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Bristol Beacon Summer Showcase Series: Online Concert Programme | 29 June - 2 July 2024

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Welcome to our Summer Showcase Series.

Please choose the concert you are attending below to read an extended programme and list of ensemble. choir or group members.

Junior Ensembles Summer Showcase

Sat 29 June 2024, 1.30pm

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Sparks Ensembles Summer Showcase

Sun 30 June 2024, 1pm

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Bristol Youth Choir Summer Showcase

Sun 30 June 2024, 7pm

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Bristol Youth Studios Summer Showcase

Tue 2 July 2024, 6.30pm

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Bristol Beacon presents 

Junior Ensembles Summer Showcase

Sat 29 June 2024, 1.30pm

This afternoon’s performance:

Directors: Rachel Killick and Katherine Denney

 

Welcome

Young musicians from our Junior String Orchestra and Junior Wind Band will be playing the music they have been working on in their rehearsals over the Summer term. Enjoy!

Tom Campbell
Junior Ensembles Coordinator, Bristol Beacon

 

Thank you

Thank you to all the tutors and staff who work with our ensembles for their hard work and dedication; Rachel Killick, Katherine Denny, Ian Vorley, Helen Pidoux, Helen Stevens, Sarah Williams, Vince Martin, Joe Bradford, Harry Creffield, Andy Cowell, Katie Axelson, & Harry Bone.

Junior Ensembles will return to rehearsals in September.

Programme

JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Rachel Killick

Alla Marcia – Martin

Espana – Waldteufel arr. Martin

JUNIOR WIND BAND
Conducted by Katherine Denny

The Capriol Suite – P Warlock

Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini

JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA

River Flows In Me Yiruma arr. Killick

Symphony No. 4 Movements ii & iii – Boyce arr. Martin

JUNIOR WIND BAND

March Bits & Pieces – Michael Story

El Toro – Chris Bernotas

Gimme Some Lovin’ – Winwood and Davis

JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA

Evening Prayer from Hansel & Gretel – Humperdinck

Toccata & Fugue – J.S. Bach & Kevin Peek arr. Alsop

JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA & JUNIOR WIND BAND
Conducted by Rachel Killick

Spiderman: Far From Home – Giacchino arr. Alsop

Avengers Theme – Silvestri arr. Alsop

Ensemble Members

Junior String Orchestra

Violin

Alice Gormley
Ann Sun
Beatrice Davies Ferguson
Cecily Talbot
Charlotte Shi
Daisy Mellor
Eden Forrest
Elodie Hirt
Emilia Brown
Ida-Mae Dietz
Kitan Peters
Kyra Roy
Liam Harvey
Lottie Coulthard
Maita Simmons
Naima Sloan
Samuel Harvey
Siaana Shah
Sofia Davies

Stella Broadbent
Sylvana Chapman
Thesandi (Thesi) Edirisinghe
Thomas Ford
Yanran Cui
Zhi Yu Yiu

Viola

Esther Barton
Eunice Sum Yu Ho
Harry Shu
Lydia Phull

Cello

Adela Peiris
Alexandra Lewis
Esther Biggs
Helena Steggle
Matilda Kemp
Mesandu Edirisinghe
Rosie Davies Ferguson
Sunniva Scudder
Theo Phull

Junior Wind Band

Alice Reid
Amy Owens
Clara Lucking
Dilys Hardy
Evelyn Riley
George Walton
Harriet Upton
Hoi Long Adam Wu
Imogen Scott
Imogen Upton
Jasmin Lawson
Kai Norton
Livia Sokolaki Phillips
Mollie Baker
Naomi King
Ori Sivayokan
Osian Boggon
Rachel Taylor
Roderick Garrard
Sacha Garrard
Theodore Harniman

Bristol Beacon presents 

Sparks Ensembles Summer Showcase

Sun 30 June 2024, 1pm

This afternoon’s performance:

Directors: Sophie Goveia, Chris Reed, Joe Bradford & Rachel Whitworth

 

Welcome

Our Sparks groups are the first step in our ensembles pathway. You’ll be hearing players from String Sparks, Guitar Sparks, Brass Sparks, and String Group show you how far they’ve come this year!

