Head's Newsletter 21 October 2022

MUSIC PERFORMANCES

Year 7 Inter - form Choir Competition

The Year 7 Inter - form Choir Competition is the first of three performances given by almost every Year 7 pupil in their first year at Tiffin School, the event followed by House Singing in January (for which Years 7, 8 and 9 pupils form their House Unison Choir) and the School Spring Concert in May (during which Year 7 pupils form a massed chorus

accompanied by orchestra to perform songs from musical theatre). For this year ’ s Inter - form Competition we were fortunate to have as our adjudicator Rachel Staunton, Director of the London Youth Choirs (who have performed with the Rolling Stones and at the Queen ’ s Jubilee celebrations) and an assistant director of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. The performance opened with an uplifting performance of the Turtles ’ Happy Together given by 7ASA/PT, followed by 7HB ’ s whirlwind tour of the Sherman brothers ’ Mar y Poppins in their medley of songs from the musical. 7KH followed with another medley of songs on the theme of friendship, from Carole King ’ s You ’ ve Got A Friend to The Rembrandts ’ I ’ ll be There For You which preceded 7MJG ’ s striking traditional New Zealand song: : The Wellerman, unaccompanied but for a steady cajon beat. 7PD then impressed with both their singing and acting in their rendition of ‘ We Don ’ t Talk About Bruno ’ from the hit musical Hamilton, before the finale: 7RXH ’ s We Go Together from the musical Grease. Between each choral performance each class was represented by one pupil selected to perform an instrumental solo. Following Rachel Staunton ’ s enthusiastic and encouraging feedback, from these impressive solos, the performers selected to win the prizes for best solo piano performance and best solo performance on an orchestral instrument were Joseph (7RXH) and Struan (7KH) respectively. Faced with an even more difficult decision, Rachel went on to choose the choirs of 7HB, 7PD and 7RXH respectively to win the 3 rd , 2 nd and 1 st choral prizes of the evening. Thanks go to the many people involved in preparing the choirs to perform, accompanying them, and supporting them on the evening of their performance.