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Lunchtime Recital Thursday 7 October 2021

Lunchtime recital programme Thursday 7 October King Edward's School and King Edward VI High School for Girls
Lunchtime recital programme Thursday 7 October King Edward's School and King Edward VI High School for Girls
Lunchtime recital programme Thursday 7 October King Edward's School and King Edward VI High School for Girls
Lunchtime recital programme Thursday 7 October King Edward's School and King Edward VI High School for Girls

The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital 23 September 2021

The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital programme 23 September
The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital programme 23 September
The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital programme 23 September
The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital programme 23 September
The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital programme 23 September

The Miss Margaret Davies Memorial Recital 23 September 2021

On Thursday 23 September, the annual Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital took place in the Ruddock Hall. This recital featured some of the most advanced musicians from King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls.

Thank you to David Ash for the photographs. You can view the full gallery here.

King Edward's School, Birmingham. The annual Margaret Davies Recital on Thursday 23 September 2021 in the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre.
King Edward's School, Birmingham. The annual Margaret Davies Recital on Thursday 23 September 2021 in the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre.
King Edward's School, Birmingham. The annual Margaret Davies Recital on Thursday 23 September 2021 in the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre.

Shells’ Recital 2021

Shells’ Recital, September 2019

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

18:00 in the Ruddock Hall

Tonight is the opening of our concert season; the Shells’ first ever concert at King Edward’s School.

19 performances will be given by this most remarkable year of Shells. Admission is free and you do not have to book in advance.

Lunchtime Recital 24 June 2021

The Miss Margaret Davis Memorial Recital – 24 September 2020

Music Calendar 2020 – 2021

Shells’ Recital 2020

Shells’ Recital, September 2019

 

Monday, 21 September 2020

Online

Tonight is the opening of our concert season, the first ever pre-recorded on-line concert at King Edward’s School. Shells’ Recital is the start of it all.

32 performances given by this most remarkable year of Shells.

Sexagesimal Concert — the programme

 

As part of our Sexagesimal celebrations, we produced a short history of KES/KEHS Symphony Orchestra, with contributions from its first players, Chief Masters and Principals, Directors of Music including Peter Bridle, as well as essays by current pupils.

You can read it by clicking the link below:

King Edward’s School, Birmingham, Sexagesimal Programme, KES/KEHS Symphony Orchestra, 2020

Our thanks to Mr. Ash for the photograph.

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Sexagesimal Concert — Monday, 9 March, 2020

King Edward's School Birmingham and Lauren Zhang, Symphony Orchestra's anniversary concert

Choral and Orchestral Concert, Sunday 8 March 2020

Lunchtime Recital

 

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Thursday, 13 February 2020 at 13.10
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Naina Reddyviola
Ami Chen‘cello
Piano Trio: Ivy Lau, piano; Bronagh Lee, violin; Ami Chen, ‘cello

works by Bruch, Leighton and Shostakovich. 

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This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

 

Lunchtime Recital

 

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Thursday, 6 February 2020 at 13.10
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Michael Heneghan – trumpet
Joe Ward – voice
Daniel Li – viola
String Quartet: Samantha Burley, violin; Jennifer Liu, violin; Naina Reddy, viola; Beatrice Beardmore, ‘cello.

works by Clarke, Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Neruda, Schumann, Dvořák, Shostakovich. 

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This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

 

Performers’ Platform

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Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 1830
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Shirom Aggarwal, saxophone
Pierce Maughan, violin
Christopher Churcher, bassoon
Sam Ecclestone-Brown, piano
Will Marrett, violin
Isabel Drugan, violin
Sara Vogt, harp
Tom Hao, violin
Rebecca Bazlov, piano
Dhiran Sodha, percussion
String Quartet: Emily Tran, violin; Jessie Zhao, violin; James Corcoran, viola; Salihah Baig, ‘cello.

 

Concert includes works by Telemann, Kreisler, Elgar, Khachaturian, Mozart, Williams, Debussy, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Korsakov, Zappa, Schubert. 

 

 

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This concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

Instrumental Evening – piano and voice

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Monday 13 January 2020 at 18.00
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

An informal concert given by pianists and singers from King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls.

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This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

 

Lunchtime Recital

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Thursday, 9 January 2020 at 13.10
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Beatrice Beardmore, ‘cello

Jacob Rowley, guitar

Samantha Burley, violin

works by Holst, da Falla, Barrios, and the first movement of the Mendelssohn violin concerto. 

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This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls