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THE ARTS
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y special thanks go to Tom Lowe [L] and
about the life of Martin Luther King – a wonderful evening
Rob McGregor [Pn] who have acted as
of catchy, effervescent music and song in combination with
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secretaries for the committee during the year.
video footage of the man and his times. It is good for us
Their version of events has sometimes been amusingly
to reflect on the excellence that can emerge from within
unacceptable for the formal record, so I have had the
our own community.
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Building Surveys,
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double pleasure of not only not having to take minutes,
but also editing documents which have contained ironic
and mischievous remarks which have made me laugh.
The continued busyness of the school makes it
remarkable that such high quality work is produced in all
the Arts. The outstanding event of the year was Sarah
Spencer’s production and Simon Williamson’s musical
direction of Les Misérables: schools edition, a truly astounding
feat for any school, and one which was possible largely
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because of our strong band of singers, both those who
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musical theatre. The Orchestra has continued to advance
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are classically trained and those who have voices that suit
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This creative outpouring was complemented by an
the string section by employing Ben Greenslade-Stanton of
the London Jazz Collective as an artist-in-residence. The
Art School has produced some extraordinary painters—
Elysia Byrd [Ap], Tali Carling [Ap] and Marcus
Aitken [Pn] in particular; and both Art and DT Textiles
have shown College what can be achieved creatively in this
area, especially through the work of Vicky Guy [Ap] and
Poppy Wilcox [Ap].
Perhaps the outstanding pupil achievement of the
year was Felix Cook’s [T] adaptation and direction of
Brave New World for the stage; and the outstanding staff
achievement of the year Ray Smith’s original musical ‘King’
the arts committee
a n t p e t e r (c h a i r m a n)
l a u r e n c e h e d g e s (a rt)
b ro n w e n k a j a (dt)
s a r a h s p e n c e r (d r a m a)
s i m o n w i l l i a m s o n (m u s i c)
r i c h a r d f o s k e t t (s c i e n c e)
d e n i s e c o o k (t h e w e l l i n g to n i a n)
b ry n n b ay m a n
(w e d n e s day a f t e r n o o n ac t i v i t i e s)
l u c y p e a r s o n (s m t)
pu pi l m e m b e r s
j a m e s b o u r n e [a] (m u s i c , d r a m a)
c h r i s j ac k s o n [h g] (d e b at i n g)
ro s i e l i n tot t [a p] (w r i t i n g , m u s i c)
to m low e [l] (w e l l i n g to n i a n , m u s i c)
ro b o’d o n ova n [h g] (m u s i c , d r a m a)
ro b m c g r e g o r [p n] (w r i t i n g , d r a m a , m u s i c)
p h o e b e pa s k i n - o r r [a p] (dt, m u s i c)
e d ro b e rt s o n [t] (m u s i c , a rt)
d i g by s m i t h [l] (ro c s o c)
f r a n c e s c a l au [a p] (a rt)