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Drums

I like drums because Julian our teacher is very good.He explains things very well

and helps us. I would recommend drums to some one who wants to play a musical instrument.

The first song I ever plaid was a para diddle. I try to practice every day for 10 or 20 minutes

by Louis

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A new music challenge for the upper juniors

This term the upper juniors are lucky enough to be learning instrument, brass! There is a special teacher coming in to teach them. The instruments they will be learning are  cornets, baritone horn and trombones. The children are playing and learning in their classrooms on Friday mornings. At the same time they are learning to read music! We interviewed Izzy she said she is really enjoying learning brass and the sound is really loud, but cool. So far the children have had only one lesson with the instruments. 

Katie Year 5

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The Musical Talents of our School Orchestra

We don't know a lot about our orchestra and only if you stay after school do you get to truly hear about what being in an orchestra is like. It's not perfect, sometimes its disastrous, but it is almost as good to listen to the practice as the performance because you really feel the fun in it all. I thought you would like to know a bit more about our orchestra so I decided to investigate.

Trinity School Orchestra has many different instruments such as flutes, percussion (drum- things that you bang, rattle or shake)piano, violins and cellos. A lot of people are new to each other this year. Orchestra is currently working on two pieces: Village Fair and Look at Me. But what makes people want to come to orchestra? Here are some comments from our orchestra members. Katie on violin said, "I come to orchestra because half the fun of learning to play an instrument is being in an orchestra". Beatrice, on piano, said "Orchestra is really fun and it is a completely different experience".

So that's a bit more information about orchestra and maybe if you play an instrument you might like to join.

  Olivia  Year 5

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Orpheus Production at The Hexagon Theatre

Orpheus, a musical for children, written by our ex headteacher Mr Alfie Hay was performed at the Hexagon Theatre on 24th March 2009. It involved 10 schools altogether, including Trinity. Orpheus is a Greek myth where his wife Eurydice gets bitten by a snake and is taken to the underworld where Pluto (the king of the underworld) wants her to be his wife. But Orpheus doesn't want that so he asks the Gods and the Goddesses where he can find the entrance to the underworld. There he finds Ceberus the three headed dog that gaurds the gate to Hades. After that Orpheus finds Charon, Pluto's boat-rower who takes the men and women to Hades.

By the end Orpheus is allowed to leave with Eurydice but on the instruction that he does not look back at Eurydice until they get back to earth. But Pluto makes his Furies put him off. Orpheus looks back and gets trapped in the underworld with his true love forever.

Adam Y6 and Robin Y5