WELCOME TO OAKHAM SCHOOL’S SUMMER MUSIC EVENTS
Introducing a season of exciting musical performances as Oakham School’s talented musicians take to the stage for our Summer Music Events! From enchanting Wednesday lunchtime recitals to Big Band concerts and vibrant string performances, our programme is packed with musical moments to inspire and delight.
Whether you’re a long-standing supporter or a first-time visitor, we invite you to join us in celebrating the incredible talent of our students and the joy of live music.
Big Band Out and About
Sunday 27 April
Choral Concert
Friday 2 May
Professional Music: GUS Band
Thursday 15 May
Lower School Live in Concert
Thursday 5 June
Oakham Choral Society Concert
Sunday 22 June
A Summer Celebration
Friday 20 June
Big Band Concert
Thursday 26 June
Leavers’ Concert
Friday 27 June
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available from wegottickets.com/oakhamschoolmusic,or please email boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk or phone 01572 758820.
BIG BAND OUT & ABOUT
SUNDAY 27 APRIL
Braunston Village Hall –7.00pm –£16 –
Tickets available from Pat Anderson
Please email patander961@hotmail.com or call 07771 752488
The Oakham School Big Band will be “Out and About” in Braunston in Rutland for the first time performing a concert of big band swing along with vocal and instrumental solos. All proceeds will support the repair and maintenance of Braunston’s ancient church.
CHORAL CONCERT
G F Handel Zadok the Priest
Hubert Parry I was glad
Rihards Dubra Ave Maria
Traditional arr. Barrett and Ralf Schmidt Indodana
Gregorio Allegri Miserere mei
Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass
Chapel Choir
Chamber Choir
FRIDAY 2 MAY
Oakham School
Chapel –
7.30pm –
Free
Tickets required –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
Join us for a tour of the centuries as we touch upon some of the golden moments in choral music history. From Handel’s iconic coronation anthem Zadok the Priest to Gregorio
Allegri’s famous Miserere mei with its haunting top Cs. As a tonic to this polyphonic splendour, Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass will provide earworms for the rest of the Summer Term.
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL: GUS BAND
Edward Gregson Dances and Arias
A selection of pieces written and arranged by our Musical Director, Christopher Bond, based on the theme of The Wizard of Oz.
THURSDAY 15 MAY
Oakham School
Chapel –
7.30pm –
£10 in advance
£12 on the door
Free for school-aged children
–
For ticket booking, please see page 2
In January 1933, Mr Fred Felton told the Northants Evening Telegraph “We are going to form a band and we are going to aim high”. Two years later the Munn and Felton Works Band were champions of Great Britain – and a brass band legend was born that has lived on for over 90 years. The GUS Band is now based in Northampton and regularly appears at concerts throughout the Midlands and beyond.
LOWER SCHOOL IN CONCERT
THURSDAY 5 JUNE
Oakham School
Chapel –
7.15pm –
Free
Tickets required –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
This concert offers the opportunity for our talented Lower School musicians to take to the stage and showcase their hard work in rehearsals this term. This performance will include a wide range of the pupils’ instrumental and vocal talents as soloists and ensemble musicians as they perform in front of their peers and parents.
OAKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY: ‘SONGS FOR A SUMMER EVENING’ MUSIC FOR CHOIR AND VIOLINS
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Paul Drayton The Lark Ascending
Cecilia McDowall A Fancy of Folksongs
Oakham Choral Society
Emily Holland violin
Lizzie Wyer violin
Joshua Lai violin
Cason Kang piano
Ewan Stockwell conductor
SUNDAY 22 JUNE
Oakham School
Chapel –
5.00pm –
£10 –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
Join us for a summer evening of classic violin and choral music. This includes the reimagined Lark Ascending with our Head of Strings Emily Holland, and a vibrant selection of solo and duet violin repertoire from two of our violin pupils.
