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GCSE Music Showcase 2015 NOfA Summer Concert 2015 Cranford Community College’s Music Department held its final GCSE Music Showcase of this academic year on 1st July 2015 in the Concert Hall. The showcase has been running successfully for the past 2 years and this event was once a again a celebration of the talented musicians at Cranford. This year we decided to include students from years 8 and 9 who will be studying the RSL Level 1 course (GCSE equivalent) from September 2015, to showcase some of the music they have been working on. The repertoire was chosen by the students and gave them a chance to perform and as ever, it was very diverse, challenging and exciting. For some of the students, it was the first time they’d performed live to an audience and they took up the challenge with great enthusiasm. Mr Seijas (teacher of Spanish) said: “It was fantastic to see the students perform to such a high standard. They really looked like they were enjoying themselves. I certainly did”. Mr Fraser (Assistant Headteacher) said: “It’s really refreshing to see such talented and dedicated students performing with confidence”. The students involved were: year 10 GCSE, Tatyana Baiden, Mercedes Blake, Ahmed Fadhluddin, Amir Hashemi, Raul Plahe, Zohaib Salam, year 9 RSL, Teodor Jevtic, Shubdeep Sethi, Jaiman Bhalsod, year 8 RSL, Shariq Ahmed, Daniella Bic, Onkar Riyat and Nathan Thongkom. The Music Department would like to thank everyone that came along and look forward to holding more events like this next year. Mo Wasiq (Head of Music) On Wednesday 8th July 2015, musicians from years 7-11 celebrated their incredible year at Cranford with a packed out concert in the Memorial Garden. Despite rain clouds earlier in the day, the sun was shining as students showcased their work in bands, as soloists, with featured performances from our Chinese visitors from our partner school in Shanghai, the South Dong Chang Middle School, the Year 7 Choir and the school NOfA ensemble, who played music by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. The National Orchestra for All (NOfA) is an organisation that aims to provide any enthusiastic student, regardless of ability, with opportunities to participate in ensemble music making. We have been working closely with the organisation for two years as part of its Conductors for Change (CFC) project which supports schools in expanding these opportunities and performing music together. Students spoke at the event, about the impact this opportunity has had on them both musically and personally, helping them develop confidence and team working skills. Earlier in the term, our students had met with other young musicians from across the country to rehearse and perform at the Alexandra Palace at an event organised by NOfA. They worked with professionalism and dedication, on music we had learnt here at Cranford, and music they saw for the first time on the trip and the results were amazing. The students on the trip, and those taking part in the concert really were a credit to the school. Our concert was the perfect opportunity to showcase the hard work from this trip, as well as the hard work of many other young musicians at Cranford. In the past two years, the Cranford music department has really taken on board the NOfA spirit, and students, particularly in the lower school have grown hugely in both confidence and skill. I’m sure those parents and staff who have been at concerts for the past two years will agree that the students have been going from strength to strength. The school’s NOfA ensemble will continue to rehearse and are looking forward to another year of brilliant trips, activities and concerts. For more information please contact Mr Wasiq, Head of Music. 36 Leah Mirsky (Music Department/NOfA)
NOfA Unforgettable Opportunities My name is Cristiana, I play the keyboard and I want to tell you about NOfA. NOfA, for those of you who don’t know, is the National Orchestra for All and it is a wonderful organisation that gives young people like me great, unforgettable opportunities. NOfA allows us to perform at several different events and learn many musical pieces written by amazing musicians. Recently, some of us in NOfA went on a trip to Alexandra Palace where we got to rehearse various different pieces throughout the day and have a concert at the end. I want to say how great it felt to be part of an orchestra and how amazing all these different melodies and instruments sounded when they were put together in order to play as an ensemble. One thing I love about NOfA is the fact that anyone can join, no matter how talented you are or whether you’ve never played an instrument before, if you’re willing to put in the effort and you enjoy music NOfA would be pleased to have you. Another thing that I love is the noncompetitive environment that you join when you’re part of NOfA. For example, when we went to Alexandra Palace, during the rehearsals everyone was helping each other and the staff were just brilliant, always there to give you a hand because we weren’t working individually, we were working as an ensemble. One last thing I’d like to say is “ Thank You”. Thank you NOfA for giving us great opportunities, thank you to all the parents and people for attending this concert, thank you to the Performing Arts Department for offering so much support and last but not least thank you Ms Mirsky for helping us become such a great orchestra because without her this concert wouldn’t be taking place. Cristiana Eftenoiu (year 9) 37
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