WHS Music Events - Spring 2020

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Music Events SPRING 2020

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MUSIC EVENTS AT WHS Spring 2020

SCHOLARS’ RECITAL Thursday 23rd January 2020 19:00 - 20:30 / Senior Hall

Welcome Welcome to the Spring Term 2020 at Wimbledon High School. This booklet compliments the Imagine guide, given to all pupils at the start of the academic year, where there is lots of information about each of the co-curricular clubs that support the musical development of all pupils. This booklet contains information on the different concerts, recitals, services and events taking place in the Spring Term, and includes links to TryBooking to allow you to acquire tickets.

Tickets to many of our events, including all WHS Young Musician of the Year, Jigsaw Players and Blues & Roots Ensemble concerts, are free. However, we do ask for you to book tickets for these through TryBooking to ensure that the events are set up with the correct number of chairs and the right amount of catering, thus avoiding waste. All of these events can also be found on the main WHS website at https://www.wimbledonhigh.gdst. net/our-community/event-booking.

We do check tickets at all events so please do bring your tickets with you – preferably as a download on your mobile phone.

Some of our concerts feature lots of different musicians, and as such some events do sell out quickly. In case of an event selling out, we prioritise the parents with tickets who arrive on time for seats. If you arrive late it might be that we have allocated your empty seat to someone on the waiting list, assuming you are unable to attend the concert. If this is the case we will do our best to find you a seat in the interval. If you no longer require a ticket, please do apply for a refund through your account on TryBooking, allowing the seat to be used by someone else.

At the back of this guide there is a handy table showing you which ensembles are required in the various different events; please do use this to help plan which events you would like tickets for. We often post pictures and recordings from our events on our Twitter @Music_WHS – do follow us if you would like to see these.

I look forward to welcoming you to the various different events throughout the term.

Richard Bristow Director of Music

Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/MAQ

Come and listen to our 16 Senior School Music Scholars perform an exciting recital of music showing their virtuosity and musical skill. Instruments include Violin, Trumpet, French Horn, Flute, Cello, Double Bass, Clarinet and Piano.

Refreshments will be served from 18:45 and the recital should end by 20:30.

Tickets for the recital are free and open to all.

MERTON LIVE Saturday 1st February 2020

New Wimbledon Theatre

Tickets and timing information from New Wimbledon Theatre website TBC

Join Pops Orchestra in a performance of lots of different orchestrated pieces for orchestra in Merton Live – a celebration of talent in Merton.

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PROCORDA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

BLUES & ROOTS ENSEMBLE: CONCERT 1

Tuesday 4th February 2020

Wednesday 12th February 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall

King’s College School, Wimbledon /Timings TBC

Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/OIK

No tickets required

We are delighted to have several chamber groups entered in the national ProCorda Chamber Music Festival for Schools. String Quartet A/B/C and Flute Group 1 will all be competing in the competition, with this being the first round. If the pupils are selected to go through to the semifinals or the final, these dates will be

advertised to parents in HighWays and via our social media channels.

WHS YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Piano and Percussion Competition Wednesday 5th February 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall

Refreshments will be served from 18:45 in the Senior Hall.

WHS BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2020

Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZW

Continuing our exciting WHS Young Musician (WHSYM) series, our attentions turn to piano and percussion for this competition. We are delighted to welcome Sophia Rahman – international pianist and member of the Jigsaw Players – to adjudicate the competition. Sophia will also lead a workshop for all pupils taking part in the competition in the afternoon, allowing pupils to try out new techniques, ask questions and to gain an understanding of what life as a professional musician offers.

Refreshments will be served from 18:45.

We are delighted to have formed a new partnership with Blues & Roots Ensemble – a local ensemble specialising in Jazz and the music of Charles Mingus. The group have sold out shows at the Jazz Café, The Vortex and The Elgar Rooms and will be performing alongside our Jazz Ensemble, Djembe Group and A Cappella. Before the concert the musicians will be working together to learn more about Jazz and improvisation.

Thursday 27th February 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Rutherford Centre Tickets on sale from late January from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/OIL

PIANO & PERCUSSION

The annual Battle of the Bands sees bands from WHS and other local schools compete to be named Band of the Year. Our theme this year is America verses the UK – expect lots of contrasting performances!

