John Traill, Director of Music, St Annes College, Oxford,
presents a partnership project between the
Oxfordshire County Music Service, student orchestrators from the
University of Oxford, and schools choirs
from Wood Green, Cherwell, and Bartholomew schools.
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Summary: Tailored arrangements for secondary school choirs and
large symphony orchestra
Wood Green School, Head of Music, Jon Cox
[email protected]
Cherwell School, Head of Music, Ellie Hollindale
[email protected]
Bartholomew School, Anna McGlinchey, Head of Music
[email protected]
Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra, Manager, Tom Morter
[email protected]
Theme - The United Kingdom
Song School / Choir Geography
I Medley: Early One Morning, Ox and Cam Boat Race, May Day Carol
(Oxfordshire Singing
Histories)
ALL
Oxfordshire
II The Water is Wide
Wood Green Senior School
Choir (SATB)
England
III All Through the Night (Ar hyd y nos), H. Boulton lyrics
Cherwell Senior School Choir
(SATB), with solo passage for
Chamber Choir (SATB)
Wales
IV The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond Bartholomew (ALL CHOIRS in
chorus)
Scotland
V Londonderry Air Wood Green Chamber Choir (SATB)
Ireland
VI (I
reprised)
Medley: Early One Morning, Ox and Cam Boat
Race, May Day Carol (Oxfordshire Singing
Histories)
ALL
Oxfordshire
Duration: Each movement 3-5 mins (total duration 18-30mins)
Timescale
Description Time Venue Notes
12.12.14 Submission to schools of arrangements with piano
accompaniment
Jan-Mar School visit, if desirable, by JT and arranger (JT happy
to talk
about composing in general, and understanding harmony, in
relation to the arrangements)
tbc tbc
23.2.15 Deadline for orchestrations (score and parts), Sib and
PDF files,
to Tom Morter
Feb-March
2015
Schools perform their movements independent
(piano accomp)
tbc tbc JT and
arranger
may not
be present
28.2.15 /
7.3.15
Choirs rehearse with OCYO 11.30-
12.45
CMS
14.3.15 Rehearsal (9.30am)
Concert (11am)
9.30
Sheldonian
Theatre
