John Traill, Director of Music, St Annes College, Oxford, presents a partnership project between the

Oxfordshire County Music Service, student orchestrators from the University of Oxford, and schools choirs
from Wood Green, Cherwell, and Bartholomew schools.

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Summary: Tailored arrangements for secondary school choirs and large symphony orchestra
Wood Green School, Head of Music, Jon Cox
Cherwell School, Head of Music, Ellie Hollindale
Bartholomew School, Anna McGlinchey, Head of Music
Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra, Manager, Tom Morter

J.Cox@WoodGreenSchool.onmicrosoft.com
EHollindale@cherwell.oxon.sch.uk
anna.mcglinchey@teachfirst.org.uk
tom.morter@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Theme - The United Kingdom

Song

School / Choir

Geography

Medley: Early One Morning, Ox and Cam Boat

Race, May Day Carol (Oxfordshire Singing
Histories)

ALL

Oxfordshire

Wood Green Senior School

Choir (SATB)
Cherwell Senior School Choir
(SATB), with solo passage for
Chamber Choir (SATB)
Bartholomew (ALL CHOIRS in
chorus)
Wood Green Chamber Choir
(SATB)

England

II
III

The Water is Wide

All Through the Night (Ar hyd y nos), H. Boulton
lyrics

IV

The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond

Londonderry Air

VI (I
reprised)

Medley: Early One Morning, Ox and Cam Boat

Race, May Day Carol (Oxfordshire Singing
Histories)

ALL

Wales
Scotland
Ireland

Oxfordshire

Duration: Each movement 3-5 mins (total duration 18-30mins)

Timescale
12.12.14
Jan-Mar

23.2.15
Feb-March
2015

28.2.15 /
7.3.15
14.3.15

Description
Submission to schools of arrangements with piano
accompaniment
School visit, if desirable, by JT and arranger (JT happy to talk
about composing in general, and understanding harmony, in
relation to the arrangements)
Deadline for orchestrations (score and parts), Sib and PDF files,
to Tom Morter
Schools perform their movements independent
(piano accomp)

Choirs rehearse with OCYO

Rehearsal (9.30am)
Concert (11am)

Time

Venue

tbc

tbc

tbc

tbc

11.3012.45
9.30

CMS
Sheldonian
Theatre

Notes

JT and
arranger
may not
be present