Many of our school bands will be performing in this event including ensembles, soloists and the choir.
The music department has been so busy recently. In addition to holding the brilliant Battle of the Bands concert, they have also put on a Drumming Workshop, Groove Band held a concert in a local church and led a trip to the Bob Marley exhibition…..
Bob Marley Expo
A group of music students who play in our school bands had a really enjoyable and interesting morning at the Bob Marley One Love Experience Exhibition at the Saachi Gallery in Chelsea on Wednesday, 30 March. The exhibition had photographs, artwork and memorabilia on display but was also very much an interactive exhibition with a multi-sensory experience in the One Love Forest and live listening in the Soul Shakedown studio. Bob Marley’s passion for football was very much in evidence and the table football machines were certainly very popular with the boys!
The Battle of the Bands finally returned to the EGS stage on Friday, 25th March – the last Battle being fought in March 2019!
All our school bands performed brilliantly during the evening together with two student-led bands.
Awards were made for the best guitarist, drummer, bass player, singer and for featured instruments and the final winner was The Apprentice Band, who received the silver trophy at the end of the evening.
A huge thank you to Hannah Stratton who was our judge for this event, to our tutors who led the bands – Mr Tate-Lovery, Mr Escott and Mr Waters – to all our parents for supporting the bands so enthusiastically and, of course, to all the students who took part. You made us very proud.
The next music event is the Jazz and Acoustic evening on Friday, 6th May
St Mary Magdelene hosted a coffee & music lunchtime for the local community……our very own Groove Band went along to entertain with Mr Ness and Mr Escott – there was definitely the sound of music coming from the church!
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It is with great regret that the Key Stage 3 Concert due to take place on 25th February has been cancelled.
The Concert takes place to showcase the talents of Years 7 – 9 and especially to give all the Year 7 students the opportunity to sing together in a mass choir. Because of the Covid restrictions in place until very recently, it has not been possible to run singing rehearsals in our Year 7 classes and so preparation for this Concert could not take place. We are very sorry for the disappointment this will cause both our students and you.
However, the Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 bands will have an opportunity to perform in the Battle of the Bands which is fixed for Friday 25th March. Any students who were hoping to perform solos or duets in the Key Stage 3 Concert should come and see me with a view to performing in either the Jazz and Acoustic Evening or at the Summer Music Soiree.
If any Year 7 student would like to sing in school, they are most welcome to join our Choir which rehearses every Wednesday lunchtime in Room C1 under Miss Paula Thompson. Individual singing lessons with Miss Thompson are also available (£145 per term).
Once again, my apologies for the cancellation of this event. We are very much hoping that this will be the last event we will have to cancel because of Covid restrictions.
If you have any queries or this or any other forthcoming music event, please do not hesitate to email me or ring on the number below.
With many thanks,
Ms Cathy Penfold
Music Secretary
Enfield Grammar School | 020 8363 1095 x 302
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