Music News

Singing Saturday 27^th February

On the 27^th February the Junior Choir met in the morning for a Singing Saturday. We had some great fun warming up, with Danyal Nawaz winning the ‘Biggest Face Competition’ and a few boys trying their hand at ‘directing’ the choir. We still have some work to do before “When will we Learn” sounds as good as it should but it was fantastic to have some fun and focused time to share.

Informal Concert 9th February

On the 9^th February there was an informal concert in the main hall. We started with Miss Davies Super Strings made up of 10 violinists. They showed us some nice dynamics and gave the concert a good start. We then had soloists on various instruments finishing with Abbas Khan on the euphonium with an assured performance. The concert was rounded off by Mr. Andrews Woodwind Group (now renamed the Wonder Woodwind) who gave us two rousing pieces to finish.

House Music Competition 2010 - 3 February 2010

The annual House Music Competition was earlier than usual this term - in fact with over 240 performances in the first round it was quite a race against time to hear all the competitors before the final! The final itself was spread over 2 days with the Advanced Final on the 3^rd February and the Beginners’/Intermediate Finals being on the 4^th February. Thank you to Max Beeson and Mrs Carley for helping me to judge the Beginners’/Intermediate Finals and Miss Brown for all the accompanying.

 It was a pleasure to have Stuart Thompson (Director of Music from Caterham School) adjudicating the Advanced Final for us this year. He was very complimentary regarding the overall standard and managed to stay humorous even when making difficult decisions about the winners. You can see Stuart and some of the finalists with their certificates in the picture gallery - a full list of successful boys is attached below. WELL DONE to all the boys that took part.

Epsom College Strings Day - 26^th January

On the 26^th January, a select group of string players travelled to Epsom College for a Strings Day. We joined over 100 musicians from various schools to form an enormous string orchestra.

During the morning we all rehearsed easier pieces such as Old MacDonald and Super Trouper. However, before we stopped for lunch we started to look at trickier pieces such as St Cecilia Rag and Dance A Cachucha.

At the end of the afternoon we gave a concert to a very appreciative audience of parents and visitors. It was a very enjoyable day and a great experience for all those involved.

Carol Service - 10^th December

On the 10^th December the whole school joined together in the beautiful surroundings of Croydon Parish Church.  We experienced a wonderful evening of singers, speakers, bell ringers and instrumentalists.

With so many families in attendance there was a lovely atmosphere throughout, from the candlelit procession to the final Congregational Carol. The brass group, with their instruments covered in tinsel, rounded off the evening perfectly with a festive medley.

Young Voices at the O2 Arena - 2 December

WOW! Nearly 8,000 children and teachers raised their voices together in the World’s busiest Arena, the O2 on 2 December. With about 8,000 in the audience as well, plus star guests such as V.V.Brown and Angel Voices, it was certainly a day and night to remember. 

Congratulations to all the Cumnor House Choristers for learning such a huge amount of words and for joining in with the spirit of the evening by dancing, singing and waving those glo-sticks (and the banana of course).

Thank you to all the parents who supported the event in all sorts of ways including joining in from the boxes.

Read  Andrew Young and Oliver Vas's reports below.