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Music Events AUTUMN 2019
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JIGSAW PLAYERS @WHS – CONCERT 1 Monday 30th September 2019
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19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall
Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZQ
Autumn 2019 Welcome Welcome to the academic year
Players and Blues and Roots Ensemble
2019-20 at WHS! We have a hugely exciting
concerts, are free. However, we do ask
programme of music arranged for the term
for you to book tickets for these through
and we are all looking forward to another
TryBooking to ensure that the events are set
musical year. This booklet compliments
up with the correct number of chairs and
the Imagine guide, given to all pupils
the right amount of catering, thus avoiding
at the start of term, where there is lots
waste. All of these events can also be found
of information about each of the co-
on the main WHS website at https://www.
curricular clubs that support the musical
wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/our-community/
development of all pupils throughout
event-booking. We often post pictures and
the academic year. This booklet contains
recordings from our events on our Twitter
information on the different concerts,
@Music_WHS – do follow us if you
recitals, services and events, and includes
would like to see these. I look forward to
links to TryBooking to allow you to
welcoming you to the various different
acquire tickets.
events throughout the term.
Tickets to many of our events, including all
Richard Bristow
WHS Young Musician of the Year, Jigsaw
Director of Music
We are delighted to continue our musical partnership with the Jigsaw Players this academic year, and warmly invite you to join the Jigsaw Players for their first concert in 2019 at WHS. Featuring joint performances with WHS musicians (Baroque Ensemble), the evening will be an exceptional showcase of musicianship, starting the partnership between WHS and the Jigsaw Players for this academic year. The concert is open to everyone and tickets are free. Refreshments will be
available at the back of the Senior Hall from 6:30pm. The concert will end by 9:30pm. www.jigsawplayers.co.uk
MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP OPEN DAY Tuesday 8th October 2019
13:00 - 15:30 / Senior Hall and M11
Free tickets from https://wimbledonhigh.openapply.com/openday
Our annual Music Scholarship Day is aimed at girls in interested in the 11+ and Sixth Form music scholarship offer. It includes a chance to get to know our pupils by playing with the WHS Symphony Orchestra and then pupils experiencing a music lesson with our music staff and Sixth Form musicians. Parents will have a chance during this lesson to hear more about the music scholarship from the Director of Music, as well as asking any questions which might help the application process. Pupils who do not play an orchestral instrument will be encouraged to join
the percussion section. The emphasis of the day is for the pupils to have a great time making music, and to talk about music at WHS with their peers.
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WHS YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Vocal CompetitionMonday Wednesday 16th October 2019
19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall
WHS YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: String CompetitionMonday Tuesday 5th November 2019
19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall
Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZR
Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZS
We are delighted to be launching our brand new WHS Young Musician of the Year in 2019! This is a new competition where pupils perform in different disciplines (Voice, Strings, Wind/Brass and Piano/Percussion) in three different categories by standard (Intermediate, Senior, Advanced). The winners of each category for each discipline will then perform in an exciting Final in March 2020.
Continuing our exciting WHS Young Musician (WHSYM) series, our attentions turn to strings for this competition. We are delighted to welcome Batholomew LaFollette – international cellist and member of the Jigsaw Players – to adjudicate the competition. Bart will also lead a workshop for all pupils taking part in the competition in the afternoon, allowing pupils to try out new techniques, ask questions and to gain an understanding of what life as a professional musician offers. Refreshments will be served from 18:45.
The WHSYM starts off with our Vocal Competition. Pupils from Year 7 to 13 will be able to present a vocal piece in any style to try and secure their place in the final. The competition will be adjudicated by a member of the Jigsaw Players, continuing our partnership through the academic year and allowing their excellent musicianship to help inform future development.
Before the competition, pupils will have an hour workshop with the adjudicator as a whole group to discuss various different performance techniques and musical character, helping them to improve their musicianship. Refreshments will be served from 18:45.
SCHOOL BIRTHDAY & HOUSE MUSIC Friday 8th November 2019
14:30-16:00 / Draxmont Our annual WHS School Birthday assembly and House Music competition sees the four different Senior School Houses – Arnold, Hastings, Meredith and Scott – go head-to-head in the House Ensemble and House Song categories. Expect colourful costumes, questionable dancing and a raucous atmosphere as the competition heats up!
Closed events – pupils only
ARMISTICE ASSEMBLY Monday 11th November 2019
08:45-09:15 / Draxmont The pupils of the Senior School join together in an act of remembrance for those who have fallen in war, joining the national remembrance celebrations. The assembly will feature performances by the Symphony Orchestra and A Cappella.
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WHS YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Wind & Brass Competition Thursday 14th November 2019
19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall
Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZT The WHSYM competition continues with an exciting competition for pupils who play woodwind and brass instruments. Both wind and brass instruments have dramatically increased in popularity at WHS over the last five years, with the Rare Instrument Scheme in Years 5 and 7 encouraging a surge in the number of pupils learning the Saxophone, French Horn, Trumpet and (from 2019) Trombone. The competition will
be adjudicated by a member of the Jigsaw Players, continuing our excellent partnership with this dynamic ensemble. Pupils involved with the competition will also be part of an active workshop with the adjudicator before the competition, allowing them to learn more about the life of a professional musician and to ask questions. Refreshments will be served from 18:45.
AUTUMN CONCERT
Thursday 21st November 2019
19:00-21:30 / Senior Hall
Tickets available to purchase from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZU Our Autumn Concert is a chance for
all the different ensembles at WHS to give a public performance in a formal concert setting. Featuring performances by Canto, KS3 Close Harmony Singers, Baroque Ensemble, Swing Band and all the different chamber ensembles we have at WHS, the evening promises to show a range of musical styles. Refreshments will be served from 18:30 in the back of the Senior Hall and seats will be available on a first come, first served basis. Concession tickets are available for under 18s and full-time students. Money raised from this concert goes
towards the Music department to purchase new equipment to benefit all
pupils at WHS. Last year, money made from the concerts allowed us to purchase new classroom instruments, 8 PBone Trombones and a range of 4 new guitar amps!
A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Tuesday 3rd December
20:15-21:30 / Sacred Heart RC Church, Edge Hill, Wimbledon
Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZV Tickets will be available from late September 2019 Our annual celebration of Advent and Christmas returns to Sacred Heart Church in early December. With the story of the unfolding liturgy pictured in nine dramatic readings, the service will see A Cappella and Canto supporting the text of the different lessons. The congregational carols will be accompanied by the WHS Symphony Orchestra. We are delighted to once again welcome Mr John Challenger, Assistant Organist of Salisbury Cathedral, to accompany the service.
As well as being able to donate cash at the end of the service, we will also set up a just giving page to allow for donations (with gift aid) to be made before the service. The link to this will be advised nearer the time of the service. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
The service is free to attend; however, it is also a wonderful chance for us to donate money to local charities that can help to make Christmas a better experience for those in our local community in need.
FRIDAY JAMMIN’ Friday break time
Friday Jammin’ will be taking place on:
10:25-10:45 / Senior Hall
Friday 13th, 20th and 27th September
Our weekly informal recital allows pupils to perform in an informal and supportive space. Parents are warmly invited to attend by popping in – please sign in and out at Senior Reception first.
Friday 4th, 11th, 18th October Friday 15th, 22nd, 29th November Friday 6th December No tickets required
THANK YOU for supporting music and the arts this term.
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