St Aidan’s musicians again brought the festive season into full swing as they again put on their annual Christmas Concerts. Close to one hundred young people participated in two events- The Christmas Concert on Monday 18th December and the Pensioners Concert on the afternoon of Tuesday 19th December. The school assembly hall, elegantly decorated with festive finery, was filled to bursting point for both events.
The young musicians created a range of great groups: from the Junior Band, Choir, and the Senior Concert Band through to the Samba Band, Swing Band and ensembles for clarinet, saxophone, ukulele and flute. The variety of talent performing at the concerts was amazing and some of the classic sounds of Christmas were given a fresh and exciting spin by the Saint Aidan’s musicians.
Over two hundred pensioners from the community were invited to a matinee performance of the concert and enjoyed a festive tea while being entertained by the young musicians. Once again the event was a great success.
First year choir member, Melissa McCardie had a great time at the event, commenting “I enjoyed being part of the school choir and loved the atmosphere of the performance. It was great to see the adults joining in”.
Luke Stevenson, a sixth year in the senior, samba and swing bands and was performing at his final concert said “I absolutely loved taking part in this years concert. Playing with Samba would have to be my highlight of the night, and after six years of being in the concert, I will definitely miss it, especially the build up!”
Mrs McEachen, Faculty Head of Music and Art, was delighted with the commitment, hard-work and talent of all her young musicians within the department, commenting, “What a wonderful night! Our students really go above and beyond our expectations of them when they get together to create concerts. The amount of energy and enthusiasm in the room that they generated through their performance was amazing.”
By Christopher Winters and Wiktoria Orlicka
Nice work folks!
Enjoyed this blog – especially the quotes from some of the individual musicians. The smiles and positive comments from those attending the pensioners’ concert was lovely!