SPRING TERM ARTS AGENDA
Welcome to our Spring Term Arts Calendar, which introduces our forthcoming music, drama and visual arts events at Oakham School. Join us and enjoy!
Lower School Exhibition
10 January - 14 February
Professional Music: Innocence and Experience
Thursday 16 January
Form 6 Artists: Work in Progress
21 January - 24 February
Singing Competition
Monday 27 January
Drama and Dance Showcase: Form 2
Tuesday 28 January
Drama and Dance Showcase: Form 1
Thursday 30 January
Friday Night is Music Night
Friday 7 February
OSAF: Oakham Student Arts Festival
10 February - 12 February
Brandenburg Choral Festival
Thursday 27 February
Art Department Staff Exhibition 28 February - 28 March
Lower School in Concert
Thursday 6 March
Drama Scholars’ Production: Six - Teen Edition 10 March - 13 March
Piano Duet Festival
Thursday 13 March
IB Visual Arts Final Exhibition 20 March - 23 April
Gala Concert: Carmina Burana
Sunday 23 March
INFORMAL CONCERTS
Monday 10 February, Monday 10 March, Monday 17 March 7.30pm, Studio 2 (School & parents only)
TICKET INFORMATION
For drama events, please email theatretickets@oakham.rutland.sch.uk or phone 01572 758655
For music events, tickets are available from wegottickets.com/oakhamschoolmusic, or please email boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk or phone 01572 758820, unless otherwise specified in the entry.
10 January - 14 February
LOWER SCHOOL EXHIBITION
Smallbone Library –
Mon-Fri
10.00am-5.00pm Sat 10.00am-12.00pm –
Free
Tickets not required ART
An exhibition that captures some of the creative processes that the Lower School artists have been exploring this academic year. This display will showcase a wide range of work including sculpture, collage, photography, textiles, and graphic design.
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL: INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE
ANNEBETH WEBB VIOLIN
RICHARD JENKINSON CELLO & ANNE BOLT PIANO
Brahms Piano Trio in C minor, op. 101
Fauré Trio in D minor, op. 120
Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major, D.28
MUSIC
Oakham School Chapel –
7.30pm –
£10 in advance
£12 on the door
Free for school-aged children –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
The Oakham Piano Trio return to our professional concert series with an evening of romantic masterworks. Schubert’s youthfully exuberant “Sonatensatz” one-movement trio (composed when the composer was just 15 years old) is placed alongside Brahms’ final piano trio and Fauré’s op. 120, written in his final year of life. This unmissable concert promises to have it all, from the innocence of youth to the experience and wisdom of a lifetime, delivered with the mixture of virtuosity and musicality for which the Oakham Piano Trio is widely praised.
21 January - 24 February
FORM 6 ARTISTS: WORK IN PROGRESS
Form 6 Art students have the opportunity to put on an exhibition of their work to consider how their work is seen and how it can be displayed. It is a chance for them to reflect on the direction in which their work is moving and to discuss with their peers their thoughts and ideas. The three disciplines of Art offered at the school are: Fine Art, Textile Design and 3D Design.
ART
Wheelhouse Gallery –Mon-Fri
10.00am-5.00pm Sat
9.00am - 12.00pm & 2.00pm - 5.00pm –
Free
By appointment only
All enquiries to the Richard Bull Centre 01572 758611
Monday 27 January
SINGING COMPETITION
Oakham School Chapel
Old School Hall
Bowes Room
4:30pm – Initial Rounds
Oakham School Chapel
7:30pm – Grand final
All are welcome to attend –
Free Tickets not required
You are invited to join us for our popular annual singing competition. Our adjudicators this year will be Royal Birmingham Conservatoire teacher and operatic mezzo-soprano Louise Crane, creative director of Arts1 and teacher of Estill voice craft, James Grimsey, and operatic tenor and head of singing at Uppingham, David Revells. There will be two categories this year, Art Song and Musical Theatre, with a grand final celebrating the performances of our top soloists from across the age groups who will be competing to win the overall prizes.
