On the 7th of June the choirs from the following Harrow based primary schools Newton Farm, St Jerome’s, Norbury and St Anselm's performed in a lunchtime Eucharist to the public at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. The school choirs have been rehearsing the songs weekly with Mr Moy who is head of the music schools partnership program along with the primary school music teachers Sophia Smith, Emma Ponnaganti, Helen Clague and Ann Sudan. Music is very much at the heart of our primary schools and pupils sang beautifully in such a grand venue. The venue was filled with proud parents and admiring members of the public listening to their angelic voices.

Pupils from year 5 joined the John Lyon secondary school for a day filled with music. They joined the choir workshop, percussion workshop and those who play in the school orchestra joined orchestra. They rehearsed all day and performed to all the parents of those involved.

Pupils in the Newton Farm KS2 and KS1 choirs performed to a sold out audience. The school raised £400 for new instruments in September thanks to our supportive parents!

The choir performed at the MFY Regional festivals at the Harrow Arts Centre. They performed a gospel medley for the MFY mentors!

Pupils across the whole school performed in their annual spring concert. With performances from the KS2 choir, KS1 choir, school orchestra, rock band and more! We have raised £400 for new instruments for the new year!

Pupils in the KS2 choir performed at the annual choir showcase run by Miss Smith. The choir sang beautifully The Lost Chord and their favourite This Is Me.

On the 2nd of February we took the whole of KS2 to perform at Wembley Arena for the largest choir concert in the world. The children loved listening to Nandi Bushell playing drums and really enjoyed singing along to Matilda.

Here are the pictures taken by the talented Miss Sun in the Christmas concert last week! Can I just say how impressed I was with every single performance that day. The choir sounded outstanding and I have heard nothing but positive comments about the KS1 choir, Orchestra, KS2 Choir, Wind band, String ensemble and all of the soloists. It was magical!

Yesterday pupils went to watch and get involved in a concert with the LSO at the Barbican Centre. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed listening to the instruments of the orchestra and singing along with the songs written Dogs Don't Dance!

Pupils in year 5&6 visited the future makers concert in the Royal Albert Hall where they watched new and upcoming singer songwriters battle it out to win the prize. Pupils really enjoyed many of the acts and the winning entry had a beautiful voice, pupils will hopefully be inspired to start writing their own music!

Year 4 were taken on a trip to the RAH to have fun with music and maths. They used percentages, decimals and fractions to create their own drum patterns.

This week the MMA pupils in year 3 and 4 visited the Royal College of Music to watch a Brass and Woodwind concert. The playing was great and there was a varied programme that the children enjoyed playing  body percussion along to.  

Y3 perform to their parents on either Trumpet on Trombone which they have been having weekly lessons in for a whole academic year. They sounded fantastic! Learning an instrument is a crucial part of the music curriculum here and we look forward to seeing many pupils continue to learn to play an instrument in September!

Pupils who have lessons on an instrument in school with HMS put on a concert showcasing their progress this year. The instrumentalists sounded fantastic and it is great to see so many taking exams now!

Pupils who have lessons in school put on a concert to celebrate their progress in lessons this year. We had students performing their graded pieces and ensembles performing well know songs.

We say goodbye this term to lots of fantastic musicians who have been the orchestra for over 3 years! They have grown so much musically and have a been a pleasure to conduct.

20 pianists in the school were chosen to perform in a concert in school to parents. They played beautifully with such confidence and musicality. Well done to all involved!

Pupils in year 2 attended a concert listening and taking part with the LSO. They really enjoyed singing along to the songs and making wild animal noises!

What an incredible show full of amazing talented pupils here at Newton Farm. From dancers to karate the show had it all! Let’s see who the winner will be after the school have made their votes.

Year 3 we’re taken on a trip to the Barbican centre this week to watch the London symphony orchestra perform songs about George Gershwin. We also heard performances of songs from the era from Scott Joplin to Aaron Copland. It was fantastic!

Pupils from year 5 and 6 performed with lots of other schools in harrow in a massed string festival @ the Harrow Arts Centre. Pupils really enjoyed playing as an ensemble and their favourite song was Hallelujah!

For musical theatre week this year the whole school performed Matilda the musical. Each year group had their own scene and song and what a show they put on!

What a fantastic array of performers we had in this years Spring Concert. Pupils across all year groups performed on either their instrument or singing in the choir in a sold out concert to lots of parents. The choir was accompanied by Mr Moy and Miss Smith and sounded so professional!

Pupils across the school performed on their instruments in a class assembly. Performing is a vital part of learning to play an instrument and the pupils sounded fantastic!

Pupils in the schools choir performed with 9000 children in this year's world's  greatest choir concert the Young Voices. The choir had so much fun learning and performing all of the repertoire! They sounded great filling the arena with their voices!

Pupils across the whole school performed in this year's Christmas Festival at St. Mary's Church! Pupils sang a range of christmas songs to a lively and well received audience. Pupils in the school orchestra, choir, rock band club and ensembles thoroughly enjoyed performing to such a  large audience! 

