Huge congratulations to past pupil Anna who has been appointed principal bassoon in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain this session.

We are delighted that again this year two of our pupils have secured places in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.  Ben (S5) on french horn and Olivia (S5) on oboe.

Anyone in S1 fancy learning a brass or percussion instrument?  Please watch our demo videos below.

The lessons are free this year for any S1 pupil who wants to give it a try.

If interested please let Mrs Selbie know in the Performing Arts faculty.

Merry Christmas to everyone from staff and pupils of Williamwood High School. The Performing Arts department wanted to spread some Christmas cheer since we are missing out on the usual festivities this year. Many thanks to all who took part, and to Ryan Smith (S3) for editing the video for us.   Video can be viewed here.

Well done to the S3 Music and Music Technology classes who decorated the practice room doors for Christmas.  Click on the link below to see their hard work.

12 Days of Christmas

S6 pupil John Kennedy has recently had one of his original compositions featured on YouTube by Electro Records. John composes electronic music using MIDI instruments, FL Studio and Ableton software. John’s composition, Step Down, has almost 600 views and over 100 comments on YouTube.

Ben is the youngest member of the brass section of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and recently was runner up (highly commended) in the Gilbert Innes Prize for Brass at the Junior Conservatoire.  He is pictured here with his teacher Mr Blackwood.

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

Tuesday 10th March – bagpipes only

20, 21, 27 and 28th February plus 3 and 10th March for all other instruments

Congratulations to S5 pupil Ellie and S6 pupil Liana who won the vocal and instrumental sections of the Eastwood Rotary Young Musician of the Year competition last Thursday. Ellie’s accomplished vocal performance of Heart of Stone from Six the Musical and Whatever Happened To My Part from Spamalot mesmerised both the audience and adjudicators.  Then the breathtaking performance of Chopin’s Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1 on piano secured Liana first place in the instrumental section. Both students 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 on Sunday 1st March 2020 – giving them the chance of progressing to the Scottish final and then the British Grand Final.

In November the Pupils from Williamwood’s Advanced Higher Music course performed to an appreciative audience at the weekly meeting of Netherlee’s Age Concern group in the Albertslund Hall, Newton Mearns.

Pupils hard work and dedication to their instrumental learning was exhibited in a variety of musical items, ranging from Liana’s breath-taking performance of Chopin’s Ballade in G minor, to Kanyembo, Josef, Sam and Ewan’s interpretation of a medley of Stevie Wonder classics. Members of the age concern group expressed enthusiasm for all pupil’s musical interpretations, while pupils were equally pleased to have shared their learning with such a welcoming audience.