The whole school were treated to a musical medley – led by our singing and instrument playing leavers. After each artist introduced themselves to the audience, we were treated to a concert which allowed soloists to shine, choirs to sing together and groups of violinists to impress. Highlights included pirouetting violinists, children singing along to the tunes, songs dedicated to teachers and a trumpeter playing Happy Birthday to herself! Thank you to all the musicians and their teachers.
Super Singing ‘Thursday’ –
Wow! Could we cram any more shows into a week? Super Singing Thursday saw a double bill of performances for year 5 and 6 as both the Year 6 choir and the Year 5s performed in venues along the Southbank.
The Year 6 choir were asked to perform a selection of songs at the Excellence in Southwark awards for schools and teachers at the Southwark Council Buildings. Each year, the local authority celebrates outstanding teaching and achievement. Wonderful Mrs Worley (Head of PE) received an award for her leadership of our outstanding sports provision at Charles Dickens. The choir were very warmly received and sang beautifully led by Ms Rhys Evans.
Ms Rhys Evans then got on her bike and cycled to The Royal Festival Hall to lead our Year 5 children as they took part in Southwark Splash, a borough wide singing, dancing and percussion led performance of an original piece ‘The Bloodless Giant’ involving over 500 children from over 10 schools. Congratulations to our children who both performed and behaved exceptionally well.
Thank you to Ms Rhys Evans for both her talent and energy in delivering two high octane performances in one day! Thank you also to the teachers who accompanied the year 5 children to this wonderful event.
If you sing it, we’ll play it!
Mr Oxenham has recently launched a Ukulele club for pupils in years 3 and 4 who are keen to learn. This week they performed their first ‘gig’ for the whole school accompanying the year 3 and 4 choir as the choir sang a newly written ‘Friendship Song’, with lyric written by the choir and melody by Emeli Sande and led by Ms Gemmell
You can see their performance here
Watch Ukulele Club and Year 3/4 choir
Southwark Vocal Magic
On Friday 4th April, the Year 5/6 choir performed alongside other Southwark Schools in ‘Southwark Vocal Magic’. The mass choir was led by Singology and the event was made possible by Southwark Music Services. Thank you to the talented Ms Rhys Evans and her team of committed teachers who supported the choir so magnificently. We hope that all the families who attended the concert at The Queen Elizabeth Hall enjoyed this wonderful event as much as we did.
Here is an extract from the performance of one of our children’s favourite song, ‘Roar!’
Here is a short clip of of Ms Rhys Evans, Ms Livett, Ms Foster and Mr Bakas singing ‘Lean on Me!’
Well done to all of you!
‘Roar’ Year 5 and 6 Choir – Southwark Vocal Magic Rehearsals
On Friday, come and enjoy the explosive force of nearly 300 Southwark students coming together to share inspirational songs, our year 5 and 6 choir have been rehearsing with the inspirational Mark De Lisser and wonderfully talented singers from Singology.
Here is a quick glimpse into our recent rehearsals!
Building on the legacy of Southwark Splash, the concert is the result of a series of in-school workshops coordinated by All About The Music and artistic direction comes from vocal leader Mark De Lisser and his vocal tutor team. Mark De Lisser is one of the vocal coaches from The Voice and he led the ACM Gospel choir who reached the semi finals of ‘Last Choir Standing’.
tickets cost £4 directly from the Southbank Centre if you have not bought them directly from Mrs Rhys Evans.
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/southwark-vocal-magic-80771
Spring Term Music Concert – Trumpeters Herald The Spring With Jazz!
Thank you to all our musicians for a wonderful music treat yesterday afternoon when many of our beginners performed in the Spring Term Music Concert. The older pupils who have been learning for some time also treated us to their ensemble work.
Christmas Concert
Thank you to all the children, music teachers and parents for their continued work and support in helping children to learn musical instruments. The children performed brilliantly to the whole school and their parents. Highlights included children’s own compositions, singing along to Jingle bells and the violin group finale. Thank you and well done.
…and it wasn’t just Year 5 who got in on the action!
Can you spot members of your family or any teachers?
Year 5 at the Royal Festival Hall
Year 5 have been learning a huge array of songs (with actions) lead by Ms Rhys-Evans. Nineteen Southwark Schools came together to practise for a day and then perform to members of the public (see if you can spot your parents or teachers on the next blog entry). It was an amazing show with wonderful singing, creative choreography and the brilliantly behaved Year 5 were wonderful representatives for the school!
Animate Orchestra – A great opportunity for our children!
Animate orchestra spend two days making some fantastic music from scratch with an ensemble of 36 young instrumentalists from Southwark, including traditional orchestral instruments, guitars, drum kits and laptops!
Our next course in Southwark takes place on Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th February 2013, at Walworth Academy.
This course is open to all young instrumentalists years 5 – 8 living or going to school in the London Borough of Southwark. Any instrument can join (including young people who are interested in music technology), and Animate Orchestra is open players of any ability.
Animate Orchestra is a partnership project between Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Lambeth and Southwark Music Services. It is a young person’s Orchestra for the 21st Century which gives young people a voice to create their own music in a unique ensemble. You can watch a video about the activities we do here: http://animateorchestra.org.
The 2 day course costs only £16 (£5 if eligible for free school meals) and we hope this means that any young person in the Borough is able to participate.
Online application is available at www.animateorchestra.org.uk/
The closing date for applications is Monday 4th February.