The examination dates for the National 5 and Higher pupils this year have been confirmed as:

Friday 15th February – bagpipes only

19, 20, 22, 27 and 28th February plus 1st March for all other instruments.

Congratulations to all competitors for a wonderful competition on Wednesday night. The winners were:

Senior winner Ellie Guevara Rose (S4) and senior runner up Nairne Hannah (S4)

Junior winner Holly Johnson (S2) and junior runner up Zara Stevens (S2)

Rising star Emily Johnston (S1)

Congratulations to the following pupils on their success in their recent Associated Board and Trinity College examinations.

ABRSM

S1 pupils:  Austin Major Grade 3 violin with merit, Sofia Nielsen passed Grade 3 violin, Conor O’Shea passed Grade 3 clarinet, Grace Sloan Grade 3 clarinet with distinction

S5 pupil:  Aalia Shah Grade 8 violin with distinction

S6 pupil:  Nina Adams passed Grade 7 viola

Trinity

S2 pupil:  Sam Mcleod Grade 6 Rock & Pop Guitar with merit

We are always delighted to celebrate the talent of the pupils at Williamwood so please let Mrs Selbie know if we have missed anyone out.

Congratulations to S5 pupil Ewan who recently won the instrumental section of the Eastwood Rotary Young Musician of the Year competition.  Ewan’s accomplished performance of Presto from Mayuzumi’s Concertino on xylophone and Lipner’s Crystal Mallets on vibraphone had both the audience and adjudicators spellbound.  Ewan will now progress to the next round of the Rotary competition which is the West of Scotland round held in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in early March 2019 – giving him the chance of progressing to the Scottish final and then the British Grand Final.