On Tuesday, we hosted our end of year celebration for the Year 2 & 3 Choir and Strings! Wow, what an evening it was.

It was incredible to see so many young musicians performing for such a large crowd, they all did amazingly well, and should be really proud of themselves!

A big thank you goes to Mrs Johnson and Mrs Nunn for all of their hard work in supporting, teaching and leading!

Listen to the evening here:

To finish the year of Rock School, we had our summer gig at the Southern Maltings!

Students performed and played brilliantly, despite the heat! It's really incredible to watch the bands grow in confidence as the year progresses, so we are really excited to see what September holds!

Please see the full set of dates, including the Rock Gigs for next year here: https://www.simonballe.herts.sch.uk/music/rock-school/

It has been an amazing year of Rock School, thank you to the staff who dedicate their time to supporting students and bands, and thank you to the students who are committed to rehearsals! All of your hard work pays off!

It was a wonderful lunchtime at the All Saints' Sound Bites. Three Year 13 Diploma students performed:

• Ciara - DipLCM Piano
• Joe - DipLCM Jazz Clarinet
• Lily - ALCM Jazz Saxophone

It was incredible to see such professional performances from our students, they did themselves and the school proud!

Well done to all!

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It was a fantastic evening celebrating Mr Niesyto's students. Each performed brilliantly whether that was in a small group, a duet or a solo. Well done to all!

Watch the videos here:

It was a fantastic evening watching and listening to Mrs Iles' students perform to a small, but supportive audience.

All performers did brilliantly and have demonstrated how hard they work on their instrument.

Well done to all.

Watch the videos here:

What a fantastic evening of performances from Mrs Johnson's pianists!

Each performance was fantastic and students should be so proud of themselves! Performing in front of an audience can be daunting, however, these students made it seem to easy! A massive well done!

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An incredible evening of music! From musical theatre, to pop, there was something for everyone.

Students performed brilliantly, with such confidence! Certainly an evening of inspiration

The videos can be found here:

With performances from Concert Band, Junior Wind, Saxidentals and Brass Ensemble! 

Saturday was incredible, just incredible. What everyone in Team Music achieved was off the scale in brilliance, musicality and enjoyment. Thank you to everyone and for the comments already received - keep them coming. What we have is very special with music at Simon Balle. 

The children were amazing, again, you all work so hard and it really pays off, blown away, again.
Thank you, having a reason to play your instrument and not just at lesson times makes it so worthwhile.
Many people around us were also saying how much they enjoy the concert.
Favourite piece was Candyman, love the jazziness of it.

An incredible Rock Gig!

Well done to everyone who performed.