The College Record 2022

Reports and College Activities
In 2023, QCCC will look to build upon its bowling and batting prowess with a new
committee, this time led by Harry Kyd. Alongside the usual league format, next year
also marks the introduction of a new knockout format in the style of ‘The Hundred’
that will run in parallel with Cuppers, providing us with another opportunity for a
much-deserved trophy.
EGLESFIELD MUSICAL SOCIETY
President: Jemima Kinley
As last year’s COVID-19 restrictions brought
both the musical and wider College life
to a rather abrupt halt, this year’s EMS
committee was faced with the difficult task
of bringing the society back to its lively, busy
self, with little example to follow. Despite
this challenge, however, the Eglesfield
Musical Society’s activity flourished this
year, with regular rehearsals and recitals
back in full swing right from the beginning of
Michaelmas. Special mentions here should
go to Cormac Diamond, for finding the
performers who allowed him to compile a
widely varied and exciting recital series over
the course of the year, and to Alaw Grug
Evans, for rehearsing the EMS A Capella
This year’s committee enjoying the wellearned
EMS Dinner
group, whose performances in the Oxmas and Summer concerts were more than
well received. These concerts also welcomed a substantial number of small group
and solo performances, ranging from classical, to theatre, to popular styles.
The variety of music explored by EMS this year largely impacted the growth of
its publicity and accessibility throughout College, especially thanks to Joe Wald’s
founding of the society’s new band ‘Offkey’, who subsequently took the spotlight in
our ‘5th Week Blues’ jazz nights in Hilary and Trinity terms. That these jazz nights,
and other events such as the annual EMS dinner, and our new termly JCR Tea
‘Takeovers’ were able to take place, gave the society a buzzing and exciting social
scene throughout College, alongside its lively musical one.
Finally, a huge thank you should be given to Isaac Adni, who rose to the significant
challenge of being Musical Director and Co-producer of the two EMS musicals
that took place this year subsequent to the COVID-19 cancellation of last year’s.
Performances of The Last Five Years (Jason Robert Brown) and Little Shop of
Horrors (Ashman & Menken) in Michaelmas and Trinity, respectively, were a roaring
success, with multiple evening sell-outs and glowing reviews in the student papers.
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