We are really looking forward to our first concert this year.
Jobs to do before next Thursday:
- If you are planning to perform, please make sure that you have completed the form to sign up ASAP. Sign up form here.
- Make sure you have let your friends and family know so that we have as many in the audience as possible. Tickets can be bought on the door.
- If performing, practise your piece(s)!
More music events at school this term:
Open Morning
Thank you to Jazz Band who will be entertaining the parents and prospective students during tomorrow’s Open Morning.
Music trips
Thank you to those of you who have signed up for Hamilton and/or Music Tour. There are still some places for music tour. Please encourage those who you know would have received the tour letter to come along as we need at least 40 students for the trip to go ahead. WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE YOU ON TOUR NEXT YEAR!
We will be in touch with further trip information in due course. In the meantime, please speak to Miss W or Mrs F if you have any questions.
Listen to the pieces at home and try playing your part along with them:
John Towner Williams KBE (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the first two Home Alone films, the Indiana Jones films, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, and the first three Harry Potter films.
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David Bowie in the news
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Upon release, “Starman” sold favorably and earned positive reviews. Following Bowie’s performance of the song on the BBC television programme Top of the Pops, the song launched to number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and helped propel the album to number five. It was his first major hit since “Space Oddity” three years earlier. The performance made Bowie a star and was watched by a large audience, including many future musicians, who were all impacted by it; these included Boy George, Bono, Robert Smith and Ian McCulloch. Retrospectively, the song is considered by music critics as one of Bowie’s finest.
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And finally …
Hayes Music blog 