A reminder that tickets go on ‘pre-sale’ this Friday and Saturday – they can only be bought in person from the Coronation Hall Box Office (in the foyer) on these 2 days (10am-1pm).
The password is: Loki18
Tickets go on general sale to the public from Monday 29th October (including online sales)
Tomorrow’s Wind Band rehearsal will finish at the earlier time of 4.35pm. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Absolutely brilliant workshop with Andrea Vicari and the NYJO Ambassadors this morning. The Swing Band benefitted from it SO much and our visitors were extremely impressed – Andrea said that the students were ‘exceptional’, and they really blew away the Ambassadors, who have been into 2 other Cumbrian schools and 3 Lancashire schools this week. Apparently, we’re the best school band they have ever worked with ……..
In the new year, NYJO will be establishing a ‘Cumbria Academy’ which will meet every 4 or 5 weeks on a Sunday in Penrith, and they have said that all the players today would be good enough to ‘walk it’ in terms of entry requirements!!!!!!
This is the letter that has gone out this week to the Wind Band, Junior Band, ensembles and Choirs (tomorrow).
It is the first Christmas Festival letter giving advance warning of ‘pre-sale’ tickets on 26th & 27th October.
We are really lucky to have secured a visit from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great Britain – one of the top youth jazz ensembles in the world. They are visiting 3 schools in Cumbria – ourselves, QKS and Trinity – but we are the only school where they are working with a single school band, the other two schools are having to open their session up to all their local secondary school musicians in order to get numbers.
The musical director and two ambassadors (as well as the head of Cumbria Music Service) will be coming into school on Thursday 11th October to lead a workshop with our Big Band from 9am-midday – names are below. If there is a problem with any of the students doing the workshop please let me know so that I can sort out who can/cannot play.
SAX
Bella Kanjoo-Parsons 13
Iona Lee 13
Patsy Gillam 11
Sophie Evans 11
Amber Cropley 13
Eilidh Miller 13
Matthew Dawson 12
Mary Kyle 13
Tabi Butler 13
Dan Lister 12
Hazel Kyle 9
Jess Wood 13
TPT
Abi Stanway 13
Jacob Egglestone 13
Nell Wedgwood 13
Connor O’Hara 12
Nicky Kitchingm an 12
Harrison Carr 12
Oscar Butler 10
Heather Murray 10
TBN
Emma Hood 13
Jack Spencer 12
Harry O’Donovan 11
Simone Clarke 13
Braden Jackson 8
Francis Smith-Ward 13
RHYTHM
Harry Angel 11
George Ball 12
David Boardman 13
Pascal Borke 13
Alice Thomas 10
Sophie Tippins 12
Alex Nicklin 13
The videos from the Paris tour have now been uploaded to YouTube – needless to say, I am a VERY proud music teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Dear All,
A Yamaha trumpet went missing from the store-room yesterday afternoon between lunchtime and Wind Band. It is in a modern black Yamaha case with red trim on the front (just like the alto sax cases, and the same size). If your child is a trumpeter or alto sax player please check their cases to see if they may have taken the wrong instrument home – we have a very worried student (and parents).
On this note, please could everyone either tag their own cases or put an identification note inside so that we always know which instrument belongs to which student – a lot of cases are the same!!
Also … due to delays in delivery, the scheduled pre-audition ‘HAIRSPRAY!’ rehearsal tomorrow is postponed until next Wednesday. Instead there will be a Percussion Ensemble rehearsal at lunchtime and and the usual Chamber Choir rehearsal at 1.25pm
OPEN EVENING (Thursday) – Senior Flute Choir & Sax Ensemble are playing from 5.50pm-6.40pm and Percussion Ensemble from 6.40pm-7.30pm. All students in Wind Band uniform please (pink shirts, black bottoms & shoes).
The first meeting of The Friends will be next Tuesday (18th) at 6pm in the Meeting Room (A Block). All parents are welcome to attend (you don’t have to have been before) – no commitment. We usually meet about once every half term in order to assess and plan Performing Arts’ events and funding.
On the agenda will be
A reminder to the A Level Music class (12 to 13) of the listening homework they are to complete by Thursday period 1.
Enjoy!!!!
The first Swing Band rehearsal will be on Friday 7th Sept in the Main Hall from 3.30-4.45pm. If anyone cannot attend please let me know. New pieces for this year include:
I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing by Stevie Wonder
I Wish by Stevie Wonder
If they get a chance, please could all players have a listen to the originals so that the head and hooks are not too much of a shock?
The first Wind Band rehearsal will be on Monday 10th September from 3.30-5.00pm – again, full attendance is expected. New pieces include:
Symphonic Animation arranged by the Royal Marines
The Greatest Showman arranged by Paul Murtha (grade 3)
Both of these can be found on youtube (there is a video of us playing Symph An with the Marines somewhere!)