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Albert Hall hosts the capital's biggest
school concert
MORE than 3,000 children from schools across Camden packed
the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday night to perform musical
classics in front of friends, families and teachers, writes
Dan Carrier.
Guest of honour to see the 500 musicians and 3,000 singers
was Camden’s former education director Bob Litchfield,
who retired last year. It was his idea to put on the bi-annual
concerts at the famed Kensington auditorium ten years ago.
Compere Channel Four news presenter Jon Snow, a governor at
Brecknock Primary School, said: “I find compering the
festival inspiring. It’s an insight into what makes our
schools so special.”
The programme ranged from primary children singing the George
Gershwin classic I Got Rhythm to Camden Jazz Band’s version
of the James Bond theme Live And Let Die and the Youth Orchestra’s
celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth
with a stirring performance of The Magic Flute.
Soloist Olivia Williams, 9, from Fleet Primary School in South
End Green, Hampstead, said: “When I heard that I’d
been chosen to sing a solo I was very excited. I’ve sung
in front of audiences before but not as big as this.”
The choir from Frank Barnes School in Swiss Cottage –
for pupils who suffer from impaired hearing – were helped
by teachers using sign language.
Co-organiser Gillian Tilbrook, from the Town Hall’s schools
department, said: “This is the biggest concert in terms
of performers the Albert Hall puts on.”
Pictured: 1) Camden Youth Jazz Band (CYJB) with conductor
Kate Hannant;
2) Compere and newsreader Jon Snow;
3) CYJB saxophonists Emma Montier and Rosanna Lowton;
4) Drummers George Keane, Leo Chandler and Kai Akinde-Hummel;
5) From There to Here performers Neema Islam, Anjuma Alon
and Mizanur Rahman;
6) Estelle Kwende and Amirah Mukoko from St Aloysius who sang
Monkees’ hit I’m A Believer;
7) The Magic Flute opera performance,
8) CYJB saxophonist Robert Tidey.
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