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All four London Oratory School organs busy after school today & there’s nowhere left to practise! 🎹 I think we might need a couple more… We have 23 organ pupils!
@RCO_Updates
@SchoolOrganists
#StateSchoolMusic
#Organist
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For
#Epiphany
, here are Charlie, Ben and Joe rehearsing Mendelssohn's 'Christus' with
@jaspeakman1
for last term's Senior Symphonic Concert. Sounding great boys!
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Wow! A huge thank you to
@NickyBenedetti
for a totally brilliant session this afternoon. Inspirational speaking and amazing playing. Thanks so much,
@latymermusic
for inviting us!
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Thank you
@Southwarkcathed
for inviting the Chamber Choir to sing evensong - we had a lovely time!
#stateschoolmusic
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We’ve managed to get singers from the Chamber Choir together for a concert at St James’s Sussex Gardens at 4.30pm TOMORROW (Sunday 21st July). We’re devastated not to be singing in sunny Spain following our doomed flight, but London will do just fine. Join us if you can! 🎶
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Lovely excursion to Bayeux including an impromptu sing at the Cathedral. This evening we’re giving a concert at St Jean, Caen.
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We might not have made it to
#Spain
this summer, but WOW, what a resilient, good-humoured group of people this lot are! We’re gutted that our Chamber
#ChoirTour
can’t go ahead, but after 10 hours stuck at Gatwick today we’ve seen the best of these young people.
#ProudTeacher
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These are the cheerful faces of the pupils who’ve just sung their hearts out, and haven’t let a big disappointment dampen their spirits!🎶 Thanks to the many parents, Old Oratorians & staff who came to support & joined in a final rousing chorus of
#QuamBonumEst
!
#StateSchoolMusic
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Thrilling end to the Gloria of Stanford’s Mass in G composed for our own
@LondonOrat
in 1892. Professor
#Stanford100
certainly knew how to write a fugue! Pity this wonderful music isn’t heard very often & great to revive it this year!
@cvs_society
@BMusicSociety
#StateSchoolMusic
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Our organists had such an inspiring day
@UniofOxford
this week 🎹 Wonderful to meet
@BenjieNicholas
and
@OwenLRees
& to play organs at
@MertonCollChoir
,
@Queenschoir
, &
@SMVOxford
. Rounded off with an epic joint evensong with
@Exeterchoir
& LOS Chamber Choir!
#StateSchoolMusic
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Happy Patronal Festival to all
#Oratorians
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Here’s the School Song (as you’ve never heard it before!) played by Freddie in 4th Form
@RochesterCathed
yesterday!
#QuamBonumEst
#JazzOrgan
#Organist
#WalkingBass
#StateSchoolMusic
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Nice bit of Byrd (Cibavit eos) by the Chamber Choir at Mass in Lisieux this morning
#Byrd400
#StateSchoolMusic
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A beautiful moment from Stanford’s Mass in G Benedictus last Saturday by our wonderful 6th Form soloists &
@ruby_skilbeck
So exciting to be able to perform this neglected repertoire!
#ProudTeachers
@cvs_society
@BMusicSociety
#StateSchoolMusic
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A couple of epic moments from ELIJAH on Saturday🔥 130 pupils, staff, parents and friends. More than 150 performers in all. Bravo everyone!
#StateSchoolMusic
#MusicEducation
#MusicForAll
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Great work from our Junior House pupils today in their weekly orchestra rehearsals.
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Introducing… CHAMBER CHOIR, NORMANDY 2023! 🇫🇷 We’ve made it safely across the channel and we’re well on our way to Lisieux! Despite having 4 native speakers on board, so far we’ve had “Merci buckets”, “Merci biscuits” & “Merci baguette”…
#MerciBuckets
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Great concert in the beautiful Peterskirche this afternoon.
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The Chamber Choir had a wonderful time singing
#Evensong
at
@RochesterCathed
yesterday! New and old favourites Howells Coll. Reg. and Grieg Ave Maris Stella on the menu. Thank you very much to the staff and clergy for the warm welcome!
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Now what’s the collective noun for a group of organists?
