Backwell Music Dept.

Thanks to everyone involved in the Christmas Concert last night and for all your support. It was great to finally have our fantastic young musicians performing again. For many of our students - their first Backwell concert. Hopefully the first of many!

Thank you to everyone involved in our first ever Technology and Music workshop last week! Students from @Backwell_School & @gordanosch in y9-13 participated in the workshops that included live performances, production demonstrations, real time compositions and industry advice.

Thank you @NSomersetMusic for some excellent orchestral starts to our year 7 music lessons. Live music performances in class inspiring the next generation of instrumental players.

Virtual Concert recording day - so great to be back in the theatre!!

Leavers’ events really brought some magic this week. Live music back at the school and it was fantastic. Thank you so much to stagesforhire.com, Pij, Toby and all the musicians who took part! 🎤🎸🎹🎻 Photo by Mr Ray.

Our new (budget-friendly) #ukulele storage system made out of magazine files is working a treat!

Lovely bit of Haydn being played by our Year 12 Wind Ensemble today!

Today our the Music Department was alive with the sounds of live music making! Year 12 choir, year 13 last lesson performance, year 9 band, a recording session on the grand piano and a brand new, talented Year 7 trio. Brilliant!

The newest member of our department - A vintage Yamaha BK-5 - finally got a proper outing with our year 13 Music Tech students today. Green Onions by Booker T & the M.G.’s was the only choice to be the first song played...

It was really wonderful hearing @Backwell_School AS and A level musicians perform today. Such variety and talent - feeling very privileged!

Year 12 - take note!

Our Year 12 Music Tech students have been hard at work in our lovely recording studio! We're proud of what they're accomplishing, and can't wait to hear their finished recording projects.

“There has to be a complete change of consciousness throughout the musical field,” said Oliveros in 1970, calling for the teaching of “music that’s written by women as well as men as well as all colours” theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/…

This composer has made his way into some of our Year 12 Symphony lessons recently. Definitely worth a read!

Year 8 band this afternoon have been working on arrangements of Funky Town, and Zombie by the Cranberries - nothing if not eclectic! Good to be rehearsing. #musiceducation

If you’re aged 11-14 and are gr.4/5 standard on #woodwind, #brass or #percussion, you could be one of the first members of the #new National Children’s Concert Band! Apply at nycb.co.uk/join-us now for our summer course! #music #youthmusic #newopportunities #letsgo

In case you missed it - last term's Virtual Live lounge! youtube.com/watch?v=mTIbby… Excited to start Term 5 on Monday and get planning some live performances soon!

Presenting Backwell School's Virtual Live Lounge for Easter 2021, featuring fantastic examples of the hard work our students have done this term. Please enjoy, and have a happy Easter! 🐰 youtube.com/watch?v=mTIbby…

A snippet of the yr 9 band rehearsing today. After 3 weeks back they've put this together, experimented with solos& workshopped endings. It's starting to come together! Well done all. We're all looking forward to when we can hear these amazing young people live again in concert.

It is so good to be back in school with music flowing out of classrooms again! Look out for our final Virtual Live Lounge on Thursday to celebrate the end of a very strange term! Featuring the staff video of 'I'm Still Standing', this one is not to be missed!