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.



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

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