Music
Junior House Music
CAROL SERVICE
The annual Carol Service is a highlight of the year. Set in the
beautiful surroundings of St Anne’s church on Kew Green, all
Junior House children participate in this traditional service as
part of a choir. The impact of over 100 children singing is
wonderful to behold and thoroughly rewarding for all those
involved. There is a repertoire of traditional carols, Bible
readings, and more modern Christmas music.
The sheer enjoyment factor is evident throughout the service;
the older years maintain a haunting 2-part harmony, whilst the
younger voices in the choir demonstrate their enthusiasm
when singing well-known simple carols, their faces lit up like
angels.
KEW SPARKLE and VOICE IN A MILLION
Our choirs also like to get involved with community
performances, such as the annual event in the village, and
“Voice in a Million” at Wembley Arena. Kew Sparkle is a
wonderful way to start the Christmas period and our choir
perform a rendition of up-beat classics, such as “Rocking
Around the Christmas Tree” to get everyone in a festive mood.
A highlight event for our choirs this year was the “Voice in a
Million” Concert at Wembley Arena where our pupils
participate in a repertoire of pop and contemporary songs along
side thousands of other children. The atmosphere at Wembley
is hard to beat; the energy and enthusiasm that our singers
gave for this special performance was unforgettable.
SPRING CONCERT
The annual Spring Concert is an
opportunity for all instrumental
players and singers to show case
their talent through a wide
variety of repertoire ranging from
traditional classical music to
more contemporary music, such
as this year’s theme which was
’Music from Movies.’ Every music
ensemble is invited to perform in
the Spring Concert, and each
year group has its own choir. The
Recorder Club, String Group,
Beatz Club, and Wind Band
usually perform and many of our
instrumentalists undertake solo
performances. At the heart of
this concert are our singers and
we continue to build on this
through the wide variety of choirs
that we offer at the school.
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