Jul 2016 – Musical Merriment at Mont Orgueil

Sunday 3rd July 2016

 

A very exciting day in partnership with Jersey Heritage took place to fill the castle with music!  Families island-wide had the opportunity to walk around the beautiful setting, and children could try their hand at lots of different musical instruments and activities with our full team of teachers.  Concerts took place all over the castle, and the event concluded with ‘The Big Noise’ in which everyone grabbed an instrument (some were made on the day!) to form an impromptu orchestra, great fun!

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Jul 2016 – Suzuki String Day

 

Suzuki String Day


18th June 2016


Launched in 2013, our regular summer Suzuki String Day involves a team of visiting specialists alongside academy tutors Vanessa Moore and Emmanuelle Dumas, this year’s project is shaping up to be a very special event for all the young string players to be part of.


2015 Suzuki Day



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Jun 2016 – Exam Preparation Concert

 

Exam Preparation Concert

 

Monday 27th June 2016, 7pm

 

A concert provided to give all those academy students taking ABRSM or Trinity examinations this term to run their pieces through in front of a friendly audience, two weeks before the actual examination session takes place.

 

Spring Term Concert 2013

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Jun 2016 – Brass and Saxophone Day

 

Brass and Saxophone Day

 

Saturday 11th June 2016

 

A fun-filled day of ensemble playing for young Saxophonists & Brass players! Age 8-18. All abilities welcome.  This exciting workshop run by Andy Harvey (Sax) & Pippa Lumbard (Brass) aims to encourage young players both experienced and newer to ensemble playing to come together for a relaxed day of music making.  All students are asked to bring a packed lunch.  For an application form or any queries please contact brass@jerseyacademyofmusic.co.uk or info@jerseyacademyofmusic.co.uk

 

Brass and Percussion Ensemble performing 'Happy'

 

 

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May 2016 – Jersey International Festival for Amateur Pianists 2016

29th May-5th June 2016

The fourth year of the Jersey International Festival for Amateur Pianists, organised by Michael Stembridge-Montavont, and involving Eric Heidsieck and Frédéric Aguessy. You can find further information on their website.

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Apr 2016 – Lilla Akademien String Orchestra Tour to Jersey

11th – 16th April 2016

Our link with the Lilla Akademien (Junior Academy) of Stockholm, one of the world’s leading under-18 music schools based in Stockholm, Sweden, was formed through the 2013 Jersey International Masterclasses.  Following meetings in Stockholm in February 2015, the first leg of our exchange programme involved their youth string orchestra, numbering approx 30 players aged 11-15.  

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During their stay they performed several concerts, pictured here is the violin ensemble performing Swedish folk music at the academy, complete with movements and stamping! 

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The project culminated with the visiting ensemble joining forces with the Victoria College primary and secondary choirs, and selected string students, to create a massed orchestra to perform at St Helier Methodist Centre on Friday 15th April in aid of Cancer Research UK.  Pictured here in rehearsals led by conductor Mark Tatlow:

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Our thanks go to the Lilla Akademien for such an inspirational tour, and we are looking forward to welcoming their Wind and Brass ensemble  to Jersey in 2017, and taking an ensemble of Jersey students to Stockholm that year also.

Pictured here is the workshop given by Lilla Akademien’s Hugo Ticciati bringing together the Lilla and Jersey students in the 2014 Jersey International Masterclasses.

 

Lilla Akademien's Hugo Ticciati leading a workshop

 

Lilla Akademien and Jersey students at the 2014 Jersey International Masterclasses

 

 

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Apr 2016 – Chetham’s School of Music Piano Residency

 

Chetham’s School of Music Piano Residency

 

April 29th-May 1st 2016, JAM

 

From April 29th to May 1st we will have a group of five young piano students accompanied by piano professors Simon Bottomley and Lulu Yang over from Chetham’s School of Music for a weekend residency packed to the brim with piano-related activities. Full programme to follow shortly, concerts are free of charge and open to all.



 


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Mar 2016 – End of Spring Term Concerts

 

End of Term Concerts

 

March 2016, JAM

 

A whole range of concerts to give all students the opportunity to perform in front of a friendly audience of family and friends:


  • Fri 18th March 7pm = Grace Garnier and students
  • Sat 19th March 11am = Tara Copus and students
  • Sat 19th March 2pm = Julie Robinson (toddlers/minis) and students
  • Sat 19th March 5pm = Young Pyo Lee and students
  • Sun 20th March 11am = Chris George and students
  • Sun 20th March 4pm = Emmanuelle Dumas and students
  • Sun 20th March 6pm = Andrew/Claire Harvey and students
  • Mon 21st March 6pm  = Julie Robinson and students
  • Tue 22nd March 6pm  = Pippa Lumbard, Morag Copus and students
  • Wed 23rd March 7pm = Georgina Sutton, Brent Connan, Sam Bisson and students

 

All concerts are free of charge with a retiring collection in aid of the Antoine Trust.

 


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Feb 2016 – Jersey Youth Chamber Orchestra in Concert

Sunday 7th February 2016, 7pm, Jersey Arts Centre

This term’s Jersey Youth Chamber Orchestra project brought together forty of the island’s leading young musicians to perform an exciting programme of works at the Jersey Arts Centre, joined by the Singcredibles choir led by Maggie Picot and Hugh Lince.

Rehearsals begin in January, with the initial ‘read-through’ session bringing the orchestra together for the first time.

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The orchestra met again two weeks later for sectional rehearsals, giving everyone the opportunity to receive more intensive coaching on their parts.  The actual concert weekend then involved the conductor David Lawrence, and the final day’s rehearsal took place at the Jersey Arts Centre:

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The concert itself took place in front of a full audience, and the orchestra opened the concert with Schubert’s Overture in D Major D.566, a performance of great energy and vivacity, followed by Elgar’s Salut d’Amour which had some beautiful moments of string sonority.  The Sincredibles choir then took to the stage with a wide range of songs, many with a foot-tapping Gospel feel, and many featuring lovely solos from various choir members.  The orchestra then returned to the stage for their main work of the evening; Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.  The movements of this work each depict a different fairytale, and in particular the woodwind section had many stand-out moments with solos for most of the players (and a special mention in particular for the ‘Beast’ solo in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ performed on contrabassoon by Daniel Hayden!).

Following a short speech given by David Watkins, Chairman of the Strasser Jersey Foundation (who have financially supported the orchestra since its outset in 2012), the evening concluded with the joint choir and orchestra performing Wings, in a special arrangement written for the occasion by young composer Ruben Maric.  The whole project was a rousing success, and thoughts now turn towards the next project in October, which is based around World War One and will culminate in a concert at the Jersey Opera House on 22nd October 2016.

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Jan 2016 – Young-Pyo Lee and Students Violin Recital

Saturday 13th February 2016, JAM

This concert provided a platform for a wide range of students to perform in the first half, and in the second half Young-Pyo performed Bach’s Partita in E Major for Solo Violin BWV 1006.

 

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