By Mrs Charles

Whilst this half term has steadily drawn to a close for our pupils, the musicians of Queen’s have built in momentum, showcasing their talents at the Taunton Festival Of The Arts. The annual event has seen pupils from across the college performing in a range of classes and events, with a live audience and adjudicator.

This year, pupils were entered in a range of classes, including Piano solo, String solo, Pop Vocals, Vocal solo, Vocal duet and musical composition. Everyone performed fantastically well, with numerous pupils achieving 1st and 2nd place, and high honours.

Senior singers led a wave of success last Saturday at the Pop Vocalists performance, where Queen’s pupils won the Gold award in every class they entered! Special mention goes to Molly Loveday, who also received the award for Best Performance of the competition; she now goes on to showcase her talents at the Gala concert, later this year.

The Prep school singers in Years 5 & 6 heralded the end of the festival with their performance in the Junior Choir class, and performed three contrasting pieces to a very high standard. This year also saw an entry from the senior chamber choir, Cantabile, with two polished performances with the contrasting pieces, ‘When She Loved Me’ and ‘Big Spender’. Both choirs performed exceptionally well, with the Prep students gaining a third place and the Seniors awarded second place – many congratulations to all!

Overall, this has been another incredibly successful festival for the musicians at Queen’s, with the high standards being upheld and developed. Thank you to all of our exceptional music teachers for their continued support of our pupils, and a huge well done to all those who participated this year!