The final of this year’s Young Singer of the Year 2014 competition is taking place on Wednesday 5 November at 7pm in Drama Studios 1 and 2.  Tickets cost £3 (£2 for concessions) and can be purchased from Mrs Dippie in the Performing Arts base or Music Studio 4.

Roxie Rocks Williamwood! The performing arts department are delighted to present a short trailer of our pupils getting prepared for the first performance of this year’s school show CHICAGO. Pupils from S1 to S6 were involved in every aspect of putting this musical together; actors, musicians, dancers and a production team. The performances were a huge success!  Trailer can be viewed here

Congratualtions to all the students involved in our annual Jazz Festival. It was a fabulous evening with music from the Big Band, Senior choir, Senior Vocal Ensemble, soloists plus special guests.  The guest artists were the Williams Quartet, which includes two of our students Mark Hendry S6 and Tom Potter S2, and the RCS Saxophone Quartet.

Congratulations to S5 pupil Lewis Graham who has got into NYOGB this session on clarinet.

On Sunday 26th October three of our senior pupils have been invited to perform at a Malawi event in Giffnock South Parish Church at 7pm. S6 pupils Frances Paton and Ishara Waidyarathna both went to Malawi in June with a group of Williamwood pupils. They are going to perform on cello, piano and voice.  S5 pupil Jessica Gaff has also been asked to sing at the concert.  The evening is going to conclude with the East Renfrewshire Schools Jazz Band performing.

Congratulations to the Senior Girls Vocal Ensemble who have been selected to perform at the SQA Star Awards Ceremony on Friday 7 November.  The ensemble have been together for three years now and are all S6 pupils. They were auditioned by representatives of the SQA in October and faced competition from various schools and colleges across Scotland. This is a prestigious event and a fantastic achievement for the girls. The ensemble have performed at concerts and shows within Williamwood over the past few years and won the Vocal Ensemble class at the Glasgow Music Festival earlier this year. They are looking forward to performing at the awards ceremony.  Well done!