Heritage High School Spring Newsletter 2018 Term1 | Page 6

Creative students
launch ‘RECYCLOWNE’
with the Hallé
Scott Chambers - Communications Officer,
Bolsover District Council
Photograph courtesy of Ivan Haggar, School
Matters
One of the world’s greatest orchestras, The Hallé
entertained a packed auditorium at Heritage High
School in Clowne on Friday, 19th July as, together
with students from the school, they delivered a
unique message about recycling using film and
music.
Back in 2009 Bolsover District Council invited a
team of musicians from the Hallé and a film maker
from Creative Forum to work with students from
Heritage High School to create ReCyClowne – ‘A
Mission to Save Planet Earth’.
The team used recycling as a starting point and the participants, artistic team and teaching staff from the school visited a local recycling factory to
create musical instruments and a sculpture made entirely from recycled materials.
The team created a film of the ‘recycling journey’ and composed a live soundtrack that was performed in two unique performances and entertained a
capacity crowd of nearly 400 people.
The concerts featured orchestral pieces by Mozart, Elgar, Ravel, Walton, Mendelssohn and the world premiere of the ReCyClowne film.
Bolsover District Council’s Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, Councillor Ann Syrett said, “What an amazing night. The Hallé were fantastic again and
the film and soundtrack created by the school children was truly inspirational. By using various forms of art, we wanted the children to explore their
creativeness and this was certainly evident in the performances and the final cut of the video.
“The team had a lot of fun doing this project, which was quite obvious when you watch the film, but it does deliver the important message that we all
must do what we can to help save the planet.”
Organised by Bolsover District Council, the project was supported by Heritage High School, The Hallé, Derbyshire County Council, Orchestras Live,
Creative Forum.

Tragedy in Canada benefits
students at Heritage High School
Mrs Davey-Caines, Subject Leader for Music
On 15th June 2012 a drum technician was crushed to death when a stage
collapsed ahead of a Radiohead concert in the Canadian city of Toronto.
Mr Johnson, 33, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, died when the top
portion of the stage fell on him as he was setting up for the Saturday show.
The Oxfordshire band, Radiohead, had been due to play to a sold-out
crowd in Toronto, Canada, but cancelled the performance after the
accident, in which three others were also injured.
A message on the
Radiohead.com
website said: 'We
have all been
shattered by the
loss of Scott
Johnson, our
friend and
colleague.' It went on: 'He was a lovely man,
always positive, supportive and funny; a
highly skilled and valued member of our great
road crew. We will miss him very much. Our
thoughts and love are with Scott’s family and
all those close to him.'
Ian West, Mr Johnson’s drum teacher in
Doncaster, said his former student toured the
world with famous bands, including Radiohead and Keane. 'It was a very, very big shock. He was a
great student and a great drummer. He got a lucky break and made the most of it, he never looked
back. Scott Johnson was only 33 and as an only child left his parents devastated. Mr Kohut, the drum
teacher at Heritage has links with Mr Johnson’s previous school and was approached by Mr Johnson’s
family. Scott’s parents wanted his passion, enthusiasm and love of percussion to live on, they asked
Mr Kohut if he would like to take Scott’s electric drum pads into schools and encourage young people
to play and take up the drums. Heritage High School are now very proud to be the first school to use
Scott’s equipment, they sit in pride of place in the music room and are used regularly by students in
the school.
We are immensely grateful and hope that students will be inspired by this story and that success can
come out of such a tragedy. Our thoughts and thanks are sent to Scott’s family.