St Benedict's Music Festival 2022

As ever, a range of extremely impressive performances, on piano, woodwind, strings, percussion, guitar and voice, presented the adjudicator with a formidable challenge in deciding the winners. Summing up the evening’s inspiring musicianship, Lucy Morris congratulated all performers and said: “What amazing talent in all three categories. You’ve been so brave and so brilliant, giving your best in front of an audience.” She then gave each performer valuable, encouraging feedback before announcing the winners.

The annual Music Festival is a great opportunity for all our musicians to develop confidence and performance skills. In the preceding week the Heats adjudicator - Tomas Leakey, founder of the Mahler Players chamber orchestra, and Diploma Examiner for ABRSM - heard and gave feedback to over 240 solo entries from pupils in Year 7 to the Sixth Form.

In addition to the 21 excellent solo performances, the audience enjoyed wonderful ensemble performances before the competition and between each class.

WINNERS

Flohouse Cup                                            

Rory J (U4/Year 9)  Sonata for Saxophone     Victor Morosco

 

Senior Section Cup 

Ned W (U5/Year 11) Vocalise for Cello Op. 34 No. 14     Rachmaninoff  

2nd: Lucas H (U6/Year 13)  Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) Lloyd Webber/Hart/Stilgoe

3rd: Risindu S (U5/Year 11) (Drumkit) Hall of Fame   The Script

Intermediate Section Cup

George M (U4/Year 9)    Nuit d’etoiles     Debussy

2nd: Helena R (L5/Year 10) Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione' (1st movement)      Schubert

3rd: Luke C (U4/Year 9) (Percussion) 'Mia and Sebastian', theme from La La Land  J Hurwitz

Junior Section Cup 

Jake T (L4/Year 8)  Allegro (1^st Movement, Clarinet Quintet K. 581)     Mozart

2nd: Aimee P (Form 3/Year 7) She used to be mine from Waitress    Sara Bareilles

3rd: Jessica W (Form 3/Year 7) Jazzin' Grace     Wilkinson