Category: Music

Many of our talented instrumentalists attended the annual Jazz Day at Eastbourne College last week. Mr Tim Laverack led the day and kept us all entertained with his lovely humour and excellent arrangements of well-known pieces, including Melon Man, Moanin’ and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. For the first time in many weeks we saw the…

As the Hastings Music Festival ended we were delighted to hear of the achievements of Edward M, one of our Year 4 pupils.  A budding musician, Edward took part in various classes including Piano and Speech and Drama. Edward was thrilled to take home a total of eight trophies for his efforts, which were recognised…

The Vinehall International Concert Season continued with a wonderful performance of works by Britten, Haydn, Barber and Mozart by the London Mozart Players. The LMP are one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber orchestras and are based at St John’s, Smith Square. The concert sold out last September and there was a huge waiting list…

The Harvest and Grandparents’ day is traditionally the first whole school celebration of the academic year.  It was wonderful to see so many Grandparents among the congregation and a privilege to be able to celebrate together . The singing filled the sports hall and, although the children are used to singing with plenty of ‘ooph’,…

A group of Year 6 pupils were invited to the annual ‘Sing’ day at Eastbourne College and sing they certainly did! A choir of 130 children, plus the College’s chapel choir, performed a wonderful array of songs to a packed audience in the Birley Centre.  There were musical challenges along the way, especially having to…

The Anniversary Season got off to a tremendous start, with all the seven concerts being sold out before a note was played. Generously supported by a number of local sponsors, we were able to keep ticket prices as low as possible, even though some of our international artists are quite expensive! Our audiences are passionate…

This week we proudly presented our Junior and Senior Ensembles in their annual Gala Concert.  There was a vast array of repertoire, ranging from a Vivaldi double violin concerto,  to the clarinets and saxophones playing a special arrangement of ‘Tequila’, to the lovely mellifluous flute playing and the Swing Band’s  hearty rendition of ‘Viva La…

St Mary’s Church in Salehurst once again hosted the Vinehall Carol Service last week. Having been so elegantly decorated by our team of volunteers the scene was set for “the start of Christmas”. The Prep school children and Vinehall staff choir were in fine voice with the carols and readings forming the most magical of afternoons….

Mrs Glossop heard that Year 4 had been looking at Celtic patterns, so she arrived in my classroom with Willow G’s harp which is decorated with the Celtic knot.  Willow, who was having a science lesson with me, then played us Christmas carols as the Victorian evacuees (Year 5) sketched diagrams of hearts in their…

Elizabethan Soiree On Thursday 29th November 2018 Vinehall was awash with ruffles, doublets and hose for the Elizabethan Soiree.  All term pupils had grappled with the vagaries of Shakespeare’s language, the complexity of his stories and interesting characters and they thrilled the audience with their skill and creativity. Years 5&6 performed an abridged version of…