two Taunton School students have been awarded the opportunity to play with a professional orchestra after being recognised for their outstanding talent at a Concerto Competition. Violinist Anthony Knight and trumpeter Hetty Christopher, both in Year 10, performed their concertos in the annual Concerto Competition in the chapel at Taunton School, alongside nine fellow musicians. In line with current...
Two musicians at Felsted School have been named as London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Junior Artists 2020. Musicians Charles C-P, aged 16 from Cranham, Essex and Shesh A-J, aged 14 from Goff’s Oak, Herts, are two of just eight young musicians to join the prestigious orchestra. Charles and Shesh are both elite Music Scholars at Felsted School, where they also study at the Junior Guildhall in London...
Two boys from Tonbridge School will be taking up the hugely prestigious role of Oxbridge organ scholar next year. Alex Trigg has been appointed at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he will study Music, while current Upper Sixth student Ben Gardner has been offered the role at Balliol College, Oxford, where he will be reading for a degree in Maths. Organ scholarships are awarded to talented...
King's Ely choristers have come together – virtually – to record two wonderful lockdown songs. Missing being able to sing, live and learn together on a daily basis due to Covid-19, members of both the Ely Cathedral’s Girls’ and Boys’ Choirs, all of whom are pupils at King’s Ely, decided to join forces remotely to record two songs which mean a lot to them. The girls have recorded ‘How...
Musicians at King’s Ely have joined together (virtually!) to record a song in honour of the work being carried out by NHS and frontline workers. Around 60 pupils from King’s Ely Junior and King’s Ely Senior featured in the recording of ‘Like A Rainbow Shining’, a song written by British composer, Will Todd. Students recorded themselves or got a family member to record them singing at home and...
The first student to study A-level Music Technology at Queen Margaret's has been awarded a place at Leeds College of Music. Poppy Wood will study Popular Music Production at the college next year. Sam Horseman, Director of Music, commented: “Competition for the places was very high but Poppy’s excellent portfolio ensured she was accepted and means she will have access to world class studios and...
A musician at King’s Ely has achieved her DipABRSM with the flute. Pim Mahikote, who is in Year 13, started playing the flute in Year 8 and loves how versatile the instrument is. She added that achieving her DipABRSM (Diploma of The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) with the flute has always been one of her goals. Pim said: “For my DipABRSM, I had to perform a 35-minute recital,...
A Year 9 pupil at Oswestry School has been celebrated by TrinityTalent as a young, musical artist who has shown outstanding progress. Alice Williams was nominated by her teacher, Sue Turner, who said, “Alice began having singing lessons in a small group of four when she was 7, eventually moving to individual lessons. She has shown exceptional dedication to her singing and also excels in Musical...
Two students from Taunton School recently earned two accolades at the Taunton Festival for Arts. Daisy Hickson, 15, wowed the judges with her stunning performances on clarinet. She played “Dance Preludes” by Lutoslawski and “Viktor’s Tale” by John Williams, securing 1st place as Taunton Young Musician of the Year. In the Junior Musician category, Year 9 student Hetty Christopher topped the...
A Sixth Form student at St Swithun’s School has won a coveted music award for the second successive year. Pernille Faye won a place on the Martin Read Foundation’s 2020 Young Composers’ Scheme, giving the 17-year-old access to composer mentoring and workshops. The award also includes a commission to create a four-minute piece for solo percussion which will be performed publicly at the Royal...
Musicians from Bromsgrove School were treated to masterclasses with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and a concert featuring Isata and the English Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Woods, to mark Beethoven's 250th anniversary. Widely regarded as one of the UK's most admired and popular young pianists, Isata led piano masterclasses for three talented pupils, in front of a small audience. Commenting...
Two King’s Ely musicians are celebrating impressive outcomes on the trombone and piano. King’s Ely Senior student James Wilkinson has been offered a place with the prestigious National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB) just days after King’s Ely Sixth Form student Lisa Lyu was awarded her Associateship Diploma from London’s Trinity College of Music (ATCL) for Piano...
Taunton School held its annual Concerto Competition last week, showcasing some incredible talent to a packed audience and special guest adjudicator, Kevin Price, Director of Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Thirteen music scholars performed at the annual Concerto Competition in the beautiful Chapel at Taunton School. Pieces played ranged from Bach, Strauss and Mozart through to...
All Hallows Brass Band and Year 2 pupils visited East Somerset railway this week to give a recital to the local community, including the Cranmore Friendship Circle. A beautiful autumnal day brought visitors to the station where the All Hallows musicians dressed in Victorian clothing and played a variety of well known Victorian hymns finishing off with a rousing rendition of the National Anthem. The...