07 Jul 10
It's not only America that celebrates an Independence day in July. A lot of other places do as well. But what I found interesting in that 'fun music fact' kind of way, was that 'God Save the King' (alternatively 'God Save the Queen') was first sung today...well the 7th of July back in 1607. Still used as the national anthem for the UK as well as its territories and dependencies. Plus, to go a step further with the musical trivia, it's also the melody to the patriotic American hymn, 'America,' which is often known by its first line, 'My Country, Tis of Thee.' Even in that form, it was a national anthem, until the 1930s rolled around and America adopted 'The Star Spangled Banner' as their national anthem.
Oh, and I wanted to mention the winner of this term's competition...the Rapp Family. They won a fantastic prize package that included (among other things) sets of family tickets for two theatre productions: The Lion Who Wanted to Love and Pirates! If you're wishing you were the lucky winner, make sure you look out for our next competition in the Fall Term NewsSheet!
07 Jun 10
It's June...it's sunny... it must be time for groveSTOCK!!! This even has proven to be a fantastic, musical, sun and Pimms-filled day out for the family every year and 19th June 2010 is no exception! Visit www.grovestock.co.uk for the official website of West London's answer to Glastonbury! With groveFACTOR taking the childrens music world by storm, Arts Academy pupils had better enter this competition to show off all their musical talents to the judges for a chance to perform on the main stage! Grown-ups: you don't get let off, as this year the final 6 chiswicksgotTALENT hopefuls take centre stage with the groveSTOCK audience voting for the winner... Friday 18th June is the time to go along and audition. Bands, the scrumptious smell of hot dogs and wine with music on the main stage all day including fabulous Motown band Soul Police back after a huge success at the 2008 groveSTOCK, singer-songwriter Samantha Heard, smooth Sinatra sounds from Harry Dolan, classic rock band AstroSphinX, Glastonbury band The Joe Public, kids entertainment charlie the clown, talented local performers - kids and adults, and star compere for the day Mickey Hutton. Book your tickets on the groveSTOCK website now and we promise you will come back every year for more childrens choir workshops, test-driving instruments, lazing in the sun, and did I mention Pimms!? See you there!!
17 May 10
We're excited to announce our submission to the Barclays 'Take One Small Step' competition is now live on the website! We would love your support of this idea that would allow Arts Academy to provide performance-workshops in primary schools all across London. Covering the history of music from the very first note all the way through to today, the performance-workshop will be an engaging, unique experience for pupils. Please show your support by visiting https:www.takeonesmallstep.co. uk/Entry/View/1635
14 Apr 10
We're very excited to announce that you can now read our Summer 2010 NewsSheet! We've been working hard to create an amazing NewsSheet, and if you ask me, I think we've done a pretty great job. There are articles to read about what's happening these days with Arts Academy staff, our pupil of the term, a website feature, and an instrument focus on the first page. But don't forget to check out the second page! It's full of events happening around London throughout the summer term. There's even a competition you should definitely enter because the prize package is unbelievable!
Parents and pupils can log on today and find the NewsSheet on the 'downloads' page, and there's also a link to it below. Check it out and tell us what you think! Happy reading...