Blog Posts - Downs Junior School Music

Infant School Gig

13/7/2018

This afternoon, the top 4 bands from this year's Battle of the Bands went over the road to Downs Infant School to perform for the children and staff.

In March 2018, the bands Gryffindor Vs Slytherin (Year 3), Musical Fireworks (Year 4) and P.E.B. (Year 5) received the same score total from our music industry judges, finishing in joint second place. This year's winners were No Signal (Year 6). Congratulations to all of you - Misa, Kaya, Leo, Edi, Phine, Olive, Violet, Eva, Joseph and Isla.

To see videos of their performances today, visit the BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2018 page.

Mary Poppins the Musical - Year 6

13/7/2018

Today saw the first of four performances of Mary Poppins. The Year 6 children performed brilliantly, with wonderful acting and singing and slick backstage support. Well done to the entire Mary Poppins team. Have a restful weekend, ready for next week's performances.

Fortnite Moves!

12/7/2018

Some of the boys in 5DR wanted to perform their Fortnite dance to the class today!

Ernie's World Cup Song

11/7/2018

Ernie (Year 5) has been writing his own World Cup song about Team England's journey. Ernie adds a new verse or a middle-8 / bridge section after every match and every stage of the tournament. On the day of England's semi-final against Croatia (today), we recorded Ernie's song so far... I wonder what tomorrow's new verse will sound like... celebrations or commiserations...?

Well done Ernie - it's BRILLIANT!

COME ON ENGLAND!!!

Missing Guitar...

9/7/2018

Koby in 3K has lost his guitar. It is likely that another child has mistaken Koby's guitar for their own. Please double check your child's guitar and return Koby's guitar to the office ASAP.

Koby's name is visible on the back of the neck of the guitar, and also beneath the handle of the guitar case. Many thanks.

SUMMER CONCERT

6/7/2018

Sunday 15th July 2018 - 13:45 – 14:45

Here's the running order for the concert:

ORCHESTRA (13:45): SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, LET’S GO FLY A KITE, SHAPE OF YOU, TANGO, CHA CHA, MOZART’S HORN CONCERTO, THIS IS US (composed by the orchestra)

SUPER CHOIR (14:00): A MILLION DREAMS, NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

BATTLE OF THE BANDS TOP 4 (14:10): GRYFFINDOR Vs SLYTHERIN, THE MUSICAL FIREWORKS, P.E.B., NO SIGNAL

MEGA CHOIR (14:20): THIS IS ME, HEAVE HO, HALL OF FAME, LET IT BE, RADIOACTIVE, PHOTOS, WAKA WAKA

Let's Dance 2018

5/7/2018

Here's this year's Downs Junior School performance at Let's Dance (Brighton), dancing to Praise You by Fat Boy Slim:

Summer Fair Concert Time Slot

2/7/2018

On Sunday 15th July, MEGA CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, SUPER CHOIR
and the BATTLE OF THE BANDS TOP 4
will be performing 13:45 - 14:45/15:00

SPORTS DAY!

29/6/2018

WHAT A SCORCHER!

WOW - well done to everyone involved in today's Sports Day - the staff, the families and, of course, the hard-working, fast-running, high-jumping, far-throwing children. Those 512 ice lollies at break time disappeared within minutes! You must all be so proud of your efforts today. Thanks also to everyone who participated in the ceremony dances. If you want to see the videos, of WAKA WAKA and HALL OF FAME, visit the SPORTS DAY PAGE.

Same time next year?!

Ukulele and pBuzz Concerts

29/6/2018

Congratulations to the children in 4PY and 4F who spoke to the audience to introduce a song, sing a solo and played their ukulele and pBuzz. Following only 9 lessons with Sarah and Miss Rusbatch the children came together as a musical ensemble to perform 4 songs. BRILLIANT KIDS! For more information about whole-class ukulele and pBuzz tuition, visit the UKULELE PAGE or the PBUZZ PAGE.

Double Bass Concert

22/6/2018

Congratulations and thanks to Laurie and Milly (in Year 6) for performing to the whole school today, alongside their teacher Francesca. It's wonderful to be able to see and hear the progress you're both making. Here's a link to a playlist of videos from the concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Ycn_tXUBg&list=PLm2MS258i451nERu8LwCbbYlfbh0ogcAn

For more information about mini bass lessons, visit the double bass web page.

Gospel Concert featuring DJS Staff

18/6/2018

On Saturday night, the Brighton Goes Gospel (BGG) choir performed at the Clarendon Centre. Some of the choir members are also Downs Junior School staff members - Mrs Kaiser, Ms Kay, Mrs Roberts and Miss Rusbatch. Below is a video of Miss Rusbatch's duet performance of a song called Love Never Changes. BGG are lucky to have weekly rehearsals with world-class musicians and directors, namely Daniel Thomas and Jason Thompson.

Waka Waka - 2018 Version

18/6/2018

Here's this year's demo video for Waka Waka (thanks 3K). The whole school perform this school during the opening and closing ceremonies on Sports Day. For more information about sports day plus other performances and demo videos, visit the Sports Day page.

Rehearsal Videos...

14/6/2018

Orchestra and Year 6 Super Choir - today's rehearsal videos have been added to the YouTube channel and to the Super Choir page and the Orchestra page. You can watch them below too.
Please rehearse for next week. Thank you!

Musical Molly

5/6/2018

Today, Molly performed one of her exam pieces on piano to her classmates.