As well as exams going full steam ahead, we have got performances happening!
Jamsesh #1 and Jamsesh #2 will be involved in Music Week assemblies in the first week back.
All members of both groups will be required for afternoon assemblies on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (not Thursday as far as I know).
Here are some details:
Jamsesh #1 will be doing Billy Joel. Jamsesh #2 will be doing Bon Jovi.
On Monday’s assembly, Jamsesh #1 will go first.
You will need to leave your lessons at 2.30 to get set up. Big stuff (drum kit, amps, keyboards) etc. will be on the stage all week, and just need to be moved into place
It would be good to get the red drum kit, amps etc. sorted earlier in the day on Monday (so we don’t have a mad panic at 2.30)
Jazz Band are playing at Hayes Fair on Saturday 8th June at 1pm.
We will meet in the music dept beforehand (11.30) to trundle everything over. Things will need packing up on the Friday.
Good luck to Year 11 for their music exam on the Tuesday after half term!
This is for you…
The orchestral piece that they are referencing (alongside Cup Song) is this (from 3.18):
This term sometimes gets a bit difficult, as exam pressures and rehearsals start to collide. However, you need to remember that you simply cannot work all the time, and coming to a rehearsal can be beneficial for your health, happiness, and ultimately your exam success! Plus, more people at rehearsals = a better summer concert!
Great turnout at rehearsals this week – everything is off to a flying start in this term that is such an important time for our Y11s and Y13s. The coursework is in and we are ready to take on anything!
So here’s a summary of what we’ve got on this term:
Saturday 8th June, 1pm: Jazz Band at Hayes Village Fair
Thursday 4th July, 6.30pm: EVERYONE at Summer Concert
Saturday 13th July , 3pm: Jamsesh #1 and many other Hayes musos present and past at Hazefest 6
Thanks so much to Laura and Hannah for doing the video this year!
…and here is Mr Foster’s drawing to commemorate another brilliant tour!
Talking of tour, our tour manager from last year, Georg, says ‘Salut!’ and happy Easter from the Musikpavillon in Leipzig where we performed last year:
We really hope to have Georg as our tour manager again next year for Amsterdam 2020!
Plans for this week
We will be unpacking all the tour stuff on Wednesday 24th April at lunchtime. All tour-goers are welcome to come and help.
Let’s get all the music leaders together Thursday 25th at lunch to make some plans for the summer term and do a big sort-out of concert band music (it’s likely this will take up Friday lunchtime too).
Rehearsals will start up again on Monday 29th April.
Apart from all the fantastic music, it was amazing (and very much appreciated) to see so many students take responsibility for sorting out all kinds of backstage things: running the door, setting up, clearing away and so on. You rock.
After the holidays, we will be unpacking all the tour stuff on Wednesday 24th April at lunchtime.
Let’s get all the music leaders together Thursday 25th at lunch to make some plans for the summer term.
Rehearsals will start up again on Monday 29th April.
Here is the rehearsal schedule for Thursday 4th April. All of these rehearsals will be in the Hall.
The concert starts at 6.30pm (also in the Hall). Here’s some essential info for you:
You need to wear all black. No big logos please, and no large amounts of flesh on show
All are welcome. Adults £5 on the door, under-18s and senior citizens FREE!
The PTA will be selling refreshments
The concert will finish at about 9pm
You can leave instrument cases etc. in CGD and CGF. Keep track of where you’ve put your stuff, and tidy up after yourself please
When you are not performing, be in the hall supporting the other performers and demonstrating your best audience etiquette
After Thursday…
There will be no rehearsals on Friday, but tour-goers will need to help with packing the coffin. If we are canny, we can start getting things together on Thursday (and get the coffin down from upstairs).
If you would like to join in with the fun and excitement about preparing for tour, please come to CGD on Friday – we’ll start getting organised at break, and finish packing at lunchtime.
Remember the parents’ evening for tour is on Monday at 6pm in the Hall. Please bring your passport + EHIC card, together with your €25 damage deposit in an envelope (a letter went out about this via Parentmail earlier in the week). We will talk through the itinerary, and you will get your lovely Kermit-green tour t-shirts!
Check this out
In preparation for the top D at the end of Raise Your Voice, here is some truly spectacular singing! Yma Sumac was famous for her use of the whistle register. The high note she hits in this is F6 (so you can quit complaining about that top D!) – listen right to the end for the big finish!
We heard this week that we have been awarded Artsmark Platinum by Arts Council England. This is the culmination of a process which has taken more than two years. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the arts at Hayes, and has made it the great asset to the school that it is. Platinum is the top Artsmark award. We are very proud of our achievement!
Easter Concert is coming up
The rehearsal schedule for the day of the concert will be in next week’s blog. We really need everyone at all rehearsals this week!
Music tour to Budapest
Remember, the parents’ meeting for tour is on Monday 1st April at 6pm in the Hall. You will need to bring your passport and EHIC card to the meeting. One other thing we need to collect (and a letter will go out to parents early next week about this too) is €25 from each person which is the damage deposit required by our hotel. This is a deposit, so you’ll get it back (unless something in your room gets damaged!). We have often had to provide a cash deposit in the past, but never one this big, which is why we are asking you to give us the per-person amount to hand in when we arrive. We’re really sorry about this, but it’s one of those things we just have to deal with.
Here is a reminder of the great times we had with Yale Glee Club this week. We worked with them on a performance of the Sing Up Day song, One Moment, One People by Beccy Owen, and also did some warmups and work on focus and projection. They performed a range of songs for our choir and the whole of Year 7, ranging from some beautiful Stanford motets to some traditional spirituals and Yale songs.
Also, a huge well done to the cast and band for Little Shop. The band have come in in the last 2 weeks and have done such a professional job in playing a demanding score to a fabulous standard.
We now have less than 3 weeks until the Easter concert…. and TOUR!!
Well done on a brilliant Easter Concert!
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