Thank you to the parents who have completed and returned the Brighton Centre slip, and included £3 for coach transport (for the rehearsal). If you require another form, you can download one below. Many thanks.
Year 3 Christmas Concerts – FODJ Christmas Fair Wednesday 9th December 16:00 – 16:30 and 17:00 – 17:30 These concerts will be taking place in the school hall during the FODJ Christmas Fair. Tickets are not required. There will be standing room only for audiences. The children who are performing may wear their own clothes, ideally featuring one or all of the following colours: GREEN, RED, SILVER, GOLD, WHITE. Year 3 children should meet Miss Rusbatch in the hall between 3.30 and 3.45 for a quick rehearsal. Doors will be open to audiences from 3.45pm. Each class will perform 2 songs, plus a couple of whole year group songs. Lyrics will be projected and some audience participation may be required! When the children are not performing on stage in the hall, they will be free to explore the rest of the FODJ Christmas Fair, and will require supervision. Participation in these concerts is optional for children in Year 3.
Our musical festive season will soon be in full gear, starting with the Year 6 Jam Band performances at the Brighton Centre (Monday 7th) and the Year 3 Christmas Concerts (Wednesday 9th) at the FODJ Christmas Fair: There will be 2 concerts (4pm and 5 pm) in the school hall, featuring children in Year 3. Standing room only for the audience. Tickets are not required. I'm sure the concerts will be a wonderful way to kick-off our festive celebrations this year. For details about additional upcoming events and concerts, visit the events page or check dates and information in the school newsletter. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact Miss Rusbatch. Tickets are required for performances on Wednesday 16th December. Parents of children in Mega Choir, Jam Band, Orchestra and Strings Ensemble can be booked online using the link below: BOOK TICKETS
Congratulations to our wonderful vocalists for two brilliant concerts today. The standard of singing, and the quality of their original compositions, was very high. Huge thanks to our talented voice coach, Bella Spinks.
Videos of today's performances can be viewed on the Voice Lessons page. The video clips from last week's brilliant piano concert are now available to view on the Piano page.
Our talented voice students will be performing in the music assemblies on Friday 27th November, alongside their fabulous teacher and singer/song-writer Bella Spinks. They have been busy composing their own songs over the last few weeks and will perform them on stage next week.
The first concert will occur 10:05 - 10:30. The concert will then be repeated for the second assembly 10:45 - 11:10. Parents are most welcome to attend either / both concerts. Downs Junior School has been shortlisted for the Best School Music Department Award at the 2016 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence! For more information about these national awards, click here: http://www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/awards/
Below are details about the upcoming music events:
Friday 27th November Bella Spinks' Voice Students - Singing Concert 10:05 - 10:30 and 10:45 - 11:10 School Hall - Parents of the performers are welcome to attend Thursday 3rd December Year 6 Jam Band Rehearsal in School for the Brighton Centre Concert Audience: N/A Monday 7th December Year 6 Jam Band Brighton Centre 12:00 Rehearsal - £3 per child, packed lunches required 19:00 – Concert at the Brighton Centre Audience: Ticket Holders – tickets available from the Brighton Centre Box Office Wednesday 9th December Year 3 Christmas Concert and FODJ Winter Fair 15:30 – 18:00 Concerts in the Hall: 16:00 – 16:40 and 17:00 – 17:40 Audience: Tickets not required – seating not available – standing only Saturday 12th December Brighton Goes Gospel Christmas Concert Roedean Theatre 2pm and 7pm Miss Rusbatch, Mrs Kaiser and Mrs Roberts will be performing Sunday 13th December Jam Band and Mega Choir singing for charity (CLIC Sargent) at M&S Hollingbury: To be confirmed… Tuesday 15th December Ex-Pupils Christmas Concert – School Hall – 11:00 – 12:00 Mega Choir, Jam Band, Orchestra, Strings Ensemble Audience: Men and women who attended Downs Junior School between the 1930s and 1960s: By invitation only. Wednesday 16th December School Christmas Concert - Mega Choir, Jam Band, Orchestra, Strings Ensemble Audience: Tickets (free) will be required for both concerts via an online form 2pm – 3pm and 6pm – 7pm HUGE congratulations to the talented pianists who treated us to a string of wonderful performances today. Thank you very much to Alice Hawkes (our brilliant piano teacher) for teaching and inspiring such amazing compositions, improvisations and performances.
Videos of the performances will appear on this page - it will take roughly a week to upload them all. Thank you to all of the children, staff members and parents who performed at the Remembrance Service on Friday. Special thanks to our piano teacher, Alice Hawkes, for performing on cello, and to our violin teacher Lisa De Simone, for performing on violin.
Well done to everyone in Mega Choir. The soloists and small group singers will get another chance to perform in next week's music assemblies. The performances will be uploaded to this music site. Eyes and ears peeled. Final thanks and congratulations to the Button family, Mr Franceschi and the children who read poems, lay wreaths and held flags as standard-bearers. Thank you very much to everyone who contributed to our Harvest Festival last week. The City Mission group were overwhelmed and delighted by the generosity of the donations, and they were thrilled by the quality of the singing (and rapping).
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