Congratulations to S2 pupils Campbell Lang (bassoon) and Chris Vettraino (oboe) who have both been awarded with scholarships for the most outstanding auditions for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain 2014.  These scholarships are awarded to only 4 students in the entire orchestra and we are very proud that two of the awards are going to Williamwood pupils.  Campbell and Chris will receive their scholarships in March at an Awards Ceremony in the Royal College of Music in London.

S2 pupil Tom Potter is competing in the final of this competition on Sunday 2nd February in Lemington Spa.  We all wish him good luck and can’t wait to hear all about it.  Click on the link below to find out more about Tom:  Young Drummer of the Year

Eastwood Rotary Club held its annual Young Musician and Young Singer of the Year competition last week in Williamwood High School. Pupils from secondary schools in East Renfrewshire were invited to take part in the final. The 10 finalists all performed to an exceptionally high standard and there was a huge of amount of talent on display. Winners of both sections, vocal and instrumental, were from Williamwood High School. The winner of the vocal section was Matthew from (S4). Matthew performed a song from the hit musical ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ by Bart Howard. The winner of the instrumental section was Richard Scholfield (S6), who stole the show with his unbeatable performances of ‘Modere’ and ‘Fantasie sur un Theme Originale’. Well done to both competitors. They were fantastic and will now go on to compete in the regional finals later this year.

We have received a lovely letter from Yorkhill Children’s Charity following our Christmas Concert.  If you would like to read it, please click on the icon below.

Blair, S2, opened the 1st Christmas Tattoo in Basel, Switzerland.  The start of the event sees him help to tell the story, where he has a dream to be a piper.  The first scene opens with Blair and ‘the little drummer boy’.  He closes the event with a solo of Amazing Grace and is then joined by the RAF Pipe band and then the mass pipes and drums including the Royal Marines.  This was an amazing opportunity and achievement.  Huge congratulations to Blair for representing Scotland!

Watch his performance via the link starting at 1:42:46 http://www.srf.ch/unterhaltung/volkskultur/christmas-tattoo