Beaumont School Music Department

Please click here for the Easter Concert Rehearsal Schedule. This is also up around the department. Be on it! Can't wait!

Beaumont Music Department presents Tuesday Tunes ; weekly recommendations for all audiences, curated by the Beaumont Music staff. Recommendations for this week: Discovering Music - John Adams: City Noir Composer John Adams turns 70 this year, so expect to hear a lot of his music being performed and discussed. City Noir is a stunning work for orchestra, evoking the murky world of American film noir from the 1950s.  The composer characterises the work as ' jazz -inflected symphonic music' (though I prefer 'jazz-infused')  - right up my street.  Here it discussed and performed on this excellent radio programme from the BBC Radio 3 archives. - Mr G Discovering Music - Concerto Grosso and Beyond This is perfect for Year 10. The Baroque form of the Concerto Grosso is one of the most under-celebrated musical forms, and I spent many happy years playing these as I grew up in my teens. This programme covers Baroque Concerto Grosso and how it influences composers a...