A quick review….

The music department has been very busy over the past half term. Audtions  have taken place for the school’s July production of “Phantom of the Opera” and Monday evening full-cast rehearsals are well under way.  There has been plenty of competition for the preliminary rounds of the School Eisteddfod.  Ben B and Christie B represented the school at the County rounds of the Rotary Young Musician (Ben came second in the instrumental class and Christie was highly commended).

The department hosted a Cluster String day on Wednesday 12th February. The string tutors worked with 40 young musicians and performed a short concert at the end of the day. Musicians from KH8 took part in a superb workshop with a string quartet from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.  It was wonderful to see our young string players swapping places with these talented music students to perform sections of a Mozart String Quartet.

No time to rest before half term – the finals of the School Eisteddfod take place on Thursday and Friday this week!

CONGRATULATIONS

Many congratulations to all who participated in the school rounds of the Rotary Young Musician during the past week. The Preliminary round on Tuesday was battled out by thirty eight learners. Mr Lionel Elton, the adjudicator for the competition, had a very difficult time in deciding who should go through to the School Final.

The standard of music making at the School Final on Thursday 14th November was extremely high. The performers were a credit to themselves and to the school. Although each participant performed superbly, the adjudicators had to make an unenviable decision as to whom the overall winner for each section would be. Further to this, two students needed to be chosen to represent the school at the next stage of the competition at Builth Wells.

Congratulations to Molly B and Christie B, winners of the Junior Instrumentalist and Junior Singer award. Congratulations also to Ben B (y11) and Jake G (y13) who won the senior instrumentalist and vocalist.  The adjudicator chose Ben and Christie to go forward to represent the school in the next round.

I am extremely proud of the KH8 musicians and look forward to more wonderful music making in the years to come. Thanks to the PTCA for providing refreshments and to the Rotary Club for providing prizes for the participants.

 

ROTARY FINAL – 14 November

Congratulations to all the learners who have reached the Rotary Final. Well done! 35 learners took part in the initial round. Thanks to Mr Lionel Elton for his adjudication.

The final will take place in Upper School Hall at 6pm on Thursday 14th November. All are welcome – admission is free.

The PTCA will be serving refreshments prior to the event and during the interval.

The evening will be a demonstration of the superb musical talent that exists among the learners at KH8.