Music at Dulwich by Gareth Hemmings, Director of Music
W ith more than 40 weekly rehearsals, 64 performances across the year, more than 700 individual music lessons taught, and around 300 pupils involved in weekly musical activities, this has been a busy and creative year in the Music Department. Our focus is on celebrating the diversity of musicians in College, as well a diverse range of genres, composers and creators of music. We have enjoyed learning and performing fabulous music by female composers such as Gra ´ z yna Bacewicz, Sarah MacDonald, Errollyn Wallen, Undine
Smith Moore, Cecilia McDowall, Lady Gaga and Cécile Chaminade. We have explored 600 years of classical music from Tallis to Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Reich, Riley, Nyman and music hot off the press by Year 13 composer Thomas Purvis. We have enjoyed sharing our music with the college community in al fresco performances in the playgrounds and to the lunch queue, given in our celebrations of Music of Black Origins and Wellbeing Week in April. Rock and jazz music also featured in House Electric, College of Rock
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