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Welcome to our Summer Arts Programme I am delighted to introduce the Summer 2018 Arts Programme which contains, as always, a rich blend of events. In music major highlights include the School Concert on Tuesday 8th May and the Open Mic Night on Friday 29th June. The final Keys Concert of the year, on Tuesday 3rd July, is always a moving occasion and provides the opportunity to say goodbye to this year’s departing Upper Sixth musicians. Another highlight of the second half of term is the succession of displays in the Art School, with excellent GCSE and Pre-U work on display. I hope that you may be able to visit these exhibitions, either for the private views or on King’s Day. The theatre too will be busy, with performances of Private Peaceful by the Removes’ Drama Club in early May and The Railway Children by the Fourth Forms after half term. The Senior Dance Showcase, which takes place on Tuesday 24th April, is also an occasion well worth marking in the diary. The pupils of King’s Hawford will be following up on their successes in the recent Worcester Festival with performances in the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday 8th May, and the comedy musical Pirates of the Curry Bean provides an intriguingly titled senior production after half term. At King’s St Alban’s too there is much to enjoy: the Chamber Choir will be singing Evensong at Coventry Cathedral on Friday 27th April, and the artwork from the recent, excellent Creative Connexions will be on display until Friday 25th May. There is also a range of concerts, as well as the summer show in the theatre on Thursday 26th June. I trust that you will find something which appeals in this very varied programme, and look forward to seeing you at one or more of these events over the course of the summer.
Matthew Armstrong, Headmaster
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The Music School Latin American Music Workshop Thursday 19th April
Organ Recital: Simon Taranczuk Wednesday 28th June, 12.15 - 12.55pm
GCSE music pupils will be introduced to the musical features of Latin American music with the Argentine pianist Lucia Caruso.
Venue: Cathedral The Director of Music will perform a programme of French Romantic and more contemporary repertoire.
School Concert Tuesday 8th May, 7.00pm
Open Mic Night Friday 29th June, 7.00pm
Venue: College Hall The orchestras, wind band, King’s Swingers and Choir perform a wide selection of repertoire.
Venue: Boathouse Bands, guitarists and singers take to the stage for the final Open Mic Night of the year.
Young Performers’ Concert Wednesday 9th May, 4.00pm Venue: Chappel Memorial Room An informal concert for Fourth Formers and Lower Remove.
Young Performers’ Concert Wednesday 27th June, 4.00pm Venue: Chappel Memorial Room The final YPC of the year for Fourth Formers and Lower Removes.
Many performances from these concerts will be available on Soundcloud a few days after the event. At present there are over 150 tracks and these have been listened to over 10,000 times since the site was launched. soundcloud.com/ksw-music
Piano Recital: Jia Jie Huang Wednesday 17th May, 12.15 - 12.55pm
Keys Concert Tuesday 3rd July, 7.00pm
Venue: Cathedral A lower sixth Music Scholar will perform a recital in the Cathedral as part of their lunchtime series.
Venue: College Hall Our senior musicians perform the final concert of the year.
The Art School
Private View GCSE Art Summer Exhibition Thursday 7th June, 6.30 - 8.00pm Venue: Sir Terry Frost Gallery Family and friends welcome. Refreshments served. A celebration of this year’s GCSE Art candidates’ work.
Private view Cambridge Pre-U Art Summer Exhibition Thursday 28th June, 6.30 – 8.00pm Venue: Sir Terry Frost Gallery Family and friends welcome. Refreshments served. A celebration of this year’s Art candidates’ work.
King’s Day Summer Exhibition Thursday 5th July, 10.00am - 3.00pm Venue: Art School Work from all year groups on display.
LAMDA
LAMDA Concert Tuesday 30th April Venue: King’s Hawford An informal presentation for family and friends.
LAMDA Platform Tuesday 1st May, 4.00pm Venue: King’s St Alban’s Chapel A chance for our LAMDA students to showcase their latest work for family and friends.
The Dance School Senior Dance Showcase Tuesday 24th April, 7.00pm Venue: John Moore Theatre Tickets £3 This dance showcase features dances choreographed by the Senior Dance Company. The younger dancers get the opportunity to work with the older pupils and perform the new material they have been working on this last term. The Senior and Junior Dance Companies have been working extremely hard in a brand new style and would like to invite you to come along and see the first Aerial Dance performance here at King’s.
LAMDA Platform (Senior School) Thursday 10th May, 5.00pm Venue: Wightman Studio A celebration of work from our current LAMDA students, featuring examination and festival work from all year groups.
LAMDA Examinations Sunday 13th May, 9.00am Venue: Wightman Studio
Junior School Summer Show (King’s St Alban’s) Thursday 26th June, 6.00pm Venue: John Moore Theatre LAMDA pupils perform in King’s St Alban’s Annual Summer Show
The Drama School Blood Brothers Wednesday 18th April, 7.30pm Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Years 9 & 10 head to Wolverhampton to see their GCSE set text, Willy Russell’s legendary musical play Blood Brothers, performed at the Grand Theatre.
