Medley of Pupils Take Part in Annual Music Competition
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As another academic year comes to an end, we’ve celebrated with our 5th Annual Inspiration Trust Music Competition. Bringing together students from primary, secondary, and sixth form schools to perform a broad range of songs and instrumentals.
Our music team and tutors work hard to support the next generation of musicians. With extra-curricular clubs and lessons for pupils who want to sing or play an instrument and perhaps take on the Trinity music exams. They also provide opportunities to perform live, such as our Battle of the Bands competition and the trust-wide Carol Service. Whilst our Annual Inspiration Trust Music Competition is a great opportunity for solo classes to practice their repertoire, and duet and ensemble classes to experience musical collaborations.
Over 220 participants took to the stage in the Annual Inspiration Trust Music Competition, held this year at the incredible Epic Studios in Norwich, a venue that has hosted a variety of popular musicians. Pupils from Inspiration Trust schools competed against each other for a chance to take home the first-place trophy in a variety of categories.
Each entry was judged by two adjudicators: Jen Flatman, National Business Development Manager at Trinity College London, and Dan Foden, Head of Centre at Access Creative College. Who’ve previously adjudicated Inspiration Trust’s Piano Competition and Battle of the Bands, respectively. They enjoyed a range of music performed on different instruments, from classical pieces, such as a composition by Beethoven on the Piano and Grovlez on the bassoon. To more modern works, including Jump by Van Halen played on the drums and the Star Wars Theme performed by an orchestra. There were also many vocal talents on stage, singing songs that included Defying Gravity and Flower Duet, and the large Hethersett Academy Choir performed Joyful Joyful.
At the end of the competition all entries were given feedback to help them grow ready for future shows. The adjudicators had a difficult time picking the winners for each category due to the outstanding performances from each participant.
Dan Foden, Head of Centre at Access Creative College: “It was brilliant to see so many talented young people getting up, putting themselves forward and performing. Their teaching teams have done a brilliant job to encourage such strong uptake in music in Inspiration Trust schools, and to nurture such talent.”
The winning entries for our Annual Music Competition each receive a cash prize of £100 for their school/music department, to enable them to buy new equipment. There is also a Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form ‘Music Cup’ for the overall winner of each phase.
The winners were:
Solos:
Primary Solo – Eason C (Norwich Primary Academy)
Secondary Solo – Zoe M-M (Hethersett Academy)
Sixth Form Solo - Jack S (Thomas Paine Sixth Form)
Duet:
Primary Duet – Eason C & Henry C (Norwich Primary Academy)
Secondary Duet – Amerlie S & Alex P (Wayland Academy)
Sixth Form Duet – Aaron S & Vanessa R (Thomas Paine Sixth Form)
Ensembles:
Primary Ensemble – Charles Darwin Orchestra
Secondary Ensemble – Thetford Academy Orchestra AND Hethersett Academy Choir
Sixth Form Ensemble – The Thomas Paine Collective (Thomas Paine Sixth Form)
Overall Cups:
Primary Music Cup – Charles Darwin Primary
Secondary Music Cup – Hethersett Academy
Sixth Form Music Cup – Thomas Paine Sixth Form
John Stephens, Director of Music at Inspiration Trust said:
“I’d like to say a big well done to all pupils who competed in the competition this year. We were extremely impressed with your performances, and proud to see how you’ve developed after so much hard work practicing. It was great to see such a variety of music performed with passion!”
Congratulations to all entrants. We also want to say a big thank you to Epic Studios for giving the pupils this amazing experience, and thank you to every member of staff who worked hard preparing the pupils and making the competition possible. It was an event that will be remembered.
