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Would you like to be a Music Leader in 2025-2026?

Would you like to be a Music Leader next year? Music Leaders need to be totally committed to supporting the department and spreading the music love. Your jobs will involve helping recruit year 7s to our clubs, helping at school events (e.g. open days), assisting with music trips, helping to keep the music resources tidy and so on.

If you would like to be considered for the role of a Music Leader you will need to complete this quick form. To be eligible, you will need to be a member of at least two music clubs. We are looking for people who are committed and tuned in. By that, we mean people who come to rehearsals really regularly, check the blog, answer their emails and generally know what’s going on. All year groups welcome.

Existing Music Leaders will need to complete the form too.

Deadline for submission is 5pm on Monday 21st July.

Wicked trip

There will be a trip meeting for everyone going on the Wicked trip in my room (CGG) at 1:20 (during lunch) on Thursday 17th July.

Summer Cabaret is next Friday

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Congratulations on another great concert

Thank you also to those of you who helped set up and pack away. It is very much appreciated.

Photos/videos coming soon

Next up …

Emma in year 12 is performing at this concert and would love to see you there in the audience.

Wicked trip

There will be a trip meeting for everyone going on the Wicked trip in my room (CGG) at 1:20 (during lunch) on Thursday 17th July.

BYMT news

The BYMT Garden Party is tomorrow

Podcasts to try

Have a look at how big the Glastonbury site is compared to Hayes:

History told by the people who were there. For nine minutes every weekday, Witness History takes you back to moments which have shaped our world.

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The Summer Concert is next Wednesday!

Click here for tickets

Rehearsal schedule for the concert day (Wednesday 2nd July):

Please make a note of when you are needed and make sure you have your instrument/music in school with you on that day.

Your teachers will know why you are absent from lessons that day, but it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and catch up.

Usual lunch rehearsals will take place up until the concert.

Here are some things you need to know about the concert itself:

  • The concert is at 6.30pm in the Hall. It should be finished around 9pm.
  • You need to wear all black (including footwear). Not blue, not brown, not patterned, and no big logos.
  • Tickets are £5 on the door for adults or pay via ParentPay. Under 18s and senior citizens are free.
  • The music classrooms will be available for coats, instrument cases etc. Please arrive in enough time to warm up and get organised.
  • Any questions, please ask.

When the concert is in progress, you must not hang out in the classrooms or corridors. You need to be at the back of the Hall being a supportive, considerate, appreciative member of the audience who shows awareness of performance etiquette which includes not moving around or talking.

Emma in year 12 is performing at this concert and would love to see you there in the audience.

Jazz Concert

BYMT news

Click here to see the video and read the article

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The Summer Concert is now less than two weeks away!

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BYMT news

Fab opportunity for brass and percussion players

Anna Ruth Ella Lapwood MBE (born 28 July 1995) is a British organist, choir director and television and radio presenter, whose recordings have reached a wide audience on social media since she was appointed as an associate artist at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2022. Find out more here and here

Perfect Pitch

Read the article here

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@annalapwoodorgan

Hello yes TikTok has reminded me that this was ONE WHOLE YEAR AGO. Why does time just keep getting faster?? #onthisday #organtok #pipeorgan #organist #ministryofsound #ministryofsoundroyalalberthall #royalalberthall #organ #bach #toccataindminor #faithless #insomnia

♬ J.S.Bach, Toccata and Fugue _in D minor – AllMusicGallery
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The Summer Concert is less than three weeks away!

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Thank you to the members of choir who performed at the Hayes Fair last Sunday. This is what one person had to say about you and your performance:

I would like to reach out to say how wonderful I thought your choir were at the Hayes Fair on Sunday 08.06.25. It was great that you have such a mixture of age groups who were all very clearly enjoying themselves. I chatted to some of them afterwards – they are lovely young people.

Click here to read the article

A chance to see Elinor perform with the St. Margaret’s Choristers

Book tickets to see Elinor perform here. Under 18s are free (but do need to book a ticket)

How music affects our brain

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Happy half term!

Rehearsals will resume in the first week back.

HUB performance at Pittsmead Grange Care Home

Well done to HUB for another fab performance at Pittsmead Grange yesterday. The residents loved hearing you play and chatting to you afterwards.

Back in CGG after the gig 😆

Summer music academies and free webinar with the British Army

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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The Eurovision Song Contest often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries’ songs to determine a winner. Find out more here.

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All systems go!

Coming up this term:

Friday 23rd May lunch/p5: HUB trip to perform at Pittsmead Grange Care Home

Wednesday 2nd July 6.30pm: Summer Concert – all music clubs will be performing at this event

Tuesday 22nd July 5pm: Trip to see Wicked the Musical

Google Doodles

Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole ( 1959 – 1997) was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. Kamakawiwoʻole is regarded as one of the greatest musicians from Hawaii and is considered the most successful musician from the state. Along with his ukulele playing and incorporation of other genres, such as jazz and reggae, Kamakawiwoʻole remains influential on Hawaiian music. In 2010, he was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR, who called him “The Voice of Hawaii”. Find out more about him here.

A musical Google Doodle from 2020

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Wicked The Musical

We have one spare ticket for this trip (evening of 22nd July 2025). If you are interested, please email me asap. Thank you – Mrs F

Click on the image to watch the trailer

Click here to see what’s on during this year’s Proms. General booking opens on 17th May.

Tickets for persons aged 18 and under can be purchased at half-price in any seating area for all Proms – except the Last Night of the Proms – and in any price band (except for £8.00 Promming tickets).

Emma in year 12 will be performing again with the NYO at this year’s Proms:

Music quizzes

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“Hello” is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, Can’t Slow Down (1983)

The song is memorable for the line “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?” The phrase started the song’s composition, as when fellow musician, James Anthony Carmichael visited Richie, the singer greeted him that way, to which Carmichael replied, “Finish that song.” Richie initially felt that the song was “corny” but ultimately “by the time I finished the verse, I fell in love with the song again.”

Find out more here