Tuesday 28 January
DRAMA AND DANCE SHOWCASE: FORM 2
Queen Elizabeth Theatre –5.30pm
Tickets not required
Form 2’s Showcase will be inspired by famous children’s stories. With dance and drama performances exploring the wondrous and exciting worlds of some of the most widely known stories from their childhood. All students will be performing both a dance and drama piece so it will be a show not to be missed!
Thursday 30 January
DRAMA AND DANCE SHOWCASE: FORM 1
Queen Elizabeth Theatre –5.30pm
Tickets not required
This year the Form 1 Showcase will be inspired by music and stories from bygone years of the previous century. Students will be utilising all the skills they’ve learnt in both Dance and Drama to focus their performances as they explore entertainment from the past. Join us on our magical trip to the past!
Creative & Performing Arts
Take your talent further with an Oakham School scholarship, apply for your place today.
Friday 7 February
FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk-Dances
Alfred Reed Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Band
Henry Mancini The Pink Panther
Randy Crawford Street Life
Sammy Nestico Front Burner
Big Band
Chamber Orchestra
Concert Band
String Ensemble
Symphony Orchestra
George Marshall saxophone
Katherine Collison, Steve Foster, Emily Holland & John Mountford conductors
MUSIC
Oakham School Chapel
7.30pm
Free Tickets required –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
Join us in Chapel for a celebration of the School’s top instrumental ensembles, encompassing music for bands, strings and orchestra. With musical highlights to include a performance of Tomlinson’s Suite of English Folk-Dances, Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, movements from Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony and Alfred Reed’s Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Band, featuring George Marshall, we can promise you variety and excellence aplenty.
10 February - 12 February
OSAF: OAKHAM STUDENT ARTS FESTIVAL
DRAMA
Various Locations
Please see the website for details
–Free Tickets not required
Oakham Student Arts Festival, OSAF, champions students’ creativity by offering the time, space, and support to devise a piece of theatre from scratch. This three-day event provides a platform for students to share their ideas, allowing them to explore various theatrical genres, alongside any topic that they find interesting. Students can turn their hands to writing, directing, design or acting. The collaborative nature of this project is a brilliant learning curve, allowing students to conquer the fear of the ‘blank page’ and provides them with the opportunity to make their creative voices heard.
PERFORMANCE – Thursday 27 February
BRANDENBURG CHORAL FESTIVAL
Bob Chilcott Little Jazz Mass and music by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Ola Gjeilo
Chamber Choir
Anne Bolt piano
James Yates drum kit
David Graham bass guitar
John Mountford conductor
MUSIC
Holy Sepulchre London, Holborn Viaduct –
6.00pm –
£25 (premium)
£20 (unreserved)
£5 (school-aged children)
Available from bit.ly/ Brandenburg2025
Allow us to brighten your February with this jazzy gem by Chilcott, contrasted with the sanctity of three of Victoria’s most glorious motets. Set these against the luminosity of Gjeilo’s Northern Lights and Sacred Heart and you have a concert that will have your toes tapping and your spine tingling in equal measure!
28 February28 March
ART DEPARTMENT STAFF EXHIBITION
All of the Art department staff are practising artists and this exhibition offers an opportunity to see some of their recent work on display.
Smallbone Library –7.30pm –
Monday to Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00am - 12.00pm –Free
Tickets not required
Thursday 6 March
LOWER SCHOOL IN CONCERT
Choir
Guitar Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble
MUSIC
Oakham School Chapel –
7.15pm
–
Free
Tickets required –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
This concert offers the opportunity for our talented Lower School musicians to take to the stage and showcase their hard work in rehearsals this term. This performance will include a wide range of the pupils’ instrumental and vocal talents as soloists and ensemble musicians as they perform in front of their peers and parents.
DRAMA
Queen Elizabeth Theatre –7.30pm –
£15 –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
From the tragic tales of Tudor queens to modern pop icons, the six wives of Henry VIII grab the spotlight to remix five centuries of heartbreak into a vibrant celebration of 21st-century girl power.
