Festival of light
Every December, the whole school comes together to perform in a concert of vibrant music and dance. Performances include whole year group ensembles exhibiting products from their term's music projects, extra curricular groups such as the hip-hop brass band, string ensemble, soul band, GCSE group and choir, a whole school finale involving every student and, of course, the staff choir! Take a look at some of the photos from previous years, or for even more pictures head to our flikr page. We look forward to seeing you at the next one!
FoL 2015
FoL 2014
Recitals
The recitals are more informal concerts which take place two-three times per year. These concerts give students across all years the opportunity to perform solo or small ensemble pieces that they have been learning in instrumental lessons, or as part of an individual or extra-curricular learning journey. The atmosphere is kind and supportive, with many students stepping out to perform for the first time on their own. So far we have had some stunning performances from students as young as five, and teachers as old as....well...
School exhibitions
At the end of every term, all students exhibit products from their term's projects. You can find out about the different projects we do in our curriculum section, but here's a quick list of some of the project exhibitions we have created so far:
- Year 9 Silent Disco exhibiting fusion club dance tracks
- Year 7 soundcloud experience exhibiting their 'number 1 hit' creations
- Year 8 Beatles project exhibiting modern interpretations of Beatles posters and live Beatles performances
- Year 8 Music & Science project exhibiting Cymatics videos and a live performance to demonstrate the Science behind sound
- Year 9 carnival project exhibiting samba headdresses and an authentic, live samba performance
- Year 9 Battle of the Bands competition exhibiting original songs composed and performed live
- Year 7 Stomp project exhibiting an original, fully choreographed performance in the style of the original musical
- Year 8 protest project exhibiting podcasts featuring original work songs, blues songs and spoken word documenting the struggle for racial equality
- Year 9 Silent Disco exhibiting fusion club dance tracks
- Year 7 soundcloud experience exhibiting their 'number 1 hit' creations
- Year 8 Beatles project exhibiting modern interpretations of Beatles posters and live Beatles performances
- Year 8 Music & Science project exhibiting Cymatics videos and a live performance to demonstrate the Science behind sound
- Year 9 carnival project exhibiting samba headdresses and an authentic, live samba performance
- Year 9 Battle of the Bands competition exhibiting original songs composed and performed live
- Year 7 Stomp project exhibiting an original, fully choreographed performance in the style of the original musical
- Year 8 protest project exhibiting podcasts featuring original work songs, blues songs and spoken word documenting the struggle for racial equality
Musicals
2016 saw the first ever School21 musical, a production of 'Oliver!' by students in KS3. A cast of around fifty students, together with a team of dedicated staff in the form of directors, set designers and musicians, created a high quality, sell out production following six months of intensive rehearsals. Since then we've enjoyed many more Musicals involving students in all four small schools, and even members of the community choir.