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Save the Date! Music Department News The 2016/17 academic year has got off to a good start for the music department. The Autumn concert was a success showcasing the talents of our pupils as well as staff, one of the highlights being Miss Cullen playing solo piano from her grade 3 exam which is coming up; good luck!! Thank-you to all friends & family who came and supported us for this evening, it means a lot to our performers. The department also spent the evening on Halloween at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for a live performance of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. This is one of the prescribed set works on the new A-level specification, so there is no better way than watching this masterpiece with a live orchestra in action. As well as this, our students picked up on some valuable information before hand with the pre-concert talk by Dr Ruth Doughty; who is a member of the faculty of the Liverpool Screen School at John Moores University. The choir is making good preparation for the annual college music for Advent & Christmas service. I do hope many of you can join us for what is a musical highlight on the college calendar. May I also take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support each year towards the department and to wish you all a relaxing and peaceful Christmas. Mr D. Stokes (Coordinator of Music) WINTER 201 6 Exam News Good luck to the following students as they are practising hard for their graded exams this winter: Louis Kivi Y8 (Grade 1 Acoustic Guitar, RGT) Patrick Benz Y8 (Grade 1 Drums, RSL) David Viejo Romero (Grade 4 Piano, ABRSM) SFX Music Department Music for Advent & Christmas 15/12/16 at 7pm Service of darkness to light in the college chapel Spring Concert 21/03/17 at 7pm Summer Proms Concert 14/07/17 at 7pm Please bring along your picnic hampers! A formal concert showcasing our pupil’s talents.

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Save the Date!

Music Department News The 2016/17 academic year has got off to a good start for the music department. The Autumn concert was a success showcasing the talents of our pupils as well as staff, one of the highlights being Miss Cullen playing solo piano from her grade 3 exam which is coming up; good luck!! Thank-you to all friends & family who came and supported us for this evening, it means a lot to our performers.

The department also spent the evening on Halloween at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for a live performance of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. This is one of the prescribed set works on

the new A-level specification, so there is no better way than watching this masterpiece with a live orchestra in action. As well as this, our students picked up on some valuable information before hand with the pre-concert talk by Dr Ruth Doughty; who is a member of the faculty of the Liverpool Screen School at John Moores University.

The choir is making good preparation for the annual college music for Advent & Christmas service. I do hope many of you can join us for what is a musical highlight on the college calendar.

May I also take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support each year towards the department and to wish you all a relaxing and peaceful Christmas.

Mr D. Stokes (Coordinator of Music)

W I N T E R 2 0 1 6

Exam News Good luck to the following

students as they are practising hard for their

graded exams this winter:

Louis Kivi Y8 (Grade 1 Acoustic Guitar, RGT)

Patrick Benz Y8 (Grade 1 Drums, RSL)

David Viejo Romero (Grade 4 Piano, ABRSM)

SFX Music Department

Music for Advent & Christmas 15/12/16 at 7pm Service of darkness

to light in the college chapel

Spring Concert

21/03/17 at 7pm

Summer Proms Concert 14/07/17 at 7pm

Please bring along your picnic hampers!

A formal concert showcasing our pupil’s talents.

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SFX MUSIC DEPARTMENT WINTER 2016

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Y5 Open Evening This evening was a great turnout and advertisement for the SFX Music Department. It was also a fantastic opportunity to showcase the new surroundings for the department and what we can offer in terms of music curriculum. Both the recording studio and mac suite were open for visitors to see, as well as have hands on experience with the technology that we offer within the department. As well as this our VI form students treated visitors to live music within the rehearsal room. Potential SFX students enjoyed using the software which the macs can offer such as: Garageband & Logic Pro, giving a taster of what are

curriculum entails. GCSE students Jake Foster and Daniel Barr were on hand to answer questions from parents as well as demonstrate the technology to our visitors.

A-level student; Liam Ash was working away in the studio demonstrating what an industry standard recording studio looks like and what it can do. The whole night was a success and I am grateful for our students that helped out during the evening making my job very easy! We had lots of exemplary comments about the department and all the activities that are going on. There is a real good vibe around the department with lots of students seeing what is on offer. Any queries about what’s going on in the department then don’t hesitate to ask either myself or Bro James, or checkout our Twitter page: @DseSfx

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