Did you see the flier about this fantastic opportunity for Grade 4+ orchestral musicians attached to Friday’s bulletin? The link here explains more and you can also sign up for a free ticket to the NYO concert 🎶 www.nyo.org.uk/events/nyo-o...

Well done to the Saxophone Quartet for their brilliant performance in Warwick last night and thank you to Mrs Riad for accompanying them.

Saxophone Quartet are preparing for their performance at the Warwickshire Music County Groups Concert on Friday evening.

A busy day with Eddie playing in Assembly, and rehearsals for Year 7 Strings and Year 7&8 Guitars. Chapel Choir are working incredibly hard! They are looking forward to sharing their carols next week 🎄🎶

Thank you to King’s Brass who played Christmas carols at the Stratford Rotary Christmas lunch. We are grateful to the Rotary Club for their donation towards our fundraising for Boys in Mind and Just Small Change 🎺🎄🎶

Rehearsals are going very well for our Services of Nine Lessons and Carols! With lots of notes and so little time left, we haven’t had a chance to take any photos this week! We are looking forward to lots of Old Edwardians joining us to sing in the service on Tuesday 16th December 🎄🎶

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Well done to Phoebe (Year 13) who sang The Mermaid Song by Haydn in Assembly.

Huge congratulations to Joshua for his wonderful performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Leamington Sinfonia on Saturday! Here is a short extract from the third movement. To play a whole concerto from memory when you are 15 is a tremendous accomplishment 🎻🎶

Congratulations to the whole company of Love’s Labour’s Lost! An incredible evening of wit, humour and panache. Big shout out to the fantastic musicians: Mattie, Jess, Jack, Charlotte, Justin and Krish 🎭🎶

Two weeks ago Joshua played the The Lark Ascending in the Michaelmas Concert. This Saturday he will be performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Leamington Sinfonia. Here is a video he recorded to advertise the concert. Ticket details below 🎻 🎶 www.facebook.com/share/v/1HBc...

A fascinating experience for Year 9 Music GCSE students to hear about the variety of creative careers and Marion Fleetwood’s own musical journey before a massed improvisation session. The wah-wah pedal was very cool!

Congratulations to the Piano Trio, Indian Music Group and our senior piano soloists who performed a Soundbite Concert at Holy Trinity Church this lunchtime 🎶

An impressive performance of Gigout’s Toccata in B minor by John S. (Year 13) on the new Hauptwerk organ in Assembly. We are very grateful to Martin Stanley, friend of the School, for this kind and generous donation.

A very useful and enjoyable performance class for A Level Musicians with Mrs Arnold today.

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Congratulations to all performers in tonight’s Michaelmas Concert! An exceptional array of soloists and ensembles - well done for all your hard work! Thanks to the Tech Crew who made magic happen and to our appreciate audience for their support. Middle School Choir with Bohemian Rhapsody ⬇️ 🎶 🎸 🎹

Music from The Incredibles is sounding exciting played by Concert Band. There are still some tickets available for this evening’s concert www.kes.net/events.aspx?... Do come and hear some fabulous solo and ensemble performances by our senior musicians!

Introducing our three Sixth Form soloists in this evening’s Michaelmas Concert: Emily will be playing a ‘A Time for Peace’; Justin will be playing one of Mendelssohn’s ‘Songs Without Words’ and John will be giving the first concert performance on the new organ, playing ‘Toccata’ by Gigout.

A big thank you to Faux Pas for all their support! Do come and support our students who have been working very hard towards this concert. Tickets are available: www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

King Eddie’s Revival Big Band are waiting to welcome our guests this evening!

Thank you to Theo, Daniel and Mr Millington for their musical contributions in the Guild Chapel Remembrance Service for Guests, Staff and Year 13 students.

Well done to Strings for their performance of Red Maiden from the computer game Hollow Knight (2017) arranged by Daniel Lourenco (Year 12) in Assembly. They will be performing this and ‘The Lark Ascending’ by Vaughan Williams in Thursday’s Michaelmas Concert. Tickets ➡️ www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

In Thursday's Michaelmas Concert we will be performing The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (Choral Suite) by Jenkins. We are delighted that professional cellist, Peter Adams, will be playing the solo in the Benedictus. Tickets: www.kes.net/events.aspx?... A poignant movement: youtu.be/nslz63M70c0?...