@SchoolOrganists
#LOSNormandy2023
🇫🇷
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A great moment from yesterday's lunchtime concert as Sixth Former Oisin shares his Irish stepdance skills
#StPatricksDay
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It was wonderful to play and sing to such an enthusiastic audience in Caen yesterday, & very proud of our 5 young brass players who have an average age of 13! Here’s a bit of ‘I was Glad’ 🎺🎺🎺
#LOSNormandy2023
🇫🇷
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Today is the last day of another busy and successful term in the Music Department. We wish all our pupils, parents, staff and followers a peaceful and joyful Christmas - see you in 2022! 🎊🎄
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Thank you
@RochesterCathed
for giving some of our organists time on this wonderful instrument! The tuba has had a good workout this afternoon… (well, nearly as much as the 32’ reed)
#Organ
#Organist
#StateSchoolMusic
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On
#ThankATeacherDay
, we thank Mr Speakman and Mr Moore for organising yesterday's trip to Cambridge! 😁 It was a great opportunity for Lower Sixth to talk to current music scholars and Directors of Music, including
@matthewm76
, and hear evensong
@Kings_College
.
#stateschoolmusic
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The organists had great fun trying out some
#Cavaill
éColl organs in Normandy under the guidance of Mr
@georgedevoil
, including some impressive improvisation from Micah in 3rd Form!
@SchoolOrganists
@RCO_Updates
#StateSchoolMusic
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We’ve arrived safely (and narrowly missed the baggage chaos at Heathrow - so lucky!). Now enjoying some bowling. First concert tomorrow.
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Rapturous applause for the soloists at the end of a very special
#Stanford100
concert yesterday! 3 talented Upper VI pupils Hannah, Dominic & James, the wonderful
@Ruby_Skilbeck
and a choir of 70
#StateSchoolMusic
pupils and 40 choral society! Bravo to all!
@cvs_society
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Big band last Thursday. Looking forward to the next few very busy weeks!
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Wonderful to sing for
@CardinalHumeCHC
centenary anniversary Mass yesterday, remembering the legacy of Cardinal Basil Hume. Mozart Coronation Mass/Byrd Cibavit. Always the Chamber Choir’s favourite gig, & great to have pupils playing the hymns!
@SchoolOrganists
#StateSchoolMusic
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Happy Christmas from The London Oratory School Music Department!❄️Here are a few snippets from Harold Darke's gorgeous 'In the Bleak Midwinter' sung by The Chamber Choir and guest baritone soloist William Crane
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A snippet from our A2 Close Harmony Group’s rehearsal for the Senior School Concert on 11th December.
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Well done to our talented Sixth Form pupils who put together a concert of solo and chamber music to mark
#StCeciliasDay
: virtuosic Chopin, plaintive Britten, full-blooded Beethoven, and we just had to finish with Howells’ hymn, to hear ‘Cecilia’s music dancing in the skies’! 🎶✨
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Last year we bid farewell to Ms Dawson. Thank you
@claredawsonsop
for your extraordinary talent & dedication - good luck with your new adventure at
@CheltenhamOman
! Mr Ward takes over as Director of Music, Mr Speakman is Assistant Dir. & we welcome Mrs Meyer as Teacher of Music.
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Just caught the end of Junior House singing this afternoon. Great work, boys!
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Happy St Patrick's Day🍀 Here are our brilliant trad musicians and dancers performing in the library - joined by a few members of staff!
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Music Department Leavers 2022 - what a great group 😄Good luck with your exams and stay in touch!🏅
@jaspeakman1
@claredawsonsop
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If you didn't know, yesterday was
#InternationalOrganDay
! 🎹 We're very proud of our organists, and you can hear some of them giving a recital this Thursday at 3.45pm in the school chapel
@RCOOrganDay
@RCO_Updates
@SchoolOrganists
#StateSchoolMusic
#StateSchoolOrganist
#organist
The London Oratory School organists are out for the day! 🎹First stop, St Matthew's Westminster...
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Thanks to Mr. Saunders and Mr. Speakman for putting together this virtual rendition of Quam bonum est - sung by boys from the The London Oratory School Junior House during lockdown.
We’re looking forward to singing together again soon!
@jaspeakman1
@dmterry75
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Hoping the French will forgive a ‘God save the King’ or two at tonight’s concert in Caen
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Ta-Ran-Ta-Ra!!! What a glorious G&S show the Junior House gave us this week. Here’s a snippet from the final act of
#ThePiratesOfPenzance
by the great
#GilbertAndSullivan
🏴☠️ 🏴☠️🏴☠️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️ Bravo to all the boys for their brilliant work
#StateSchoolMusic
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A few photos from last Saturday's jubilee concert at St James's Sussex Gardens. Huge thanks are due to everyone involved, especially our Chamber Choir and Choral Society - and the audience, who turned out in force!
