Yanomamo!

 

I'm excited to announce the coming of a big performance project taking place in the school in the Spring 2026.

The show is called Yanomamo, the music is absolutely amazing. It is set in the Amazon rainforest and is about living in harmony with nature, the wisdom of the Yanomamo tribe who live in the forest and also about the terrible deforestation and destruction of the Amazon that is taking place.

We will have choirs singing, instruments playing, dancing, costumes, solos from a jaguar, a sloth, a class of monkeys and another class of army ants and so much more!

The children have started learning the songs already. I have created a separate page on this blog as a resource for them to access the music at home to practice singing and learning the words. There's a LOT to learn!

Click here to see the Yanomamo page.

Queensbridge Music Department Music Blog is back!

 Dear children, parents, teachers and friends!

It's taken me a year and a bit, but I'm finally getting round to starting to update the QB music department blog. I can see this was an amazingly active blog in the past and I've got a lot to live up to! 

However, we've got plenty to talk about in terms of the music that's actually going on at Queensbridge. There should be no shortage of content to share!

Thanks to everyone who came to watch and support all our Christmas shows, inside school and out. I'm so proud of all our ensembles; our choirs (Senior Choir, Junior Choir and Ms Potts' Choir Club), Orchestra, Advanced Recorders, Rock Band, all the soloists and all the children from all the different classes doing their bit too.

After the well-needed Christmas break, we'll be back with an exciting project for the next term, which I will save for my next post to tell you all about.

I'll leave you with one of our hits of the season to sing along with at home!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Mr Keen!

Summer Spectacular!

Wow wow wow - so much talent and hard work on show at our summer concert in July. We hope you enjoy watching your favourite moments in the film below. 

And it's goodbye from Mrs Woolfenden after nearly 8 years at Queensbridge.
I am going to miss you all so much and will enjoy looking back at all of your amazing music-making. All the best to all of my wonderful Queenbridge kids! 

Chamber Choir at the Music for Youth Festival 2023

The chamber choir had a brilliant day out at Cecil Sharp House in Camden and performed brilliantly, with great feedback from the adjudicators. We were a little nervous but mostly excited about performing to others, and it went really well. It was also an amazing experience to hear the other groups that performed, from primary school choirs and orchestras to borough jazz bands. Here are some pictures and videos from our big day!

Marvellous MATILDA!

This summer, our Y6 leavers treated us to a wonderful performance of Matilda the Musical in a short version based on Roald Dahl's favourite book, and with three songs from Tim Minchin's West End show. Each and every one of you shined in the performance, and with helping to prepare props, costumes and programmes. Thank you for all of the musicality and enthusiasm that you have shared with us at Queensbridge. We will miss you, and wish you well with your future music-making. 

You can enjoy some picture AND the complete wonderful performance below!

The Amazing O2 Adventure

On Monday 23rd of May, 50 children from our junior choir and chamber choir went to the O2 Arena to take part in the Young Voices concert. We were joined by children from 181 schools - more than 8000 school children in total. Loads of parents came to support us and enjoy what was a truly memorable concert. 

It took us a long time to get there, but it was worth the wait. All of the other schools sang beautifully, with lots of harmony. We were treated to singing and dancing performances by the Beatbox Collective, MC Grammar, Urban Strides dancers and the amazing singer Natalie Williams. We felt excited, very happy, "the happiest I've ever been in my life", amazed and stunned. It was very satisfying! You can see in the photos and video just how much fun we had. Make sure you scroll all of the way to the bottom to check out our singing and dancing, and us watching some amazing performers. 

Here are some more of our comments about the whole experience:

"I loved that we got to sing in the concert. We were lucky that we got our own suite!"
"I liked the guy who did a backflip."
"My favourite song was Sing From Your Heart."
"I loved singing Titanium."
"I loved O Fortuna - it was a bit scary but the lights were amazing!"
"My favourite moment was the last song - Power In Me."
"My favourite moment was when it went to blackout, just before the concert started."
"My favourite song was Mambo Italiano."
"The part I loved the most was when the red lights came on for O Fortuna."
"I loved to sing the pop medley."
"I learnt that we can do it - anything is possible."
"I learnt how to sing using a low voice"
"We are lucky that we got to sit next to our friends."
"I learnt that we can always be a team."
"I learnt how to beatbox."
"I learnt how to dance." 

A FANTASTIC Concert

Wow! Queensbridge musicians - we were blown away by your performances at the concert. We've only had a short time to prepare, but all of the groups and soloists were a joy to listen to, and you showed how much progress you are making. Keep it up! More pics to follow, but here's film of the concert to enjoy.