P7 Perform in JGHS Christmas Concert at Usher Hall

What a wonderful showcase of the terrific musical talents of the young people and staff of James Gillespie's High School at the Usher Hall Christmas Concert on Tuesday 20th December 2016! Cluster Primary Seven pupils from Sciennes, Tollcross, James Gillespie's Primary, Preston Street, Royal Mile and Taobh na Pairce Primary Schools really rose to the occasion, sang beautifully and made everyone so proud. Thank you to JGHS Performing Arts Faculty Leader Mrs Deirdre O'Brien and her team for inviting the children to participate and organising the whole event.

Eighty of our own P7 pupils took to the stage and we commend their confidence and their 'can do' attitude, bolstered by lots of hard work and rehearsal with their Class Teachers. We are very grateful for the tremendous parental support in enabling so many of our pupils to participate this year.

So lovely to see so many of our former pupils also shine on stage. A memorable, exciting way to end the year that gives our pupils a flavour of all the musical possibilities that await them at secondary school next year.

Future Talent

Do you have a musical talent but need support, guidance and financial help? 
Future Talent is now accepting applications from young instrumentalists or singers and from any musical genre for 2017/18. 

Future Talent supports gifted young musicians from low income backgrounds for anywhere in the UK. Our Mentoring, Advice and Bursary Programme offers free orchestral days and performance classes, mentoring with a professional musician/conductor, development opportunities and a financial bursary worth up to £2,000 per year. Our aim is to give these talented young musicians an equal chance to enter a musical career, who might otherwise not get the opportunity due to lack of funds or experience. 

The closing date is Monday the 16th January 2017. For more information, please visit www.futuretalent.org 020 3457 1310 or email lucia@futuretalent.org

Tom Bancroft at Sciennes

Tom and Phil Bancroft of ABC Creative Music

How lucky we are to have been able to welcome Tom Bancroft of ABC Creative Music on Thursday 8th December to lead and model music making workshops in P4 and P6, using our online subscription resource ABC Creative Music and following on from a visit last week by twin brother Phil Bancroft.

A resounding thumbs up from all pupils and staff!

Tom and Phil's visits were planned follow up to the workshops and Professional Learning sessions the ABC team kindly provided for us last year and have again been a marvellous opportunity for us to receive excellent advice and professional learning on our Music provision and resourcing.

Thank you, Fabulous Bancroft Boys!

Music Provision Statement (March 2015)

Our Music Provision Statement was circulated to staff, Parent Council, JGHS Music Department and City of Edinburgh Music Advisors before being amended then an updated version was published in 2015 (see below or access from Google Docs).

Please also refer to Sciennes Policies.

Existing, New and Potential Music Provision

https://sciennesmusic.blogspot.co.uk/p/music-provision-at-sciennes.html

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra (Age 13-21)

The Edinburgh Youth Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of young musicians aged 13-21 from all over Scotland.

http://edinburghyouthorchestra.org

City of Edinburgh Music School

http://www.edinburghmusicschool.co.uk

29 East Fettes Avenue | Edinburgh | EH4 1EG

telephone: 0131 332 7805

email: tmorris@broughton.edin.sch.uk

Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust

www.sscot.org.uk
Jean Murray, Director

11 Melville Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7PR

Phone/fax: 0131-226-3392

admin@sscot.org.uk

Parent Council Music Group

Thank you very much to all the parents who came along to the first Parent Council Music Group meeting on Tuesday 6th December. A wealth of suggestions for supporting and expanding Music provision at school were shared, and what an expert team! We look forward to exploring and developing possibilities together.

Thank you to Tim Pask for chairing the meeting.

ABC Music Workshops from the Fabulous Bancroft Boys!

A treat and delight to welcome Phil Bancroft to Sciennes on Wednesday 30th November, who led free workshops with P2 and P4A classes using our online subscription resource ABC Creative Music. 

We are so fortunate that twin brother and co-founder of ABC Creative Music, Tom Bancroft, is also visiting school on Thursday 8th December for another round of free workshops, this time with P6 and P4B and P4C.

This is a planned follow up to the workshops and Professional Learning sessions the ABC team kindly provided for us last year and has again been a marvellous opportunity for us to receive excellent advice and professional learning on our Music provision and resourcing.

Thank you, Fabulous Bancroft Boys!

BBC Ten Pieces II

Thank you very much to Sarika (BBC Ten Pieces Co-ordinator) for sending us a copy of the BBC Ten Pieces II DVD.