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6J Assembly Song

18/10/2019

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Well done to the whole 6J team who performed their refugee class assembly three times today. Here's a clip of their finale song 'A Place in the Sun' by Stevie Wonder.
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Music Jam

14/10/2019

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Music Jam Club have been exploring motifs, ostinati and layering varying timbres to create Section A of their own composition. We will be notating their ideas next week and working on Section B. Some of the children have suggested the 12-bar blues - keep your ears peeled for developments.
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SIGN-UP HAS ENDED

30/9/2019

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The sign-up deadline for music clubs has now passed. 
Music club sign-up will re-open in January 2020.

Thank you to the families who have signed-up for Mega Choir, Music Jam and Super Choir. Rehearsals are now in full flow. Concert dates and venues will be released soon and shared via this website and the school newsletter. Keep your eyes peeled for updates.
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BBC Music Day

25/9/2019

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Tomorrow (Thursday 26th September) is BBC Music Day.

This morning, Mega Choir performed a song called In the Bin to highlight the enormous amount of food that is wasted every year.

Tomorrow, each of the Year 5 music classes will be rehearsing and performing a variety of songs about the strong and important connection between music and wellbeing.

​Recordings of these performances will be uploaded to the BBC Music Day team, and may be broadcast and/or added to the BBC Music Day website. Keep your eyes peeled!
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Blue Peter Music Badge

24/9/2019

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Blue Peter have launched a new Music Badge - read more about it on BBC News Round.
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Jambo!

20/9/2019

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In today's music assemblies we will be learning Swahili and singing the wonderful song
 called Jambo Bwana (by Them Mushrooms) in a simple two-part harmony.
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Brighton Open Air Theatre - Y6 Performance Choir

20/9/2019

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We are grateful to Britain's Got Talent finalists, Richard and Adam, for inviting us to join them on stage at the Brighton Open Air Theatre for their national tour: The Greatest Songmen.

Our specially formed Year 6 Performance Choir performed confidently and professionally and Richard and Adam were really impressed with the quality of their voices and harmonies. Well done kids!
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Welcome

13/9/2019

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In today's music assemblies, we are learning the international welcome song. Can you exchange any of the lyrics for other international words for HELLO or WELCOME?

Hey. Hello. Bonjour. Guten Tag.
Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Buenos Dias. Buenos Dias.
Welcome Song (lyrics)
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Music Clubs are GO !

13/9/2019

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All music clubs and rehearsals have started. There's still time for your child to join: Sign-in to your ParentPay account, select Payment Items then click on the music club you'd like your child to join.
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Year 6 Singing Opportunity

6/9/2019

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Year 6 children have been offered the exciting opportunity to perform at the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) alongside Britain's Got Talent Finalists - Welsh Brothers - Richard and Adam. They are touring their show: The Greatest Songmen. The show at BOAT is on Thursday 19th September. To sign-up and join this one-off performance choir opportunity, download the letter and form below, fill it in and return it to Miss Rusbatch by Wednesday 11th September).
The Greatest Songmen - Letter & Form
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MUSIC CLUBS SEPTEMBER 2019

20/8/2019

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​​When the new academic year begins, information will be shared regarding music clubs, and how to sign up to them. 'Payment Items' (the various music clubs) will be displayed via your ParentPay account from Monday 9th September 2019. The signup deadline is Friday 27th September 2019.
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MEGA CHOIR (£12 per term)
Wednesday 08:00 - 08:55
Available to all pupils
First Rehearsal: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Last Rehearsal: Wednesday
 11th December 2019

MUSIC JAM (£12 per term)
Thursday 15:15 - 16:15
Available to all pupils who:
- can read basic standard / tab / chord notation
- currently receive weekly lessons for their instrument
- have played their instrument for at least a year
First Rehearsal: Thursday 12th September 2019
Last Rehearsal: Thursday 12th December 2019


SUPER CHOIR (£12 per term)
Available to 50 x Year 6 pupils
(spaces are limited due to the restrictions for the Brighton Centre Concert)
2 x 30 minute lunchtime rehearsals per week
First Rehearsal week commencing 9th September 2019
Final Rehearsals week commencing 
9th December 2019
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The Wizard of Oz - Year 6 Production Concludes

19/7/2019

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Huge congratulations to the entire Year 6 team - children and staff - for pulling together a string of wonderful performances of the Wizard of Oz.
Thanks to families for your support with props and costumes. 

Kids - you sang and acted your Year-6-socks off - well done.
Keep your eye on the Wizard of Oz web page for more updates.

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Guitar Bonanza!

19/7/2019

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Well done to the 88 guitarists who performed today. Special thanks to their teacher, Tom. To hear their performances and see more photos, visit the GUITAR web page.
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Final Rehearsals

16/7/2019

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The final rehearsals for Super Choir, Mega Choir and Orchestra are this week.
There will be no music clubs the week beginning Monday 22nd July.

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BBC Young Composer WINNER

11/7/2019

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Ex-Pupil Jacy De Sousa (now 15)  has been selected as a winning Young Composer for this year's BBC Proms Inspire Competition. This is an enormous achievement for Jacy. He will have his piece ('Alien Attack') performed by a full orchestra at Maida Vale Studios this summer for a live BBC Proms concert. This live performance will also be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Details of broadcast dates and times coming soon...
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CONGRATULATIONS JACY!

To give you a taste of Jacy's musical talent, here is a recent recording of Varndean Orchestra performing Jacy's own orchestrated arrangement of a medley, of pieces and songs from a variety of musicals:
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    Victoria Hancox
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    Alice Hawkes
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    Lawrie Miller
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