Tom Campbell
Junior Ensembles Coordinator, Bristol Beacon

 

Thank you

Thank you to all the tutors and staff who work with our ensembles for their hard work and dedication; Sophie Goveia, Chris Reed, Joe Bradford, Rachel Whitworth, Sam Pradalie, Ewelina Frackowska, Elea Mumford, Dave Thomas, Will Frampton, Harry Creffield, Andy Cowell, & Rhiannon Bedford.

Sparks Ensembles will return to rehearsals in September.

Programme

STRING SPARKS
Conducted by Sophie Goveia

Sword Dance – Thoinot Arbeau

Patrick’s Reel – Traditional

The Leaving of Liverpool – Traditional, arr. Goveia

Ode To Joy – Beethoven

The Hayloft – Traditional, arr. Whitworth

GUITAR SPARKS
Conducted by Chris Reed

A-minor Pentatonic Composition 2 – Guitar Sparks arr. Chris Reed

Oh When the Saints – Traditional arr. Chris Reed

Tardis Blues – Guitar Sparks arr. Chris Reed

A Shot in the Dark – Mancini arr. Chris Reed

Redemption Song – Bob Marley arr. Chris Reed

Teardrop – Massive Attack arr. Chris Reed

BRASS SPARKS
Conducted by Joe Bradford

Sleep Song – Margaret Bonds

London’s Burning – Traditional

Oh When the Saints – Traditional

Hogwarts March – Patrick Doyle

Mandolorian Theme – Ludwig Goransson

STRING GROUP
Conducted by Rachel Whitworth

Polka – Sheila Nelson

Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken

Jupiter from the Planets – Holst arr Whitworth

Willy Wonka Medley – Bicusse & Newley

Thank You for the Music – Andersson & Ulvaeus arr. Kenny

Ensemble Members

String Sparks

Violin

Alixander Ellis
Amber Joy Barnett
Ashika Kanojia
Aurora Patel-Beebe
Catlyn Williams
Charlotte Beauvois
Connie Moore
Elowen Forrest
Elsa Carruthers
Emma Li
Emmeline Lind
Freya Cordle
Hannah Bainbridge
Helen Shu
James Pugh
Josephine (Effie) Griffiths
Juliette Bourg
Layla Knowles
Leona Da Costa
Liliana Chute
Lillian Bond
Nathan Guidon
Nina Carbis
Rosa Taylor
Sofía Lucio-Corbin
Taaryann Brobbey
Zoe Miles

Cello

Bella Newman
Ella Gardiner
Eloise Jamison
Joe Marsh
Josie Singer
Lowenna Bates
Nina Mills
Penelope Boyle

Guitar Sparks

Alexandros Papadopoulos
Amirah McKenzie
Ben Morgan
Ewan McCallum
Felix Snow
Jack Rudolf
Jackie Turner
Joseph Gower
Luca Smith
Mia Charles
Poppy Langdown
Rozalia Uss
Ruby Herbert
Sebastian Cornet Gaitan
Sebby Darney
Theodore Colley
Zachary Radford

Also featuring Ori Sivayokan from Junior Wind Band on Flute

Brass Sparks

Alastair Wass
Asta Heath-Payne
Joseph Archer
Luca Manolescu Jones
Mavis Bowley
Robert (Bobby) England
Sebastian Kendall

String Group

Violin

Abhinaya Srimohan
Angie Ho
Annabel Coxson
Charlotte Harris
Eleanor Mills
Emma Li
Isabella Eden-Smith
Isla Roy
Lyla Rajanah
Matilda Conway
Nina Falkowska
Rosa Taylor
Sophie Zhang
Summer Xiao
Taaryann Brobbey
Yarus Lee

Cello

Amelie Rowlands
Catherine Alice Lewis
Charlotte Slator
Edith Bunce Mercer
Elise Lewis
Emily Polkinghorne
Hugo Chapman
Rowan Darwen
Sion Dathan

Bristol Beacon presents 

Bristol Youth Choir Summer Showcase

Sun 30 June 2024, 7pm

This evening’s performance:

Directors: David Ogden, Martin Le Poidevin, Lucy Hughes, Jenna Brown and Mircea Mutulescu.

