The Senior Ensembles Showcase Concert for the West of Scotlands Schools takes place this Thursday at 7pm in the City Halls. Many of our pupils are performing in either the Symphony Orchestra or the Concert Band and last years head boy Christopher Vettraino is performing Kalliwoda’s Concertino for oboe in F major, Op. 110. Good luck to everyone involved.
It was great to have so many P7 pupils along at the Junior choir, Junior band and string ensemble rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday. We hope to see them all again when they return in August.
All pupils going on the New York trip in October must do the following by the end of this week:
S1 pupil Ben Dickinson has been awarded the Composition Prize at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Department for his piece, ‘The Forest and the Ocean’, which was premiered by ‘Glasgow New Music Expedition’ as part of Plug Festival. Ben’s piece was adjudicated alongside 15 other works from composers up to the age of 18. Well done Ben. This is an impressive achievement!
Click on this link to complete your Visa Waiver for America. The information you require for this is:
Hotel/hostel information:
Broadway Hotel and Hostel, 230 West 101 Street, New York, NY 10025, United States
Flight information:
We are flying with British Airways
08 Oct 2018 leaving Heathrow (1310) arriving in JFK (1600)
11Â Oct 2018Â leaving JFK (1900) arriving Heathrow (0710)Â (landing on 12th Oct)
Below is the presentation that Chris Malone  gave last week at the Information Evening.
Williamwood HS New York Performing Arts 2018 presentation
Reminders for pupils:
Bring in your passport as soon as possible to get photocopied.
Bring back the sheet with your show preferences, remember to put your name on this.
Bring in a copy of the Visa Waiver.
The SQA music examinations take place this week on Wednesday 2 May.
Arrangements are:
National 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9.00am in the Conference Room and Drama Studio 3.
Higher                    1.00pm in Music Studios 1, 3 and 4.
Advanced Higher 2.30pm in Music Studio 2.
Good luck everyone!
Congratulations to past pupil Richard Scholfield on winning the prestigious Governor’s Prize for Woodwind last week at the RCS. This distinguished competition is awarded to the best woodwind performer studying at the RCS.  Richard is in the final year of his BMus degree studying saxophone.
Congratulations to S6 pupil Campbell Lang on winning the Scotland, North of England and Northern Ireland Regional event yesterday in the RCS.  Campbell is now through to the Grand Final which takes place in Herriot Watt University on 19th May. We wish him all the best in the Great Britain and Ireland final.
Congratulations to S4 pupil Liana Storey who came second in the 2018 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester last Sunday. Liana was representing the Junior Conservatoire and had to perform two pieces: Beethoven’s Bagatelle Op. 119 No.5 plus a Beethoven Piano Sonata. Well done Liana on this outstanding achievement.
Congratulations to S6 pupil Campbell Lang who was the runner up at the West of Scotland District Final of the Rotary Club Young Musician competition in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday 18th March. Campbell now progresses to the Scotland and North of England final on Sunday 22nd April in the RCS. We wish him good luck in the next round of the competition.
