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SPRING TERM ARTS CALENDAR
Welcome to our Spring Term Arts Calendar, which introduces our forthcoming music, drama and dance events at Oakham School.
INFORMAL CONCERTS
TICKET INFORMATION
HEADLINE EVENTS
Music
Thursday 22 January
Professional Music:
Duo Folia - Ren Jian & Cason Kang
Monday 2 February
Singing Competition
Thursday 26 February
Combined Evensong at Royal Holloway
Sunday 8 March
Gala Concert: A Night’s
Reverie
Thursday 12 March
Piano Duet Festival
Thursday 19 March
Lower School Concert
Saturday 21 March
Oakham Choral Society: A Spring Awakening
Drama and Dance
Thursday 5 February
Form 1 Drama & Dance Showcase
Wednesday 11 February
Oakham Student Arts Festival
Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 March
Scholars’ Production: Come From Away
Thursday 22 January
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC: DUO FOLIA Ren
Jian & Cason Kang
Kapustin Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 70
Schubert Sonatina in A Minor, Op. 137, No. 2, D.385
Mozart Sonata, No. 33, K.381
Ysaÿe Caprice d’apres l’Etude en forme de valce de Saint-Saëns: 6 Etudes, Op. 52 No. 6
We look forward to welcoming competition and orchestral soloist Ren Jian, alongside our own teacher of piano Cason Kang, to perform a program of diverse repertoire as a part of our professional music series. This concert promises a wealth of virtuosic ability and musicianship, and we invite you to sit back and enjoy as this duo perform these works for violin and piano.
You are invited to join us for our annual singing competition, which this year is adjudicated by soprano Hilary Cronin, who made her debut as a soloist at the BBC Proms in 2025, and internationally -celebrated baritone Michael Dore. We promise quality performances in both Art Song and Musical Theatre, with the overall winners announced at the end of the final class.
FORM 1 DANCE & DRAMA SHOWCASE
Get ready for the QET to resonate with the sounds of the jungle as our Form 1 Drama and Dance students take to the stage. After months of rehearsal and imagination, they’re set to deliver highenergy, jungle-themed performances packed with rhythm, emotion, and bold originality. Thursday 5 February
Wednesday 11 February
OAKHAM STUDENT ARTS FESTIVAL
Oakham Student Arts Festival (OSAF), champions students’ creativity by offering the time, space, and support for students to devise and present a piece of theatre from scratch. This one-day event provides students with a platform to share their ideas, allowing them to explore a multitude of topics through a variety of theatrical genres. Students can turn their hands to writing, directing, design or acting. The collaborative nature of this project is a brilliant learning curve, encouraging students to conquer the fear of the ‘blank page’; providing them with the opportunity to make their creative voices heard.
Thursday 26 February Thursday 26 February
EVENSONG AT ROYAL HOLLOWAY EVENSONG AT ROYAL HOLLOWAY
Oakham School Chamber Choir
Royal Holloway Choir
Rupert Gough conductor
We invite you to join us as our Chamber Choir join forces with the Royal Holloway Choir to perform in a combined evensong. This promises to be an evening of brilliant music that shows the power of collaboration, musicianship and professionalism, and will be an incredible experience for our pupils.
Sunday 8 March Sunday 8 March
GALA CONCERT - A NIGHT’S REVERIE GALA CONCERT - A NIGHT’S REVERIE
Concert Band Chamber Orchestra
Chapel Choir
Lower School Choir
Symphony Orchestra
Lizzie Wyer violin
Tomas Dickinson, Natalie Doh, Annie Jia, Grace Lai piano
Steve Foster
John Mountford
Toby White conductors
Join us as we continue to celebrate the 100th year of our Chapel with a musical celebration of our ensembles and soloists. This concert will include two works by Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals with its vibrant imaginative depictions, and Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso featuring some soaring violin melodies from soloist Lizzie Wyer.
This heart-warming and powerful musical tells the incredible story of how a small town in Newfoundland opened its doors to 7,000 stranded passengers in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. This remarkable true story celebrates the compassion, courage, and community that shone in the darkest of times.
Join us at the QET this March for a soaring, feelgood production that will lift your spirits and restore your faith in humanity.
Location: QET
Dates: 10-13th March
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ queenelizabeththeatre
Contact: theatretickets@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Thursday 12 March Thursday 12 March
PIANO DUET FESTIVAL PIANO DUET FESTIVAL
We are delighted to welcome you to our annual Piano Duet Festival, in which our pianists have the opportunity to show their teamwork and chamber music skills. We are delighted to welcome Paul Smith, former Head of Instrumental Studies at Alleyn’s School, to adjudicate this much-loved event Parents, friends and staff are invited to come along to the individual classes to support those taking part.
Thursday 19 March
LOWER SCHOOL CONCERT
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.
Saturday21March,7pm
HandelOdeforStCecilia’sDay, HWV76
VivaldiConcertoNo.1inEMajor, Op.8,RV269,“Spring”
QuantzConcertofortwoflutesinG minorQV6:8
MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME
21 March - 7.30pm: Oakham Choral Society: A Spring A el
SPRING TERM EVENTS SPRING TERM EVENTS
25 March - 1.40pm: Music at Lunchtime: Isabelle White ch 7.30pm: Society: 1.40pm: Lunchtime: