MUSIC NEWS
Inter-House Music Competition Friday 28 January marked the return of Lancing’s annual Inter-House Music Competition. After lockdown forced the 2021 competition to move online, this year’s live competition was back in full force, with over 200 entries across the solo, duet and ensemble categories. The competition classes were spread out over two days showcasing a wide variety of musical styles, from JS Bach to ABBA and everything in between! Adjudicators Jess O’Leary, Ian Richardson, Stuart Hutchinson and Will Padfield all gave excellent feedback in each individual class and put forward winners of each ‘open’ (Grade 8+) class for the competition final on the evening of 3 February. This was a truly magnificent evening showcasing some of the best musical talent Lancing has to offer and giving adjudicator Nicholas Gleed an unenviable task of deciding on a winner for each category. After much deliberation, the ensemble prize was won by Theo Almond, Jerry Wang, Benjamin Irvine-Capel and Ben MillwardSadler for their performance of O’Miller’s arrangement of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; the duet prize went to Henry Czajka and Benjamin Irivine-Capel who performed the
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third movement of Mozart’s Concerto for Horn in Eb K.447; and the solo prize was won by Kevin Ng for his sparkling rendition of the first movement of Rosauro’s Concerto for Marimba and Piano. After a very successful final, Teme House were crowned the overall winners, with Manor House as runners-up.
EMILIE HARLOW Teacher of Music
