Music
At the start of the Summer Term, we held a special visit for the ABRSM music examinations. All of the boys performed
very well and gained some exceptionally high marks; the average mark awarded for these exams is 113/150 and as a
cohort, our boys far exceeded this. My thanks must go to all of our instrumental tutors who have helped prepare the
boys so thoroughly for these exams.
This term has been full of
several cross-curricular pro-
jects, but I would just like to
make a special mention of
the Year 3 boys and their
work on “Evil Plants.” We
have been practising a multi
-instrumental piece inspired
by The Day of the Triffids (a
story that still terrifies me)
which involved different in-
strumental and vocal tech-
niques that symbolised the
“vines like vipers aiming
straight towards your
heart”............all good gory
stuff for the boys to get
stuck into!
The last few weeks of term have
been taken up with numerous con-
certs . The Junior boys were stun-
ning in the music morning, perform-
ing a wide variety of instrumental
and vocal music, culminating in a
new setting of Psalm 37. The Junior
Choir gave a particularly impressive
rendition of Radioactive by the
Imagine Dragons (in my attempt to
be down with the kids) and the Year
6 members of Senior Choir gave a
very emotive final performance with
this group. I was particularly im-
pressed with the highly committed
performances given by the EYFS
and KS1 boys in their Speech After-
noons; the clarity of diction and in-
tonation was remarkable from boys
of this age.
I would just like to take the opportunity to
thank Mrs Hammond for the time she gives up
to support out three choirs as well as the peri-
patetic team for their hard work with the dif-
ferent ensembles. Enjoy you Summer Holi-
days. Mr P. Vowles