@jaspeakman1
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Happy St Patrick’s Day from our resident trad. music band! ☘️ Reels, polkas, and incredible Irish dancing made for a brilliant atmosphere at lunchtime. Spot the Headmaster on the guitar…
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The Chamber Choir will be singing at the vigil mass at Westminster Cathedral this Saturday, 25th January at 6pm.
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There are days that remind you why you got into teaching. Congratulations to our Chamber Choir, Choral Society, and everyone who made the Senior Choral Concert at St John’s Notting Hill possible.
@MeyerJasna
@jaspeakman1
@HelenaCooke8
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Many thanks to
@JoMarshComposer
for coming to LOS today to work with our A2 composers. Brilliant advice, and infectious enthusiasm!
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Mass at Karlskirche this morning. Many thanks for the warm welcome! Also thank you to David Terry for playing so brilliantly for us this week.
@musicianS_P
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LOS Chamber Choir safely on board BA700 and on our way to Vienna!
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Join us on Saturday 27th April for a very special LOS choral concert. We mark
#Stanford100
with a performance of his rarely heard & sumptuous MASS IN G composed for
@LondonOrat
Tickets from
@cvs_society
#StateSchoolMusic
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These boys and girls are brilliant, and can do anything. For all but a few, this was their first Evensong. Sound on for a couple of Glorias by Dyson... and just wait for that top A!
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Thanks to Mr. West for a brilliant workshop with our new first formers today!
@mattwrwest
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Music from some of this year’s leavers - recorded in June 2021. Congratulations to all on their fantastic results and a special shout out to three of these young men who will be reading music and taking up choral scholarships in Oxford and Cambridge.
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What a joy it was to welcome parents and friends to the JH Christmas Concert on Thursday! The boys played and sang beautifully - here are some photos from the concert and rehearsals.⛄️
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The Chamber Choir is delighted to be supporting this wonderful charity!
@SKC_UK
@dmterry75
@jaspeakman1
@claredawsonsop
We're over the moon to be joined by The London Oratory School Choir at our Virtual Carol Concert on 10 December. The talented group will be singing a selection of beautiful carols🎄
💜Support Solving Kids' Cancer by buying a ticket today:
@LondonOratory
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Throwback to the incredible LOS production of ☔️ Singin’ in the Rain ☔️ Apparently it was the wettest March on record! We seem to have had a few leaks in the theatre too…
#SinginInTheRain
#StateSchoolMusic
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We're delighted to share the trailer for the Senior School musical, Fiddler on the Roof, created with
@PetersHouseLtd
! 🎻
Please note there will be no tickets on the door, so book ahead to avoid disappointment:
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What a magnificent end the term for the School Choir! 👏 Bravo to all the singers, our lovely soloists from
@StJohnsNHill
& Old Oratorian
@georgedevoil
on keys. Book now for Elijah with orchestra on Saturday 29th April 🗓️
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The climactic deluge of Stanford’s For Lo I Raise Up 🌊 What a tune! The Chamber Choir have loved learning this. New orchestration by Mr Speakman
@CVS_society
@jaspeakman1
#stateschoolmusic
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London Oratory School pupils were lucky enough enough to work with the wonderful Jonathan Berman (
@LPOrchestra
,
@RSNO
etc...) yesterday in their annual Orchestral Workshop on Sibelius, Grieg & Elmer Bernstein. Bravo! Here are a few action shots
#StateSchoolMusic
@LondonOratory
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A massive thank you to our Visiting Music Teachers for teaching our pupils remotely. It was a pleasure to ‘call in’ to a few lessons today! Some positive experiences in this difficult time.
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A fantastic performance from our Upper Sixth Close Harmony Group.
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First Form have been practising their Easter hymns, and we think they sound rather good! 🎶This is 1C and 1H with ‘The Day of Resurrection’
#StateSchoolMusic
#BoysCanSing
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Outstanding singing and playing yesterday by our Junior House in their Christmas Concert. 🎻 You can guess the piece by the unusual instrument in the middle which had the boys fascinated!
#StateSchoolMusic
#WolcumYole
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Thank you
@tom_mckinney
@BBCRadio3
for the shout out on Breakfast just before 8am this morning! The Mass in G was dedicated ‘in sincere regard’ to the
@LondonOrat
first Director of Music, the composer Thomas Wingham, who sadly died just 2 months before its premiere in 1893
Join us on Saturday 27th April for a very special LOS choral concert. We mark
#Stanford100
with a performance of his rarely heard & sumptuous MASS IN G composed for
@LondonOrat
Tickets from
@cvs_society
#StateSchoolMusic
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All of our A Level music pupils have made it to the end of term! We managed lots of services, concerts and recordings, too - well done everyone.
