Will Hay

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  • 6 concerts in 8 days…

    River and RainbowThe next student concert series will be taking place at the beginning of March 2014. The title will be “River and Rainbow”, a pastoral countryside theme for springtime. The theme is inspired by some charming compositions of Walter Carroll who published a number of books of these delightful pieces over a century ago. These compositions will feature strongly in the concerts this term as I am assigning pieces for my students to learn so that the concert programmes largely follow the theme this time.

    All of my students, should they wish to, will have the opportunity to perform in one of the concerts listed below:

      Mon 3rd March 910am – Upton Heath
      Tue 4th March 910am – St Oswalds
      Thu 6th March 910am Saighton and 1020am Eccleston
      Sat 8th March 11am – All Saints
      Mon 10th March 910am – St Werburghs

  • “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.

  • “Going Places” – Concert Series

    The theme for the piano concerts this term is “Going Places”. Concerts have been organised for the following dates:

    12th Nov – Upton Heath 910am
    13th Nov – Saighton 11am
    16th Nov – St. Werburgh’s 910am
    17th Nov – All Saint’s Church, Hoole 11am
    19th Nov – St. Oswalds 910am

    The concerts will feature mostly themed solos and duets and may also showcase some ensemble and composition work carried out during the term. They will conclude with the now customary sing-along video item which this term will involve children from every school taking part, thereby unifying the series.

    The concert at All Saint’s Church is open to anyone to attend and tickets are £3/£1, continuing to support the Kampala Bursary.

  • National Learn to Play Day

    When planning the forthcoming “Playing Together” concert at All Saint’s Church in Chester, I hadn’t quite realised the significance of the date, 31st March, 2012. However it seems like an excellent opportunity to encourage anyone to come along to the concert, be inspired by some musical performances and then head down to their nearest Dawsons store to try a free “taster” lesson on an instrument!

    National Learn to Play Day has been organised by Music for All, the charity of the national musical instrument industry in partnership with the Musicians’ Union, Arts Council England’s “Take it Away” scheme, musicteachers.co.uk and Musicradar.com

    “Playing Together”
    Playing the piano can be a somewhat solitary experience which is why for a year now, I have been actively encouraging my piano/keyboard students to engage with other musicians at the piano, playing duets and trios and with other instruments in small ensembles. Students are also encouraged to take part in composition projects on my Noteflight Classroom which can result in performance in tandem with music technology!

     

  • March: Month of Concerts

    Instead of organising one end of term concert for my students this term, there will be five! Four of the concerts will be taking place in schools during the school day and will be an opportunity for EVERY piano student in that particular school to take part in a performance. As usual, I will also be inviting some of my students to take part in the end of term “Playing Together” Charity Concert which will be held at All Saint’s Church , Hoole.

    The concert listed below in bold are the piano concerts. I have also included some details of a few other concerts in which I will be taking part this month for information!

    12th March – Upton Heath – 9am

    15th March – Saighton – 10am

    17th March – CMSYC Spring Concert, All Saint’s, Hoole – 7:30pm

    24th March – NES Spring Concert, Neston Parish Church – 7:30pm

    26th March – St. Werburgh’s – 10am

    27th March – St. Oswald’s – 2:45pm

    31st March – “Playing Together”, All Saint’s Hoole – 11am

    3rd April – Nave Choir Passion tide Devotion, Chester Cathedral – 7:30pm

    As a taster for the forthcoming series of concerts, the video clip below features the talented Year 3 Pianists at St. Werburgh’s taking part in their own concert at the start of this term.
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