programme NOTES WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER JIGSAW JAM
THOMAS TELFORD SCHOOL SENIOR CHOIR
LLANTARNAM SCHOOL DEAF CHOIR
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CONCERT BAND WIND PLAYERS, POND:LIFE, SILKSTONE COMMON JUNIOR & INFANT SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, THE KINGSMEAD DYNAMIX & thomas TELFORD SCHOOL SENIOR CHOIR
Since 1991, Thomas Telford School in Telford, Shropshire has been one of the top-performing comprehensive schools in the UK and provides education for over 1,200 students. The Thomas Telford School Choir formed in 2006 and has since grown massively in number every year. The choir love singing powerful, rich harmonies to create their 'wall of sound' and have become known for their renditions of anthemic rock, pop and musical theatre numbers.
The Llantarnam School Deaf Choir consists of twelve hearing impaired students and one hearing and visually impaired student, that attend Llantarnam Hearing Impaired Resource Base. The choir formed in September 2011 and since then they’ve been improving and perfecting their performances in various local events. They sign using British Sign Language to familiar, popular songs with the help of their conductor.
These groups have come together tonight to showcase three ensemble pieces from Jigsaw Jam by Sarah Watts. This piece was commissioned by MFY for instrumentalists at the start of their musical journey. It consists of nine pieces that can fit together in any order like a jigsaw and most of the pieces use only the first three notes learnt on each instrument. Performed tonight are The Sky for any instrument, Ship Ahoy for open strings and Carousels and Candyfloss for woodwind. There are also pieces for brass, guitar, ukulele, pitched percussion, harmonica and ocarina. All of the music and backing tracks can be downloaded for free at mfy.org.uk/thesoundvault Jigsaw Jam is sponsored by Vivendi Create Joy Fund and supported by PRS for Music Foundation and Kevin Mayhew Publishers.
This evening, the choir will sing an exciting arrangement of Queen's Somebody to Love as heard in the musical We Will Rock You. They are backed by their rock group and led by Lauren Soley who has just begun her training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Choir Simbiat Akande, Kirsty Armour, Connor Bacon, Alice Ball, Emily Beech, Kieran Bird, Thomas Bird, Carla Bithell, Fraser Callaghan, Jacob Chandler, Lauren Compton, James Cox, Zoe Cresswell, Jacob Cunliffe, Christopher Dain, Claire Darmody, Emily Davies, Samuel Deakin, Omari Douglas**, Lorna Dunlop, Joseph Grogan, Adele Harris, John Luke Harris, Kathryn Haynes, Sarah Hulme, Lauren Jones, Grace Kendrick, Isobel Manley, Gemma Maybury, Martine McAuliffe, Hannah McGilvery, Christina Needham, Luke Neville, Helen Polatajko, Amber Richards, Lauren Riley, Lucy Rock, Lauren Rowlinson, Chloe Ruston, Ella Sankey, Sacha Savory, Libby Skinner, Isabel Smithyman, Lauren Soley**, Ella Tarantonio, Lucy Taylor, Kelsey Thomas, Isabelle Trotter, Matthew Turner, Adam Unwin, Darius Walton, Gabriel Walton, Georgina Wheeler, Robyn Whitehouse, Charlotte Wood, Harry Wright Electric Guitar Daniel Clark Bass Guitar Louis Coupe Drums Stuart Dunlop Piano Gareth Howard, Robert Palin
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The group are performing The Climb with their wonderful soloist, Shirzad Hussain. The Climb is a song performed by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus, for the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie and was written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe. The song is a power ballad with lyrics that describe life as a difficult but rewarding journey. Choir Sairah Aktar, Adrain Bucik, Kieran Collins**, Elliott Davies, Almaas Farzal, Emma Gaylard, James Hughes, Shirzad Hussain**, Tyler Mason, Sam Roberts, Orusa Ruben, Liam Tanner, Adam Walker