PROGRAMME NOTES CROWN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STEEL BAND, LEICESTER Musical Director/Conductor: Patricia Munroe Age range of performers: 11-15 years Calypso Carniyal /"{l riolls. {In: P j\IlIlIroe Crown Hills is a thri\ in~ inner-cit\ community college sen in~ a 1l1ldti-cthnic area of Leicester. The area is an lmp,'rL!! ~ t " 'Cl> for the culture and religion of man:. ,i ;f'""~ - : ,.( groups and the college is extremel:- ~' .•,l the rich cultural diversity of its I.onu (,. , students. Many arts activities take pl ::c C the college; musically pupils arc im¡" i'. C ', ' n playing a range of styles, from rap tl' , tabla to bhangra. This year the\" il.l,j .' ,-" of the Bands' event when six (l,lk ~ : i bhangra groups took the sla~e Ti-__' chere tonight are just onc " f 'k . steel bands. The\ I,L!: ;, biggest
KIRKLEES JUNIOR WIND ORCHESTRA Conductor: Garry Firth Age range of performers: 8-13 years Flourish for Wind Band Vaughan Williams When the Stars Began to Fall Fred J Alien Island Empire March William Himes
NKS JAZZ, KENT Musical Director: John R Hall Age range ofperfonners: 15-16 years Dr Jazz OliveI' and Stetzei Everybody Loves My Baby Palmer and WiIliams Saints Traditional
Kirklees Junior Wind Orchestra is the most newly formed of twenty-five wind bands run by Kirklees Music School, being fonned less than a year ago on 3 January 1996. The membership of the band is drawn from the sc ven music centres in Batley, Cleckheaton, De\\ sbury, Huddersfield, Holme Valley, Colne \alley and Scissett. The band rehearses on .\\ crage three or four times each term on " unda\' afternoons so as not to clash with <h,"' !. Illlhic centre and other rehearsals and
NKS Jazz is the latest New Orleans jazz band to emerge from the Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford, Kent. Past bands from the school have perfonned at four previous Schools Proms, and the present band were delighted to receive an Outstanding Perfonnance Award at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth and an invitation to the Prom. They have only been performing together for just over a year and have already appeared live on BBC Radio on several occasions and on BBC 2 Television as well as at numerous local events.
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The programme tonight, chosen from their extensive repertoire of traditional jazz numbers, gives everyone a chance for solos, even the washboard and sousaphone. All the chorus playing is improvised in the traditional fashion and the band enjoy keeping the oldest styles of jazz alive in the steps of King Oliver, Louis Annstrong and Kenny Ball.
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BODMIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE JAZZ ORCHESTRA, CORNWALL Musical Director/Conductor: Adrian Evans Age range of perfonners: 14-18 years High Octane JejJ Jarvis Open Wide DOli El1is Bodmin Community College Jazz Orchestra was formed in 1978 by their present director, Adrian Evans. The Orchestra has made eight tours to Europe, achieved four consecutive Gold Awards and two Outstanding Achievement Awards in the Boosey and H3\\ kes ,,<ational Festival in the last two years. Lead trumpet player Jamie Prophet has won the Outstanding Soloist Award on two occasions. Last year the Orchestra and the College's award-winning Wind Band were honoured b: thc Gorsedd for Services to Music in Conl\\al l. 'High Octane' by JetT Jan'is is one of their most requested pieces. It i, a highly contrasted piece in the Jau funk style with some very exciting scorin~ and an extended improvisation section. 'Opell \\'ide' is an exciting Latin Jazz composilion fcaturin~ an extensive percussion section and numcrous soloists - it is the Orchestra',; t~\\' ourite piecc~
The short, fanfare-like 'Flouri,h I,', \\ '!l ,i Band' was composed as an O\enure ;,' :he Pageant 'Music and the People' and \\ a, tir < performed at the Royal Albert Hall on I .\pril 1939, 'When the Stars Began to Fall' is based on the Spiritual 'My Lord What A Mourning'. and this setting has become increasingly popular in the wind band repertoire, Young bands often have difficulty sustaining the expressive qualities of slow music and whilst this work is not technically challenging, it allows the performers the opportunity to develop this aspect of their playing. 'Island Empire March', a short concert march, was written six years ago to honour Britain for the contribution it has made to music over centuries of time, The lyrical and majestic march reflects rich melodic traditions of English folk songs and hymn tunes,
'\ 0 RTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY YOl'TH CHOIR .\ !\lsic~1 Director/Conductor: David Bray A'!, c r3ngc ofperfonners: 15-18 years Jahula Jesu Traditional, an: Hatjield The \ Vater of Tyne Traditional, an: Neaum Dann~ Boy Traditional, an: 0 Parker The "lonhamptonshire County Youth Choir \\ as formed five years ago by David Bray who is the county's music inspector. The choir has grown considerably and now consists of 150 singers in four choirs, They have perfonned at numerous venues, won several prizes at competitions and have been selected for the semi-final of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year Competition. 'Jabula Jesu' is an arrangement of a traditional Zulu song with lively rhythms and counterpoint. 'The Water of Tyne' is a traditional song, with a haunting piano accompaniment. 'Danny Boy' is a \\ ell-kn,w, '1 song which has been arranged b\' Oli\ cr Parker who has just completed hi, ~\- i .' , cl studies and will be sing ll1 l;' \, ;;" ,'hol; th '
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