Students perform in CST concert at Bristol Cathedral

During the last week of term 5 St Katherine’s students joined with pupils from the Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) schools in a fantastic concert at the beautiful Bristol Cathedral. This was the first cross trust concert since 2019 due to the pandemic; the last concert was scheduled for March 2020 and had to be cancelled at the last minute as we went into lockdown so it was amazing to be back performing together in such a prestigious venue. 

St Katherine’s choir sang Memories by Maroon 5 and were accompanied by St Katherine’s orchestra. Memories is a modern pop song which is based upon a 17th century piece of music; Pachelbel’s Canon. A real fusion of old and new which fitted the concert theme of togetherness perfectly. We also weaved in a St Katherine’s School house song into the performance; All Together Now by The Farm which is a Stephenson House song I believe! 

The choir did a wonderful job with their enthusiastic and confident singing. It was a real pleasure to watch their faces light up as they sang to a packed cathedral and enjoyed the beautiful acoustic and unique atmosphere of the historic building. The orchestra provided a fantastic accompaniment and included a few of our new trailblazers students who have only been learning their instruments for a few months. 

Students in choir were:

Maisie Thorn, Phoebe Woolnough, Daizy Cox, Ava Fowler, Sophia Toto, Abbie Hoydan, Megan Lambert, Freya Bowers, Elsie Wakelam, Amelia O’Reilly, Raheema Taylor, Ellie McPherson, Isobella Lyons, Joe Crawford, Emily Earle and Phoebe Oakman.

Students in orchestra were:

Christopher Rogers, Evelyn Staley, Victor Achim, Oscar Caton, Ami Kaman, Charlotte Lee, Scarlett Rowswell, Isobel Marlow, Alex Bhambri-Lyte, Seb Hutchins-Davies and Vesper Peate.

Students from across CST then joined together for the finale which was a piece of music called Earth by acclaimed film composer Hans Zimmer. This was performed by the BCCS Symphony Orchestra and involved all nine schools across the trust singing the various vocal parts. This was a huge undertaking and an amazing experience to be singing alongside hundreds of other students in such a large scale work. 

It was an uplifting end to a wonderful evening of music.The St Katherine’s students represented our school extremely well and I received lots of lovely comments about their performances from staff and students from many of the schools. The pandemic kept us apart and particularly impacted music making in all our schools so it was amazing to see so many performers and a huge audience back together again. Very well done to all the students involved and we look forward to more great musical collaborations in the future. 

Miss Adams, Head of Music