Pupils from Dean Close Preparatory School recently welcomed KORG, a Japanese organisation that specialises in synthesizers for the music and film industry, into school to run a workshop. The morning started with the KORG team, Luke Edwards, Adam Whittle and Andy Pullen demonstrating the capabilities of some of their keyboards. During assembly, they recreated cinematic soundtracks from Batman, Marvel and...
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Students and staff at Queen’s College, Taunton, have staged the most ambitious production in the school’s history. The Community Play, ‘For Queen’s and Country’, was watched by more than 2,000 people over five performances in the Queen’s Hall. Written by Steve Eaton Evans, Director of Drama at the school, it marked both the 175th anniversary of the founding of Queen’s and 100 years...
A former Rydal Penrhos pupil has released a new single as part of the band Catfish and the Bottlemen. Rob Hall, who left the school in 2011, is the band’s drummer and has played a key part in the Llandudno-based group’s success. They released their long awaited single ‘Longshot’ on Tuesday, which is their first new material in three years and follows on from their chart-topping second album...
Students and staff at Queen’s College, Taunton, have staged the most ambitious production in the school’s history. The Community Play, ‘For Queen’s and Country’, was watched by more than 2,000 people over five performances in the Queen’s Hall. Written by Steve Eaton Evans, Director of Drama at the school, it marked both the 175th anniversary of the founding of Queen’s and 100 years...
Over fifty students from Windermere School took to the stage to perform the school’s version ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’. The show follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she swaps fashion for law, bagging a place at the prestigious Harvard Law School in an attempt to win back her snobby boyfriend, Warner Huntingdon III. Along the way, she encounters stereotypes, snobbery and scandal as she...
Cobham Hall’s Chamber Choir have been performing their repertoire of Christmas Carols for the community this Christmas. The choir have shared festive cheer with residents at Cobham College Retirement Home, visitors to Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s popular Southbank, and shoppers at nearby Bluewater, where they performed with Cobham Ladies Choir, raising over £300 for The Molly McLaren...
Cobham Theatre at Bromsgrove School was well and truly transformed into Rydell High School during the first week in December. Greeted by fellow students complete with long hair, kaftans and dodgy moustaches in the 1979 foyer, the audience knew they were in for a treat. After hearing the Rydell High song and listening to poor Eugene Florczyk drone on about the happy times of his school days twenty years...
Westbourne School choir treated family, friends and the local community to a performance of True Colours at the NSPCC's Llandaff Cathedral Carol Concert last night. Under the direction of Ms Sarah Berwick, the choir put in weeks of practice, dedication and teamwork to create a great performance, displaying of both Upper and Lower School coming together in musical harmony. Westbourne has supported the...
Following several wins at the Maidstone Music Festival in late November, Cobham Hall is delighted to hear that one pupil has been given the additional accolade of having been invited back next year to participate in the Maidstone Young Musician Competition. Last weekend, a number of pupils took part in the Maidstone Music Festival, competing in the piano and vocal categories. Emily, Year 13, Lucy, Year...
A pupil from Dean Close Preparatory School has won BBC Radio Two’s Young Chorister of the Year competition. Cassian Pichler-Roca won the boys’ category of the competition, coming through two recorded auditions and competing in the finals alongside three other young singers. The final was hosted by Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyanganya at the BBC Philharmonic studio at MediaCity, Salford. For...
A group of over 30 singers from Malvern St James Girls’ School travelled to London earlier this month to take part in the London premiere of Stari Most. Written by the composer Dr Richard Chew, Stari Most tells the story of the old bridge of Mostar – built in 1566 at the height of the Ottoman Empire to link the steep gorge carved by the river Neretva, destroyed in 1993 during the Bosnian War and...
A Bedford School sixth former has successfully re-auditioned to be a member of the National Youth Choir. Silas Sanders has also been selected to sing with the National Youth Chamber Choir, a small sub-set of the National Youth Choir. The student, who is president of the school's Music Society, was in a state of disbelief after he received the invitation. At just 17 years of age, he is one of the...
Over 270 Tonbridge School boys performed at the school’s latest House Music Competition. In an event which showcased musical innovation and creativity, boys from all 12 Houses played their own arrangements of songs by artists ranging from Elvis Presley and David Bowie, to Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay. Each House performed one amplified and one acoustic song to the crowd at EM Forster...
Lancing College Chapel has recently hosted two BBC Radio broadcasts. The venue welcomed BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship programme last month and last week’s BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcast. Sunday Worship was led by celebrant Fr Richard Harrison, the college's chaplain, with the choir of Lancing College Chapel singing a setting of the Mass by Neil Cox, the college's director of chapel music. Rafi...
Esta Felix receiving her prize from Martin Parker – chairman of the Taunton Festival (right) and director of music Andrew Trewhella (left) Three pupils from Wellington School have recently enjoyed musical success. Esta Felix won the ‘Outstanding Performance’ award out of 432 performers at the Taunton Festival earlier this month. Pianist Anson Tang has secured his place to study at the...
Alex, Lucy and Kathryn A number of sixth form students at Truro School have achieved university-level music qualifications. Kathryn MacQuarrie achieved her ATCl in tenor sax, with Alex Sells earning a DipABRSM for flute and Lucy Wallis securing an ARSM for singing. The girls add to the success of Sophie Upton, who passed her DipABRSM in tenor horn this academic year. The trio have learnt off...
Christopher Wilkin Two musicians at Bishop’s Stortford College have recently earned prestigious awards. Scott Hextall took the Associate of the Royal Schools of Music (ARSM) Performance Diploma examination, requiring him to prepare a 30 minute clarinet recital and achieved a distinction with a score of 47/50. Christopher Wilkin has earned a music scholarship at Imperial College London. He will...
Seven pupils from Foremarke Hall have been awarded places in prestigious choirs and orchestras. Megan and Alice have places in the U13 section of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and will play the oboe and double bass respectively, while Sophia will play the cello in the U12 section. Alice has also been offered a place in the National Children’s Chamber Orchestra. Charlie and...