Head's Newsletter 13 May 2016

Ensemble, String Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra and School Orchestra, conducted by Matthew O’Malley, Director of Music and Julie Monument, Head of Strings. After a quick stage reset a very enthusiastic Year 7 assembled for their item with Simon Ferris, Christian de Podesta and Antonio Yao providing instrumental support. The boys, after only a limited amount of time practising the chorus pieces in class, produced an

ANNUAL SCHOOL CONCERT

The annual School Concert, involving members of Tiffin’s instrumental ensembles and choirs, alongside all pupils in Year 7 who perform a jazz cantata, took place on 28th April. This year’s choice of music was Marco Polo , written by the school’s Composer-in-Residence, Simon Ferris.

For the second year running the concert took place at All Saints Church in Kingston providing more space for the enlarged cohort of 180 Year 7 boys. Thanks to the very able prefect team (led by Matt Stevenson) the church space was

engaging performance, although some of the soloists rather stole the show – including Joe Manley (Marco Polo), Haseeb Rahman (narrator), Alistair Brendon (Kublai Khan) and Gabriel Armstrong, memorable as the beautiful Princess Kokachin (photo above).

transformed to accommodate staging and as many chairs as possible for the audience. The evening got off to a rousing start with Wind Band playing ‘Sing Sing Sing’ and a James Bond medley. This was followed by sets from the String Orchestra, Brass