A Larch Celebration of Music – March 2024

20th March 2024Heather Morgan

A brilliant evening of Larch Music!

The students demonstrated such high enthusiasm across the evening, and the standard of music they demonstrated was enjoyable to watch! 

From Katy Perry, to Fleetwood Mac to The Sound of Music, there was so much variety to cater to all! 

We are very proud of our students!

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Year 2 Strings Training Celebration – March 2024

12th March 2024Heather Morgan

Congratulations to our Year 2 String players who have completed their Strings Training Programme! 

On Tuesday evening, our Year 2 String players showcased their achievement to parents, families and their peers with the support from Mrs Johnson and Mrs Nunn. 

Strings is the very beginning of the musical journey in the Larch. Students pick to learn the Cello or the Violin, and begin working towards their Strings Training Programme!

All Year 2 players have been awarded their certificates, what an incredible achievement! We are really proud of our students!

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An Evening with the Simon Balle Big Band – March 2024

9th March 2024Heather Morgan

What a night!

Big Band Evening 2024 was absolutely amazing! To have each and every musician perform at the standard they achieved was incredible.

The team work, the musicianship, the sense of community, your enjoyment, people coming from far and wide and so much more. Younger musicians watching the older musicians, new musicians joining the experience. These are amazing students performing at such an incredible standard, working so, so hard. Everyone made a huge step up and grew that little bit more.
It was an utterly brilliant evening, and everyone should be so proud! Please enjoy the videos!

I played saxophone in Big Band 2 and violin in Senior Strings, accompanying the Big Band. This was my first Big Band Night, and the atmosphere was unlike any concert I'd been in before! The strings contributed to the sound and tone of the more jazzier Big Band pieces so much, I think the strings should do more with the Big Band. With barely any rehearsals, BB2 went smoothly, offering younger musicians a chance to perform in the Big Band Nights. I loved being part of some ensembles and listening to all of the Big Band songs - I can't pick a favorite! The night never seemed to end!

Holly, Year 8

Big Band evening was so much fun. Getting to play for that amount of time and with such an amazing group of people is a fantastic experience. I’ve played in big band two for two years so to finally be able to play saxophone with The Big Band and see all the parents sing and dance along with us was magical. My favourite song to perform was Candy and I can’t wait for the next music event. 

Merry, Year 11

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A Celebration of Brass – March 2024

7th March 2024Heather Morgan

On Thursday, Brass players from across both the Primary and Secondary phase came together to showcase what they have been working on!

It was a brilliant evening with opportunity for inspiration! You can watch it here!

Last Thursday I performed at the Brass celebration evening in the Brass ensemble. I feel that it came together really well and everyone worked together very hard to produce lots of good music. My highlight of the evening is when I played a solo piece called Lucky to be me. It was such a confidence boosting experience and I am much more comfortable playing on my own in front of an audience.  

Millie, Year 10

A Secondary Celebration of Christmas – December 2023

18th December 2023Mark Taylor

Featuring the Simon Balle Concert Band, Senior Strings, Secondary Choir, Chamber Choir and Saxidentals.

The Simon Balle Community were lucky to enjoy Carol Services featuring Secondary Musicians this week - what a way to count down to Christmas!

Secondary musicians performed fantastically, what a way to finish 2023.

 

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