Pupils who play woodwind and brass instruments at the school joined other schools in a massed performance at the Harrow Arts Centre. Pupils played a range of pieces from jazz, pop, film music and classical. Pupils favourite song to play was Blinding Lights by the Weekend.

Pupils from the choir and orchestra performed at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday in a massed project with the Music Youth Orchestra. The evening went off with a band and pupils thoroughly enjoyed the spotlight!

Mr Rieband is getting pupils ready for this years Band Festival. The Band Festival is held at Harrow Arts Centre and is a fantastic opportunity for all brass and wind players to join together in a massed concert.

Pupils have now been selected for choir this term and rehearsal are in full swing. Pupils will be performing at the Harrow Boys School later next month conducted by choir fellow Mr Moy. 

Year 6 have been working very hard on their production the last two weeks, they have been resilient through what has been a hectic two weeks of rehearsals and they all pulled it off in the show on the night! The band accompanied the whole production with professionalism and impeccable musicianship. They will all be missed!

This week the pupils who have been learning to play the Trumpet and Trombone in year 3 showcased their talents with our annual concert. The concert led by Brass tutor/Trumpet player Francais Rieband went brilliantly! Parents eagerly attended and enjoyed listening to the pupils perform on their instruments. Pupils learnt a range of songs including Samba, Jazz, Rock and sang in some numbers too. Well done year 3!

The pupils in year 3 Yew attended a workshop with musician/composer Mike to look at how music and maths can be learnt together. Pupils showed great knowledge of fractions and showed really good progress in recognising notes and rhythms. Pupils composed their own songs and some pupils even performed their instruments in the Royal Albert Hall! 

This year the orchestra ensemble has played increasing and exceptional musicianship! The group rehearsed weekly with each other at grade 6 and above standard. The ensemble has performed songs by Handel, Palchabel, Beethoven to name a few. We are very sad to be losing such incredibly able musicians, however we look forward to seeing what they achieve in music after year 6!

Selected pupils who play instruments here at Newton Farm performed in their last concert of the year. The choir, orchestra, orchestra ensemble, string ensemble, wind band ensemble, instrumental soloists and rock band were professional throughout and parents and teachers watched the concert illated by the level of musicianship. Excellent performance from everyone!

Pupils rehearsing for the Summer showcase on Tuesday. Clarinet pupils are making really good progress!

Next week the pupils in the Rock Band club will be performing for the first time in this year's summer showcase. Pupils will be performing 'Bad Habits' by Ed Sheeran. The Rock band club is run by Miss Silva!

Pupils in the school orchestra have been rehearsing all term to perform in this years summer showcase. They will be performing Yellow Submarine, Pirates of the Carribean and The Water Music by Handel. Pupils have really impressed their music teacher this term!

Due to the money raised in this year's Spring Concert we have now bought a Marimba for the pupils' music classroom. Pupils used it for the first time this week and love the sound it makes! Well done to all children who performed in Spring Concert!

Newton Farm now has, along with their own Orchestra and Orchestra Ensemble, a Windband and String Ensemble. The groups will rehearse each week together and will be directed by the older pupils. Pupils are currently working on Autumn from the Vivldi's Four Seasons.

This week the pupils in year 3 Cedar attended a Music & Maths workshop at the Royal Albert Hall. Pupils used fractions, decimals and percentages to work out rhythms and used instruments and tablets to compose their own drum beat. The pupils really enjoy the workshop with musician Mike!
 

For the next three weeks choir fellow Thomas Moy will be taking the rehearsals here at Newton Farm. He is teaching the choir classical works from operas such as Handel. The pupils rose to the challenge of singing in olden English! 

The Newton Farm school orchestra attended a concert @ the Southbank Centre to watch the Chineke! Orchestra. The school orchestra thoroughly enjoyed listening to the live orchestra and we hope to see many of our students on stage with a professional orchestra in the future!

Here are our winners for this year's NFGT final! What a show it was! In first place we have juggling, second place we have a year 1 dance troupe, and in third place we had a brother and sister singing together. Well done everyone who took part! 

The year 4 students went on a trip with Miss Smith to watch a string ensemble perform at the RCM. Pupils listened to music by Gustav Holst and enjoyed taking part in this interactive concert.

The talented pupils here at Newton Farm performed in their annual Spring Concert. We had performances from the schools award winning choir, orchestra, soloists, ensembles and more. The evening was very well received by parents! We held a raffle and provided food made by the pupils too. Well done everyone who performed!

The pupils who have lessons in Violin here at Newton Farm performing at this years String festival. The event is held at the Harrow Arts Centre and the pupils were joined by all the other Violinists in other schools. It is a fantastic opportunity for pupils to play as a collective!

On Wednesday the Newton Farm school orchestra/choir performed in the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. They all performed to the highest of standards and Miss Smith, their music teacher, was so proud of them all! They sang songs with the composer Tim Steiner and performed with over 2000 children. All of their parents came to watch and thoroughly enjoyed their singing.