Find out more about it here
Try the Daily Bandle game
Or try Spotle
And finally …
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.
And finally …
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 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
And finally …
“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
All music clubs start on Monday
Classic FM Hall of Fame 2025
Did your favourites make the list? Click on the image above.
Read the article here
Something to watch
Trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic, it was inevitable that she would become the focus of much interest and fascination.
Find out more here
Now 87 years old and recently retired, Orin looks back on her remarkable life and career, insisting that a fuss should not be made, much preferring to play a supporting role to the family, students, friends, and colleagues that surround her.
In the delightful short documentary, THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA, filmmaker Molly O’Brien beautifully captures her aunt Orin’s prodigious contributions as a musician as well as her unique philosophy that the key to enjoying life is to play second fiddle.
Available to watch on Netflix
And finally …
Music clubs after Easter
All music clubs will start up again in the week beginning 28th April.
22nd – 25th April: Please be around at lunch times to help unload and sort everything from tour.
Fab local opportunity
Tour!
What a great time we all had! Thank you to Amelia and Angela for the fab tour video:
Congratulations on another fab concert
Well done to all involved 🙂
Hayes Creates newsletter – click here (Winter Concert video is on there too)
Music Colours
Congratulations to those of you who were awarded music colours at the concert.
New to music colours? Here’s where they need to be sewn on:
If you were awarded colours but only received a paper one, please pop to the music office after Easter.
If you think you were due music colours but didn’t receive any, please speak to one of the music teachers.
Royal Albert Hall trip reviews
Thank you to all of you who wrote a review. We had so many, they wouldn’t all fit in the school newsletter, so they are all here instead!
To all of you going on music tour …
NYO news
Find out more about joining the NYO here
Hans Zimmer on his iconic film scores
And finally …
The Spring Concert is next week!
Click here for tickets
Rehearsal schedule for the concert day (Wednesday 2nd April):
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 will be finished by 9pm.
- You need to wear all black. 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.
BYMT news
BBC Young Composer competition
Find out more here
And finally …
For those of you who have seen the film Jaws
Royal Albert Hall trip
Thank you to everyone who came on the trip. What a great day we had!
The Spring Concert is 1.5 weeks away!
Click here for tickets
All music clubs are performing at this event so please make sure you are practising your part(s) at home.
Rehearsal schedule for the concert day (Wednesday 2nd April):
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 will be finished by 9pm.
- You need to wear all black. Not blue, not brown, not patterned, and no big logos. If you want to wear a bit of tinsel etc. on yourself or on your instrument, go for it.
- 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.
And finally …
The Spring Concert is 2.5 weeks away!
Click here for tickets
All music clubs are performing at this event so please make sure you are practising your part(s) at home.
The Royal Albert Hall trip is tomorrow!
Please check your Satchel One for all the info you need if you are coming on this trip. I will see you outside school (West Common Rd entrance) tomorrow morning at 9:30.
Fab opportunity for brass and percussion players
Click here for more info
More listening to inspire you
Podcast to listen to
And finally …
Royal Albert Hall trip – Saturday 15th March
There will be a trip meeting on Thursday 13th March after school in CGG (only for 15 minutes) during which I will go through all the information regarding where and when to meet, what to bring, what to wear, what we will be doing etc. See you all there.
NYO news
Listen to Emma perform a piece from West Side Story with other members of the NYO
Women composers
Read the article here
Read the article here
And finally …
“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (“Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart”), commonly abbreviated “Der Hölle Rache”, is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night, a coloratura soprano part, in the second act of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the Queen of the Night places a knife into the hand of her daughter Pamina and exhorts her to assassinate Sarastro, the Queen’s rival, else she will disown and curse Pamina. Find out more here.
Coming up this half term
Plus this trip:
There will be a trip meeting on Thursday 13th March after school in CGG (only for 15 minutes) during which I will go through all the information regarding where and when to meet, what to bring, what to wear, what we will be doing etc. See you all there.
MusicFest
Well done to everyone who performed and/or helped out at last night’s event. Photos and video coming soon.
Click here to read the article
Click here
Musical Google Doodles
Click here to see the doodle and find out more
And finally …
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the lineup of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists of Gahan and Gore. Read more here.
Hayes Music blog 