Thursday 13 March
PIANO DUET FESTIVAL
Oakham School Chapel –
Free
Tickets not required MUSIC
It’s time for our much-loved annual festival in which our pianists perform piano duets, providing them the opportunity to showcase their teamwork and chamber music skills. We are delighted to welcome Nicola Eimer, who is Head of Keyboard at Highgate School and Professor of Ensemble Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, as our visiting adjudicator. Parents, friends and members of staff are invited to come along to individual sessions to support those taking part.
20 March - 23 April
IB VISUAL ARTS FINAL EXHIBITION
ART
Wheelhouse Gallery –
Monday to Friday
10.00am - 5.00pm Saturday 9.00am - 12.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm –
By appointment only
All enquiries to the Richard Bull Centre 01572 758611
Four student artists will exhibit their work exploring their cultural heritage, identity and personal memories across a range of materials and techniques. The exhibition is an important element of the course and students have to consider how their work is seen, exploring ideas about curation as they make their work.
Sunday 23 March
gala concert: Carmina Burana
Lower School Choir
Chapel Choir
Concert Band
Oakham Choral Society
Symphony Orchestra
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
Maya Mbogo violin
Evie Holder soprano
Alex Bower-Brown baritone
Harry Jacques tenor
Steve Foster & John Mountford conductors
Hector Berlioz March to the Scaffold (Symphonie Fantastique)
Samuel Barber Allegro molto moderatio (Violin Concerto)
In Carmina Burana, Orff weaves an intoxicating mix of medieval poetry and student drinking songs with a powerful battery of percussion, its opening and closing chorus ‘O Fortuna’ having become iconic in contexts far wider than the composer could have imagined.
The delirium of our programme extends with the hallucinations of Berlioz’s protagonist in the haunting ‘March to the Scaffold’ from his Symphonie Fantastique.
To cleanse your palette, enjoy the first movement of Samuel Barber’s luscious Violin Concerto, served alongside offerings from the Concert Band.
MUSIC
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge –
6.30pm –
£13
£5 –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
LUNCHTIME RECITALS
Oakham School Chapel, 1.30pm - Free
Join us each week to hear our pupils perform live.
Wednesday 8 January
Piano Faculty completely out of hand(s)
A selection of piano pieces for four to eight hands
Wednesday 15 January
Shonali Banerjee flute
Lizzie Wyer violin
Music to include:
Ernesto Köhler Insects’ Dance (25 romantische Etüden, No. 19, op. 66)
Johannès Donjon Offertoire, op. 12
Mel Bonis Scherzo (Sonate pour piano et flûte)
Wednesday 22 January
Freddy Astill guitar
Music to include:
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah
John Mayor Slow dancing in a burning room
Wednesday 29 January
Daisy Griffiths violin
Bach Allegro moderato (Concerto in A minor, BWV1041)
Charles de Beriot Adagio – Rondo & Allegretto
moderato (Concerto No.9, op.104)
Greenwood The Acrobat Tchaikovsky Canzonetta: Andante (Concerto in D major, op.35)
Wednesday 5 February
Evie Brammer soprano
Debussy Romance
Mozart Angus Dei
Quilter Love’s Philosophy
Wednesday 12 February
Maya Mbogo violin
Barber Allegro (Violin Concerto, op.14)
Dvořák Cavatina, Capriccio & Romance (Romantic Pieces, op. 75, B.150)
Wednesday 26 February
Elsa Marsh violin
Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, op.12 no.3
Beach Romance for Violin and Piano, op.23
Brahms Sonatensatz Scherzo in C minor
Wednesday 5 March
Alex Forshaw piano
Mozart Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573
Wednesday 12 March
Evie Holder violin
Grieg Sonata
Wednesday 19 March
Rosie Johnson piano
Debussy Clair de Lune
Mozart Allegro moderato (Sonata No. 10 in C major, K.330)
Ginastera Argentine Dances, op. 2 no. 2
Gershwin I got Rhythm
Wednesday 26 March
Eloise Snape soprano
A recital of musical theatre solos including music from: Frozen the Broadway musical | The Last Five Years | Songs for a New World | Thoroughly Modern Millie
