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.

Congratulations to Richard Scholfield (S6) on saxophone and Campbell Lang (S2) on bassoon who won the senior and junior categories of this year’s Young Musician contest. Well done also to Lewis Graham (S4) on clarinet and Christopher Vettraino (S2) on oboe who were runners up.

 The standard of performances was extremely high once again and all finalists should be very proud of their playing. A fabulous night was had by all and the judges were extremely complimentary of the standard.

Congratulations to French Horn player, Luke Maher S6, who won the Gilbert Innes Brass Prize competition at the RCS Juniors on Friday 14th March.

This year has been the most successful year yet with every ensemble and group entered winning their class.  These include:  Senior Vocal Ensemble directed by Mrs Dippie, String Orchestra directed by Mr Doherty, Senior Concert Band directed by Mrs Brodie and conducted by Richard Scholfield S6, Williamwood Trio and the Wind Octet both directed by Mrs Roberts.  Congratulations to everyone involved both pupils and staff.

This year’s Young Musician contest will take place on Thursday 20th March at 7pm in the Music Department. Tickets cost £4/£2 and can be purchased in the Performing Arts base. The standard of performances this year is exceptionally high so purchase your tickets quickly to avoid disappointment. Finalists are:

Junior finalists (S1-3)

 Sophie Boyd – violin,  Lucy Gibson – bassoon,  Campbell Lang – bassoon,  Alastair Notley – oboe,                  Alec Ross – french horn  and Christopher Vettraino – oboe

Senior finalists (S4-6)

Megan Ferries – bassoon,  Lewis Graham – clarinet,  Luke Maher – french horn,                                         Richard Scholfield – saxophone,  Andrew Vettraino – piano and Stuart Vettraino – french horn