(see lower down page for assessment deadlines, workshops etc.)

Concerts

(see highlights videos on King Ed’s Virtually Live)

• Monday 13^th November Autumn concert (ALL)
• Tuesday 12^th December – Carol Service (choirs and string orchestra)
• Wednesday 7^th February – Year 13 Showcase (year 13 music students)
• Band Showcase – end of February tbc
• Saturday 20^th April – Hagley Festival Chamber Concert (SELECTED)
• Tuesday 30^th April – Summer Concert (ALL)

Choirs and Ensembles

Choir (Hall)
Rehearsals – Thursday at 1.35

Wind Band (Hall) / String Orchestra (Music Room)
Rehearsals – Friday at 8.45

Orchestra (Hall)
Rehearsals – Friday at 9.50

Chamber Music (Small Classical Ensembles)
We will have a short meeting during common time at 11.10 on Thursday 21st September in the Music Room. If you can’t make this please email tom.pankhurst@kedst.ac.uk.

Bands

We will have a meeting to start getting some bands together at 12.30 on Wednesday 20th September during common time in the MUSIC ROOM. If you can’t make this please email tom.pankhurst@kedst.ac.uk.

Workshops

tbc

Year 12

Year 13

Music Key Assessment Dates  

Year 12

• Friday 6^th October – Deadline: Year 12 Prog. Submission and scanned copies for Initial Performance (in November)
• w/c 13^th November – Year 12 Initial Performances
• Friday 1^st March – Deadline for Year 12 Internal Performance Exam programmes and photocopies 
• Monday 29^th April May-Friday 9th May – Year 12 End of Year Exams 
• Tuesday 21^st May – Year 12 Internal Composition Assessment Deadline
• w/c 3rd July – Year 12 Internal Performance Exams and Rehearsal

Year 13

• Friday 6^th October – Year 13 programme and scanned music for practical assessments on Google Classroom
• w/c 9^th October – Year 13 Practice Exam 1
• Friday 27^th October – Year 13 Composition Portfolio Submission 1
• 11^th – 20^th December – Year 13 Official Mock Exam
• Wednesday 20^th December – Year 13 Composition Portfolio Submission 2 
• w/c 15^th January – Year 13 Performance Assessment Mocks
• Friday 9^th February – Year 13 Composition Portfolio Submission 3
• March / April – Year 13 Assessed performance (dates allocated by Eduqas in February)
• w/c 11^th March – Practice Year 13 Exam 2
• Thursday 21^st March – Year 13 Composition Portfolio Submission 4
• Thursday 2nd May – Final deadline for all Year 13 finished composition portfolios
• w/c 29^th April – Practice Year 13 Exam 3
• Monday 10^th June MUSIC EXAM (for most people in the afternoon) PROVISIONAL

Concert Trips (book on Parentmail)

These are not yet on ParentMail. I will notify students and parents in due course.

• CBSO at Symphony Hall – Wednesday 22^nd November
• CBSO at Symphony Hall – Wednesday 24^th January
• Wicked at the Victoria Apollo in London – Wednesday 20th March