EDUCATION: WESTLAKE BOYS
Westlake Symphony Orchestra performing at Equinox Concert.
Outdoor performances prove popular Covid restrictions haven’t slowed down our music department, who have forged on despite masks and spacing rules, to ensure the 2022 music season starts successfully! This term Arts Captain William Squire has hosted a couple of ‘lunchtime live’ sessions with Year 11 contemporary music students kicking it off on a Friday with their rock band ‘Chazzy Modems’. The 85-strong Symphonic Band also held an outdoor open rehearsal leading up to the Equinox Concert. These lunchtime live sessions proved popular with staff and students alike. Then on Thursday 31st March a spectacular Equinox concert was held outdoors in the Westlake Boys' quad at 5.30pm. The weather put on a stunning evening, and the quad was packed with families; from babies and children to teens, parents and grandparents all enjoying the fantastic music and wonderful relaxed atmosphere. The Equinox concert is a well-loved tradition in the Westlake music calendar - giving each group the chance to perform one piece, to show the work they've been putting in during rehearsals in the first term and giving audience members a taste of what is to come from these talented musicians and directors in the year ahead as they build up to further concerts and their festival season. This was the first live concert since August last year for our musical groups – hopefully book-ending what has been an extremely challenging environment for musicians and performers during Covid restrictions.
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‘Chazzy modems’ perform a lunchtime live session.
The Equinox concert is a wellloved tradition in the Westlake music calendar - giving each group the chance to perform one piece…
