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Summer Music Competition
4th October 2021
Thanks to everyone who took part in the CCGS Lockdown music competition - your response was amazing and after House Music had to be cancelled back in March I'm so pleased that just as many of you got involved in THIS competition - well done! Almost 80 students entered from across all the year groups which really impressed us.
Everyone who took part will receive a certificate in September and having spent the last three weeks judging all the entries we can now announce the results as follows:
In the placings that follow, '(j)' means a joint prize and HC means a Highly Commended award.
The Highly Commended awards are in no particular order.
Year 7
| 1st | Matthew Gough | 7 | Voice |
| 2nd | Sylvia Jiang | 7 | Piano |
| 3rd | Louisa O’Neill | 7 | Piano |
| HC | Joseph Sheriyar | 7 | Drum kit |
| HC | Francesca Harwood | 7 | Drum kit |
| HC | Vincent Donnelly | 7 | Drum Kit |
| HC | Sara Sehgal | 7 | Voice |
Year 8
| 1st | Thea Curtis | 8 | Piano |
| 2nd (j) | Senula Hewavitharane | 8 | Drum kit |
| 2nd (j) | Polly Cooke | 8 | Piano |
| 3rd | Matilda McPherson | 8 | Piano |
| HC | Will Jones | 8 | Drum kit |
| HC | Hassan Khusro | 8 | Drum kit |
| HC | Henry Cleverdon | 8 | Piano |
| HC | Jake Amir | 8 | Drum kit |
| HC | Joseph Walton | 8 | Clarinet |
Year 9
| 1st | Seth Smith | 9 | E Guitar |
| 2nd (j) | Harry O’Neill | 9 | Piano |
| 2nd (j) | Blake Bedding | 9 | E guitar |
| 2nd (j) | Erin Gardner | 9 | Voice |
| 3rd (j) | Matt Cornelius | 9 | Trumpet |
| 3rd (j) | Joshua Yallop | 9 | Piano |
| HC | Madeline Sales | 9 | Voice and ukulele |
| HC | Libby Field | 9 | Voice |
| HC | Ryan Taylor | 9 | Voice |
| HC | Merryn Pearse | 9 | Drum kit |
| HC | Lewis Gore | 9 | Trumpet |
| HC | Isobel Northrop and and Annabella Mina | 9 | Vocal Duet |
| HC | Lilia Jones | 9 | Drum kit |
| HC | Samuel Bennett | 9 | Tuned Percussion |
| HC | Ed Laven | 9 | Drum Kit |
Year 10
| 1st (j) | Francesca Coldham | 10 | Piano |
| 1st (j) | Ruby Redwood | 10 | Piano |
| 2nd | Luke Gore | 10 | Xylophone |
| 3rd | Sophie Harris | 10 | Bass Guitar |
| HC | Lily Powell | 10 | Drum kit |
| HC | William Johnson | 10 | Drum Kit |
Year 11
| 1st | Molly Jones | 11 | Voice |
| 2nd | Thomas Hall | 11 | Euphonium |
| 3rd (j) | Eliza Stephens | 11 | Voice |
| 3rd (j) | Ella Verier-Pitt | 11 | Drum kit |
| HC | Maisie Chambers | 11 | Voice and guitar |
| HC | Maedhbh McCabe | 11 | Recorder |
| HC | Edmond Rudland | 11 | Voice |
| HC | Sophia Bembridge | 11 | Drum kit |
Year 12
| 1st | Ross White | 12 | Voice |
Year 13
| 1st | Beth McKeand | 13 | Piano and voice |
| 2nd | Samantha Worledge | 13 | Voice |
Special Awards
We have two special awards this year.
The first goes to Madeline Sales who wrote and performed her own composition and the second goes to Maisie Chambers who performed on the guitar, an instrument she only started learning during lockdown. A massive well done to you both!
Composition Award
This year's composition award for a performance of a piece written by yourself goes to Eliza Stephens.
Judges' comments:
We were delighted by the number of lower school students taking part, especially Year 7 and 8 who have not yet seen a live 'house music' competition.
Most singers had found backing tracks without the actual singer on which was good. Spotify or Youtube is the best way of doing this, using karaoke tracks.
We had a great spread of styles and genres as well as instruments and voices which was very enjoyable to listen to!
Good advice for next time for some would be to try and play/sing a piece that's not too fast or tricky for you to keep up with - some great musicians lost marks because they tackled pieces that were very hard or very fast and thus difficult to get a sense of musicality into. The best performances were really musical with lots of dynamics and expression.
Some students have clearly practiced a great deal during lockdown which is fantastic!
A final thank you to all those who took part, you should all be proud of yourselves. Hopefully we'll be able to have a 'live' music competition next year!
The Music Department.
