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Young Voices
On Friday 31 January, 63 pupils set off to
Birmingham to take part in Young Voices with
5263 other children from around the country. The
event was much anticipated and took place in a
15,000 capacity arena. The pupils had a fantastic
time singing a huge variety of songs and they
represented the school beautifully.

Autumn, Spring and Summer

Our major end of term concerts are always a
highlight of the musical calendar with the focus 02
on our many different ensembles in the autumn
and summer terms and our choirs in the spring.
We certainly have a special love for singing in our
school and, this year, the Spring Concert involved
over 250 pupils including two whole year groups
(the amazing Year 2s and the Year 6 ukuleles)
as well as some engaging performances from
Edgarley Voices, the Chamber Choir, the Junior
Choir, the Young Voices choir and the 120 strong
Senior Choir. Our Autumn Concert contained some
fantastic performances from the Year 2 brass, 03
senior orchestra, chamber orchestra, concert band,
string ensembles, wind ensembles, jazz and blues
band, and percussion ensemble and the summer Screen night
concert was given a glitzy upgrade, being themed
‘A Night at the Oscars’. The Assembly Hall looked Music for Stage and Screen night
suitably glamorous with decorated tables, life size We are incredibly lucky to have some outstanding
Oscar statues, a giant screen, and a red carpet to instrumentalists at the prep school and this year,
complete the sense of occasion. All instrumental selected musicians have been travelling to Millfield
groups performed pieces that have been part of on Fridays to rehearse as part of the Sinfonietta
Oscar winning films and clips from each film were and the Millfield Orchestra. On Monday 28 April,
shown during performances. Pupils had also been they were given the incredible opportunity to
invited to dress up for the night and at the end of perform in the Summer Concert (themed Music for
each performance, pupils were given the chance to Stage and Screen) alongside senior school students
walk the red carpet to thunderous applause. and staff. The standard was absolutely exceptional,
and the audience were treated to over two and
a half hours of incredibly varied music. It was
Rock and Pop fantastic to see our pupils looking so professional
The Rock and Pop concert is one of the year’s most and playing with confidence and poise in front of a
eagerly anticipated events and this year’s concert packed audience. They can be hugely proud of all
certainly lived up to the hype. The audience that they have achieved with the orchestras this
were treated to a BBQ and ice lollies before the year!
concert, and the enthusiasm from the audience
in the Sports Hall certainly added to the rock ‘n’
roll vibe with weeks of preparation and hard work
culminating in some fantastic performances from
all involved. The pupils all took turns in announcing
each other and the camaraderie and support they
gave each other was clear for all to see. A fantastic
night was had by all! Music for Stage and
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