The West of Scotland Orchestral Trust has established a memorial award in memory of one of their past students Michael Stoakes.  To receive the award staff decide which pupils have been the most outstanding members of the symphony orchestra  and the concert band.  This year I am delighted that two Williamwood pupils received the award.  Richard Scholfield for the Concert Band and Stuart Vettraino was the joint winner for the Symphony Orchestra.

Last night was the showcase concert for the West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band.  This was a fantastic concert displaying a high calibre of performance from school pupils.  Congratulations to all the Williamwood pupils who were involved. 

WSSSO

Beth Robertson – Cello, Alice Beglan-Grant – Bassoon, Lucy Gibson – Bassoon, Andrew Vettraino – Bassoon, Stuart Vettraino – French Horn, Morven MacDonald – Percussion, Ethan Skuodas – Percussion

WSSCB

Lisa Dignam – Flute, Eve Burgoyne – Clarinet, Lewis Graham – Clarinet, Andrew McCroskie – Clarinet, Richard Scholfield – Saxophone, Gregor McInnes – French Horn, Lorna Paton – French Horn, Alec Ross – French Horn, Daniel Petrie – Trumpet, Callum Robson – Percussion

Congratulations to the following pupils for their success in the summer 2014 diet of ABRSM, Trinity and LCM examinations.

ABRSM

S2 Pupils:  Chloe Ghiro Grade 6 Violin with merit, Rebecca Lamb passed Grade 3 Violin,  Lynn McKenna passed Grade 4 Cello, Ciara O’Shea passed Grade 4 Cello, Cameron Stewart Grade 4 Cello with merit.

S3 Pupils: Erin Leckie passed Grade 3 Violin, Pagan Ferry McKenzie Grade 5 Violin with distinction, Daisy Major Grade 4 Cello with distinction, Lukas Nielsen Grade 5 Violin with merit, Chris Vettraino Grade 4 Tuned Percussion with distinction and Grade 8 Oboe with distinction, Emma Wilson Grade 5 Violin with distinction

S4 Pupils:  Matthew Anderson Grade 5 Cello with merit, James Ferguson Grade 5 Theory with distinction, Becky Lenaghan passed Grade 5 Cello,  Dan McKinnon Grade 5 theory with merit.

S5 Pupil:  Lewis Graham Grade 8 Clarinet with distinction

Past pupil (S6 last session) Richard Scholfield passed his Saxophone Dipolma DipABRSM with distinction

Trinity College London

S3 Pupil:  Tabitha Skuodas Grade 6 Flute with merit

S5 Pupil:  Eilidh Wilson Grade 6 Flute with merit

S6 Pupil:  Rhianna Christie Grade 8 Oboe with merit

LCM

S4 Pupil: Roisin Arnold Grade 6 Fiddle with merit

If we have missed out any pupils let Mrs Selbie know.

Congratulations to the following pupils who got full marks in either one or both of their instruments in the recent SQA practical exams.

Intermediate 2

Eubha Akilade, Cameron Angus, Sophie Aziz, Matthew Durand-Watson, Sammy Finnigan, Rachel Fortune, Jessica Gaff, Julie Graham, Lewis Graham, Adam Hunter, Scott Logan, Jonathan Lynagh-Dunbar, Andrew MacLeod, Jamie McQueen, Ethan Skuodas, Calum Steel, Eleanor Summers, Andrew Vettraino, Luisa Walker, Eilidh Wilson, Matthew Wilson, Jason Wu

Higher

Eilidh Flynn, Mark Hendry, Heather Johnston, Sehar Khan, Morven MacDonald, Frances Paton, Ishara Waidyarathna

Advanced Higher

Megan Ferries, Luke Maher, Richard Scholfield

Listen to Ross being interviewed on Radio Scotland on Wednesday 20th August about the Glasgow Philharmonia Orchestra which he founded two years ago.  He is the last guest on at 1.39.00.

Radio Scotland link

Listen to Tom Potter’s video from the 2014 Young Drummer of the Year final.

Link to Tom Potter Video – Scroll down to number 5 to see Tom.