Hey Guys it's Amanda here from the house staff. Thought I'd tell you all about the informal concert which took place here last night at West. We had some amazing acts and all of our musicians are very talented. Brendan, our very own Tuba player introduced all the items in his own special way! Thanks Brendan!
We kicked off proceedings with our entire percussion section, giving us a great rendition of the William Tell Overture, by Rossini using every type of percussive instrument they could get their hands on! Next up was our Viola section who played us a Concerto for four Violas by Teleman, who represented the strings of the orchestra. Then we were treated to a spectacular display of skill on the bass guitar by Michael Stokes, we nearly didn't have a hall left to practice in as the roof was nearly lifted off the building by the applause! Our string trio followed, with a piece called Plink, Plank, Plonk by Leroy Anderson, this was a great piece using the violins in the banjo position. Up next - Ross Leighton singing a self-penned song, a solo version of a performance he would normally do with his band - Energy. Last to finish was our entire brass section under the baton of their tutor Dave Hutcheson, giving us amazing brass versions of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and then the Rocky theme tune - Eye of the Tiger. (Click to Listen!) Joining our brass section were honorary percussionists - John Leitch on the coconuts(?!) and tambourine and Jane Ferguson on the tam tam, triangle and bass drum - we're still awaiting the decision of the orchestra as to whether their auditions were successful or not!!
All in all an absolutely fantastic show and proved the amazing talent we have here at West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra!!! Well done guys!
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