{"id":1966,"date":"2016-09-28T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T23:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/?page_id=1966"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:07:51","slug":"williamwood-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/competitions\/williamwood-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamwood Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music Festival 2019<\/p>\n<p>The Williamwood High School Music Festival 2019 took place on 4<sup>th<\/sup> November in the school\u2019s Conference Suite. Pupils performed to our esteemed judges; Gayle Brogan and John Cavanagh, receiving compliments and helpful\u00a0instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Mila\u2019s skilful and sensitive rendition of Lady Gaga\u2019s<em> I\u2019ll Always Remember Us This Way<\/em> was judged to be the winning performance of the Junior Category, while Rebecca, Katie and Imogen impressed with their delicate rendition of Mary Black\u2019s song; Katie, securing second position in the junior category.<\/p>\n<p>The senior category was clearly owned by Frea, who performed original songs, that she had written herself; <em>Money Lover<\/em> and <em>Pieces<\/em> which proved to be thoughtful and perceptive songs, while her performances, which saw her accompanying herself on the ukulele, were recognised as being mature and expressive.<\/p>\n<p>Luka\u2019s exciting guitar solos of Ozzy Osborne\u2019s <em>Killer of Giants<\/em> and Luka\u2019s own yet-to-be-named composition won him second position in the senior category. Adjudicators stated their enthusiasm for his sophisticated, stylish technique and clear understanding of the idiom.<\/p>\n<p>The Rising Star was named as Leo, who despite performing on a drumkit that seemed intent on separating itself from him, won the fight, much to the audiences and adjudicators delight. His performance of Nirvana\u2019s <em>Bloom<\/em> demonstrated focus and enthusiasm and good humour.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all who attended, and who contributed to such a great night. An extra special thanks to Gayle and John, who encouraged all pupils who participated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Music Festival 2019 The Williamwood High School Music Festival 2019 took place on 4th November in the school\u2019s Conference Suite. Pupils performed to our esteemed judges; Gayle Brogan and John Cavanagh, receiving compliments and helpful\u00a0instruction. Mila\u2019s skilful and sensitive rendition of Lady Gaga\u2019s I\u2019ll Always Remember Us This Way was judged to be the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/competitions\/williamwood-music-festival\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Williamwood Music Festival<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4063,"featured_media":0,"parent":1960,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1966","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1966\/revisions\/2880"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}