Music Calendar - Summer Term 2022

Music Events Summer Term 2022

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Welcome to Music, Summer Term 2022 It has been an exciting year as we have gradually been able to return to holding normal concerts, and we are delighted to be able to invite you to come and hear some music at Clifton College in the next few months.

Our upcoming events include the Kadoorie Music Competition for soloists, the Commemoration Concert and Service, and the Summer Serenade at the end of term when we will enjoy top musicians performing alongside a professional orchestra.

This term also sees the launch of the Tuesday Arts Club, when we will be welcoming celebrated figures from the music industry to perform and work with our students at Clifton College.

Please come and enjoy some music with us if you can!

Dan Robson Director of Music

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House Assembly Recital: Sam Williams (Double Bass)

Kadoorie Cup: Junior Competition

Thursday 28th April 2022 , 8.20am - 8.40am Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

Friday 29th April 2022, 5.30pm - 7.00pm Clifton College Chapel, accessible via Guthrie Road, BS8 3EZ

The musical term starts from the bottom up with Sam playing a selection of string bass rarities from the Grade 8 syllabus and beyond.

The finest singers and instrumentalists in Years 9-11 compete for the coveted Junior Kadoorie Cup. Also featuring an exhibition of performances from last year’s winners Florence Prole (voice) and Sophie Chung (winner of the Junior Royal Academy of Music String Prize).

Free to attend Open to all parents, students and staff

Free to attend Open to all parents, students, staff and OCs 3|

Kadoorie Cup: Senior Competition

Music in the Crypt

Friday 6th May 2022, 5.30 - 7.00pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

Thursday 12th May, 7.00pm - 8.30pm The Crypt, Clifton College, BS8 3EZ

The finest singers and instrumentalists in Years 12-13 compete for the coveted Senior Kadoorie Cup.

Jazz Workshop, Electro Workshop, solo singers, instrumentalists, semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars explore funk, blues, soul, folk and pop in the intimate and atmospheric surrounding of the Chapel Crypt.

Free to attend Open to all parents, students, staff and OCs

Free to attend Open to all parents, students, staff and OCs

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Commemoration Concert, followed by Music in the Marquee

House Assembly: Jemima Smith (Voice)

Friday 27th May 2022, 7.00pm onwards Clifton College Chapel, accessible via Guthrie Road, BS8 3EZ

Thursday 9th June, 8.20am - 8.40am Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

The annual Summer weekend of Commemoration celebrations commences with large orchestral music, the jazz quintet, solos on classical guitar and voices from our departing Year 13 pupils.

One of our finest singers, dancers and actresses in Year 10, Jemima will sing popular and show songs. Jemima is a member of the National Youth Theatre for Great Britain and has attained Grade 8 in Musical Theatre Singing.

Followed by the Soul Bands serenading us to drinks and dancing in the Marquee.

Free to attend Open to all parents, students and staff

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House Assembly Recital: Elsa Wilkie (Piano and Violin)

Thursday 16th June 2022, 8.20am - 8.40am Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET One of our most versatile Year 12 pupils (also a horn player in her spare time), treats us to piano and violin solos, in classical and folk styles.

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House Assembly Recital: Francis Allen and Oliver Donoghue (Oboe, Violin and Voice)

Spotlight Concert

Thursday 23rd June 2022, 8.20am - 8.40am Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

Friday 24th June 2022, 5.30pm - 7.00pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

More of our multi-talented Year 10s entertain on voice, violin and oboe, in solos and duets.

An opportunity for soloists and smaller chamber groups to show what they have been working on in the term, ahead of grade exams.

Free to attend Open to all parents, students and staff

Free to attend Open to all parents, students, staff and OCs 7|

Britton Organ Recital in association with the Bristol and District Organists’ Association

Summer Serenade

Wednesday 29th June 2022, 1.40pm - 2.30pm Clifton College Chapel, accessible via Guthrie Road, BS8 3EZ

Thursday 30th June, 6.30pm - 8.00pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET

To celebrate the support of the Britton Trust, we host a lunchtime concert featuring the whole range of Upper School pupil organists in music from Grade 2 to Diploma.

The large-screen video will enable you to see the organists’ hands and feet in close-up details at the console!

The main musical year concludes with the annual Concerto Concert, with our finest pupil soloists accompanied by a professional orchestra. Repertoire to include movements from varied concertos : Prokofiev’s in G minor for Violin, Rimsky-Korsakov’s for Trombone, David’s for Euphonium, Koussevitsky’s for Double Bass, and Donizetti’s for Flute.

Free to attend Open to all parents, student, staff and OCs

Free to attend Open to all parents, students, staff, OCs and members of the public

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TUESDAY ARTS CLUB

Violin Masterclass with Liv-Marie Kodurand OC Tuesday 24th May 2022, 5.00pm - 6.00pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET Our top violinists will be working in an open masterclass with concert violinist, and Old Cliftonian, Liv-Marie Kodurand, award-winning late scholar of the Royal Academy of Music.

