Category: Music
A Busy Week for The Choir
The choir have been very busy this week. On Friday, they attended a charity event called Youth Makes Music at West Hatch School, then on Tuesday they took a coach to Reading for the Independent Schools’ A Cappella competition. Although they didn’t win it was a very good experience for the children as they were…
Today is Gonna Be a Great Day
Wow! What a way to start the Friday before we break for the half term holiday but with our annual Inter House Music Competition! The morning showcased stunning instrumentalists on the piano, flute, violin and guitar as well as four small group performances that really got the audiences and our adjudicator dancing in their seats!…
Christmas in February!
Today, Year 5 and Year 6 Chamber Choir members represented Avon House at the Stratford and East London Music Festival, hosted by St Mary’s Church. Founded in 1882, the Stratford and East London Music Festival is the UK’s oldest music and drama festival. Our choir sang four songs across two categories, Christmas in February and…
Young Voices at the o2
Choir representatives from Years 5 and 6 proved that they could sing their hearts out with no ‘treble’ this week, as Avon House took part in Young Voices 2025 on Monday night! Running for over 25 years, Young Voices organises the largest children’s choir concerts in the world, helping children discover their voices and allowing…
Carols by Candlelight
The annual Avon House ‘Carols by Candlelight’ service was hosted at All Saints’ Church on Thursday. The event brought together the Avon House community for an evening of music, festive spirit and the story of Christmas told in readings by Year 6 and staff representatives. With each year group in the prep department singing a carefully…
Performance Assembly
The eagerly anticipated Autumn Term Performance Assembly took place today, with 12 acts eager to demonstrate their skills to the Avon House community. Our Performance Assemblies provide a platform for pupils to showcase their varied talents and as with previous year’s, this term’s standard was very high. The audience of children, teachers and parents enjoyed watching…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We joined eccentric inventor, Caractacus Potts, his two children, Jeremy and Jemima and their friend Truly Scrumptious on an adventure like no other in Avon House’s 2024 production of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ this week. With two performances on Wednesday and Thursday night at All Saints, the Prep Department did us proud learning lines, songs,…
Belmont Lodge Care Centre
Today, a small group of Year 4 and 5 children went to visit Belmont Lodge Care Centre to sing the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang songs from their Prep Production. The residents were very impressed by the singing, tap dancing and jolly nature of the children and many applauses were given throughout the morning. We met…
Young Musician of the Year
The Avon House Young Musician of the Year Competition is an annual event designed to celebrate and showcase the talents of young musicians in the Prep and Pre-Prep. The competition’s preliminary rounds took place during the day on Thursday. Our adjudicator, Mr Pares, Director of Music at Forest School, heard over thirty enthusiastic performers play…
ISA Band Competition Winners!
We are delighted to announce that our Strings Group came first in ISA’s Band Competition 2024 for large instrumental ensemble! This win is a testament to the pupils’ dedication and pursuit of excellence. Even though the majority of pupils in the group have just taken, or are working towards, Grade 1, the overwhelming sense of…
