Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School Music Department

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Music Technician Technicians at Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury The role would be to provide general technical and administrative assistance in the delivery of the music curriculum and co-curriculum, including concerts and other performances. The successful candidate will ideally have a background in Performing Arts and will need to be self-motivated and flexibl...

Following on from the fantastic evenings of Matilda the musical earlier in the year, and then the brilliant run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School is proud to present:
***B-u-g-s-y M-a-l-o-n-e***
Thursday 20th June 7pm
Friday 21st June 7pm
Saturday 22nd June 5pm
Gets your t-i-c-k-e-t-s on ParentPay before it sells out – over ¾ already sold!
(and to add to the excitement, the splurge guns arrived today!)

Well done to everyone performing in this evenings woodwind and brass concert! Fantastic range of solos and ensembles, styles and genres with representation from year 7 through to year 13! Brilliant playing by all involved! 🎵 🎶 🎵

Our brilliant close harmony group ‘The Langtones’ on tour!! Performing this evening in Folkestone as part of the Snowdown Colliery Choir charity concert. Sounded absolutely fantastic! Some lovely comments from the audience too - Well done!!

Lots of our Langton musicians singing in the Cathedral Choir today as part of the Easter service broadcast live on BBC 1! Well done all!

Easter Sunday Service - 2024 - Easter Sunday Service - from Canterbury Cathedral A joyful celebration for Easter Sunday, live from Canterbury Cathedral.

Well done to Year 13 students Imogen, Tess & Edith for their A-Level recital performances today! Thanks to the ensemble musicians and audience too! A lovely afternoon of music making! 🎼🎶🎵

Well done to all the musicians performing in our year 7 & 8 music showcase tonight! Brilliant solos and ensembles throughout! 🎵🎶🎵

Another fantastic evening of music tonight, raising money for the Canterbury Vocals scholarship fund. Well done to all the ensembles taking part, and even a standing ovation at the end!

During the A-level chorale lesson today, Tess decided to accessorise the Bach portrait to celebrate his birthday! 🎂 🎈🎵 🎶 🎉

This Saturday our Senior Choir, Chamber Choir and Full Orchestra will be joining with Canterbury Ladies Choir, The Canterbury Voices and more for an evening of uplifting music in aid of the Canterbury Vocals Scholarship Fund.
Saturday 23rd March, 7pm, Shirley Hall, Canterbury.
Tickets available here: https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873602170

Amazing afternoon of piano playing with the regional final of the Grammar school’s piano competition taking place here in the department today. With representation from Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, Simon Langton Boys’ Grammar School, Barton Court Grammar School and Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School it was very close with the standard very high indeed!
Congratulations to Langton Year 12 student - Ava for winning the Grade 6/7 category along with the runners up of the Duet category: Charlotte and India. They will go on to compete in the County final on 22nd June!
Thanks to Mrs Beer, Mrs Renshaw-Kidd, Ms Fenn and Mr Caborn for judging!

What a gig!!! Well done to everyone - you were fantastic! Great to see so many different musicians taking part - superb performances all round. A really enjoyable evening in front of a full house! Top work! 🎵 🎶 🎸 🥁 🎺 🎷 🎹 🎶 🎵

LANGTON LIVE!! Friday 15th March, 7.00pm, School Hall
Only a few t-i-c-k-e-t-s left - we're almost sold out!! Make sure to get yours from ParentPay in advance to avoid disappointment!

Big shout out of thanks to the LFA for providing refreshments during the Joseph show run! Total raised through refreshments and golden bucket - £902!!!
LFA Total funds raised to date - £12,450. £10,000 already donated to school.
For all the latest LFA news and events check the LFA website - https://lfa.charityhive.co.uk/news
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Well done to all 30 of our brilliant string players for this evening’s concert (along with appearance of flute/oboe/cornet for the Brandenburg!). Lovely range of repertoire and some fantastic performances! 🎻🎶🎼🎵

A Concert of Strings!
Tuesday 5th March 2024
7:00 - 8:15pm, Langton School Hall
All invited!
Programme to include:
Brandenburg No. 2 - Bach
American Quartet - Dvořák
Golden Sonata - Purcell
Concerto no. 3 in G - Tessarini
and more!

Another fantastic show tonight! Well done all! Brilliant performances, super atmosphere - amazing all round! Two more to go!
(Picture is of part of the set painted by year 13 student - Emily!)

The Saturday evening performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is now SOLD-OUT! Some space still available for this evening at 7pm and tomorrow at 2pm!

Well done to all the cast and crew for a fantastic opening night of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! Brilliant performances all round - you should all be super proud!
Some T-I-C-K-E-T-S still available on Parentpay and on the door - Friday 7pm, Saturday 2pm & 7pm

Thanks, and well done to all the cast and crew taking part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat rehearsals today (in school on a Sunday!) – it’s looking great and sounding fantastic!! Here are a few pictures to give a flavour of what’s in store!
T-I-C-K-E-T-S available on ParentPay! – Get them soon to avoid disappointment!!
S-H-O-W-T-I-M-E-S:
Thursday 29th February – 7.00pm
Friday 1st March – 7.00pm
Saturday 2nd March – 2.00pm & 7.00pm

Introducing our brand-new Yamaha baby grand piano – delivered today! With huge thanks to the Cook family for their very generous donation to make it possible. It will be well used in Music room 1 for performances and rehearsals and compliments the Steinway Model C grand in Music room 2 and Yamaha C3 grand piano in the hall very nicely! Along with the other seven uprights in the department the piano fleet is looking very healthy indeed!