Year 7 Winter Songs project
Year 7 students have been working really hard on the winter songs project during their term 2 music lessons. Students composed their own musical and lyric ideas around a number of winter themes. Music staff then combined these musical and lyric ideas to create five new and original winter songs. All of Year 7 worked really hard to learn the songs during their music lessons.
A special mention to the students whose musical or lyric ideas were chosen to be used in the songs:
Esme Toto, Adam Alshaekhley, Sam Furniss, Amelia Jay, Max Bhambri-Lyte, Ronnie Venn, Eddie Handcock, Imogen Slee, Rufus Wookey, Charlie Derrick, Jacob Skentelbery, Emily Paginton, Elsie Caton, Elsa Thorp, Mia Hovell, Otto Penn, Elsa Fiedor, James Buschenfeld, Sophia Wilkinson, Otto Badddeley, Isabelle Turner
The five songs were:
- Christmas Is ……..
- The Elf On The Shelf
- Winter Ice, Winter Snow
- Season of Light
- Christmas Time Is Here
On Wednesday 7th December the whole of Year 7 came together to perform these songs, accompanied by a band of professional musicians. Year 7 students worked really hard all day; it was amazing to hear all 180 students performing together and made us all realise how much we have missed live music. They received a warm and positive response from the audience; so much so that they did an encore!
A special mention to the following soloists who performed with confidence and conviction:
Freya Smith, Evie Sell, Elsa Thorp, Jahan Hussain, Emily Brosa, Ryan Taylor, Adam Alshaekhley, Louis Bulmer, Max Bhambri-Lyte, Lucas Farley, Mia Hovell, Maddison Lovett
And also to the following student musicians who supported by playing in the band:
Oli Hostler (Y10), Felix Huertas (Y9), Evelyn Staley (Y9) on drums, Leah Wardingley (Y11) on French horn
My huge personal thanks to:
Chris Kendall (for writing 2 of the songs and teaching them to all his classes), Lauren Collins (for supporting with staging and logistics), Andi Nicholls (for writing 1 of the songs and playing the piano in the band), Rob Davies (for playing bass guitar in the band) and Luna Hammersley (for supporting with sound).
Miss Adams, Head of Music