Bromsgrove School Arts Calendar - Summer Term 2024

Welcome from the Director of Performing Arts

Such an extraordinary change takes place over the whole campus at Bromsgrove School in the Summer Term as it does every year and in so many other places throughout the world. The sun makes a huge difference to how we view the time we spend at school, often wiping clean our memories of the damp cold days through the Lent Term, and the bitter long nights at the end of Michaelmas. Just as the sun encourages new growth, so the Summer Term also gives way to great change and a chance for our younger students to blossom, no longer in the shade of their older colleagues who are on exam leave or contemplating fresh things in new places in the next stage of their academic lives.

Last term saw some of our very finest House Music and Drama competitions; these have gone from strength to strength in the past seven years and standards have risen ever higher with our Senior pupils. Highlights this term in Cobham and Routh are very much with our youngest students. Cobham Theatre plays host to Winterfold House Year 7 & 8 students – performing “Mary Poppins” – whilst finishing touches are made to their own new and updated performance space.

In a term of innovation, instead of a whole play, Year 6 present an evening showcase of highlights: dance, drama and solo music items based on all things new in musical theatre and film, whilst after

Half Term, we have the Fourth Form play “One Man In His Time” - a world premiere, devised by the directors and cast – that is being performed in promenade style around the school.

Prep school Drummers have their time in the sun during ‘Rhythm Fest’ in the middle of May while the Year 3 to Year 5 musicians present a culmination of their musical training in a strings and woodwind extravaganza in the second week of June.

The Pre-Prep have their own annual jamboree in Cobham; they will be performing a spectacular production of “Jack & the Beanstalk” just after Half Term.

Opportunities to spot new talent bursting forth in our youngest pupils abound throughout the Summer, but it’s also good to know that we can still admire the performing gifts of all ages in the fortnightly concerts that continue in Routh throughout the term. We say a final goodbye to our musicians in the traditional Leavers’ Concert in the last week of June, and there will, of course, be much music making at Commemoration at various points on the last day of term.

We look forward to seeing you, with our warmest Summer wishes.

Tim Norton Director of Performing Arts

Bromsgrove Box Office

We look forward to welcoming you to music and drama events at Bromsgrove School. Tickets for our listed shows and performances can be reserved online at www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/whats-on

For information about internal (School) music and drama events, please contact the Music School and Box Office Administrators Claire Hinde and Moira Cullen by email at chinde@bromsgrove-school.co.uk or by telephone 01527 579679 ext 235/703.

For externally organised events please contact Miss Liz Swift, Events co-ordinator by email at eswift@bromsgrove-school.co.uk or by telephone 01527 579679 ext 357.

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Thursday 18 April

Worcester Cathedral

Prep Music

Lunch time Concert at Worcester Cathedral

Information from the Music School.

Friday 19 April 4.30pm and 7.00pm

Cobham Theatre

Winterfold Drama

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins JR.

The “practically perfect” 70-minute musical is based on the classic P.L. Travers stories and the Walt Disney film. The cast includes all Winterfold students in Year 7 and 8.

Join the Banks family as they encounter adventure after fun-filled adventure with their curious new nanny, Mary Poppins. With colourful characters and an irresistible score, Mary Poppins JR. is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for all ages!

Saturday 20 April 10.30am

St John’s Church

Prep & Senior Music

Tea & Coffee Concert at St John’s

Senior School saxophonists perform as part of a morning coffee concert in the community at St John’s Church, Bromsgrove.

Saturday 20 April 1.00pm and 5.00pm

Pershore Abbey

Senior Music

No tickets are required for either event

Day of Music at Pershore Abbey

Lunch time concert

Choral Evensong

Senior musicians including a brass group, string quartet and the chamber choir will perform a lunchtime concert at 1.00pm in the wonderful setting of Pershore Abbey. The chamber choir sing Choral Evensong at 5.00pm.

Friday 3 May 7.00pm

Routh Concert Hall

Senior Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Ensembles Concert

An orchestral concert given by senior music groups including Orchestra, Strings, Concert Band, Brass Group, Flute Choir and Big Band.

Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 May 7.00pm

Cobham Theatre

Prep Drama

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Year 6 Drama Showcase Performance

Year 6 students present a celebratory showcase of Music, Dance and Drama for the Summer Term with a decidedly populist twist.

Featuring soloists on piano, violin and cello, dancers performing from a number of recent hits including the film, “Barbie” and the stage musical, “Six”, the dramatic highlights will include scenes from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”; “Nineteen Steps”, the trashy but entertaining “Mean Girls” and the drama, “Bored”.

Thursday 9 May 4.15pm

Routh Concert Hall

Prep Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Rhythm Fest

Rhythm Fest is a Celebration of the Rhythm Section, with drum kit, percussion, electric guitar and other percussion instruments delivering a dynamic concert experience. The audience will be taken on a journey through a mix of genres including rock, jazz, funk and classical, by students from Years 3 to 8 who will be performing a selection of solos, duets and small ensemble pieces.

Friday 10 May and Friday 7 June 1.20pm

Routh Concert Hall

Prep and Senior Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Lunchtime

Live Concert

Pupils of all ages will be taking to the concert platform to gain performing experience and to showcase individual pieces and small ensemble items that they have been working on over the previous weeks with their instrumental teachers. The programmes will be announced the day before each concert.

Thursday 16 May 7.00pm

Routh Concert Hall

Senior Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Midsummer Concert

Music for a summer’s evening given by musicians in the Fourth Form and Lower Sixth.

Saturday 1 June 2.00pm

Routh Concert Hall

External Event

Tickets: £10 adults; Children under 18 free of charge (must be accompanied by an adult).

Bromsgrove Young Musicians’ Platform Competition Finalists Concert

The Finalists’ Concert of The Bromsgrove Young Musicians’ Platform.

Thursday 6 June 9.15am

Cobham Theatre

Pre-Prep Drama

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Year 2 Play The Giant and the Beanstalk

Year 2 take us to the land of giants and golden geese for their spectacular annual musical.

Will Jack’s mother ever forgive her lazy son for exchanging their only bovine asset for a bag of worthless beans? Do golden geese really exist? These questions and more will be answered in what promises to be a magical end of year performance for the pre-prep.

Tuesday 11 June 2.15pm

Prep Sports Hall

Prep Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Year 3 - 5 Music Extravaganza

Players from the Year 3 Strings and Year 5 Wind and Brass schemes will present an unforgettable orchestral experience, with many performing together for the first time. In addition, groups from across Years 3, 4 and 5 will be performing a variety of musical pieces.

Thursday 13 June 2.15pm

Routh Concert Hall

Prep Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Years 6 to 8 Summer Concert

It’s bound to be a sunny afternoon for the much anticipated Prep Summer Concert with performances from Year 6 - 8 ensembles, choirs and soloists.

Sunday 16 June 12.00pm

Routh Concert Hall

External Event

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

Elgar Festival

Three of the best bands in the world. At the peak of their powers, each presenting a programme of contemporary and traditional repertoire, along with major solo works, effortlessly linked by the inimitable Frank Renton. Each band will be encouraged to present themselves in their best possible light, playing to their strengths and free of the stresses and strains of contesting.

Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 June 7.00pm

Cobham Theatre

Senior Drama

Tickets from the School’s Box Office Strictly limited to 70 seats per performance, early booking is advised.

Fourth Form Play

One Man In His Time

Inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’, the Fourth Form production will take you on a whirlwind journey as we follow a single individual from birth to old age in a life-story set between 1939 and the present day.

Much of the performance is in promenade as we are led by the cast to different areas of the School campus on a (hopefully) balmy Summer evening to witness different stages in the story.

Thursday 27 June 7.00pm

Routh Concert Hall

Senior Music

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

UVI Leavers’ Concert

A final opportunity for our departing Upper Sixth musicians to perform on the eve of Commemoration.

We apologise, but the promenade nature of the performance means that not all parts of the performance may be accessible to those with restricted mobility.

