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King's House ConcertKing's House provided a varied and entertaining evening of music on Monday 9th March 2009 which would have been a credit as a school concert.
The evening started with a composition"Mrs. Currie’s King’s House" an adaptation of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the King's House Concert Band with the following line-up: Matthew Hughes (drums); Steven Ray (guitar); Gareth Campbell (piano); Max Nethercott (trumpet); Hannah Owen (trumpet) and King's House tutor Mr. Gwilliam (guitar and vocals).
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The King's House Concert Band |
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Matthew Hughes playing in the King's House Concert Band |
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Jack Instrall (Violin) played The Gypsy Dance followed by Liam Pullin (‘cello) & William Shere (violin) playing The Cuckoo’s Nest
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Jack Instrall |
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Monica Thomas, Jasmine Brownlow, Alice Harding, Lily Allen,& Amanda Giles singing " Unfaithful" by Rihanna |
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Adam George (saxophone) performing "Merrily" |
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Jack Ambrose (harmonica) "Oh dear, what can the matter be?" |
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There was then three violin pieces: Laura Currie Dudzierz by Wieniawski,
Robert Marsh Fröhliche Landmann and Claire Aldridge Allegretto
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Laura Currie |
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Claire Aldridge |
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Zoe Gould & Summer Artman (vocals) with Emily Baynes (Flute) performed Chasing Pavements by Adele followed by two more vocals from Emma Fredericks Soulmate by Natasha Bedingfield and Tim McNeil Electricity from Billy Elliot.
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Zoe Gould & Summer Artman (vocals) with Emily Baynes (Flute) |
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Emma Fredericks |
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Tim McNeil |
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Steven Ray (Electric Guitar) changed the mood with his solo from ‘Surfing With the Alien’
by Joe Satriani.
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Steven Ray |
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Charlotte Atterton |
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Charlotte Atterton sang Run by Snow Patrol and then there were three intrumental pieces by Hannah Owen (trumpet) Harlem Nocturne,
Isabel Marsh (violin) Rhumba and Zoe Gould (violin) Old Joe Clark.
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Isabel Marsh |
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Simon Camp sang Wild World by Cat Stevens.
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Simon Camp |
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Video of Simon's performance on YouTube (not accessible in school) |
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Max Nethercott (trumpet) Flamenco, Zoe Shipley (flute) Mazurka, Tom Pieczora (piano) 1st Movement from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in F minor and Tom Dursley (trumpet) Adams Family completed the solo performances.
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Max Nethercott |
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Zoe Shipley |
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Adam Laver (drums),
Steven Ray (guitar),
Gareth Campbell (synth) and
Mr. Gwilliam (mandolin and vocals) gave a very professional performance of Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
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Steven Ray (guitar), Adam Laver (drums) Gareth Campbell (synth) and
Mr. Gwilliam (mandolin and vocals) |
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Lucas Baynes and Ed Matthews (electric guitar) with a guest appearance from Oliver
Denton (drums) performed I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness.
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Lucas Baynes and Ed Matthews (electric guitar) with Oliver Denton (drums) |
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Charlotte Gilbert concluded the evening singing Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.
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Charlotte Gilbert |
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Each of the concert pieces was professionally introduced by the King's House prefects.
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Head of King's House, Mrs Denise Currie, with the House Prefects who had introduced the concert items |
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At the end of the concert Mrs Denise Currie, Head of King's House, congratulated everyone on their fantastic performances, thanked the large audience for their generous support, and gave particular praise to the huge contribution that Gareth Campbell had made, by supporting and performing in so many pieces and giving up a lot of his spare time to rehearse with the performers, and to Mr Jonathan Gwilliam on his enormous amount of work in enthusing the participants and putting the concert together.
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