Shakespeare Fest Thursday 19th April, 4.00pm Venue: John Moore Theatre Year 7 come together to perform their own abridged adaptations of six of Shakespeare’s best-known plays in a delightful project of collaborative creativity at its best.
Wicked Thursday 26th April, 7.30pm
Stages Friday 8th June, 7.00pm
Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome This year’s Arts Award cohorts (Bronze – Year 7, Silver - Year 9 and Gold – Year 12) indulge their shared love of creativity with a trip to the award-winning musical Wicked at the Birmingham Hippodome
Venue: Wightman Studio Year 10 GCSE pupils get their first taste of life in the spotlight with a public performance of their own original devised theatre pieces.
Private Peaceful Wednesday 2nd - Thursday 3rd May, 7.00pm
The Railway Children Wednesday 20th - Thursday 21st June, 7.00pm
Venue: Wightman Studio The Removes Drama Club (Years 9 & 10) bring Michael Morpurgo’s poignant World War I tale to life in this stage adaptation by Simon Reade.
Venue: John Moore Theatre E Nesbit’s heart-warming classic is adapted for the stage by Dave Simpson and performed here by our Year 7 & 8 pupils.
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Page to Stage Monday 25th - Wednesday 27th June, 7.00pm Venue: Wightman Studio A festival of one-off staged readings of some of the greatest dramatic works of all time, selected, directed and performed by the students themselves. Contact the Drama Department for the exact repertoire to be performed during the week.
Worcester Cathedral Tour to France Wednesday 4th - Monday 9th April
Concert Friday 22nd June, 7.30pm
Cathedral choir gentlemen on tour to Nantes and St Anne d’Auray, France.
Girl choristers and gentlemen in concert at St Mary Magdalene, Twyning, Gloucester, 7.30pm. Ticket details to be confirmed (details will be available on www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14414/).
Evensong Saturday 5th May
Eucharist Sunday 1st July, 10.30pm
Boy choristers and gentlemen singing evensong at Pershore Abbey followed by a short recital. Timings to be confirmed (details will be available on the Abbey web site - www.pershoreabbey.org.uk). Free admission with a retiring collection.
Final Sunday of term for the cathedral choir. Eucharist 10.30pm with choir farewells. All welcome!
Three Choirs Festival Saturday 28th July - Saturday 4th August The cathedral choir will be participating in the 2018 Three Choirs Festival in Hereford. Full details available at www.3choirs.org. uk
King’s Hawford
Piano Concert Thursday 17th May, 4.15 - 5.15pm Venue: Music Room An opportunity for many of our 40+ children receiving piano lessons in school to showcase their favourite piano pieces – proving that practice makes perfect!
Informal Concert Wednesday 23rd May, 4.15 - 5.15pm Venue: Music Room Instrumentalists and singers perform in the familiar environment of the Music Room to an appreciative audience, nurturing the young performers and helping their confidence grow.
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Tuesday 8th May Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall Senior Choir will perform and compete against schools from across the region in this prestigious Music Festival. A wonderful opportunity to hear other choirs perform and a fantastic performance experience!
Year 5 and 6 Musical Production, ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’ Tuesday 12th June and Thursday 14th June, 6.30pm
Hawford May Fete Friday 11th May, 3.00 - 5.00pm Venue: Around School Kindergarten, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will make the sun shine with their delightful Maypole and Country Dancing performances!
Venue: Barn This comedy musical is set both on land and at sea, raising much laughter as the crews of The Curry Bean and The Crunchy Frog clash in their search for treasure on the island of Lumbago. All children in Years 5 and 6 will be performing!
Arts Week Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th June
Arts Week Presentation Wednesday 27th June, 2.15pm
This year our theme for Arts Week is Australasia, covering music, dance and art forms from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Polynesia.
Venue: Marquee Following three intensive days of professional dance instruction, the whole school will entertain the audience with their Australasian-themed celebratory dance moves and grooves.
Ballet Presentation Year KG & R Monday 25th June, 12.30pm Reception, 1.00pm Kindergarten 2
A wonderful and colourful culmination to round off the mix of dance, art and musical activities the children have experienced during the week.
Venue: Cobb Our youngest children will show you their ‘good toes’ and keep their ‘naughty toes’ hidden away in a delightful dance display!
Shake, Rattle & Groove Presentation Tuesday 26th June, 12.00 - 2.00pm Venue: Music Room Kindergarten and Reception will entertain you with their happy songs and sunny smiles as they ‘Shake, Rattle and Groove’ to the music they love!
