Spectacular Christmas Concert with Years 7 to 12

by Vashti Turner  on December 14, 2016  in  Creativity Music

Last night we had our first Christmas concert involving students from both key stage 3 and sixth form. It was brilliant to see our Year 12s collaborating with students from Years 7 to 9 across all three strands of Performing Arts; Music, Drama and Dance.

A full audience of students, staff and family enjoyed performances from the KAA Choir, Orchestra and Samba band. Tara (12 Roosevelt), Indigo (12 Sirleaf) and Chase (12 Sirleaf) from our A level Dance course contributed with a contemporary piece choreographed by Mr Dunning. A group of students studying A level Drama – Kai (12 Sirleaf), Charlotte (12 Tutu) and Titilayo (12 Maathai) – performed a scene from George Orwell’s 1984. The evening also included a piano solo from Sofia (8 Chaplin), a piano duet from Milan (9 Balon) and Stefano (9 Winfrey), and a performance of Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud by Zena (9 Dyson), Safiyah (9 Jobs) and Amani (9 Oliver), accompanied on guitar by Chase (12 Sirleaf). The choir’s closing song was a particular highlight, a rendition of Mika’s Happy Ending with beautiful lead vocals from Hiba (12 Roosevelt).

Thank you to our Performing Arts team, Mr Fisher, Mr Rigby, Mr Kavanagh, Miss Gurnell and Mr Dunning for all their work organising the spectacular show.