Page 105 - Creative Arts 2019

A Level Recitals

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of the style, accompanied wonderfully on
the piano by Mr Jon Boyle. Gregory Wills, our
next vocalist, took then to the stage, providing
us with a smooth performance of early-mid
20thcentury Jazz standards. Accompanied by Mr
Jon Boyle and Mr Simon Clulow, Greg portrayed
the effortlessly charming feel of the Jazz love
ballads style in which he sang. Our penultimate
performer was violinist Isabelle Barber
performing, with superb precision and great
musical maturity, two great Nationalist works
by composers Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich
Smetana for violin and piano. Finally, our last
performer of the night, vocalist Elenice Andrews
This stellar evening of music-making featured performed a convincing and very well received
a collection of four 20-minute recitals by set of Musical Theatre works by composer
our Upper Sixth A-level music students: one Stephen Sondheim.
violinist (Isabelle Barber) and three vocalists
(Florence Lunnon, Gregory Wills & Elenice
Andrews). A well-crafted and beautifully
portrayed selection of English 20thCentury
Art Songs was performed by Florence Lunnon,
who also presented concise and well thought-