Nord Anglia Education
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St Andrews Bangkok
05 March, 2018

Music: Busking Week spotlights Primary School performers

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Music: Busking Week spotlights Primary School performers Gymnasts, musicians and singers kicked off this year’s Busking Week at Primary School. Catch a morning concert and visit with our performers at break time all week. 11343572hero

Gymnasts, musicians and singers kicked off this year’s Busking Week at Primary School. Catch a morning concert and visit with our performers at break time all week.

Primary School Music

Busking Week

The week got off to a banging start with a mini concert in the Year 6 quad from STA Bang! Our trusty Year 6 House Captains collected some donations from the audience, so thank you to all those who donated to our House Charity, The Central Thailand Mission.

Come and catch the morning concerts each day this week at 7:25 a.m. in the Y6 Quad:

  • Tuesday - STA Rec
  • Wednesday - STA Strum and STA Sing Boys
  • Thursday - STA Sing Girls and the STA Mini Sing group
  • Friday - Shoelaces - a Y6 pop band

The performers were out in force at break time today as well. We had some gymnasts, musicians and singers. We are looking forward to a lot more talent emerging throughout the week!

Please remember so send your child in with some small change so they can donate to the buskers throughout the week.

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Julliard Alumni Visiting Artist Programme

Ben Moermond will be spending Wednesday 7 March at our Primary School and Thursday 8 March at High School. During the day Ben will be delivering various workshops and inspiring our students with his expertise. Ben will also be performing two concerts which parents are invited to attend. The first is at 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday in the Drama Studio at the Primary School. If you would like to attend this please complete the Google form which was emailed to you before half term.

The second concert will take place on Thursday at 1.00 p.m. in the Atrium at High School. You do not need to book for this so please come along and enjoy the world class music.

‘Benjamin Moermond has been principal bassoon with the Hong Kong Philharmonic since joining in 2010. He is an active teacher and performer in Hong Kong and throughout the region. As a soloist with the HKPhil he has performed Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante, Telemann's Double Concerto for Bassoon and Recorder, and Mozart's Bassoon Concerto. As an educator Ben has been on faculty for Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts.

Prior to moving to Hong Kong Benjamin completed his studies at The Juilliard School of New York under the tutelage of Judith LeClair. He was an active chamber musician with PUFF! woodwind quintet and toured extensively in the summers with festivals including Pacific Music Festival, Lucerne Festival Academy, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. Ben is originally from Cincinnati, USA.’

Ben Moermond