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Charlotte Alabaster and Esmae Barnes Blackburn
RECITALS & SOLOS
SPRING CONCERT
This has been another year packed with
enthusiastic musical activity.
The Spring Concert was as varied as usual
and this time Funky Monkeys started with
‘Ain’t Necessarily So’ and ‘Beat it’. Junior
Vocals sung ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’, twopart ‘A Drop in the Ocean’ and three-part
‘Shotgun’. Strings ‘n Things played, with
more members than I can remember, their
three pieces with a good solid sound and
then the ukulele group played a full version
of ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’.
There have been eleven recitals with a total
of 233 performances in these. Musicians
from Reception to Year 8 were involved and
from beginners to some advanced playing.
Two of these recitals were, as usual,
dedicated to Year 3 and Pre-Prep and then
one to the unique Drummers’ Bash which
had 19 drummers this year from Years 3
to 8.
We also had the second band night where
five bands performed lots of songs for
about an hour including an all girls’ band
this time.
Particularly excellent performances came
from our music scholars Charlotte Alabaster
(violin, piano and singing), Charlie Hall
(guitar piano and singing), Thomas Bell
(recorder and piano) and Thea Wilson
(viola and piano).
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Girls’ Vocals go from strength to strength
singing Rutter’s ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’
and then a concoction of three spirituals
followed by ‘Jar of Hearts’ in three-parts.
The scholars’ ensemble then played a
quartet ‘The Favourite’ and this item set
a precedent for their inclusion in future
concerts showcasing their considerable
competence. The Orchestra finished off
with a rendition of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ and a
rather lengthy medley of tunes from ‘Les
Mis’: lots of preparation was involved and
the audience was very appreciative.
‘THE VACKEES’ &
‘PANTASTIC’
This year saw a change in direction for
the Senior Production as we took on ‘The
Vackees’. This had a lot of music to learn
and much of it tricky in terms of mixing
solos with ensemble, from a singing angle:
some of it was in four or even five parts.
The cast worked very hard and sang with
great gusto. The rather smaller band than
usual (Tommy Bell, Thea Wilson and Edgar
Reader plus three music teachers) coped
amazingly well with some difficult music
and lots of it too.
‘Pantastic’, the Junior Production, was
accompanied by an eight-piece school
pupil band and they were all brilliant,
learning many, many pieces of music: if you
didn’t look at them you would have thought
that it was a professional group!