Ho Ho Ho…with a sleigh full of great festive music, we had to put a band together and prepare for a concert! Here are the contents of our first ever Christmas edition:
Author: J Hayes
Jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator James Hayes has been an active member of the UK jazz scene for more than 10 years. James has appeared in many Jazz clubs, sharing the stage with many great musicians such as Art Themen, Nigel Hitchcock, Andy Panayi, TinaMay, Steve Fishwick and many more. In addition to teaching piano and woodwinds, James runs a weekly Jazz Workshops and choirs for children as well a music holiday camp. He has recorded two studio albums with his quintet, available on bandcamp on www.jhquintet.bandcamp.com
Summer 2015 – A Kew-ban holiday
Sun cream? check.
Passport? check.
Beach towel? check.
Passport? check.
Beach towel? check.
Calling all passengers, please board now for our Latin American special edition of the Kew (ban) Music Academy and enjoy our musical selection.
Easter 2015 – License to trill
Calling all agents! we will spend our Easter session at her Majesty’s secret service with a James Bond special edition!
Your mission if you accept it is to listen to those 3 very famous songs from the movies
Summer 2014 – West London Story
Welcome back for a week of ensemble music with our “Romeo and Juliet” special, featuring the works of Prokofiev, Bernstein and Ravel. Continue reading “Summer 2014 – West London Story”
Easter 2014 – Sound of Music special
Hi everybody and welcome back.
Time to play a bit of music before going on the Easter egg hunt!Whilst heavily dominated by orchestral and vocal rendition of hits from the Sound of Music, we have other pieces lined up for this week:
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Time to play a bit of music before going on the Easter egg hunt!Whilst heavily dominated by orchestral and vocal rendition of hits from the Sound of Music, we have other pieces lined up for this week:
Continue reading “Easter 2014 – Sound of Music special”
Summer 2013 – Peer Gynt special
Welcome back! Our main act this summer will be the “Peer Gynt” Suite #1 by Edvard Grieg composed for the play of the same name premiered in 1876. The Suite is made of 4 contrasting pieces:
Easter 2013 – Follow the yellow brick road!
Happy Easter! The Academy is back and the students will work on the following tunes:
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Tunes Hall of Fame
11 years and already so much music selected, adapted, arranged and carefully orchestrated!
Below is the list of all orchestral, jazz and choir pieces played and sung by the children over the years:
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