Will Hay

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  • “Happily Ever After” Concert Series

    Happily Ever After Cover Photo

    The theme for the concerts this term is “Happily Ever After“.
    Dates, times, and venues are as follows:

    Sat 8th June 1100am – All Saints Church, Hoole
    Tues 11th June 0910am – St. Oswald’s School
    Mon 17th June 0910am – Upton Heath School
    Thu 20th June 0910am – Saighton School
    Thu 20th June 1020am – Eccleston School

    As well as themed solos on a variety of instruments, my students have been taking part in a number of collaborative compositions which should result in some intresting multimedia performances in the forthcoming concerts. Parents of those involved are welcome to attend the school concerts and anybody is invited to the first concert in the series at All Saints Church, Hoole.
    For this concert there is a ticket charge (suggested donation) of £3/adult, £1/child, proceeds of which go towards supporting a lesson bursary at  Kampala Music School, Uganda.

  • Playing Together – 31st March 2012

    The next “Playing Together” concert is due to take place at All Saint’s Church, Hoole starting at 11am on Saturday 31st March 2012.

    Ticket sales for the concert will continue to support a student bursary at Kampala Music School. Tickets are priced £3/adult and £1/child and can be purchased in advance using the paypal button below or may be purchased on the door.

    The programme will feature a variety of solos, duet and piano-based ensembles performed by students and friends of Will Hay Piano Tuition

     

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  • Concert raises funds as Autumn Leaves fall


    The Autumn Leaves project has now concluded and a number of students have taken part. The completed videos can be found on the playlist below and have also been shared on the Noteflight Studio. A particularly interesting contribution came from Justus, who is our new bursary student at Kampala Music School.

    Justus’ and Maya’s videos were played back at the recent “Playing Together” concert along with some great performances from my students. Certificates presented at the concert included a Distinction in Grade 1 Theory for Ruth along with a number of merits for piano exams. For quite a number of my students, it was the first time they had performed in a concert and one trio even played a piece they had put together themselves.

    The concert raised another £130 towards the bursary fund which this year has already provided a Zoom Q3HD Handy Video/Audio Recorder for use at Kampala Music School. This fund will also continue to provide piano lessons for Justus at the school. I have put together a “Concert Moments” video below featuring a few of the performances. Credit must go to David Woods for the excellent still images used.

     AUTUMN LEAVES PLAYLIST

    “CONCERT MOMENTS” VIDEO

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  • Justus – New Bursary Student

    As Betina is no longer able to have violin lessons we are now pleased to be able to support Justus Archangel Mugumnya who is 22 years old and has been playing the piano since 2007.

    He was born in Nairobi but came back to Uganda at the age of four and has done all his schooling in Uganda. He is studying piano and having taken exams with the ABRSM, is working towards Grade 8.

    He also plays the violin and cello with the Kampala Symphony Orchestra and has taken part in concerts at Kampala Music School. He has played cello with one of the most well known artists in Uganda Maurice Kirya.

    Outside the music school, he is studying for a diploma in Information Technology at Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology.

    Shown below is his contribution to my 2011 Autumn Leaves Composition Project

  • Christmas Charity Concert – 3rd December 2011

    Preparations have been underway in earnest for the Christmas Concert this term which will take place at All Saint’s Church, Hoole on Saturday 3rd December, 2011 starting at 11am. The programme will feature seasonal solos and duets and I hope to conclude with a bit of audience participation!

    Tickets are £3/adult and £1/child and can be purchased either directly from Will Hay or via paypal below.

    Funds raised from the concert tickets will continue to support a lesson bursary for a student at Kampala Music School, Uganda

    The student in question is no longer Betina as she has been too busy with the pressure of school work to continue her studies on the violin, however the bursary fund has been transferred to a new student called Justus. I hope to be able to furnish you with more details in the programme at the forthcoming concert.

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