Music Showcase Concert
On 20th November the Music Department presented its Winter Showcase Concert in the South Hall.
Competition to be selected for a solo/duo spot had been fierce, with nearly thirty auditionees for eleven places in the final show.
The evening featured an eclectic mix of solos, duos, small and large ensembles including choirs, bands and a drum group.
All year groups were involved from Bee Walker in Year 7 singing Sienna Spiro’s ‘You stole the Show’ to Poppy Hills in Year 10 who played the drum track to Fleetwood Mac’s ‘You Make Loving Fun’ and Faith Harris, in the Sixth Form, who sang Whitney Houston’s ‘I have Nothing.’
Pianists Aarush M
ukherjee in Year 7 and duo Veronika Sokolova/Varada Shamal in Year 9 stepped up to perform more classical pieces – Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ and the traditional ‘Carol of the Bells’, while Ishaan Ahmad in Year 8 showcased his own variations on ‘Interstellar.’
The Junior and Senior Choirs, directed by Miss Murray, tackled some challenging material, the Senior Choir in particular with an arrangement of the theme from Beethoven’s Symphony No.5.
Contrast was provided by the Drum Group performing ‘Escalator’, a guitar solo, ‘Valentine’ by Maneskin played by Mustafa Ahmed in the Sixth Form and Year 8 boys, Jacob Ward and Oliver Williamson on guitar/voice with ‘Hotel California’.
Raw emotion was displayed by Eli Silina in Year 11 in her encapsulation of Lady Gaga’s ‘Blade of Grass’ as well as the moving duet about friendship, ‘Space Between’ (from ‘Descendants’) with Ivy Brown and Cloe Saunders in Year 9.
The evening also featured the ensembles trained by Miss Murray and Mr Richard – the orchestra, with some addition of staff, played ‘Pink Pony Club’ (Chappel Roan) and the Junior Band performed ‘Song 2’ by Blur.
The event was rounded off by all performers enjoying a lively interpretation of Abba’s ‘Waterloo’.
Ms Newport
