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Music Department
Christs School
Richmond
TW10 6HW
1st March, 2013
Dear parents/carers
Re: Tercentenary Concert
I am writing to you to invite interested pupils to take part in
a major musical event in the life of
the school, as part of our Christs School Tercentenary
Celebrations. This will be a choral and
orchestral concert which will take place in the church of St.
Mary Magdalen in Richmond on
Saturday 22nd June at 7.30.
The programme will include two choral works: MozartsAve Verum
Corpusand Vivaldis
Gloria; it will also contain concerto performances with
orchestra by two of our leading
musicians: Otto Sterner and Jasper Rose.
The programme will be as follows:
David. Concertino for trombone and orchestra. Soloist Jasper
Rose
Mozart. Ave Verum Corpus for strings, choir and organ.
Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto in D major2nd movement. Soloist
Otto Sterner
Vivaldi. Gloria for choir, orchestra and soprano & alto
soloists
The event is designed to raise the profile of the school within
the wider community,as well as
to raise the musical aspirations of the pupils at the school
through an evening of
performances which will include parents and friends of the
school, as well as the best
musicians from other youth music organizations such as youth
orchestras and others; alsothrough links with local choirsbringing
these together with Christs School at the heart.
This will be a unique experience also for the singers of Christs
School to take part in Vivaldis
Gloria, a major choral work with orchestra. Rehearsals will
begin after half-term, but it will be
vital to know that we have the commitment of the young people
not only to attend the
practices, but also to be sure of availability for the concert
itself, which is on Saturday 22nd
June, at 7.30pm.
I have set out a draft rehearsal scheduleand will let people
know well in advance of any
changes that need to be made. The later rehearsals where the
school pupils rehearse with
visitors and adults who will also be singing are a vital part of
the process, so pupils need toensure that they are happy and
willing to take part in the project as a whole before signing
up:
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For the remainder of the Spring term, and throughout the first
half of the summer term:
Sopranos and Altos (unbroken and girls voices)
Tuesdays 1.302.00
Wednesdays 3.154.15
Tenors and Basses (boys broken voices)
Mondays 3.154.15
Wednesdays 1.302.00
Adults(parents/teachers) and Friends (SATB)
Fridays 6.008.00
From Monday 10th June rehearsals will be as follows:
Wednesday 12th June and Wednesday 19th June 3.154.45 (full
rehearsal for allsingers)
Friday 14th and 21st June 6.008.00 (all students MUST attend
these rehearsals) Rehearsal on the day of the concert, Saturday
22nd June: Full choir 3.004.30
parents/friends: WE NEED YOU!! If you would like to sing please
email me at
[email protected]
In any case, please turn up next Friday if you would like to
sing: Friday 8th March at 6.00 in the
Music Centre at Christs School. If you have friends you know who
enjoy singing but are not
parents of the school, they are also welcome to take part in
this event!
Please fill in the slip below and return it as soon as possible:
we very much hope that your
son/daughter will wish to involve themselves in this exciting
project.
Yours sincerely,
Philip Wilson
Director of Music
(detach the form and KEEP THE LETTER for reference)
Student return slip
________________________________________ (name of student)
_______ (form) would very much
like to take part in the summer choral/orchestral concert on
22nd June. Both I and my
son/daughter understand the commitment required and will ensure
that rehearsals are
attended, both the regular weekly ones and the additional ones
near to the date of the
performance.
_____________________________________________ (signature of
student)
______________________________________________ (signature of
parent)
_____________________________________________ (name of parent)
________________ (date)
contact mobile/email:
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
