Anniversary concert for Wokingham schoolchildren
The voices of 400 schoolchildren from across the Wokingham borough sung out in celebration of 60 years of schools’ music at a concert earlier this month.
Pupils from 11 of the Wokingham borough’s schools took part in the concert at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading to mark 60 years of the Wokingham Area Schools Music Association (WASMA), an organisation run by schools in the borough to give children the chance to make music together. The concert took the form of a This Is Your Life style event, which tracked the history of WASMA through songs, music, drama and dance. WASMA arranges annual concerts and children’s operas in which thousands of pupils have performed. WASMA receives support from Wokingham Borough Council and local Rotary clubs.
The schools that took part in the anniversary concert on Sunday March 25 were: Bearwood Primary, Emmbrook Junior, Gorse Ride Junior, Hawthorns Primary, Keep Hatch Primary, Palmer CofE Junior, St Nicholas Primary, St Paul’s Junior, St Teresa’s Primary, Westende Junior and Winnersh Primary. They sang favourites such as Summer Holiday and Let it Be.
The concert was produced and directed by Clive Waterman, who leads Wokingham Borough Council’s Music for All project, which seeks to provide as many opportunities for schoolchildren to perform music in public as possible.
Mr Waterman said: “The efforts of all the participating schools – the children and their teachers – came together on the day to produce a very special event. It was a fitting celebration of those past years of shared music making. The children’s enthusiasm and enjoyment really shone through. I am sure they will have fond memories of the occasion.”
Pupils from 11 of the Wokingham borough’s schools took part in the concert at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading to mark 60 years of the Wokingham Area Schools Music Association (WASMA), an organisation run by schools in the borough to give children the chance to make music together. The concert took the form of a This Is Your Life style event, which tracked the history of WASMA through songs, music, drama and dance. WASMA arranges annual concerts and children’s operas in which thousands of pupils have performed. WASMA receives support from Wokingham Borough Council and local Rotary clubs.
The schools that took part in the anniversary concert on Sunday March 25 were: Bearwood Primary, Emmbrook Junior, Gorse Ride Junior, Hawthorns Primary, Keep Hatch Primary, Palmer CofE Junior, St Nicholas Primary, St Paul’s Junior, St Teresa’s Primary, Westende Junior and Winnersh Primary. They sang favourites such as Summer Holiday and Let it Be.
The concert was produced and directed by Clive Waterman, who leads Wokingham Borough Council’s Music for All project, which seeks to provide as many opportunities for schoolchildren to perform music in public as possible.
Mr Waterman said: “The efforts of all the participating schools – the children and their teachers – came together on the day to produce a very special event. It was a fitting celebration of those past years of shared music making. The children’s enthusiasm and enjoyment really shone through. I am sure they will have fond memories of the occasion.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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