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Wednesday, 01 August 2007
The Boys' and Girls' Divisions of Bolton School joined together
to perform a sensational summer concert at the Victoria Hall in
Bolton. A packed audience witnessed a three hour musical
extravaganza which was a celebration of the musical talent of
pupils from Year 7 through to the Upper Sixth Form.
The evening offered a wide ranging musical programme - with
renditions of everything from Tchaikovsky to Queen to pieces
written by students themselves. There were performances by the
School's Joint Concert Band, the Joint Chamber Choir, the Senior
and Advanced Guitar Groups, the Joint Percussion Ensemble, the
Joint Orchestra, the Girls' Middle School Choir and the Joint Jazz
Band.
The evening's finale was an uplifting medley of "Songs from the
Shows" from the entire Year 7 (girls and boys), accompanied by solo
spots from some of the School's talented Sixth Formers. Audience
involvement was encouraged and there were some rousing choruses and
interesting dance sequences during "You're The One That I
Want".
Steve Martin, Director of Music in the Boys' Division said:
It's been a fantastic night. You do sometimes question yourself
as you deal with all the logistics of rehearsals, especially with
Years 11, 12 and 13 being away on study leave. However, on the
night, when you see such wonderful performances, you know why you
do what you do. Over 500 pupils have been involved in tonight's
performance - they've worked extremely hard and deserve their
success on the night. I'd also like to pay tribute to all the music
teachers that have been involved - across both divisions this
amounts to more than 40 staff.
Girls' Division's Director of Music, Alistair MacKenzie,
commented:
one of the real pleasures of my job is working on productions
like this; there is much productive and creative collaboration
between the two divisions over the course of the year but it is
only once every two years that we put on a musical evening of this
magnitude outside the School. On a night like this, you realise the
range and depth of talent across both divisions is staggering. Roll
on the next Joint Summer Concert in 2009 at the Bridgewater
Hall!
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