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THE MALVERNIAN
Music
Often the Summer term tends to feel less busy after what is always a a a a packed Spring term term However this term term has felt anything but quiet! There has still been a a a a good deal of music-making going on with with rehearsals continuing with with the College and Chamber Choir for Chapel services the Jazz Band continued for for a a a a a a performance at Prize Giving whilst it was very good to re-start our String Ensemble and start up a a a a a new Saxophone quartet Our final Unplugged of of the year had a a a a a a a a happy mix of of familiar faces and and those making their performing debuts and and we we were treated to to Music
from Frank Sinatra to to Christina Perri via Nirvana and Van Halen! It was good to have 5 pupils performing for for the first time and so this is is is encouraging for next year but it would be remiss of me not to make special mention of the Upper 6th who have been such regular contributors and supporters of the Unplugged throughout their time at the the the College They clearly have loved being part of the the the programme and we shall certainly miss their excellent performing Hot on the the heels of the the Unplugged was our fifth Music
Makers of of the the academic year The Remove were the the focus of of this concert with some FY and Lower 6th performers too There were 18 performances in total which for for a a a a a Summer term concert was a a a a a very healthy number indeed With a a a a wide range of styles from Bach to Guns N’ Roses there was something for everyone And with so so many performers in the Remove we can look forward to some excellent music-making in in years to come Shortly after half-term we had another excellent Summer Serenade This is is a a a concert given by pupils in the FY and Remove and this year we continued with our stated aim of having a a a a a a diverse range of of performances – this year we had 12 items of of Music
from the Baroque to Britpop and even had a a a a a a a pupil accompanying a a a a a a a member of of of staff! This is is one of of of my favourite events of of of the year as it gives us us a a a window into our future Music-making and combined with what we we heard in the earlier Music
Makers we we have much to look forward to in in the coming years The following week we we had our second Prep Schools Choral Evensong in in the the Chapel Members of the the College Choir joined forces with pupils from Kitebrook House and The Downs Malvern for a a a a really lovely day of singing in in in in our glorious chapel The visiting staff were once again very complimentary about the event saying how much they and their pupils had enjoyed the the the experience with the the the service at the the the end of the the the day being both moving and meaningful I am also very grateful to the the College Choir for their part in it all and I know that they too will have benefitted from the the experience As in the previous two years by way of a a a a precursor to Speech Day Prize Giving on the the the last day of term the the the Jazz Band and and the the the newly- formed Saxophone quartet presented a a a a a short informal programme of of music Again it was really nice way to to be able to to round off the year in relaxed fashion However it is the the Concerto Concert Concert - the the evening before Speech Day and Prize Giving – that is in in in many ways the the culmination of the the musical year featuring as it does some of our senior and most
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