News Category: Music

Six St Aidan’s students have competed with Tewit Silver Band at the National Brass Band Finals. In order to attend, the Band had already won the Regional Championships in March 2019. The hard work, commitment and determination paid off this weekend when they became 4th Section National Champions. Congratulations to Alex Romanec, Sam Watts, Emilia […]

Our next Production in November 2019 will be the smash hit musical We Will Rock You! Please click below to view Cast information: WWRY CAST & RECALL INFORMATION WWRY CAST MEMBER FORM

Chamber Choir had a truly memorable and moving first day on their Flanders concert tour; first of all visiting the Passchendaele Memorial Museum, Tyne Cot Cemetery, an afternoon concert in Ypres Cathedral and then singing at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

St Aidan’s is at the Music for Youth National Festival at Birmingham today. We have had our first Chamber Choir and Cello performance of the day in the Festival Tent!

We celebrated 10 Years of Spotlight last night at the Royal Hall, Harrogate.

Spotlight 10 Year Celebration is next week! Tuesday 2nd July, 7pm at the Royal Hall.

Our Summer Concert was a huge success last night in Constance Green Hall.

Our Summer Concert takes place next Wednesday 19th June, 7pm in Constance Green Hall. Adult tickets are £6, Children  are free. Tickets can be purchased at Reception or on the door. You can enjoy performances from Junior Band, Junior Choir, SAJE, World Music Group, String Ensemble and APE. We look forward to seeing you there!

Spotlight 10 Year Celebration tickets are now available through the Harrogate Theatre website! It is allocated seating for this performance. Please follow the link below to purchase tickets: https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/Spotlight-A-10-Year-Celebration

St. Aidan’s ever popular KS3 show, Spotlight, will be returning for its 10th year this summer! We will be celebrating the anniversary with a spectacular performance at the Royal Hall on Tuesday 2nd July. Please see the Music or Dance department for further information.

On Thursday 21st March, Junior Band and String Ensemble performed for a large number of primary school students in Constance Green Hall.

The launch of the Music Association’s new Start the Music Initiative, to provide free lessons and free instruments on loan to St Aidan’s students, was a great success last night!

Last week we held a wonderful Valentines Jazz Evening in Constance Green Hall.

Congratulations to Emilia Johnson and Sam Watts, Year 11 students, who have both secured places in the National Youth Band, playing Trombone and Tenor Horn. We wish them every success in this fantastic achievement.

‘Start the Music’ is a new scheme to encourage more young people to take up an instrument and play music. This scheme will enable students to try an instrument over the course of a year. SAMA (St Aidan’s Music Association) have raised enough funds to support six pupils for 1 year in 1 instrument – […]

Last week we were delighted to welcome Heather Jane Taylor into school. Heather is a soloist with Leeds Symphony Orchestra and came into school to sing to our Year 12/13 A Level Music groups a number of Mozart arias from The Marriage of Figaro, which they are studying. Heather enjoys a fantastic singing career after studying […]

Sophie Priestley in year 12 has successfully auditioned for a place as a composer for the  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO).  This is an extraordinary accomplishment.  Only seven students were offered composition places.  She will attend residentials and have the opportunity to compose music for the orchestra to play.  NYO is the world’s greatest […]

When the film “Sister Act” was released in 1992, it rapidly became a worldwide box-office hit and helped to cement Whoopi Goldberg’s position as one of the great comic film actors of her generation. Fast-forward fourteen years, and the story of nightclub singer Deloris Van Cartier’s experiences of living in a convent under a witness-protection […]

On 10th October we held a joyous harvest celebration in Constance Green Hall. Junior choir and chamber choir sang, we enjoyed some thought provoking drama, some reflective dance and a fantastic sermon from Rev Jimmy Lawrence from Otley Parish Church. Our harvest tin collection has been bigger than ever this year with hundreds of tins […]

Please find attached information relating to our production in November. SISTER ACT CAST LIST 2018 SISTER ACT CAST MEMBER INFORMATION FORM SISTER ACT – FOR THOSE WHO MISSED OUT SISTER ACT CAST LETTER