Junior Music Festival 2024

After more than 100 performances last week, the Junior Music Festival finished with a virtuosic final. Our finalists performed their pieces for adjudicator Dr Elaine King. Mr Miles-Kingston said a huge congratulations to all performers, explaining that the music festival is a celebration of how hard each pupil and teacher have worked towards their goal. The junior pupils were playing longer and more complicated pieces as their skill have developed massively. Each musician who took part will receive feedback from their teachers.

The final was a great success and showcased the burgeoning talent in our Third and Fourth Form. Dr Elaine King returned to provide constructive, valuable feedback for our young performers, and was one again very impressed with the high standard across all disciplines and encouraged our pupils to keep up the hard work. Congratulations to all section winners!

Winners:

Percussion: Seb

Piano: Hannah

Woodwind: Moses

Girls’ Singing: Classical – Arina; Musical Theatre - Bea

Strings: Ethan S

Boys’ Singing: Classical – Joint: Nash and Arthur; Musical Theatre – Richard

Guitar: Chris

Brass: Ethan W

Overall Winner: Ethan S

Read about the Senior Music Festival Final here.

Dr Elaine King is a performer and musicologist with research interests in performance studies, psychology of music and music theory/analysis.

Her doctoral thesis focused on the nature and effects of interaction in cello-piano duos during ensemble rehearsal and performance (London, 2000). Since then, she has developed her research into different aspects of performance, especially in ensemble contexts. She has co-edited four books: Music and Gesture (with Anthony Gritten, Ashgate 2006); New Perspectives on Music and Gesture (with Anthony Gritten, Ashgate 2011); Music and Familiarity (with Helen Prior, Ashgate 2013); and Music and Empathy (with Caroline Waddington, Routledge 2017). She has published widely in journals, edited volumes, and other sources, including on ensemble playing, team roles, gestures, conducting and public policy. Recent projects include STROKESTRA (in partnership with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), MediMusic (with the MediMusic company), Chinese Whispers (with the Confucius Institute, Hull), and Transitions in Music Education (TiME; with Hull and East Riding Music Services).

As a performer, Dr King is a cellist, pianist, and conductor. She directs the University of Hull Camerata and is involved in other regional chamber ensembles and orchestras, including the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra, East Riding Concert Orchestra, and the Annikyra String Quartet.