SUMMER CELEBRATION: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Chamber Choir
Concert Band
Symphony Orchestra
John Powell How to Train your Dragon
Danny Elfman Spiderman
Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun anthem
Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean
John Barry Out Of Africa
Bach Double violin concerto in D Minor
Beethoven Adagio Molto – Allegro con brio (Symphony No. 1)
Steve Foster & John Mountford conductors
FRIDAY 20 JUNE
Oakham School
Chapel –
7.30pm –
Free
Tickets required –
For ticket booking, please see page 2
Join us in the chapel for a night of music written for (and used in) some of the great films of our time. We explore the musical worlds of some of film music’s greatest composers, and reflect on how the film industry has ensured the future of orchestral music for generations to come.
BIG BAND CONCERT
Big
Band Steve Foster director
THURSDAY 26 JUNE
Marquee, Doncaster Close –7.45pm –
£22 –
Doors open at 6.30pm
Live music begins at 7.45pm (two halves with a 30 min interval) Evening finishes at 10.45pm
Tickets will go on sale at different intervals – parents will be emailed the details
Always one of the most anticipated events of the year, our Big Band returns to the stage in the Doncaster Close marquee for an evening of fantastic live music. With two sets of classic jazz, soul and pop numbers, there promises to be music to suit all tastes! Pack a picnic for the interval, buy drinks from the marquee bar and swing into summer with our Big Band’s final performance of the year.
Please note that we cannot accept e-mail bookings or bookings in person. Seats/tables will be allocated on the seating plan on a first come, first served basis. Tables seat 10 and multiple tables cannot be purchased. Requests to sit near another guest’s table must be made by 16 May. Pupils may not purchase tickets. Pupils (Form 7/Year 12 only) must be seated with an adult at the event. Payment can be made by card at the time of booking, by cheque made payable to Oakham School or via school bills. Payment for ticket orders must be received within 7 working days of booking or tickets will be re-allocated. Please note that the use of candles is prohibited at this event.
LEAVERS’ CONCERT
FRIDAY 27 JUNE
Our graduating Form 7 musicians take to the stage one last time in a concert dedicated to spotlighting their musical talents. We can promise a varied group of instrumental and vocal performances, offering a chance to celebrate all that they have achieved in music during their time at Oakham School.
LUNCHTIME RECITALS
All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm - Free
Join us each week to hear our pupils perform live.
Wednesday 23 April
Steve Foster trumpet
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Trumpet Concerto)
Sammy Nestico Portrait of a Trumpet
Joy Webb Share My Yoke
Wednesday 30 April
Joshua Lai violin
Mozart Allegro maestoso (Concerto in G)
Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50
Wednesday 7 May
Tomas Dickinson piano
Aram Khachaturian Toccata
Mozart Alla turca – Allegretto (Sonata in A major, K331)
Schumann Romance in F# major, op. 28 no.2
Wednesday 14 May
Natalie Doh piano
Beethoven Allegro, ma non troppo (Sonata in G major, op. 49 no.2)
Chopin Nocturne in E minor, op.72 no.1
Chopin Prelude, op.28 no.15
Wednesday 21 May
Isabelle White piano
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat major BWV 866
Debussy Arabesque No. 2
Louise Farrenc Étude in D flat, op. 41 no. 5
Rachmaninov Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14
Wednesday 4 June
Rosie Johnson soprano
Brahms Wiegenlied
Reynaldo Hahn À Chloris
Haydn The Spirits Song
Richard Rodgers If I loved you (Carousel)
Lloyd-Webber Wishing you were somehow here again (Phantom of the Opera)
Wednesday 11 June
Lizzie Wyer violin
Mozart Allegro aperto (Concerto No. 5)
Christian Sinding Suite in A minor
Wednesday 18 June
Lily Reynolds mezzo-soprano
A recital of musical theatre solos including music from: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie | Evita | Fame | Waitress
Wednesday 25 June
Evie Holder soprano
Ernest Chausson Le Colibri
Claude Debussy Les cloches
Reynaldo Hahn Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Richard Strauss Du meines Herzens Krönelein
Richard Strauss Morgen!