Free to attend Open to all parents, students and staff, OCs and members of the public

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TUESDAY ARTS CLUB

Allen Harris: BBC Sound Engineer Tuesday 7th June 2022, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET Recounting his experiences working for BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4, from David Bowie to Choral Evensong, retired BBC Sound Engineer Allen Harris will illustrate his lecture with rare clips from his extensive private archive, as well as demonstrating classic techniques of the analogue tape era.

Open to the public, parents, students, staff and OCs. Entry is free for College students and parents.

External guest tickets are £10 for adults and free for students - cash on door.

To reserve tickets in advance call 0117 315 7246 or email: uppermusic@cliftoncollege.com.

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Oboe, Cor Anglais and Bassoon Recital: Imogen Triner and Sally Bartholomew

TUESDAY ARTS CLUB

Tuesday 14th June 2022, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Joseph Cooper Music School, Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET A rare opportunity to hear the wide variety of double reed instruments in solos and duets. The programme will conclude with Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, one of his moving beloved chamber works, by turns plangent, quirky and ravishing. Imogen and Sally are both principal reed players with the Bristol Ensemble.

Open to the public, parents, students, staff and OCs. Entry is free for College students and parents.

External guest tickets are £10 for adults and free for students - cash on door.

To reserve tickets in advance call 0117 315 7246 or email: uppermusic@cliftoncollege.com.

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Fazioli Grand Piano Inaugural Celebrity Recital: Luke Jones

TUESDAY ARTS CLUB

Tuesday 21st June 2022, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Clifton College Chapel, accessible via Guthrie Road, BS8 3EZ Winner of 1st prizes in Bromsgrove, Chopin-Roma and Slovenia piano competitions, and recipient of the RNCM Gold Medal, celebrity pianist Luke Jones opens our new Fazioli Piano Recital Series. Exploiting the wonderful sonorities and touch of our new 212 Fazioli Grand Piano in the Chapel, his virtuoso programme of transcriptions, Romantic Miniatures, and showpiece studies will include: Bach-Rachaminov’s Partita No. 3, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 3, and Chopin’s masterpiece collection, the 12 Études Op. 10.

Open to the public, parents, students, staff and OCs. Entry is free for College students and parents.

External guest tickets are £10 for adults and free for students - cash on door.

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Music Scholarships 11+, 13+ and 16+ Clifton College has a strong musical tradition, and the study of music is an integral part of the curriculum.

We offer pupils a unique opportunity to achieve academic distinction and personal excellence.

Each year, we offer a number of Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries to girls and boys with that spark of potential. Talented musicians are encouraged to apply for a Music Scholarship whatever their instrument.

There are scholarships at 11+ for entry into Year 7, 13+ for entry into Year 9 and at 16+ for entry into Year 12.

These scholarships are merit based and competed for via examination, audition or other appropriate assessment.

The Scholarship programme aims to enable pupils to pursue music to as high a level as they wish. Some will look to study music beyond Clifton and aim to go into the music profession, whereas for others it is a wonderful way to relax and achieve something of real value alongside their academic studies. We look to help all musicians individually achieve their goals, whatever they might be. Previous Music Scholars have 14 |

gone on to study music at Oxford, Cambridge, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and other conservatoires; others have been members of award winning close harmony groups and recorded their own albums.

Find out more information at www.cliftoncollege.com/upper/admissions or please contact: Mr Daniel Robson, Director of Music at Clifton College: drobson@cliftoncollege.com / 0117 3157 247

Sir David Willcocks Organ Scholarship 16+ In 2012, Sir David Willcocks announced his generous commitment to a new sixth-form organ scholarship in his name at Clifton College. A partnership with Bristol Cathedral was established to augment the role, and the inaugural Willcocks Scholar was appointed in 2013. Holders since then have won organ scholarship places at several Oxbridge colleges as well as at Hereford Cathedral.

A 32-foot extension of the Pedal Ophicleide reed at Clifton College was installed in autumn 2017, and a CD recorded by Regent Records of the College choirs with pupil organists and brass was recorded in 2018 to celebrate this addition.

This 16+ post is for a sixth-form entrant, running for two years. Candidates may also jointly apply for the 16+ academic scholarships. The successful candidate will receive support from the Sir David Willcocks Trust as well as the opportunity to apply for generous means-tested funding towards either a boarding or day-pupil place, which could be as much as 100% of fees and free instrumental lessons.

Find out more information at www.cliftoncollege.com/upper/admissions or please contact: Mr Daniel Robson,

Directions to Venues Chapel: Access to Chapel either through Memorial Arch, opposite 32 College Road BS8 3HJ or from Reception on Guthrie Road, BS8 3EZ Joseph Cooper School: Located on Guthrie Road, BS8 3ET The Crypt: Located underneath the Clifton College Chapel, accessible from the Sports Field side Parking is available on street for free after 5pm 15 |

Together we are Clifton Clifton College Guthrie Road Clifton, Bristol BS8 3EZ T. +44 (0)117 315 7000 E. info@cliftoncollege.com cliftoncollege.com

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