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Thank you Stile Antico for inviting us to your inspiring workshop this afternoon. We loved it!
@stileantico
@wigmore_hall
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Visits to Haus der Musik and the Albertina this morning. Off to Klosterneuburg later to sing the vigil mass.
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Some pictures from yesterday’s rehearsal and concert
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A few pictures taken during the rehearsal for last week's Senior School Concert; socially distanced wind players and choir bubbles included!
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On
#InternationalViolinDay
, we celebrate our fantastic team of violin teachers. From the desks of
@RoyalOperaHouse
and
@LPOrchestra
to our practice rooms, they provide first rate tuition to our pupils and we are so lucky to have them.
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A wonderful recital this afternoon given by six of our A2 musicians. Congratulations to all, and huge thanks to
@martincousin
for his amazing accompanying!
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Encore from the last concert of the Chamber Choir’s Normandy tour 🇫🇷Warlock’s Benedicamus Domino. Well done to all the boys for their fantastic performances, and a huge thank you to
@acfea
for looking after us so wonderfully
#ChoirTour
#StateSchoolMusic
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We're delighted to welcome pupils back this week! Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany and look forward to the exciting events and projects planned in the Music Department and Arts Centre in Lent term.
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We could not be prouder of our pupils for their electrifying sell-out production of Fiddler on the Roof, or more grateful to all staff involved. 🎉
And all this in the same week as the
@ABRSM
exams, with sterling results including 9 distinctions!
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Mass in the beautiful Stiftskirche, at Klosterneuburg monastery yesterday.
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Mendelssohn's epic 🔥ELIJAH🔥 coming up soon! Over 80 pupils singing, and what a fantastic line up of soloists! Ex-pupils:
@KeefeBaritone
&
@AidanACoburn
, alongside
@angharadmezzo
and
@cbowdensoprano
🎟️Book tickets now:
#stateschoolmusic
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Great dress rehearsal for Footloose yesterday! Looking forward to seeing everyone 7pm Monday 19th/Tuesday 20th.
@claredawsonsop
@dmterry75
@jaspeakman1
@_LOSsport
@LOSLanguages
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In preparation for the Senior Symphonic Concert, our Senior Orchestra were lucky enough to work with conductor
#JonathanBerman
and some fantastic professional musicians at the school's annual Orchestral Workshop.🎻
@LoganArtsMgmt
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Great evening at LOS this evening. Congratulations to all involved.
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Fascinating to learn a bit more about the D-Day landings in Arromanches yesterday. The rusty tank was a particular hit!
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A busy Friday in the practice rooms - we love to hear it!🎶
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The London Oratory School organists are out for the day! 🎹First stop, St Matthew's Westminster...
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And finally some shots from the Junior House's brilliant production of Joseph! We're so proud of everything our pupils have achieved after a tough year.
@jaspeakman1
@claredawsonsop
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Congratulations to all involved in the Senior School production of Footloose! What an amazing end to the year. ❤️
@dmterry75
@claredawsonsop
@Suzie_Curran
@CheltenhamOman
@jaspeakman1
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Last couple of days of the tour - lots of fun at the Prater, the Belvedere, Schönbrunn Palace and Zoo; and of course lots of eating!!
@musicianS_P
@claredawsonsop
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Chamber Choir Upper 6th- last Christmas gig!! We’re going to miss you all next year.
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Mondays are for Music at LOS this month (well, more than usual!) 🎶 Well done to these fantastic 3rd Form pupils for sharing their talents in the first of our KS3 Concerts! All sorts from Bach to the Blues, Clare de Lune to Queen, exam pieces and improvisations!
#StateSchoolMusic
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Wonderful to kick off the festive season with carols at the
@HyattChurchill
this evening!🎄LOS Chamber Choir will be back here again on 14th December. Thanks to David Terry for his wonderful arrangements!
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Lovely to be at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital this afternoon, for a recital and some singing in the wards.
@ChelwestFT
and thanks for the arrangements
@musicianS_P
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Chamber Choir Tour - Kensington Gardens. Sports day & picnic
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With coursework deadlines approaching for GCSE and A Level Music pupils, it's all hands on deck in the Mac suite this week! 🎹
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And just like that, it's a new school year! We are really looking forward to welcoming pupils to the Music Department - from instrumental lessons to ensembles and concerts at all levels, there is something for everyone🎶
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Thank you so much
@MangroveW11
for teaching our pupils to play these wonderful instruments this week. Such a beautiful sound, and so many pupils inspired to have another go!
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