SINGOFF 2023
On Friday 6 October we held the annual SingOff concert . Twelve students , from Years 7 to 13 , sang in front of a panel of four teacher judges and a sold-out audience .
The judges , Miss Hill , Mrs Duran-Oreiro , Mr Taylor and Mr Savoye , gave feedback after each singer . Some highlights were Miss Hill telling Malachy Trotter ( Year 9 ) that she believes he will become famous , and Mr Taylor saying that it is difficult to believe some performers are students rather than professionals .
During the interval , the audience and judges had a chance to vote for their favourite performance . Congratulations to Zhamilya Pazylkhair ( Year 11 ), who came in third place with a performance of ‘ Rise Up ’ by Andra Day , and to Eve Ward and Gemma Bianco ( Year 11 ), who sang ‘ Don ’ t Lose Your Head ’ from the musical Six , taking second place . Finally congratulations to the winner , Zainab Sarfraz ( Upper Sixth ), who sang ‘ From the Start ’ by Laufey .
The event raised over £ 3500 for Awards for Young Musicians , a charity which supports the musical journeys of young musicians from low-income backgrounds . We raised enough to fund four musicians for one year of their musical study . A huge thank you to the SingOff team and everyone who came to watch for helping us accomplish this .
Ilia Persiani , Upper Sixth
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