Saturday 29 June 3.30pm

Gordon Green

Senior Music

Commemoration DayBig Band Concert

Big Band perform a celebratory short set to entertain our Commemoration Day visitors.

Come and watch the Band perform in the Band Stand on Gordon Green. For some this will be their final musical outing as a Bromsgrove student.

Sunday 30 June

Senior Music

Upton Jazz

Information from the Music School.

Thursday 25 July 7.00pm

External Event

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

EIBBSS International Brass Soloists in Concert

EIBBSS Tutors Concert featuring the international talents of our brass tutors.

The concert is led by Philip Harper, Musical Director of the Cory Band and features our tutors as soloists and as an ensemble.

Friday 26 July 7.00pm

External Event

Tickets from the School’s Box Office

EIBBSS Finale Concert

Musical Director, Philip Harper with Featured Soloists Sheona White –Tenor Horn and Lode Violet – Cornet

What’s On

APRIL

Wednesday 17 Winterfold Drama Technical Rehearsal Cobham Theatre Winterfold Drama

Thursday 18 Winterfold Drama Dress Rehearsal 10.45am & 2.00pm Cobham Theatre Winterfold Drama

Thursday 18 Prep Choir Lunch time concert at Prep Music

Worcester Cathedral

Friday 19 Winterfold Drama presentation Mary Poppins 4.30pm & 7.00pm Cobham Theatre Winterfold Drama

Saturday 20 Tea & Coffee Concert St John’s 10.30am Prep & Senior Music

Saturday 20 Day of Music at Pershore Abbey 1.00pm & 5.00pm Senior Music

Lunchtime Concert & Choral Evensong

Friday 26 Prep Loudmouth Theatre workshops All day Cobham Theatre Prep Drama

Saturday 27 Prep Choir sing at Memorial Service 11.00am Chapel Prep Music

MAY

Friday 3 Ensembles Concert

Saturday 4 Year 6 Play Technical Rehearsals

Monday 6 Year 6 Play Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday 7 Year 6 Drama Showcase Performance

Thursday 9 Year 6 Drama Showcase Performance

Thursday 9 Rhythm Fest

Friday 10 Lunchtime Live Concert

Friday 10 Year 2 Play Rehearsal

Tuesday 14 Year 2 Play Rehearsal

Thursday 16 Midsummer Concert

Friday 17 Year 2 Play Rehearsal

Routh Concert Hall Senior Music

Cobham Theatre Prep Drama

- 4.00pm Cobham Theatre Prep Drama

Cobham Theatre Prep Drama

Cobham Theatre Prep Drama

Routh Concert Hall Prep Music

Routh Concert Hall Senior Music

- 2.15pm Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

- 2.15pm Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

Concert Hall Senior Music

Friday 17 Prep Groups to Cheltenham Festival All day Prep Music

Friday 24 Year 2 Play Rehearsal

- 2.15pm Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

JUNE

Saturday

Tuesday 4 Year 2 Play Technical Rehearsal

Wednesday 5 Year 2 Play Dress rehearsal

Thursday 6 Prep Concert Series

Thursday 6 Year 2 Play The Giant and the Beanstalk

Friday 7

Saturday

Sunday 9 Fourth Form Play Rehearsals

Tuesday 11 Year 3 - 5 Music Extravaganza Rehearsals

Tuesday 11 Year 3 - 5 Music Extravaganza

Thursday 13 Years 6 - 8 Summer Concert

Friday

Saturday 15

Sunday 16 Fourth Form Play Rehearsals

Sunday 16 Elgar Festival

Monday 17 Fourth Form Play Rehearsals

Tuesday 18

Thursday

- 3.00pm Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

- 12.15pm Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

Routh Concert Hall Prep Music

Cobham Theatre Pre-Prep Drama

Cobham Theatre Senior Drama

- 12.15pm Routh Concert Hall Prep Music

Routh Concert Hall Prep Music

Concert Hall Prep Music

Cobham Theatre Senior Drama

Routh Concert Hall External Event

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