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Battle of the Bands 2024:
Freelance Photographer Dominic Cocozza .
Freelance Photographer Dominic Cocozza .
Freelance Photographer Dominic Cocozza .
Freelance Photographer Dominic Cocozza .
The 13th of March 2024 was the first NLC Battle of the Bands event since lockdown. The staff and students of Brannock worked very hard to present a rock band for the event. The band only had a few weeks to learn two songs to perform, “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age and “You Are Mine” by the Arctic Monkeys.
The Brannock band was called Static Foreground, and the players were C. Smyth on vocals, A. Mullen on the drums, N. Timmins on the guitar, and J. McCrory on the bass. (We also lent our M. Carson to play drums for fellow school Bellshill Academy).
The event was at the Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse, which was an intimate venue of just under 300 seats (tickets were limited and the place was packed out!). The acoustics, seats and staging were fantastic. There was even a smoke machine that was on the entire time (cough, cough). There were 10 bands that successfully auditioned for the event from across North Lanarkshire. Our amazing school represented the smallest of all the schools (a real David and Goliath situation).
Our band, Static Foreground, had performed excellently on the night of the event. They were on after the interval and was therefore the seventh band to perform. When they started their set, they lifted the energy of the event in a massive way that really set the bar high for the bands that followed. Our C. Smyth was easily one of the best vocalists of the night. N. Timmins and J. McCrory played flawlessly and had good energy and fantastic tone. However, it was A. Mullen that really stole the show …
A. Mullen won the best musician of the night award!!! This award comes with a financial gift for our Music Department. Bear-in-mind that there were around fifty S3-6 students that represented some of the best musicians in all the schools of North Lanarkshire – and it was our A. Mullen that shocked the judges with an outstanding performance.
Freelance Photographer Dominic Cocozza .
Well done Static Foreground and well done Brannock HS!
Listen to the live performance of “No One Knows”…
Listen to the live performance of “R U Mine”…
Teachers of Music and Music Technology:
Mr Key (PT Expressive Arts): nlkeys@northlan.org.uk
Ms Bogie: nlbogiej@northlan.org.uk
Instrumentalist:
Guitar and Bass Guitar-
Mr McAleenan: nlmcaleenanb@northlan.org.uk
Drums –
Ms Tring: nltringl@northlan.org.uk
Woodwinds –
Mrs Woods: nlwoodse@northlan.org.uk
Brass –
Mr Kane: nlkaned@northlan.org.uk
For all other instruments, please contact the Music Teachers above.
Merry Christmas from Brannock High School Music:
Jingle Bells by Sophie
Merry Christmas Everyone
Performed by the S5/6 Music Students and Recorded and mixed by the 5/6 Music Tech Students
Brannock High School Music Presents:
featured music by Brannock Music students
at brannock.bandcamp.com
First release is from the S3 class of 2019-20
A Warm Welcome to our New S1 Students
Skills and Experiences
- To be inspired by the power of the arts,
- To recognize and nurture creative and aesthetic talents,
- To develop musical skills and techniques,
- To have opportunities to deepen understanding of culture,
- To have an enhanced and enriched learning experience through partnerships with professional musicians and other creative individuals.
Why you will enjoy learning music
Pupils will be inspired to create music as they learn a variety of instruments…
- Keyboard,
- Guitar (acoustic and electric).
- Bass,
- Tuned and Untuned percussion,
- Drum Kit,
- Ukulele,
- Digital musical instruments,
- And we support many other instrumental needs…
Things you will learn
Students will also develop vocal skills…
They will learn about music theory (the ‘nuts and bolts’ of what makes music), they will learn how to read music, will learn about musical symbols and music terminology.
Pupils will learn to compose and write their own music in different styles and will get the opportunity to listen and analyse a wide range of musical styles.
Students will also use technology in very creative ways to support music learning and music making. This includes digital recording and manipulation of sounds and studio performances.
Useful Links
For all new music students:
C is to the Left of the two Black Keys Song
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BBC Bitesize is an excellent resource for all levels to support music. Click Here
