Dec 12
Our balalaika and domra players gave a lovely short recital of Christmas music at today’s assembly. Well done to them and their teacher Miss Mayo.
On Friday, 16th December, our brass, clarinet and flute players will be playing a selection of Chrismas music in the hall for parents from 8:45 to 9:00. The doors to the hall will be open a little earlier at 8:45 so please do stay for a few minutes to hear the children play. There will be refreshments available.
Oct 18
RNCM Outreach. Sunday 6th November 2011 1:30pm – 4:30pm Join Norwegian composer and instrumentalist Terje Isungset and artist Anne Fox-Kelly for a fun-filled afternoon at the RNCM. Try your hand at making music using just sticks and stones, and help to onstruct an “ice-o-phone!” For children aged 7 – 12. All children must be accompanied by an adult.ts £6 per person. Pick up a leaflet outside the studio or ask Mr Billington for further details or see the website at www.rncm.ac.uk Box office 0161 907 5555
Welcome back to school everybody. I hope our young musicians have been keeping up with their practice during the summer.
It is now time to sign up for an instrument if you are in Year 4. Letters will; be going out today or tomorrow to invite childern and parents/carers to commit to this year’s tuition from the Manchester Music Service in violin, ‘cello, trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet, balalaika and domra. Cost for the full year is £138. This can also be paid by 3 tearmly advance cheque payments of £46 or 6 ghalf-termly payments of £23. This is very good value when compared to individual private tuition.
Guitar lessons are also available at £5 per lesson over a minimum of an eight weeks block. Very few places left.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mr Billington.
This year’s end of year music concert will be held in the junior hall on Thursday 7th July from 6:30 to 8:00 The concert will include children who have been learning violin, ‘cello, trumpet,trombone, clarinet, flute, balalaika and domra with the Manchester Music Service. Also, there will be contributions from children who are learning piano and guitar at home. There will also be guest appearances from some of our ex-pupils to show how they are progressing in their music at High School.
There will be a trolley park in the Infant Hall for those who may need to park their pushchairs during the concert. There will also be refreshments in the Infant Hall during the interval. Programmes will be on sale before the concert. Please make sure you have applied for your tickets (restricted to two per child performer for fire restriction purposes) and if there are any spares we will try to make these available. See the letter that your child should have already brought home.
Mr Billington.
Congratulations to clarinettist Saffron(Y6)who came runner up and voted most promising musician in this year’s Chorlton Young Musician of the year at Chorlton High School.
Apr 25
On Friday 3AM created soundscapes of a storm at sea. For ideas we listened to sounds of storms on the Internet and also to Debussy’s La Mer. Then in groups of 4 we decided on the instruments and noises we would use to portray the sounds of a storm at sea. We then performed our soundscapes to the class. Mrs Millington was very impressed with our compositions!
Feb 28
Members of the school orchestra, Mr Burke has a link that will be of great help to you. If you go to http://bit.ly/dVirTX you can listen to the pieces you need to practice and even download the scores if you have lost your copy.String players, you can tune up by going to http://www.violinonline.com/tuning.htm or , if you play the ‘cello, http://www.violinonline.com/tuning-cello.htm
Mr Burke is about to start orchestra rehearsals so here is the schedule…..
1st March…..’cellos
8th March….. violins
15th March…..woodwind and brass
22nd March…..violins
29th March…..’cellos
5th April…..all strings (violins and ‘cellos)
12th April…..no rehearsal
Please be at the orchestra on time and remember your instrument. It is important that you are at the studio promptly to enable Mr Burke to start on time.
Violinists and ‘cellists, please remember that you can go to my room (4MB) at lunchtime to let me tune your instruments so you can be ready to start promptly.
Have fun and enjoy your music children.
Mr Billington.
Feb 15
It’s still quite a way to the end of year school concert which will be sometime in July but time passes so quickly that we need to start planning now.
Mr Burke will be starting orchestra practice after half term so keep practising your instruments children.
Thank you so much to all the children in brass ensemble who got us in the festive spirit this morning with their performances of Christmas songs. It was a lovely way to finish the term and a great start to the festive break!
A huge thankyou to Mr Burke for all his hardwork in preparing the children for this.
Young Voices Concert 2010 on PhotoPeach