Will Hay

Author: Will Hay

  • Charity Piano Concert – 27th June 2009

    This term’s piano concert will take place in three weeks time.
    (Saturday 27th June 2pm at All Saint’s Church, Hoole)
    As mentioned already in the newsletter, the concerts are supporting the Kampala Music School in Uganda with the aim of providing a piano lesson bursary.

    We are delighted to have a special guest, Terence Ayebare attending this concert who himself was a student at the Kampala Music School and is now studying for a postgraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

  • Piano Points Leaderboard – June 2009

    I thought it was about time I published an update for the current piano points leaders. Total points leaders on May 24th are as follows:

    1. Kate from St. Werburgh’s and  Alice from Tattenhall Park are both on 18 points
    2. Jacob from EPCHS on 17 points.
    3. Winnie from Bishop’s, Sophie from St. Oswald’s, Emily from Tattenhall Park and Joe from Waverton are all on 16 points.

  • Piano Exam times – Summer 2009

    Just a reminder of piano exam times for the forthcoming sessions. The venue is Stanley Palace, Watergate Street, Chester. Times are as follows:

    JAZZ (Thursday 25th June)
    JACOB 10:18
    DANIEL 10:30

    (Friday 10th July)
    SOPHIE 10:18
    LUCIE 10:30
    LOUISA 10:42
    AYESHA 10:54

    (Saturday 11th July)
    HUW 14:15
    LAURA 14:32
    MOLLIE 14:44

    Best of luck in your exams!

  • Streetpianos – A municipal piano for your neighbourhood

    Play me, I'm yours

    What a wonderful idea. Birmingham, Sao Paulo, Sydney and now Bury St. Edmunds have all been the lucky recipients of a number of pianos installed in various public places to encourage artistic expression and communication. I am sure they must have encouraged many reticent pianists to come out of the woodwork.

    Following a recent visit to the streetpianos of Bury St. Edmunds I have uploaded photos and videos of them below. I was quite suprised how well some of the instruments had stood up to the elements and exposure to the public.

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    Comments encouraged …

  • The Ashgrove (SATB, piano accompaniment)

    Originally arranged for the Waverton Singers’ April concert in 2006, I have just produced an mp3 of this popular welsh folksong to accompany the score on Choralwiki., which is also available for free on Sibelius Music and on my Noteflight Classroom

    The Ash Grove

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