A look inside Music...

We are ending the half term with some gorgeous music from the Music department for our next 'A Look Inside' feature. 

Our Year 11 students are currently working incredibly hard on their performing and composing to attain up to 60% of their GCSE grade by Easter. To perform fluently and confidently and to produce original compositions takes so much dedication and time ‘above and beyond’ the curriculum. Our students are rising to the challenge.

Elle will be recording her vocal solo very soon. She is pictured below rehearsing “Traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo. Elle sings it with such expression and emotion and she is looking forward to recording it for her examination piece soon. 

Liam can be seen developing his beautiful composition, using the programme Sibelius. It is written in Ternary Form (ABA structure) and is scored for solo violin with piano accompaniment. Keep composing Liam.

Esme has chosen a tranquil, folk piece called “Coast Road” to perform on her acoustic guitar. It requires real dexterity. Listen below. 

Year 10 students are revising for their forthcoming assessments. As Charlotte was preparing hard for her assessment, she produced an excellent revision resource and also completed high level practice questions - see below. 

Chloe and Alex alongside the rest of our Year 9 GCSE class have been using the midi-keyboards in the designated computer room, and the Ignite programme to create multi-layered compositions. This is the first time they have created chord sequences adding a bass line, broken chords and even drums individually. Composing has been a real focus this half term. Hear a snapshot of their pieces below.

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Year 8 have been studying ‘Music Through Time’ this half term and Mason began to learn “Fur Elise” during lessons when we were performing music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic times. Fantastic work Mason! Hear Mason performing below.

Olivia and Nieve produced some great homework revision all about features of music in the Classical Era to prepare for this week’s listening assessment. Excellent assessment results too, the revision was certainly worth it!

All our Year 7 students have been improving their performing skills this half-term in lessons – it’s so great to hear the weekly progress being made. The focus has been on the theme tune from Titanic, in order to read from notation accurately. Caroline challenged herself further and performed with both hands on the keyboard. Hear Caroline performing below.