Instrumental Progress Evening 2023
Forty students performed to a near full Big School at our annual ‘Instrumental Progress Evening’. The concert is aimed at our students who are in their early years of studying an instrument. The vast majority of the boys were in years 7 and 8 with a couple from years 9 and 10. Our beautiful new Bechstein piano was heard for the first time in a school concert and was beautifully played by Ayaan Pirani, Darren Lounguedy, Matthew Fenwick, Enzo Lee, Stanley Todd, Adam Cunningham and Jerren Okyere-Darko. It was also the first opportunity for parents to see the new stained glass window and the newly cleaned stained glass window, from 1922, in Big School.
We enjoyed solo performances from Rajan Dhupar and Raman Hayr (dhol), Ziona Paulson (flute), Hritik Bansal, Nicholas Bob, Abel Shane and Hardev Manku (violin), Arjun Sond and Kieran Hay (classical guitar), and Tiziano Pasqualini (saxophone). Our year 7 guitar ensemble, junior guitar ensemble, string ensemble and woodwind ensemble delivered a number of items in a range of different styles, including eastern European folk tunes and music by the film composer John Williams. ‘Well done’ to the boys who performed that night and a big thank you to the teachers who work so hard with them. Our next concert will be the Summer Concert in Big School.
