Aspire Summer 2018
Summer issue of the Coombeshead Academy Aspire.
Summer issue of the Coombeshead Academy Aspire.
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Dazzling Music and Drama Trip to London<br />
Expressive Arts students at Coombeshead Academy had a fun<br />
filled and educational two day trip to London. They started<br />
their adventure by seeing the breath-taking 42nd Street at<br />
the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Students were amazed by the<br />
precise routines and sceptical set design.<br />
Meanwhile, Music BTEC students saw a live performance of Les<br />
Miserables, commenting that they were speechless because it<br />
took them on a real ‘emotional roller-coaster’. The BTEC music<br />
students were then mesmerised by Phantom Thread at The<br />
Royal Festival Hall, experiencing the power of what London<br />
Contemporary Orchestra can bring to cinematography. The<br />
film has been nominated for 6 Oscars, including director Paul<br />
Thomas Anderson and composer Jonny Greenwood, the<br />
guitarist from Radiohead.<br />
Afterwards, the Coombeshead students were fortunate enough<br />
to witness the incredible talent and vocal performance of the<br />
Dream Girls cast, drawing most students to tears. One student<br />
commented that ‘Dreams girls was moving and powerful, it<br />
was extremely hard hitting and made us all cry.’<br />
The next day the Coombeshead Drama students attended<br />
a fantastic Commercial Dance Workshop at the famous<br />
Pineapple Dance Studios with Jessica Mason, an ex<br />
Coombeshead student who now performances on Celebrity<br />
Cruises.<br />
Meanwhile the Music students composed their own scores<br />
using the latest Apple Mac software, in a music tech workshop,<br />
at the St Luke’s Centre which is part of the London Symphony<br />
Orchestra. One Music student said that the workshop was<br />
‘interesting and informative.’<br />
To end their career inspiring trip, they visited The New London<br />
Theatre and were dazzled by talented young performers<br />
playing live Rock and Roll music, including an electric guitar<br />
backwards! A Coombeshead student commented that ‘It<br />
was the best child cast I have ever seen, they were insanely<br />
talented and made us all wish we were in a rock band’.<br />
All pupils felt extremely privileged to have the opportunity to<br />
take part in this wonderful experience which allowed them<br />
to witness the workings of the professional performing arts<br />
industry. The trip inspired, motivated and enthused students to<br />
follow their dreams.<br />
Year 13<br />
Performance<br />
Exam<br />
The year 13 Component<br />
two performance exam<br />
took place on 7 th March.<br />
The students worked<br />
endless hours to perform<br />
their own interpretation of<br />
‘Dancing at the Lughnasa’<br />
by Brian Friel.<br />
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