Accompanist: Claire Alsop

 

Welcome

Musicians from all our choirs will be sharing with you the music they have been working on in their rehearsals over the Summer term. For our Upper & Lower Voices, some of the pieces you will hear this evening are also being performed on the choirs’ tour with Bristol Youth Orchestra at the end of July. Enjoy!

Rhian Cocker,
Senior Ensembles and Choirs Coordinator, Bristol Beacon

 

Thank you

Thank you to all the tutors and staff who work with Bristol Youth Choir for their hard work and dedication; David Odgen, Martin Le Poidevin, Lucy Hughes, Jenna Brown, Mircea Mutulescu, Ellie Rusbridge, Sandie Middleton, Harry Creffield and Katie Axelsen. 

Bristol Youth Choir will return to rehearsals in September.

Programme

SINGING SPARKS

Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison

El Tortillero – Chilean Trad arr. Lin Marsh

UPPER VOICES

Run Children Run – Traditional arr. Stephen Hatfield

Shenandoah – Trad American arr. Bob Latham

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel arr. Clyde Sechler

UPPER & LOWER VOICES

Ave Verum Corpus – W.A. Mozart

LOWER VOICES

Orpheus With His Lute – Ralph Vaughan Williams

UPPER VOICES

Lift Thine Eyes – Felix Mendelssohn

INTERMEDIATE CHOIR

For a Moment – Neil Hannon

JUNIOR CHOIR

On the Street Where You Live – Lerner and Loewe

Eyes On the Sky – Sheila Wilson

JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE CHOIRS

Jonah Man Jazz – Michael Hurd

 

INTERVAL

Performance on Lower Ground Floor by Bristol Beacon Jazz Blueprints

SINGING SPARKS

This is the Age of Technology – Lin Marsh

I Don’t Want To Live on the Moon – Jeff Moss arr. Jo McNally

JUNIOR CHOIR

Comedy Tonight – Stephen Sondheim

Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen

INTERMEDIATE CHOIR

A Million Dreams – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul arr. Mac Huff

JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE CHOIRS

Go the Distance – Alan Menken

59th Bridge Song – Simon and Garfunkel

INTERMEDIATE CHOIR & LOWER VOICES

My Evaline – Traditional

LOWER VOICES

Every Breath You Take – Sting

UPPER & LOWER VOICES

Light – Esther Bersweden

The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation – Josef Haydn

ALL CHOIRS

Sumer is a Comin’ In – Anon

Choir Members

Singing Sparks

Amelie Salt
Ani Stewart
Arthur Zion Mutulescu
Asha Atkins
Ava Clarke
Bryn Keegan-Phipps
Damaris Williams
Daniel Yang
Diana Yurikova
Eleanor Blackman
Elodie Goodband
Emilia Gibbs
Emmie Skinner
Finn Lee-Moyet
Henry Cunningham
Isabel Crompton
Isabella Burleigh
Isla Griffiths – Oduoza
Issy Watten
James Houghton
Jamie Correia Ford
Magdalena Belincheva-Yordanova
Marcel Thomas Sass
Martha Skinner
Michelle Tychicus
Nell White
Peter Harris
RAFAEL YAMAGUTI EBNER
Rocky Johnson Rubio
Sophie Blanchard
Stella Dowty
Victoria Colman
Zadie Ovink

Junior Choir

Aisha Mabrouk
Alberto Lanchester
Arianna Giovannoni
Arthur Bishop
Carys Weidner
Charlotte Harris
Ching Nga Ko
Chloe Chant
Clara-Rose Rimmer
Daisy Dawney
Ella Gardiner
Emma Li
Frances Blake
Gethin Lowe
Hui Yuet (Emma) Chin
Kaiya Dathan
Keighera-Leigh Buxton
Luna Castello
Oscar Clive
Peggy Laity-Gee
Phoebe Huston
Robert (Bobby) England
Rosa Stevens
Sion Dathan
Solomon Stuart
Summer Xiao
Tristan Keegan-Phipps
Taaryann Brobbey

