Year 7 Excel

I was walking past Performance Space this week and heard an orchestra playing. Imagine how impressed I was when I went in and found a Year 7 class of students forming an orchestra. Every student had mastered an instrument and the class were working together to make music.

Well done Year 7!

Mr Drake explains how this group have been working. 'This half term Year 7 have been working on a project relating to Beethoven's Ode To Joy in Music lessons. Over the last few weeks they have been learning to play the piece, working on reading music notation in the process, and then performing what they have been working on. 7CM went one step further and created a class orchestra to perform Ode To Joy in the Performance Space during their lesson on Monday. The performance they gave featured a number of instruments and some students played instruments that they have taken up this academic year as part of our instrumental scheme. Their final performance was excellent, mirroring Beethoven's original performance by starting with a quiet and low-pitched rendition of the theme and ending with an upbeat and loud version. Students in Year 7 will now be looking at creating their own versions of Beethoven's music in the coming weeks.'