Congratulations to Richard Scholfield in S5 who achieved 145 marks out of 150 in his Grade 8 Saxophone Exam in December.

Below is the timetable for the music listening prelims:

Intermediate 1   Thurs 31st Jan at 1.00pm in Music Studio 1

Intermediate 2  Thurs 31st Jan at 1.00pm in the hall

Higher              Wed 13th Jan at 1.15pm in the Conf Room

Adv Higher        Wed 13th Jan at 1.15pm in Music Studio 4

Study hard and good luck!

Congratulations to the following pupils who have got into the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain 2013.  They are S1 pupils Christopher Vettraino (oboe) and Campbell Lang (bassoon) and S2 pupils Lucy Gibson and Alice Beglan-Grant both on bassoon.

Our composer for the month of December is Zoltan Kodaly and the Desert Island Discs selection is brought to you by Ms Williams.  Pupils in certificate classes are encouraged to listen to the examples of music regardless of the genre.  If anybody is interested in being a guest on Desert Island Discs, please contact Ms Williams.

Congratulations to Richard Scholfield S5 who received the award for Outstanding Soloist yesterday at the Edinburgh and Glasgow Regional Event of the Scottish Concert Band Festival 2012.  Richard was performing on alto saxophone with the East Renfrewshire Senior Concert Band who are conducted by Kevin Price.  The band achieved the Gold Award on the day.

The Junior and Senior choirs are performing at a number of venues to raise money for charity.  These are:

Junior Choir on Fri 30th November at St Enoch Centre, Glasgow from 2.00 to 3.00pm

Junior Choir and dancers on Thurs 6th December at Braehead from 2.00 to 3.00pm

Senior Choir and dancers on Mon 10th December at Princes Square from 2.00 to 3.00pm.

Pupils from Williamwood and the cluster primaries who are learning to play the cello took part in a workshop led by the famous Amici Cello Trio (featuring our own Mrs Dippie!).  This was an amazing experience for the pupils who got to play together at the end of the workshop.  Photographs can be viewed here.

If you are presently studying Drama or Music  in S3 or S4 and you wish to go on the New York Trip in 2014 you must let Mrs Selbie know as soon as possible.

Tickets are now on sale for our annual Christmas Concert at Greenbank Parish Church. This year’s concert takes place on Wednesday 12th December at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £4 and £2 for children and can be purchased from any member of the department. We look forward to seeing you there.

Congratulations to our very own woodwind teacher, Stephen West, who won Classic FM’s Music Teacher of the Year 2012. Stephen received the award of Peripatetic Music Teacher of the Year on Wednesday 14th Nov in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Click on this link to see his interview.