Swing Band will be playing at Market Cross in town for the finale of the Saturday of Dickensian 4pm – 5.15pm. Please could students be there by 3.45pm to help set up. Everyone needs to be dressed warm – Music/Performing Arts/School hoodies if you have them as well as gloves (it will be cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
Set list below:
Here it is………………………….. Tickets are now available for the Christmas Festival on Tuesday 14th December. Junior Band will be playing from 7pm-7.20pm as the audience arrives; then the Wind Band leads the rest of the evening with additional performances from the String Ensemble, Choir, Clarinet Choir, Flute Choir, Sax Ensemble and Brass Ensemble, as well as lots of audience carols and festive readings. Seasonal entertainment for all the family!!!!!
www.uvhschristmas.eventbrite.co.uk
A reminder that the Little Big Band will be playing at the newly refurbished Farmers Arms for their Winter Fair on Saturday – 2pm-3pm.
Could all players get there by 1.45pm – uniform is Swing Band shirt and own choice bottoms/footwear as I think we’re playing inside? However, if the hoodies have arrived by then and you have ordered one, please bring that as well or a warm outer layer, just for if we are outside.
Wind Band rehearsal will finish at the earlier time of 4.45pm tomorrow.
On another note, this year’s UVHS Christmas Festival has just been given the go-ahead from a Health & Safety perspective. It will be on Tuesday 14th December at 7.30pm in The Coro, however, tickets cannot be bought from The Coro – as soon as we have set up online booking through a company we will get the details out to parents. Capacity will be slightly reduced both in the Balcony and in the Stalls to allow for a little distancing, but seating will be unreserved.
Dear all – this evening’s Swing Band rehearsal is cancelled due to my absence from school today. We will meet next Friday when I will have the set list for Dickensian ready for you all. Many apologies – have a good weekend.
Our first Swing Band engagement of the year will be for Ulverston Dickensian Festival (assuming it goes ahead). We are playing from 4.15pm-5.15pm at the Market Cross on Saturday 27th November.
Please arrive by 3.50pm to set up the equipment. Concert uniform – warm!!! ‘6th Form Perf Arts’ hoodies for those that have them (with several layers underneath and gloves)
Our first gig of the year with the Jazz Combo will be on Saturday 20th November for the Winter Fair in The Farmers Arms @ Lowick – 12.30-1.30pm.
Please arrive by 12.00 midday to set up the equipment. Concert uniform tbc (but probably 6th Form Perf Arts hoodies if everyone has them)
All yr12 & 13 students involved in any of the school’s Performing Arts groups can now purchase our ‘Sixth Form Performing Arts’ hoodies using the link below – this is also open to ALL members of the Swing Band, even if they are in yr11 or below, as players can wear them for outdoor gigs if they wish. The hoodie shown on the order page (which says ‘Sixth Form Music’) is not the actual one we are now offering which, as said, is now ‘Performing Arts’. All orders are delivered to school and distributed by Mr B.
NYJO are holding their next Cumbria workshop on Sunday in Penrith. Please see the info below and register if you are interested (it is well worth it!!!).
Jazz Combo played superbly at the Open Evening on Thursday evening, especially as it is a totally new band with only 3 weeks of rehearsals under their belt. There will be no rehearsal this week, but we will resume every Wednesday evening from next week.
Wind Band are working really hard. After 18 months with no rehearsals everyone has lost out in terms of detailed ensemble experience, sight-reading and regular playing, but we are already getting back towards our trademark ‘big’ sound.
Swing Band have also been making great progress, and we are even considering whether to try a public performance before Christmas. Again, the last 18 months have taken their toll in terms of playing experience, but they are really getting back ‘into the swing of it’!
Junior Band, String Ensemble & Choir have had a couple of rehearsals so far and are trying hard to get back into regular ensemble work.
The smaller ensembles have also started rehearsals and are already getting to grips with their repertoire. As with all the other groups, it is not only the lack of regular playing (outside personal practice, that became very difficult over the 18 months in terms of motivation) that has had an impact but, more importantly, the lack of regular ensemble playing that had become such a feature of music in the school and the key to the quality of our performances.
Obviously, Covid-19 absence has disrupted everything over the last few weeks but as we get a little more continuity, the route back to where we were in March 2020 will seem a lot clearer and achievable. Many thanks to the dedication, commitment and enthusiasm of all the students giving up their time and really wanting to be part of the resurgence of Music at UVHS – Mrs H. and myself are so happy to be back rehrasing with everyone!!