The 30 strong Highfields School Choir, ‘The Highnotes’ went to St Bart’s Church for a City-Wide Choir Competition.
The students went armed with their repertoire of songs, dazzling in their hot pink t-shirts, only to find they were the only entrants! The other schools had all pulled out for various reasons, so the afternoon was spent workshopping music. The songs the choir worked on included ‘In Our Service’, written for Her Majesty, The Queen’s jubilee, ‘I Give You a New Commandment’, a Sister Act medley and their own arrangement of ‘Uptown Girl’ conducted by Mr Evans.
Paul Carr, Church organist treated students to an insight into St Bart’s Church organ which is over 150 years old. Paul, alongside Julia Bishop, Evening Choir Leader at St Bart’s, ran the vocal workshops. They made the afternoon relaxed and enjoyable for everyone involved.
During the evening, Parents and Carers went to watch and listen to the performances the Choir had prepared. The audience were all extremely impressed with the vocals and how confident they were in performance.
Mrs Jevon, Highfields’ Musical Director, who went to support the students, said, ‘What a lovely evening, Uptown Girl was a triumph, and everyone who took part should be really proud!’.
Ms Bishop, Head of Performance, said, ‘Mr Evans has given the school choir a new lease of life, rebranding them as the Highnotes and winning tonight, albeit by default, is just the beginning’.
