Next week, BCB's Primary Music and Arts departments will promote the 2nd edition of BCB Expressive Arts Week, from the 24th to the 28th of January. A week full of activities dedicated to the Arts.
What an amazing week we had! Artistic interventions during breaks and lunchtime, giving opportunity for everyone to enjoy and appreciate different musical genres, ensemble and dance performances and visual arts works. We were able to see children interacting with these video and audio interventions by copying dance moves, singing along, and showing themselves completely amazed with people drawing and painting.
Whether you play the violin, drums or sing - if you're a musician, we would like to encourage you to select, prepare and enter a performance for the Nord Anglia Education Virtual Musician of the Year 2021 competition.
The annual performing arts production this year was a play, led by our talented drama teacher Ms. Boon. It was decided that it would be a good year to do a play rather than a musical to give our none singing actors a chance to shine. Ms. Boon chose a dark version of Hansel & Gretel and the students have been working on the performance since September, coming in on Saturdays and staying late to put together the show. Recently more teachers were involved in painting & building the set, producing costumes, working out makeup requirements and working backstage during the event. It really has been a community effort.
The Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival is a highlight of the year for some of our students. Why? Because for those that choose to attend it is a chance to spend a week doing what they love most - the performing arts!
On the 30th March BCB sent six students and two teachers to participate in the first ever Nord Anglia music festival, a perfect example of one of these unique experiences created for musicians to flourish. The week was an exciting opportunity for the young musicians and teachers to collaborate in meaningful ways to prepare the performance presented on Wednesday 3rd April. Visiting musicians from Juilliard led engaging workshops, rehearsals and performances. Nord Anglia schools from all over the Americas were invited to participate and were hosted by North Broward Preparatory School. The students met other Nord Anglia musicians, formed new friendships and grew personally and artistically.
In the music curriculum, we cover a wide range of topics, to ensure that we develop an understanding of how music from all areas of the world can influence each other.