GOLD ARTS AWARD Sixth form pupils at Eastbourne College are able to undertake a Gold Arts Award alongside their chosen A-levels. This is the highest level of arts award for young people, accredited by Arts Council England and Trinity College London . Projects this year included the curation of an original and personal Gaze exhibition by Francesca Dale , Otto Klosterfelde , Polina Lipanova , Liv Reade , Missy Richardson and Hannah Sewell . Oliver Du Feu and Jack Evans assisted in the curation of the Arts Award exhibition and Tallulah Hodges delivered a workshop at the event. Holly Mitchell published an Arts Award magazine. The Year 12 cohort have taken part in screenwriting, film making, photography and acting for film workshops, and the curation group visited the Yoko Ono and the Expressionists exhibition at the Tate Modern . The first cohort of Bronze Arts Award entries have been sumbitted by pupils.
MUSIC Music continues to thrive at the College. The orchestra, jazz band and singer songwriters all performed at a range of venues, and work by the singer songwriters came out on Spotify. The Chapel Choir , numbering over 50 pupils, sang evensong in St Clement Danes Church in London in a service commemorating 75 years of the Combined Cadet Force. The first Big School Band Night was held, showcasing the breadth of talent and the number of rock bands at the College and raising over £500 for the Chapel Charity. Year 13 Music Tech performers plus a celebrity DJ held the first Eastbourne College Soundlab , raising money for another charity. The annual Year 9 concert saw more class bands than ever, with many pupils performing on instruments for the first time. Among other trips, the scholars were taken to watch The Magic Flute at Glyndebourne . Winsome To passed her vocal diploma with distinction and Hanhan Zhu passed her violin diploma with distinction. After a second season with the National Youth Orchestra , Alice Younger accepted a place to study violin at the Royal College of Music having received scholarship offers from several other leading conservatoires. Matthew Wakefield was awarded a place to read music at Worcester College , Oxford .
PHOTOGRAPHY Year 12 photographers and Gold Arts Award pupils worked with photographer Benjamin Youd to explore portraiture, studio lighting and storytelling, and visited Intrepid Studios in Brighton where they worked in the professional studio using large format cameras. Sophie McDonald produced a music video shown at the Turner Prize wrap party at the Winter Gardens. Jossi Pears worked as an events photographer and videographer, photographing live music performances and producing promotional videos. He also worked as production assistant on shoots for clients including Nestlé and Apple . TEXTILES As part of her Gold Arts Award, Liv Reade produced a Fast Fashion Collection and Fashion Show to highlight the benefits of slow fashion over fast fashion. Liv has previously won Young Fashioner Designer UK . Pupils were able to enter the Royal Opera House Costume Design Challenge , Wool4School competition, Student Textiles Artist 2024 , Young Fashion Designer UK and Graduate Foundation Fashion Design competition. Trips included visits to New Designers , Diva Exhibition at the V&A and the Towner Turner Prize .
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