Ballet Presentation Year 1 & 2 Wednesday 27th June, 12.30pm Year 1, 1.00pm Year 2 Venue: Cobb Pre-Prep take their turn to dazzle and delight with their dancing!
Grandparents’ Day Concert Thursday 28th June, 12.30pm Venue: Marquee Every child is involved as each class performs their summer term songs to a huge audience of happy Grandparents and families.
Grandparents’ Day Mini-Concert Thursday 28th June, 1.45pm Venue: Barn Featuring soloists from Prep in a more informal concert as part of the afternoon’s activities.
Speech Day (Years 3 to 6) Saturday 30th June, 2.30pm Venue: Marquee An afternoon of awards and presentations for children in Prep including LAMDA and musical items.
Pre-Prep Speech Day and Concert Monday 2nd July, 5.30pm
King’s St Alban’s
Inter House Art Competition launches Monday 30th April
Year 6 Shakespeare Weeks w/c 7th May, 14th May and 21st May
The annual King’s St Alban’s Art Competition is always popular with the children and this year the themes for each year group are as follows:
In turn, each of our Year 6 classes will spend a week exploring one of Shakespeare’s plays through drama workshops which will also include elements of art and creative writing.
Year 6: portraits in the style of a variety of artists Year 5: still life painting Year 4: still life painting Year 3: the Egyptians
Junior Informal Concert Tuesday 15th May, 4.00pm
Exhibition of artwork inspired by this year’s Creative ConneXions: Monday 26th March to Friday 25th May Venue: John Moore Theatre Gallery The theme for this year’s Creative ConneXions was musicals. An exhibition of all the children’s work to be held in the theatre gallery until summer half term after which it will be displayed in the junior school.
Chamber Choir to sing at Coventry Cathedral Friday 27th April Venue: Coventry Cathedral A wonderful opportunity for members of our Chamber Choir to sing at Evensong in this stunning Cathedral.
Venue: King’s St Alban’s Chapel Children from Years 3 to 6 perform individually and in groups to family and friends. For many parents this is a chance to hear their children perform their examination pieces with accompaniment, and the children gain confidence from the opportunity to perform informally in a familiar setting.
Pre-Prep Summer Show Wednesday 6th June, 2.30pm Venue: Pre-Prep Hall A summer celebration when children will perform a combination of musical items, ensembles and LAMDA pieces.
Pre-Prep Informal Concert Tuesday 12th June, 4.00pm Venue: King’s St Alban’s Chapel A similar format to the Junior Informal Concert but adapted for our youngest children, from Reception to Year 2.
Junior School Summer Show Thursday 26th June, 6.00pm Venue: John Moore Theatre A summer celebration when children will perform a combination of musical items, ensembles and LAMDA pieces.
Year 5 Drama Club Production Monday 2nd July, 5.00pm Venue: Wightman Studio Children from Year 5 perform a short comedy to family and friends.
King’s Worcester
King’s Hawford
18th April
Blood Brothers
30th April
LAMDA Concert
19th April
Shakespeare Fest
8th May
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts
19th April
Latin American Music Workshop
11th May
Hawford May Fete
26th May
Senior Dance Showcase
13th May
LAMDA Examinations
26th April
Wicked
17th May
Piano Concert
2nd & 3rd May
Private Peaceful
23rd May
Informal Concert
8th May
School Concert
12th & 14th June
Pirates of the Curry Bean
9th May
Young Performers’ Concert
25th - 27th June
Arts Week
10th May
LAMDA Platform
25th June
Ballet Presentation
13th May
LAMDA Examinations
26th June
Shake, Rattle & Groove Presentation
17th May
Piano Recital
27th June
Ballet Presentation Arts Week Presentation
7th June
Private View GCSE Art Summer Exhibition
28th June
Grandparents’ Day Concert and Mini Concert
8th June
Stages
30th June
Speech Day
20th & 21st June
The Railway Children
25th - 27th June
Page to Stage
King’s St Alban’s
27th June
Young Performers’ Concert
30th April
28th June
Private View Cambridge Pre-U Art Exhibition Organ Recital
26th March - 25th May Creative Connexions Exhibition
29th June
Open Mic Night
27th April
3rd July
Keys Concert
5th July
King’s Day Summer Exhibition
w/c 7th, 14th & 21st May Year 6 Shakespeare Weeks
Worcester Cathedral 4th - 9th April
Tour to France
5th May
Evensong
22nd June Concert 1st July
Eucharist
28th July - 4th August Three Choirs Festival
Inter House Art Competition
Chamber Choir to sing at Coventry Cathedral
1st May
LAMDA Platform
13th May
LAMDA Examinations
15th May
Junior Informal Concert
6th June
Pre-Prep Summer Show
12th June
Pre-Prep Informal Concert
26th June
Junior School Summer Show
2nd July
Year 5 Drama Production
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