Monday, October 28, 2013

The Big Band in Hong Kong Day 3

Today has been a day off, with most of it spent at Ocean Park, Hong Kong's theme park.

This evening we went on a cruise on the amazing Aqua Luna Junk before eating dinner at the Peking Garden Restaurant, overlooking Victoria Harbour.

Here are some photos and a  very brief video from the day.  More to follow.



















Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Big Band in Hong Kong

The Big Band are currently in Hong Kong. We have a great couple of days so far, including an excellent rehearsal today for the concert at Harrow International School on Wednesday.

Here are some photos of the trip so far.




 














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Monday, October 21, 2013

The Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall

The Vaughan has been granted access for one year to the Berlin Philharmonic's amazing online resource, the Digital Concert Hall. 


Digital Concert Hall






All the Berlin Philharmonic concerts (arguably the greatest orchestra in the world, led by Sir Simon Rattle) are broadcast live on the site and there is a huge catalogue of past concerts.

The site can be found here:

http://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/

The login details are the email address csprice@mac.com and the usual school music password (ask if you don't know this).

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Using the Music First resources

http://www.musicfirst.com/assets/images/music%20first%20logo.png

Here is a guide to using the Music First resources that you might be set for your homework. 

The password is the same for all programmes. 


Focus on Sound


LOGIN here: https://portal.focusonsound.com/-/homework.dhtml

Your User Name is your name with a . in the middle: e.g., David Beckham = david.beckham

The Password and Pincode will have been given to you by your teacher.

Noteflight


There are four seperate sites for Noteflight depending on the year you are in:

First Form        http://cvmsyear7.sites.noteflight.com/login

Second Form   http://cvmsyear8.sites.noteflight.com/login

Third Form      http://cvmsyear9.sites.noteflight.com/login

Fourth Form and above http://cvmsgcse.sites.noteflight.com/login

LOGIN with your name with a space (not a .) e.g., David Beckham = david beckham

The password you have been given by your teacher.

Auralia


First you must download the programme onto your computer. Get permission to do this from your parents.  

Here are the links to download:

Mac    http://download.risingsoftware.com/auralia4/cloud/auralia_m_4.5.5.52_cloud.pkg
Win    http://download.risingsoftware.com/auralia4/cloud/auralia_w_4.5.5.52_cloud.exe

Once installed open the programme and it will ask you to login.

Your user name is your name with a space (not a .) e.g., David Beckham = david beckham
 
 The password you have been given by your teacher

The School Trial Code is CVMS

Friday, October 18, 2013

The Strings Recital

A short clip from the Strings Recital held last Wednesday at School showing four of the boys performing Vivaldi's Concert for Four Violins, Op.3 No 2.

This was the conclusion to a very enjoyable hour or so of string playing with some excellent work from the Junior Strings as well as some lovely solos.