the wellington college year book 2010/2011
the wellington college year book 2010/2011
and screening films they had made. The
Master’s Lodge provided the perfect venue to
showcase the talents of our talented brethren.
A resounding success !
The Spring season arts programme was no
less action packed with the new ‘KickArts’
Fringe, organised by Hannah Gomersall and a
new look Arts diary designed by the talented
Mike Churchill, our designer in residence.
The Fringe was predominantly pupil led and
ranged from impromptu busking to Scottish
country dancing. It was great to see so much
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‘Oliver !’, a collaboration
betweenWellington College and
Wellington Academy, saw both schools
join forces in this truly unique venture
which ran over four nights:
two at the College and
two at the Academy.
No one could fail to be moved
by the performances of all pupils,
who worked so well together.
The Artful Dodger:
Will Kirk [Hl]
Oliver:
Alex Coveney
(Wellington Academy)
involvement by pupils in making the v&a the
lively hub Wellington always envisaged. We
had momentum and now that the days were
getting longer, we felt that now was the time
to make a bold statement about arts being
pivotal to the life of our school.
Visual art continues to go from strength
to strength and no more was this exemplified with the wonderful Art Scholars exhibition in the v&a. There are many great things
about this annual exhibition; one of them being listening to pupils talk about their work
in front of assembled parents, teachers and
friends; another is having every year group
represented in the show. We are lucky to
have such an erudite, talented group of pupils. The ‘College Collage’ saw the whole
school getting involved in a huge collage of
photographs taken by individual pupils and
staff. Lining the back wall of the v&a, this
formidable artwork was the brainchild of
Claudia Poulter, Florence Whitaker and Clare
Doggart. It was great to see this ambitious
project grow day by day and was such a good
way to democratise the creative process by
using any available technology to take photographs, whether iPhone, Blackberry or slr.
Grayson Perry ra arrived like a whirlwind in
February when he spoke to a packed Theatre
about his work. This Turner Prize winning
artist held forth on a whole range of subjects
including his inspiration, working methods
and winning the Turner Prize. Grayson was
sincere, funny and gave everyone an insight
into the life of an artist. The Master’s Lecture
culminated in a question and answer session
and book signing.
Music continued its upward trajectory with
the most extraordinary range of concerts and
master classes. The talented College organist Sean Farrell directed the truly breathtaking
Illuminare: Bach and the Dance of Death, which
demonstrated the most incredible synergy
between art, music and dance. Taking place
in College Chapel, this was a truly moving experience. Based on the New Testament story
of Simeon and Bach’s Cantata BWV 82a — Ich
Habe Genug, the final performance was a culmination of an afternoon’s workshop. The
bar has been raised for future collaborations
in the arts. The Chapel Choir performed
a range of exquisite choral pieces at King’s
College Chapel in London, including a splendid performance of Mozart’s Spatzenmesse.
The House Singing Competition was, as usual,
a really incredible whole school event. With
a spoilt for choice 1980’s theme and strong
performances from all seventeen houses, any
one could have been a winner. However, it
was The Apsley that proved the unanimous
choice of our judges with a really accomplished version of Toto’s Africa, replete with
complex, ambitious harmonies and rhythmic
dance movements. A hit !
Astonishing a capella group ‘Out of the
Blue’ played a sell out concert and one can see
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