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to this guide to the music-making at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School for the 2016-17 academic year. I hope there is something here that will capture your imagination and that current parents in particular will find it useful to have all of this information in one place. For 2016-17 the Music Department has once again put together an ambitious and varied programme of events, with opportunities for all: from Big Band gigs, to the Chamber Music Competition, to joint concerts with professional orchestras and choirs, and finally the hugely popular end-of-year musical. I hope that you will be able to join us at as many of our events as possible and provide your invaluable support and encouragement to our pupils. Tickets where required can by bought on Parent Pay by current parents or by emailing cvmsmusic@me.com. Keep up to date with our latest news by following us on Twitter @cvmsmusic and on Facebook (Facebook.com/cvmsmusic). Scott Price, Director of Music
MUSIC DEPARTEMENT
The Big Band in concert with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra The Music Department is delighted to welcome the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for workshops with our instrumentalists and then a joint concert in the New Hall. Join us at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 19 October to hear this amazing Big Band alongside our players in what promises to be a superb evening. Refreshments available.
7.30 pm, Wednesday 19 October 2016 The new hall, Cardinal Vaughan
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available on Parent Pay You can also hear the Vaughan’s Big Band at the Bull’s Head on Sunday 16 October and Sunday 2 April, and at the Half Moon in Putney on Sunday 29 January.
Concert in Honour of
St Cecilia 7 pm, Wednesday 23 November St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith The Vaughan’s annual celebration of Saint Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music, is held at St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith. With performances from the School’s choirs and instrumentalists, involving around 180 pupils, this concert is always one of the most popular events in the School’s musical calendar.
Tickets £10 (£5 concessions)
Handel’s Messiah Schola Cantorum with Spiritato!
The Schola are joined by the exciting period instrument orchestra Spritato! for this performance of Handel’s great choral masterpiece. With the solos sung by members of the choir, this promises to be a wonderful evening in the beautiful setting of St Gabriel’s Church in Pimlico.
Tickets £15 (£8 concessions)
The Vaughan Service of Lessons and Carols 7.30 pm, Tuesday 20 December
The ever popular Vaughan Carol Service is once again held at Our Lady of Victories Church on Kensington High Street. With music provided by the Schola Cantorum and the Vaughan Brass Ensemble, this highlight of the School’s year provides the perfect start to the Christmas season. This year’s service will include the first performance of a new carol composed by Ben Parry, director of the National Youth Choir.
Admission is free with a retiring collection.
The Big Band Evening 7.30 pm – 10 pm Friday 3 February 2017 Join the Vaughan’s award-winning Big Band for an evening of swing and jazz. The Band will be joined by a number of vocalists whilst the evening will open with a set from Junior Big Band!
Tickets £10 (Concessions half price)
THE ORCHESTRA OF THE CARDINAL VAUGHAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL , WITH SOUTHBANK SINFONIA
BRAHMS SYMPHONY No. 4
6pm - THURSDAY 2 MARCH ST JOHN’S, WATERLOO
Now in the eighth year of our collaboration, the Vaughan’s senior instrumentalists once again sit sideby-side with their young professional companions in Southbank Sinfonia to perform Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.
The orchestra’s work with us will also include a composing workshop for GCSE and A Level pupils on February 7, with a concert of the compositions at 5pm. Entrance Free
Festa Veneziana!
Schola Cantorum with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts 7.30 pm, Tuesday 14 March 2017 Temple Church, EC4Y 7DE The Schola are joined by the acclaimed ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts for this programme of Venetian polychoral repertoire, given in the spectacular surroundings of the twelfth century Temple Church.
This concert is given as part of the Temple Music Foundation Concert Series. Tickets £20, £15, £10.
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The Spring Instrumental Concert 7.30pm, Thursday 23 March The Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School
The Vaughan’s annual instrumental showcase is again is to be held in St Paul’s School’s superb Wathen Hall, with performances from the junior and senior instrumental ensembles. Entrance Free with a retiring collection
THE CARDINAL VAUGHAN SCHOOL CHOIR WITH THE CANTUS ENSEMBLE & THE BELGRAVIA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OWEN SALDANHA - PIANO SCOTT PRICE - CONDUCTOR
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Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Vaughan Williams
SEA SYMPHONY 7.30 pm, SATURDAY 8 APRIL 2017 This year’s Easter concert will be held on Saturday 8 April at St John’s, Smith Square. In a hugely ambitious programme, Upper Sixth student Owen Saldahna will be the soloist in a performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, before the combined forces of the Vaughan’s choirs and The Cantus Ensemble perform Vaughan Williams’ mighty A Sea Symphony.
Tickets: £12 (£8 concessions)
THE VAUGHAN SUMMER MUSICAL
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Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The Vaughan first performed Stephen Sondheim’s dark, comic masterpiece in 2010 . Join us this Summer as once again the Demon Barber of Fleet Street returns to London as a convict from Australia seeking revenge against those who separated him from his wife and child. Monday – Wednesday, 17-19 July 2017. Tickets £10 (concessions half price).