Our Battle of the Bands is a great start to the second half of term, organised

by Year 12 pupils and with an audience vote to work alongside the thoughts of the adjudicator. The event also raises money for a local charity to help fund their work. Refreshments from 18:45.

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A CAPPELLA NYC TOUR MEETING

WHS YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: FINALE Wednesday 18th March 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 / Senior Hall 19:00 - 19:30

Free tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZX

No tickets required

This is a meeting for parents of pupils going on the A Cappella Choir Tour to New York to discuss arrangements for the tour and answer any questions parents may have before the tour departs. No tickets are required to attend the event.

JIGSAW PLAYERS: CONCERT 2 Monday 9th March 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Rutherford Centre Tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/LZY

Join the Jigsaw Players for their second concert at WHS. With a range of performances by these exceptional musicians, the concert promises to impress. The evening will feature performances by Baroque Ensemble and String Quartet A, B and C working alongside the Jigsaw Players. The concert is open to everyone and tickets are free. Refreshments will be available from 18:30pm.

www.jigsawplayers.co.uk

Our first ever WHS Young Musician of the Year Competition reaches its exciting conclusion. Featuring performers who have won their respective classes of the individual competitions, the Finale will see pupils performing alongside their peers, competing for the title of Intermediate, Senior and Advanced Musician of the Year 2020. The competition is being adjudicated

by Mimi Reiter, one of the founding members of the Jigsaw Players.

SPRING CHAMBER CONCERT Thursday 19th March 2020 19:00 - 21:30 / Senior Hall Tickets from https://www.trybooking.co.uk/OIM

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JIGSAW PLAYERS CONCERT

Featuring performances from many of the different ensembles at WHS, our end of Spring Term concert allows our chamber groups a chance to shine, showing what they have been working on over the course of the Spring Term.

This event is likely to sell out quickly, so we do advise purchasing tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Refreshments will be served from 18:45.

FINALE

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WHS @ CADOGAN HALL

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FRIDAY JAMMIN’

Monday 30th March 2020 / Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square, London 19:30 - 22:00

Selected Friday break times during Term Time Senior Hall /10:25 - 10:45

Tickets from the Cadogan Hall website, available from January 2020

No tickets required

The musicians of WHS return to Cadogan Hall in London for their annual London Concert. The concert sees A Cappella and Canto perform alongside the WHS Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia and Baroque Ensemble. This is the musical highlight of the year and is not to be missed!

A CAPPELLA TOUR TO NYC Depart Thursday 2nd April 2020 Return Tuesday 7th April 2020

Carnegie Hall / Performance on Sunday 5th April, 20:30 - 22:00 Tickets from the Carnegie Hall website from late January

A Cappella join a large international choir and orchestra to perform as a part of Distinguished Concert’s International Singers. Featuring a programme of music for female choir alongside other music, the concert will be a wonderful opportunity for the pupils in A Cappella to sing in the iconic Carnegie Hall NYC. The concert also features the world premiere of music composed especially for the occasion.

Our weekly informal concert allows musicians from throughout the Senior School to perform in a relaxed atmosphere. This is a great chance to try something new, or to perform an examination piece prior to sitting the examination.

FRIDAY JAMMIN’ WILL TAKE PLACE ON: January Friday 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st February Friday 7th, 28th March Friday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th

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2-4-20 A Cappella NYC

30-3-20 Cadogan Hall

19-3-20 Spring Chamber 1

9-3-20 Jigsaw Players 2

3-3-20 A Cappella NYC Meeting

12-2-20 Blues & Roots 1

4-2-20 ProCorda Round 1

1-2-20 Merton Live

23-1-20 Scholars Recital

ENSEMBLE INVOLVEMENT IN CONCERTS

A Cappella Baroque Ensemble Canto Clarinet Choir Senior Clarinet Choir Djembe Group Double Bass Group Flute Group 1 Flute Group 2 Jazz Ensemble KS3 Close Harmony Little Sax Music Scholars Musical Theatre Ensemble Pops Orchestra Sax Trio Sinfonia String Ensemble String Quartet A String Quartet B String Quartet C Swing Band Symphony Orchestra Wind Band 5Guys Wind Quintet

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THANK YOU for supporting music and the arts this term.

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