We have some talented musicians in our school and have had some great opportunities to both perform and watch musical performances. Here are some of the musical highlights from last year.
Today some KS2 children and a member of Ducklings, along with myself, Ms Page, Mrs Crockford, Mrs Potter, Miss Beasley and some lovely parents took part in this years Charivari. The theme was the same as this years Triennial “Echoes.” St Eanswythe’s wore jelly and ice-cream costumes which represented an artist who is going to … Continue reading
This afternoon we were treated to a range of musical delights from Ducklings, Owls and Eagles. The Ducklings sung to us about the pet shop and how to be unique, their singing was amazing and their actions delightful! Owls then taught us about rhythm and pulse when they showed us how to move like cuckoo … Continue reading
This morning was an amazing celebration of our music organised by Mrs Brookes. We heard soloists from every year group singing confidently, classes and groups of singers, trumpeters and violinists. It was evident from all the performances how hard the children have worked, the high standards showed the effort put in by every student and … Continue reading
The final Sacconi workshop of the trilogy was today. Years 3 and 4 benefitted from this event. Firstly we listened to some beautiful music played by the quartet then we split into our year groups. The younger children had fun with rhythm and clapping games while the older ones played their violins. Next we were … Continue reading
Today all of our KS 2 children joined children from Christchurch and St Mary’s at the Leas Cliff Hall for a singing day. Duncan Moris taught the children from all the schools a number of fun African songs, some we sang in rounds, others we all sang together and one we sang with the different … Continue reading
Today we were lucky enough to have the Sacconi Quartet in school, Ben played 1st violin, Hannah the 2nd violin, Robin played a viola and Cara a cello. Everyone listened intently to Beethoven, Schubert and Glass tunes, we also found out how music can be used to tell stories. All the children learned some Italian … Continue reading
On Friday evening the children had the opportunity to attend a concert at St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church performed by the string quartet, Sacconi. They were very lucky to be seated right at the front. The children enjoyed being so close to the quartet and were wowed by pieces from Philip Glass, Hayden and Schubert. One of the … Continue reading
This morning the whole school had a special treat; we went to watch a concert performed by the Watoto Choir from Uganda. We were wowed by an amazing performance of singing, dancing and drumming. We also got to hear some of their stories and were even able to join in with some of the singing … Continue reading
Last night the choir sang at the Leas Cliff hall to help raise funds to support the Samaritans. Not only did they sing beautifully, at one point they sang in four part harmonies, but they really enjoyed it! It goes without saying that they behaved superbly. Their perfect behaviour was commented on by the organizers and … Continue reading
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