The Schola Cantorum continues it busy liturgical and concert schedule this year with a number of significant events in 2016-17. The Schola will continue its close relationship with Westminster Cathedral, singing for the 6 pm Vigil Mass on 15 October, 21 January, 18 March, 20 May and 1 July. Alongside the performances of Handel’s Messiah and Festa Veneziana the choir will also give concerts on 13 October at Haileybury College in Hertford for the military charity The Army Benevolent Fund and on 26 January at St Peter’s, Eaton Square, for Aid to the Church in Need. The choir will sing Evensong at Winchester Cathedral (28 September), at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square (Remembrance Sunday, 13 November) and at Westminster Abbey (28 March). In June the Schola trebles will sing the first performance of a new song cycle by Luke Styles and Alan McKendrick at the Aldeburgh Festival. In February they will give the first performance of the winning entry in the Music Education Expo composing competition at Olympia. Boys from the Schola will sing in English National Opera’s production of Tosca in the Michaelmas Term and in the Royal Opera House’s production of Turandot in July 2017.
Other Events There will be two Early Evening Recitals in the Michaelmas Term, at 6 pm on Wednesday 5 October and Wednesday 9 November. The Sixth Form Choir will sing Evensong at Selwyn College, Cambridge on Thursday 3 November and Mass at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 26 November. Concert Band and Big Band will compete in the National Concert Band Festival on Sunday 4 December.
The Annual Music Competition will run throughout the Lent Term, starting at 6 pm as follows: Wednesday 25 January Strings Competition - Adjudicator, Ben Buckton Tuesday 31 January Piano Competition - Adjudicator, Anthony Williams Wednesday 8 February Woodwind Competition - Adjudicator, David Campbell Wednesday 22 February Brass Competition - Adjudicator, Amos Miller Wednesday 8 March Singing Competition - Adjudicator, Diana Moore Wednesday 29 March Grand Final - Adjudicator, David Hill
The Lower School Chamber Music Competition will at 6 pm on Wednesday 14 June. There will be a Junior Concert at 6 pm on Wednesday 25 May. The Associated Board Grade Exams will be held on Saturday 3 December, 1 April & 25 June.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2016-17 2016 SEPTEMBER
MARCH 1
Ash Wednesday @ Our Lady of Victories - 1930
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VCYM begins - 1630
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Southbank Sinfonia Concert, Waterloo - 1800
23
Foundation Day @ Westminster Cathedral
8
Singing Competition, Rehearsal Room - 1800
28
Schola sing @ Winchester Cathedral - 1700
14
Schola ‘Festa Veneziana’ @ Temple Church - 1930
18
Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
20
VCYM Concert, New Hall - 1700
OCTOBER 3
First performance of Tosca at ENO
23
Spring Concert @ St Paul’s School Barnes - 1900
5
Early evening recital, Rehearsal Room - 1800
28
Schola Evensong @ Westminster Abbey - 1700
7
Schola sing mass for the Papal Knights - 1830
29
Competition Final, Rehearsal Room - 1800
13
Schola sing @ Haileybury College - 1930
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Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
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Big Band @ The Bulls Head, Barnes
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Big Band with NYJO, New Hall - 1900
NOVEMBER
APRIL 1
ABRSM Exams, Music Department - 0930
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Big Band @ The Bulls Head, Barnes - 1430
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Easter Concert @ St John’s, Smith Sq. - 1930
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All Saints Day @ Our Lady of Victories - 1400
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6th Form Choir Evensong @ Cambridge - 1730
9
Early Evening Recital, Rehearsal Room - 1800
1
VCYM begins - 1630
11
Mass @ Our Lady of Victories - 1400
20
Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
13
Schola sing Evensong @ Holy Trinity - 1800
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Junior Concert, New Hall - 1800
23
St Cecilia Concert, St Paul’s Church - 1900
JUNE
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Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
28
VCYM Concert, New Hall - 1700
DECEMBER 3
ABRSM Exams, Music Department - 0930
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National Concert Band Festival, New Hall - 0900
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Schola Messiah concert @ St Gabriel’s - 1900
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Schola sing Mass @ Nazareth House - 1030
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Carol Service @ Our Lady of Victories - 1930
2017 JANUARY 9
VCYM begins - 1630
21
Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
25
Strings Competition, Rehearsal Room - 1800
26
Schola concert @ St Peter’s, Eaton Sq. - 1900
29
Big Band @ The Half Moon, Putney - 1430
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Piano Competition, Rehearsal Room - 1800
FEBRUARY 3
An Evening with the Big Band, New Hall - 1930
7
Southbank Sinfonia composing workshop - 1300
9
Schola sing at Music Education Expo, Olympia
10-14
Schola Tour to Malta
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Wind Competition, Rehearsal Room - 1800
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Brass Competition, Rehearsal Room - 1800
26
Southbank Sinfonia Rehearsals, CVMS - 0930
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Southbank Sinfonia Rehearsals, CVMS - 1300
MAY
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Schola Concert @ Aldeburgh Festival
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Lower School Chamber Music Comp. - 1815
25
ABRSM Exams, Music Department - 0930
JULY 1
Schola sing @ Westminster Cathedral - 1800
3
VCYM Concert, New Hall - 1700
5
First performance of Turandot at Royal Opera House
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School Musical: ‘Sweeny Todd’, New Hall - 1930