Music and Drama News
• All pupils who sat external music exams last term –
Bradley Thorne who passed Grade 1 trombone with distinction
Bradley Thorne who passed Grade 1 drums with merit
Stefan Farmer who passed Grade 2 flute
Martha Sanders who passed Grade 2 cello with merit
Dominic Hoven who passed Grade 2 piano with merit
William Mead who passed Grade 2 piano with distinction
• Martha, Stefan and Alicia who attended the National Children’s Choir of GB in Petworth, Surrey
• William Mead who attended the National Children’s Orchestra of GB in Port Regis
They all had a marvellous time and worked very hard rehearsing for 6-7 hours everyday. The concerts were outstanding.
• Ieuan Briers who has been offered a place on the BTEC performing arts course in Gorseinon College
• Thomas Skalitzky-Newman, Stefan Farmer, Annabelle Morgan and Chloe Atkinson who rehearsed so hard for the BYT performance of Mulan. Unfortunately it had to be cancelled but it is rescheduled for August.
On Tuesday 27th April we were able to enjoy a Brass demonstration by the owner of CAVMS music, John Leech. He showed and played us the cornet, trumpet, French horn, euphonium and trombone. Samuel Bevan then tried the cornet – very successfully! Everyone enjoyed and appreciated John’s lively personality. At present we have 4 brass players in our school, who are all very fine musicians. We also have a very highly regarded Brass teacher, Mr. Terry Lax. We also have teachers for strings, saxophone, flute, guitar, percussion and piano. We have a waiting list at present for drum and piano lessons.
On Tuesday 2nd May Yrs 6 & 8 will be attending an integrated arts day. Each group will spend a ½ day in St. David’s Hall in a Gamelan workshop and a further ½ in the museum’s art galleries. Everyone is very excited at the prospect.
Good luck to all musicians practicing hard for all this term’s external exams
Mrs D Mead
