Year Eight Pupils Shine at Teatime Concert

Pupils from Year Eight recently performed in a Teatime Concert in Perrins Hall. The Teatime Concert is an opportunity for pupils to perform a solo in a relaxed and informal way. We welcome performances from pupils who have only just started an instrument, through to highly accomplished performers, giving all pupils the chance to learn from the experience of preparing a piece and sharing it with an audience.

The Year Eight Teatime Concert saw a great variety of performances. Ridhima Canchi opened the concert by singing Bob Chilcott’s ‘This Day’, with a flowing legato and uplifting tone. Emily Pipe followed, playing Sally Adams’ ‘Lollipop Trot’ on the flute, with a sprightly joy.

Frederick Parry’s, classical guitar performance of Nicholas Powelesland’s ‘Funky Juan’ was exciting and very atmospheric, taking us to the Spanish sunshine, with its atmospheric knocking of the body of the guitar and intricate picking style.

Olivia Harkness, sang George Gershwin’s ‘Stairway to Paradise’ from George White’s ‘Scandals of 1922’, a piece that the audience could tell that she loved, about the pleasure of dancing.

Samuel Frettingham and Denis Goodwillie-Green, played us the violin duet ‘Kitchen Kapers’, which had a great sense of fun and demonstrated their excellent ensemble skills.

Amelie Baynham continued the dancing theme, performing Sarah Watts’ ‘Tip Toe Tango’ on the flute, with her articulation particularly creating the stirring atmosphere of the tango.

Cleo Whitbread, sang Andrew Lloyd Weber’s ‘Far Too Late’ from the musical ‘Cinderella’, a beautiful love song about regret, which she put a lot of feeling and emotion into.

Denis Goodwillie-Green returned to the stage to play the violin solo ‘Hay Barn Blues’ by Nikki Iles, which he performed with great energy and enthusiasm. Ridhima Canchi’s second performance was on the flute, creating a lovely moment of calm with David Baker’s ‘Nocturne’. 

Eloise Austin-Ginger sang AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’, giving a very confident and accomplished performance, in her own unique style. Barney Dunnett performed Friedrich Kuhlau’s ‘Allegro from Piano Sonata in C major’, an exciting piece that he performed off by heart. Erin Fisher then performed Bach’s ‘Toccata’ from the ‘Toccata and Fugue in D minor’, a piece that had been learnt on the piano and transferred to the school organ. For the final performance, Arthur Hasling performed Modest Musorsky’s ‘Gopak from Sorochintsi Fair’ on the violin, ending the Teatime Concert in a flurry of energy and enthusiasm.

Amelie Baynham said, “I loved performing in front of an audience, whilst expressing myself through music”.

“It was lovely to hear all of the other music and it was overall just a very enjoyable and happy atmosphere”, commented Emily Pipe.

Arthur Hasling added, “I thought playing in the Teatime Concert was very gratifying, as I was able to perform in front of some of my friends”.

Next half term, it will be our Year Seven pupils who have the opportunity to perform on the 13 June in their teatime Concert, so save the date!