A lunch time recital performed by Year 5

24.03.2025

Earlier this month, the Year Five girls performed at the High March Year Five Lunchtime Recital at the United Reformed Church, Beaconsfield. This event was part of a series of lunchtime concerts organised by Mrs Elaine Tudor-Williams (one of High March’s visiting singing teachers).

The Intermediate High March Voices started the concert, immediately captivating the audience with an exciting and stylish performance of the Australian song Jumpety-Bupety, composed by Nancy Telfer. This was followed by a delightfully harmonious performance of the enchanting song, The Moon, by Andy Beck. This was a challenging two-part arrangement requiring both accurate pitching and a variety of imitating effects, but the girls more than rose to the occasion, singing with wonderful clarity and equally impressive pitching.

The audience was then treated to some delightful vocal and instrumental solo performances which had been exceptionally well prepared with the girls performing with confidence and maturity as well as abundant musicality.

The Intermediate High March Voices then regrouped to give an enthralling finale to the concert, beginning with the beautiful song, A Clare Benediction, by John Rutter. This was sung with strong feeling and wonderfully cohesive ensemble awareness. The final song to be performed was a wonderful arrangement of the spiritual, Child Of God, arranged by Emily Crocker. The girls performed with gusto and enthusiasm to a clearly very appreciative audience with the challenging and memorable two-part melodies creating a particularly enjoyable finale to the concert.

Particular thanks go to Mrs Elaine Tudor-Williams for her hard work organising the concert, and also to Dr Andrew Melvin for his wonderful piano accompanying.

Well done to all girls in Year Five.