Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival

Many of our pupils competed at the Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival and at Hastings Music Festival this term in the singing and instrumental classes.  The Tunbridge Wells Festival came first; it was a superb day of music making and marked a debut festival performance for the Pre-Prep choir who sang beautifully and were rewarded with second place in their class. At Hastings we also had a number of pupils perform in the vocal classes

Performing at festivals is a wonderful experience for all of the children. Winning, or coming second or third in a class is a fantastic achievement, but equally valuable is the opportunity to perform, to hear others perform and to receive the feedback from the adjudicator (an experienced professional singer) who offered compliments and constructive support in equal measure!

Evie in Year 4 wrote about her experience of performing at Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival for the first time:

“I felt nervous and scared but I was excited to do it. I have some advice: imagine no one is there!”

Sylvie in Year 3 wrote, “I felt very scared on the first performance but on the second one I was determined to push myself to do it. I was very confident. I could not wait to do it when I was waiting for my go. It was really great to have Evie there too because she was encouraging me to be positive. I was very fun and I was really pleased that I came third in the Year 6 and under category because it was my first ever music festival.”

At both the Hastings and Tunbridge Wells festivals many of our pupils received first, second and third places, and at Tunbridge Wells two pupils were awarded cups at the Gala Concert, with a further two invited to sing their duet, a great honour.

Congratulations to all of the pupils who took part, and also to their teachers who prepared them so well and gave them the confidence to perform.