Thanks to Hugo (Year 11) for playing The Last Post and Reveille at the Service of Remembrance in Clifford Chambers this morning.

Thank you to Theo R. (Year 13) for playing The Last Post and Reveille at the Act of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Garden of Remembrance in Stratford this morning.

A big thank you to Emma, Ollie and Katie for their support in accompanying Lower School Choir each week 🎹🎶

Great to see the Michaelmas Concert poster displayed in the light boxes. Thanks to Osian and Poppy @kes-art.bsky.social for the design. Have you booked your tickets? One week to go! You can book here ➡️ www.kes.net/events.aspx?... 🎶

A brilliant afternoon preparing for next Thursday’s Michaelmas Concert. Lots of hard work for Chapel Choir while we rehearsed ‘The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace’ fitting the music with the video and our new Levi Fox Hall organ. Tickets are available for this performance ➡️ www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

Getting organised for the new half-term?! Have you booked your Michaelmas Concert tickets? These are selling very well but there are still some available at the moment. Do join us for what promises to be an enjoyable evening of music-making 🎶 More info and tickets ➡️ www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

This year’s Michaelmas Concert promises to be a memorable one! Do support our students by coming along to hear senior soloists and ensembles - we’d love to see you there on 13th November. For further info and to book tickets: www.kes.net/events.aspx?... 🎶

Alcester Singers Young Musician Competition is open for entries to under 18s performing at Grade 5+ standard. For further details ➡️ www.alcestersingers.co.uk/wp/young-mus...

Congratulations to all our Year 7-10 performers at tonight’s Autumn Concert! We enjoyed music from Scarlatti to Muse. So many highlights from the 20 soloists with Reggie’s ‘Country Étude’ & Yiyang’s Sonata in E particularly standing out. The future of music at School is certainly in safe hands! 🎶

Excellent solos from André and Nikhil in Jazzsquad!’s performance of Cantaloupe Island in tonight’s concert.

We have some wonderful soloists performing tonight! Well done to everyone for preparing so well. Here is Viraj rehearsing a Mazurka by Drdla.

Saxophone Choir sounding great playing The Blue Danube 🎷 🎶

Year 9 Band in rehearsal - instrumental version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal.

Rehearsals are underway for this evening’s Autumn Concert. Indian Music Group sound fantastic with impressive vocal solos by Ahon and sitar solos by Viraj 🎶

Autumn highlights: mists, mellow fruitfulness and the Autumn Concert! Faux Pas will be running a bar at the latter, so come along to buy a drink and support our fundraising for the fantastic Arts opportunities available to students at KES. Tomorrow, 6:30pm. @kes-stratford.bsky.social

The theme of the week is Black History. Have a look at these fantastic pieces and do listen via the Spotify playlist 🎶 With thanks to icancompose.com

Chapel Choir sang Let My Prayer by John Blow conducted by Justin K. (Year 13) in Chapel this morning.

A great performance of Cantaloupe Island in Assembly from Jazzsquad! You can hear them perform this in the Autumn Concert on Thursday.

There are still tickets available for the Autumn Concert this Thursday evening. Do come along to support our soloists and ensemble performers from Years 7-10. 🎶 Tickets: www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

A busy lunchtime with both Jazzsquad! and Saxophone Choir rehearsing for next Thursday’s Autumn Concert. Follow this link for more information and to book tickets: www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

Lots of very promising musicians from Year 7-10 play in KES Sounds. They will be performing at the Autumn Concert next Thursday and would love to have your support. Tickets are available ➡️ www.kes.net/events.aspx?... All welcome!

A beautiful performance of Ren Guang’s ‘Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon’ by Jess Z (Year 13) in Assembly.

Rehearsals for the Michaelmas Concert are going well this week with Concert Band and Strings working hard. Look out for a letter on Friday about this term’s senior concert and in the meantime, save the date: Thursday 13th November 🎶

The Autumn Concert is in less than two weeks! Have you got your tickets yet? We have a great selection of Year 8-10 soloists as well as ensembles from the Lower and Middle Schools. www.kes.net/events.aspx?...

A great opportunity in Birmingham during October half-term.