Looking ahead to 2016-17
The year
ahead promises to be another very exciting one for the musicians at the
Vaughan.
Pupils are
to perform at a whole host of different venues across London and beyond
including St John’s, Smith Square, The London Coliseum, Westminster Cathedral,
Westminster Abbey, Winchester Cathedral (pictured) and alongside groups as varied as early
music specialists His Majestys Sagbutts
and Cornetts to the amazing National
Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Choral highlights
include a performance by the Schola Cantorum of Handel’s Messiah in December and of Vaughan Williams’ colossal Sea Symphony by the School Choir in
April. The Schola will sing a concert of Venetian polychoral music in the glorious
setting of Temple Church (pictured) with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts in March
whilst Sixth Form Choir sing Evensong at Selwyn College, Cambridge in November. Boys will
sing in English National Opera’s production of Tosca during the Michaelmas Term and in Turandot at the Royal Opera House in July. The Carol Service will include the first performance of a new carol by Ben Parry, director of the National Youth Choir.
Orchestral
music will include Brahms Symphony No 4 alongside our orchestral partners,
Southbank Sinfonia in March whilst the Big Band are to play at The Bull’s Head,
Barnes and the Half-Moon, Putney as well as working with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in
October.
There will
be all the usual events as well of course, including the St Cecilia Concert in
November, the Vaughan Carol Service at Christmas, the Spring Instrumental Concert
in March, Early Evening Recitals and the Annual Music Competition. The year
will end with the ever-popular musical production, which this year is to be
Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, Sweeney
Todd.