Beaumont School Music Department

As you should know: 12.05pm Meet in Music. Bring a packed lunch. Rehearsals in St Peter's Church from 1-3pm. You will make your own way home. Back at St Peter's Church at 6.30pm in FULL WINTER UNIFORM (Years 7-11) or SMART ALL BLACK (6th form). Boys - decide between yourself regarding the jackets. Can't wait.

As promised, here are the playlists for your choir carols this year! On the YouTube playlist, there is not a decent version of I saw three ships  so you will have to listen to Spotify for this. I have also put all the congregational carols on the playlists too. Enjoy and LEARN.

The Cambridge Choral Experience  are running a fantastic singing weekend in Cambridge run by Ben Parry (director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain) and Simon Toyne, of the Eton Choral Courses. These courses are specifically for students from non fee-paying schools and will be free of charge. Many of you may not have even thought about your future plans but this weekend is designed expose you to lots of high-quality singing as well as getting a tour around some Cambridge Colleges and meeting lots of new people too. This event is free and given the quality of training you will get on this day, I strongly advise you apply and go for it. The link to the flyer is here ; please see me if you would like some paper copies - I have a limited number.  Go for it and please let me know if you get a place. Ms Doan From the website linked above: Saturday 18 June 2016: Boys and girls in Years 7-11 Sunday 19 June 2016: Boys and girls in Years 12 and 13 ...

This should cover it: The Basics The Carol Service takes place on Wednesday 16th December, in St Peter's Church, St Albans, at 7pm It is free to attend, and there will be a retiring collection for Grove House Hospice Mince pies and mulled wine will be served in the octagon room of the church following the service Info for Performers The service involves the Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Training Ensemble and Male Voice Choir Rehearsals take place from 1200-1525 on the day Meet in Music at 1205 (start of period 5) - we will take you to the church Bring a packed lunch (you will be out of school for the rest of the day) At the end of the rehearsal (1525) you will need to make your own way home from the church - if this is a problem your parents MUST let Mr Guinane know asap In the evening, meet in the church NO LATER than 1830, in full winter uniform Don't even think about not attending the final choir rehearsal on Friday Quality questions only to Doan or Guinane...

Verse 1 (Low voices): Still, still, still, The child's eyes softly close. And Mary, breathless, Draws him, weeping, To her heard made pure for keeping. Still, still, still, His bright eyes softly close. Verse 2 (High voices): Sing, sing, sing, He hears and sweetly smiles. And kneeling, Joseph joins in chorus With the angels bending o'er us. Sing, sing, sing, He hears and sweetly smiles. Verse 3 (Low voices, tune) Sleep, sleep, sleep, He breathes a tender sigh, For soon he'll wake the world from slumber, Bringing life and endless wonder, Sleep, sleep, sleep, He breathes a tender sigh. Verse 3 (High voices, descent) Sleep, sleep, O sleep, He breathes a sigh, For soon he'll wake rom slumber, Bringing life and endless wonder, Sleep, sleep, O sleep, He breathes a tender sigh. Ending (all voices): Sleep, Holy Jesus, sleep, sleep, sleep.

On Tuesday 24th November, at lunchtime, in Room 30, we will be holding auditions for the annual 'Once in Royal David's City' solo, to be performed at the carol service in December. We are looking for boys, whose voices have not yet broken, to come and sing the first verse of the famous carol. Come and find us if you need the music, and/or check out the video below. Please come and have a sing, whatever your ability and/or experience. We hope to see lots of boys next Tuesday. Thanks, Mr Guinane and Ms Doan

This is from Sidney: Dear Male Voice Choir,  Below are YouTube links to our arrangement of Danny Boy. You will see that there is a video that includes all four parts, a video for just sopranos and a video for just altos. If you are a soprano or alto, I would like you to learn your individual part and then sing along to the video with all four parts. Basses and tenors, as more experienced singers, you can just use the four-part video to sing along. Pass these links on and learn your parts.  All 4 Parts: Soprano Part Link: Alto Park Link:

Choir, Male Voice Choir, Training Ensemble, and Vocal Ensemble: Please meet at 12.05pm in Room 31 tomorrow. We will get the coach to St Peter's at 12.30pm so please bring a packed lunch .  We will return by 3.25pm. DO NOT FORGET YOUR MUSIC. See you then. D&G

Ok people, CEW is over and we are back with a bang on Monday! Click here for Wednesday's rehearsal schedule. Take ownership and be on it. Can't wait. D&G

Congratulations to the following musicians and ensembles who have been awarded a place in the finals of STAYMC this year: Beaumont Male Voice Choir The Beaumont Trio Louisa Briguglio and Niamh Quinn Louisa Briguglio Oliver Davies Sidney Brass The details: The meet time for Beaumont Male Voice Choir is 1.00pm.  Soloists, you must have registered by 1.00pm. As a result, I will be registering MVC at 12.30pm , and suggest you arrive then to register yourselves. The finals will take place at St. Albans Cathedral. There is a big tree in Sumpter Yard just outside the Chapter House at the cathedral. We will meet there. The competition begins at 1.30pm. It will finish no later than 5.30pm but may be a little later. Please wear full winter uniform unless you are competing as a soloist, in which case please wear smart all black. I hope this all makes sense. Let me know if you have any quality questions. Looking forward to the competition. Mr Guinane

Right people, A quick run down if you are new/not tuned-in: Saturday 7th Dec: Beaumont Christmas Fair 11am-2pm, Beaumont School Beaumont Brass Band "B ³ " and Louisa's Year 13 Choir Tuesday 10th Dec: Beaumont Christmas Concert, 7pm, Beaumont School All ensembles Rehearsals during the day from break, arrive in Music Dept. at 6.30pm in full winter uniform Tickets £2/£4, available on the door Wednesday 18th Dec: Beaumont Carol Service, 7pm, St. Peter's Church, St. Albans Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Training Ensemble and Male Voice Choir Rehearsal during the day in the church, meeting details to follow Be at St. Peter's at 6.30pm in full winter uniform No tickets, it is a church service, though please arrive in good time as traffic is often an issue Be on it. Take ownership, and ask (sooner, not later) if you are not sure. Cheers, Mr Guinane

Hello people! The start of term is nearly upon us, and while I don't want you to think about school during your last weekend of freedom, you do need to know a few things about how the extra-curricular timetable will work this year. The Extra-Curricular Timetable A copy of the timetable can be found here , at the bottom of this blog post, and it will be up in the department when you get back. Please note a few change, notably that CHOIR WILL NOW RUN ON MONDAY LUNCHTIMES. We can't wait to start all our groups again. Auditions and the first week back No clubs will run in the first week back, EXCEPT ORCHESTRA which will run on Friday. The second week back, it all kicks off big time! There will be auditions for the Vocal Ensemble and Training Ensemble after school on Wednesday, for information see the blog post here , or come and talk to Mr Guinane on Tuesday. Big Band auditions will happen in due course. If you have any questions, feel free to tweet us @BeaumontMusic ...

Click here for the schedule. Be on it. See you Tuesday. Thanks! Mr Guinane