Winter Concert
Thankfully the heavy snow of the early part of the week had mostly cleared allowing our Winter Concert to proceed. This year 90 boys performed at the event bringing in our largest audience to date of over 160. We also showcased out two new instrumental teachers who join us from Birmingham Music Service; Mr Tim Beilby (violin and viola) and Mrs Emma Miller (brass).
The concert began with the Year 7 Choir performing two contrasting items, at this their first concert. In fact we had a number of year 7 students participating in the concert reflecting the talent in the lower school. For the first time in many years we had a couple of solo items from brass players – Gabriel Dino on the tuba and Dylan Sharma on the tenor horn. At the other end of the scale we heard Karl and Robert Frater playing at their final Winter Concert as both boys are in year 13 and are planning to study at University. They both played a grade 8 classical guitar piece – an exam they had recently sat and passed. All in all it was a very enjoyable evening.
I would like to express my gratitude to all the performers (especially those in year 11 sitting mock exams who participated), the instrumental teachers and all those who helped to make the evening a success.
