Please see overleaf for details of our summer proms – a series of music and dance performances taking place in

July. Parents & Carers are invited to all events.

MUSIC NEWS SUMMER 2019

Lark in The Park is a community festival taking place in Mayow Park on Saturday, 22nd June. This year’s theme is ‘Celebrating World Cultures’. Our Boys’ Street Dance Group, Brass and Jazz bands will be performing at 12

noon – please come and support them! Entrance is free.

Our 2019-20 online application form for instrumental lessons will be open from June 4th. Children in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 can choose to learn: violin, piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tenor horn, guitar, drum kit, African drums & percussion and ukulele. Year 2 children can choose from violin, piano and guitar and Year 1 and 2 children are invited to join our ‘first access’ instrumental group lessons, drum fun, where they explore beat and rhythm through movement, drumming and percussion.

Most of our KS2 instrumental lessons have an associated before-school or lunchtime ensemble (brass band, string ensemble, wind ensemble, jazz band, guitar ensemble) that the children are invited to join at no extra cost when they are ready.

If your child is currently learning an instrument their lessons will automatically continue in September 2019 unless we receive notice from you to stop before September 1st 2019. Please email Daisy on dmoon@kilmorie.lewisham.sch.uk.

We want every child to have the opportunity to enjoy high-quality music making. As well as weekly curriculum music lessons and singing assemblies, there are daily music enrichment clubs after school. Our Autumn 2019 clubs will be advertised and available to apply for on the website from mid-June.

Further information and application forms are available on our website

We have a whopping 63 children taking instrumental exams from grades 1 to 4 at school during the week beginning 15th July, as well as a few drummers taking exams out of school. This is double the number from last year and triple 2017. Many of our musicians are even taking exams on two instruments. All the children should be immensely proud of themselves for reaching exam standard and we wish them the best of luck.

PROM DESCRIPTION DATE TIME LOCATION PROM 1 Vital Voices One - Reception/Y1 Choir Monday, 8th July 9.30am Lower Hall PROM 2 Groovy Guitars - Tim’s Ensembles Tuesday, 9th July 8.30am Lower Hall PROM 3 Girl Power - Girls’ Street Dance Club Tuesday, 9th July 4.15pm Lower Hall PROM 4 Wonderful Winds - Wind Ensemble Wednesday, 10th

July 8.30am Lower Hall

PROM 5 Jazzy, Brassy Blasts & The Ukuladies Brass & Jazz Band, the Ukuladies

Thursday, 11th July 8.30am Lower Hall

PROM 6 Rockin’ Recorders All Y3 Thursday, 11th July 2.45pm Lower Hall PROM 7 Sizzling Strings -String Ensemble Friday, 12th July 8.30am Lower Hall PROM 8 Vital Voices Two Y2/3 Choir Friday, 12th July 9.30am Lower Hall PROM 9 Banging Beats Lauren’s drummers Friday, 12th July 2.45pm Outdoor Stage PROM 10 Boogie with the Boys - Boys’ Street Dance Club Friday, 12th July 4.15pm Lower Hall PROM 11 Pantasia One & Bandtastica

Y5 steel pans groups, Datsun’s Percussion groups Monday, 15th July 2.30pm Outdoor Stage

PROM 12 Pantasia Two & Funky Feet Steel pans after school club, all Contemporary Dancers

Monday, 15th July 4pm Outdoor Stage