Intermediate Choir

Anna Cunningham
Brynmor Harris
Daniel Smith
Ella Fannin-Bonura
Eva Fletcher-Walsh
Francesca Blake
Harold Schwarz
Harriet Marlow
Isla Middleton
Nancy Ridd
Pearl McCormack
Rebekah Collins
Saffi Lane
Sumire Chan

Upper Voices

Amelia O’Reilly
Amelie Low
Amy Marson
Annabel Rimmington
Annie Probert
Astrid Campion-Spall
Carolyn Tang
Clementine Stubbs
Daisy Hambidge
Daisy Peregrine
Eleanor Keegan-Phipps
Ella Bunce
Emilia Eggers
Emma Beasley-Suffolk
Hana Hapney
Imogen Green
Imogen Holmes
Iona Barker
Katherine England
Kiara Bukenya
Leila Bukenya
Lola Banning
Myra Rasheed
Niamh Chivers
Nina Shute
Phoebe Pears
Poppy Gibbs
Rea Christopoulou-Irving
Remedios Gerrard
Rosa Carter
Rose Marson
Ruby Lane
Safiyya Walker
Shayla Halpenny
Sofiia Vatseba
Tilly Marlow
Violet Dean

 

Lower Voices

Ben Hawkins
Ben Lowe
Ching Chi (Jeremy) Wong
George Green
Laurie Gray
Milo Garnsey
Nicholas Jenkins-Marin
Noah Lim Kong
Rafael Suzuki-Warlow
Rumi Rasheed
Seth Bennett
Theo James Clarke

Jazz Blueprints (Interval Performers)

Ace Reynolds
Alexander Kemp
Alice Minns
Alvar Jamison
Buck Reynolds
Eleanor Rose Grey
Eliot Yau
Emily Yau
Harrison Pauling
Miles Mellor

Bristol Beacon presents 

Bristol Youth Studios Summer Showcase

Tue 2 July 2024, 6.30pm

 

Welcome

Young musicians aged 13-18 will be performing and sharing the music they’ve worked on this term at our Popular Music Centre. Showcasing a wide variety of styles, and a massive amount of talent!

Tom Campbell
Junior Ensembles Coordinator, Bristol Beacon

 

Thank you

Thank you to all the tutors and staff who work with Bristol Youth Studios for their hard work and dedication; Javeon McCarthy (lead tutor), Chiara Tedeschi, Miles Hutchinson, Kat Marsh, Jack Waters, André Currie, & Sam Bland. Cover support from Seah Hotson, & Will Frampton.

Special thanks to Sharon, Stan, Elliot, Charlie, & Gemma at Access Creative College.

Bristol Youth Studios will return in September.

Programme

MUSIC PRODUCERS
Introduced by André Currie

Sharing the amazing tracks that they have created using Logic Pro and other production software.

RAPPERS
Introduced by Jack Waters

Performing their own material, one of whom has recently won our prestigious Guild of Guardians Award for Musical Progression.

BAND – ‘Live Room’
Introduced by Kat Marsh

Formed earlier this year, this combo features 6 of our highly talented instrumentalists, producers, and singer-songwriters, who have been co-writing and recording their own songs.

SINGER-SONGWRITERS
Introduced by Javeon McCarthy

Soloists performing covers and their own incredible original songs & poetry.

BAND – ‘Jacob & the Buses’
Supported by Miles Hutchinson & Sam Bland

Wild & theatrical performance art from two of our most creative students.

DJs
Introduced by Chiara Tedeschi

Taking turns to deliver their carefully selected sets, the DJ students will end the night with a party.

Bristol Youth Studios members

Alfreda Barroso Taylor
Byron Villis
Daniel Andrzejewski
Edie Jeans
Freddie Liew
Gracie Akinkunmi
Harper Shane
Jacob Jones
Jacob Shlimon
Jedidiah Onabanjo

Joe Fyson
Joseph McNamara
Kai Devaughn
Kardinell Tyler-Gordon
Kodie Varga
Lucas Vickerman
Nathaniel Sweetland
Ned Allbless Roberts
Olive Jeans
Ronan Dermott

Ruben Maroukis
Sennen Johnson
Sonny Meadows
Sophia Bourne
Stanley Peek
Toby Widdows
Tom Currie
Tommy Coleman
Victor Kay
Wilf Paulson