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Music & Drama
Earlier this term, year 10 Btec Music
students planned and presented
Sundown: a really successful festival
of music. The students said:
People enjoyed all the Sundown performances. The
planning process went well; however we could have done
with a few more people to create a better, more musical,
atmosphere. It was a great experience and learning process
in which we will deduct important information and apply
it to future festivals.
Summer-Rain Moss
I was pleased with the outcome of Sundown. It had
something for everyone and was enjoyable for all ages.
Becca Farnham
Sundown was a eventful experience in many different
ways. There was a wide range of amazing art work around
the event area and acts that played were greatly appealing
expressing a variety of talent and positive feedback from
the crowd/audience attending.
Marley Murray
Sundown was a very creative opportunity as it gave us the
experience of composing for performance, performance,
event planning, staging, lighting and stewarding. The
night was a big success as we showcased many talents
from all year groups to a public audience in the uniquely
decorated KEVICC music department
.
Kai Rutherford
I thought that Sundown was a good experience for future
festivals. There were a lot of people that turned up to the
event and a variety of amazing acts that performed. I
particularly enjoyed the variety of different art that was
displayed from visual art, dance and music – it really
showed what talent is in the school
.
Elise Trump
The Sundown Festival was overall a good experience. There
were a lot of challenges, especially as we'd never organised
an event before, but my band performed a full set to an
audience with lights, giving people an insight into our
music and what we are capable of doing.
Matilda Paterson
Sundown was a great experience for me and my band
– we were able to organise the whole thing and gain an
understanding of what it's like to organise an event.
For the band it was good, we got gig offers from people who
saw our performance and we now have a lot more insight
into playing shows and how to improve and engage with
an audience.
Hester Aspland
A-level Drama Examined Performances
A massive well done to the Theatre Studies AS class who performed two
excellent pieces in front of a live audience, and to their examiner, in
April. They presented two adaptations ~
The Trial
by Steven Berkoff and
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon. Both
performances were thoroughly enjoyed and the students were a credit
to the school. The department are very proud of their achievements.
Jo Crook, Head of Performing Arts
Joseph K. is charged with a
crime and brought to trial,
but he never finds out
the
charges
and
sinks under the
helplessness
of not ever
knowing.
The stage adaptation
of Franz Kafka’s
novel, making
spectacular
t h e a t r e .
Haddon’s
bestselling
novel, about
a
fifteen-year-
old
boy
called
Christopher
with
Asperger’s syndrome,
translates effortlessly to the
stage, providing the audience
with an evening of dry humour
intertwined within a touching storyline.
Mark
