Young musicians taking part in the Preparatory Schools' Strings Day

Large attendance at second Prep Schools' Strings Day

Over 80 young musicians from local Prep Schools, accompanied by their teachers, visited the College today to take part in a day long workshop, which culminated in a concert where they played together as a string orchestra.

Following on from the success of last year's event, the College's Director of Music, Graeme Lodge, and music teacher, Ian Holiday, hosted the second Preparatory Schools' Strings Day, which aims to bring together strings players of all abilities from Years 3 to 6 for a day of shared musical enjoyment.

After rehearsals in the morning and lunch, the children were treated to a concert given by Epsom College pupils and following afternoon tea for parents and guests in Main Hall, the youngsters gave their own performance in Big School. For many of them, this was the first time they had played in public in such a large orchestra.

Parents, teachers and guests in the large audience were impressed by the high standard of the concert as the children performed music from a wide ranging repertoire, which included Bourrée by Bach, Oom Pah Pah by Lionel Bart, Handel's March, Autumn by Vivaldi and Percy Grainger's English Country Garden.

Schools participating in this year's Strings Day were Broomwood Hall, Cumnor House, Danes Hill, Feltonfleet, Homefield, Kingswood House, Papplewick and St Andrew's Woking.