This is quite a bit away, but places on these courses tend to go quickly.  Click here to find out more about what’s on offer, and make sure to speak to your teacher/instructor if interested.

Rehearsals

We’ve had an excellent start to the new session, with rehearsals well under way for both our Junior and Senior Wind Bands.  Rehearsals take place on Tuesdays in the Rehearsal Room; Junior Band at lunchtimes and Senior Band after school.

Junior Wind Band ready to rehearse

Senior Wind Band’s ‘reconnecting’ session

Ambassadors

“Stewarton bands have entered a new, exciting era with both the junior and senior band having restarted. The band is eager to place an emphasis on the pupil’s voice this year and build upon the strong sense of community that Stewarton has always prided itself on. As such, we welcome the establishment of the band ambassadors – Cara, Katie, Annabel, Grace, Sarah, Jenna and Sophie – who are excited to take on this role and reshape the band to its former prestige.”   Grace McDade (S6)

Have a look at the attached for more information about joining the WWSO Ensembles next year. Make sure to let your teacher know if interested.

WSSO 2023 Information Leaflet for Pupils

Well done to all the pupils who performed in the EAC Spring Concert earlier this week.  We had pupils in the Choir, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble and String Orchestra and it was lovely to see and hear them perform on stage along with pupils from schools across East Ayrshire.

Congratulations to all the competitors in our Young Musician Competition this week.  Pupils competed in one of 3 classes – Junior (S1 and S2), Intermediate (S3 and S4) and Senior (S5 and S6) and all performed to an incredibly high standard.

Junior Class

Intermediate Class

Senior Class

Our adjudicator, Ms Cheryl Forbes, had lots of positive feedback to give to each competitor and had a really difficult job in selecting the winners!

Junior Class: winner – Gregor Chalmers

Intermediate Class: winner – Aoife Yates

Senior Class: winner – Aimee Sharp; runner-up – Rory Anderson

Well done to Cara McConville (S5) and Paul Smith (S3) who competed in the regional round of the AABC School Competition earlier this month.

Cara performed A Red, Red Rose on fiddle in the S5/6 Instrumental category and Paul performed a Scottish medley in the S3/4 Bagpipes category.

Cara was awarded the runner-up medal, so will now progress to the final round later in the month.

Well done to Fraser Waddington (S5) and Aimee Sharp (S5) who represented the school at the District (Kilmarnock) round of the Rotary Young Musician Competition.  Also competing was Rory Anderson who was representing his local Scout group.

Entries are now open for this year’s Young Musician Competition!

The competition takes place on Wednesday 22nd March 2023, at 7pm in the school extension.  All competitors should arrive no later than 6.45pm and full school uniform should be worn.

There are 3 classes in which to compete: Junior (S1/2), Intermediate (S3/4) and Senior (S5/6).  There is a maximum of 10 competitors per class – if necessary, heats will be held in advance – time and date TBC.

The winner of the Senior class will go forward to represent Stewarton Academy in the East Ayrshire regional heat of the Scottish Young Musician competition taking place at Grange Academy on Thursday 20th April.

To enter, fill out the Form here, with applications closing at the end of the school day on Wednesday 8th March.

Note that all competitors must provide a copy of the sheet music that they are performing for the adjudicator to refer to on the night. For more information and advice, speak to any of the Music staff.

Good luck!