Music at Uppingham 2021-22

FOR THE
PERFORMERS

THE UPPINGHAM SCHOOL
MUSICAL ROCKET HAS BEEN
FULLY SERVICED,
RE-FUELLED AND
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED!
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Welcome!
I hope you have all had a wonderful and memorable summer. I have cherished the
time with my family, finding adventures and solace all around this beautiful
country and of course, managing to get back to my native Scotland to recharge
my batteries.
I would like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are joining the
Uppingham community this year and look forward to meeting all of you in due
course. The Sports Department is bursting with excitement as we anticipate a
normal term of school fixtures.
Two of our most popular sports – hockey and rugby – are at the forefront of our
autumn term programme. Almost half of our pupils participate in these sports. No
child is ever forced to play contact rugby, and this year sees the introduction of
touch rugby as an option – an exciting and skilful invasion game and a great
addition to our programme. This term will also see our pupils participate in
shooting, sailing, swimming, and squash.
Alongside our sports programme, we also encourage pupils to make the most of
activities on offer through our co-curricular programme, and pupils will be advised
and guided by their tutors on how to sign up to the exciting opportunities that the
school affords.
Participation in sport offers pupils stronger cognition, communication and social
skills, leading to a healthier, happier life. At Uppingham, we ensure that sport is
accessible and enjoyable for all pupils, regardless of their level of ability, our
sporting and co-curricular programmes are a reflection of this. I look forward to
sharing more of Uppingham’s Vision for Sport with you in week three of term –
please keep an eye out for it!
We will be hosting a Welcome to Uppingham Sport presentation for new parents
on Friday 24th September. Any parent who is interested in learning more about
our approach to sport is welcome to attend. This will be an opportunity for me to
outline our plans for sport, and for you to meet and speak with the coaches, who
will impact on your child’s time here at Uppingham. The Welcome to Uppingham
Sport presentation will take place in The Mark Glatman Lecture Theatre,
beginning at noon.
We are especially excited to welcome families and friends back to our fixtures, and
we sincerely thank you for your continued support. It is our ambition to keep you
informed and involved in your child’s journey through sport, with the majority of
sports information available on the Uppingham Sport website
(www.uppinghamsport.co.uk). Further details of this will be shared with you.
It’s great to be starting this term with sport back in full swing, and on behalf of all
my colleagues, we’re very much looking forward to seeing you.
Nick De Luca
Director of Sport
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With an exciting schedule of
concerts and musical events,
there is much to look
forward to this year, as live
music-making makes a
glorious and triumphant
return to school life.
Symphony Orchestra
String Ensemble Chapel Choir
Percussion Ensemble Jazz Orchestra
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At the beginning of September our popular Lunchtime Concert series made a
welcome return to the Parish Church for the 816th Lunchtime Concert,
performed by one of our former music scholars who left Uppingham last year to
take up a viola scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. This has
kickstarted a programme of diverse weekly pupil-led concerts which continue
each Wednesday in termtime through to the end of the Summer term.
Meanwhile, freshly inspired by a recent trip to see the RPO live in Warwick, the
Symphony Orchestra have begun work on Wagner Meistersinger Overture and
Sibelius’s epic Second Symphony for the symphonic concert on 4 February whilst
the Jazz Orchestra gear up for the glamorous Cocktails, Canapés and Cabaret
evening concert on 25 March. The School Musical, Working, has been cast and is
feverishly in rehearsal for performances which open for a four-night run in the
Theatre on 1 December.
Singing has also made a joyous return to Uppingham life. The 58-strong Chapel
Choir are back performing in Sunday Chapel, the newly formed Paul David Choir
have also made their Chapel debut this year with a performance of Rutter’s Clare
Benediction and the Chamber Choir are readying themselves for their
contributions to Music for Remembrance – including William Byrd’s haunting
Agnus Dei from the Mass for Four Voices and Stanford’s Justorum Animae - and
the Advent Carol Service. The inter-house singing competition made a welcome
return this year – with West Deyne being crowned the victors – and our pupil-led
close-harmony group has started once again with, some performances planned
later in the year.
It’s great to see an abundance of Chamber music in the diary this year, with many
of our Music Scholars involved in a number of performances. These include a
variety of string quartets, alongside Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor, Milhaud
Trio for Piano, Violin and Clarinet, Poulenc Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, and
Mozart Clarinet Quintet. There are plans to host a Chamber Music Concert where
many of these will get an airing in a performance which will take place in the
summer in multiple venues throughout the school.
Our new Invitation Concerts begin this year, mirroring the musical model that
Marie Thring started in Uppingham in the 1860s, where our professional music
staff will play alongside the pupils in an evening of Chamber Music. The first of
these will take place on 12 November, and will include Messiaen Quartet for the
End of Time, Mendelssohn Piano Trio and extracts from Vaughan Williams On
Wenlock Edge.
Alongside well-established musical ensembles, we have interspersed numerous
smaller instrumental groups this year and over the course of a typical week, we
shall be running a Clarinet Choir, Flute Choir and Brass Ensemble, alongside our
usual Sax Ensemble, Guitar Group, Trombone Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble,
String Ensemble and Wind Group, each being led by our professional team of
in-house music specialists.
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Uppingham’s magnificent bekilted
Pipe Band will return for their
traditional contribution to
Remembrance Sunday and our vibrant
new Jazz, Pop and Music Tech faculty
continues its weekly Jazz workshops,
Guitar Collective (electric guitar
group), House Band and Beat-Making
classes. AMS concerts continue as a
platform for our young rock bands and
our jam nights (successfully started last
year) will continue after half term in the
relaxed surroundings of the Theatre
Bar – Uppingham’s very own answer to
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club!
This year also sees the launch of our
exciting new School record label,
Glassbox Records, giving pupils across
all genres of music the opportunity to
record, edit, produce and release an
album with our professional Studio
Manager in our bespoke recording
studio in the PDMS.
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The wonderful Libby Burgess, who
recently stopped over in Uppingham
as part of her national tour playing
Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues in 48
counties, led an inspiring masterclass
for Uppingham’s pianists along the
way. Libby is using the concert series
to raise money for some fantastic
music charities.
Dame Ann Murray and Iain Burnside
are amongst our celebrity musical
guests this year (19/20 March 2022),
alongside The Sixteen, who will give
this year’s choral concert in the Chapel
(4 December). The redoubtable Dame
Ann will be interviewed by Radio 3
presenter and star pianist, Iain
Burnside, about her illustrious career
on the opera and song stage and will
stay on to give a masterclass the
following morning for our pupil duos of
singers and pianists.
During the same weekend, we shall
also be performing Fauré Requiem
and Rutter Te Deum with the
Uppingham School Concert Choir and
the Leicestershire Chorale (20 March
2022), and our solo singers will be
involved in a colourful cabaret
evening, complete with wine and
nibbles, entitled Paris in the
Springtime (18 March 2022). Tickets
for these events are on sale now and
can be purchased by contacting
Michael Phillips (01572 820705
mjp@uppingham.co.uk).
We are currently working on plans for a
summer term Composers Forum with
an invited professional choir, a project
involving our local schools and visits
from some more fantastic professional
ensembles and musicians including
the professional jazz ensemble,
Resolution 88.
We are eagerly anticipating the return
of hundreds of prep school pupils for
the Uppingham Prep Schools’
Orchestral Day on 10 February, where
the colourful theme this year will be
We Are the Champions!
It is a genuine thrill to be back in full
flow, and there is a renewed energy in
the department as we refresh and
revitalise the live musical experiences
that were previously taken for granted.
I very much look forward to welcoming
you back into our school concert
venues and our soon-to-be unveiled,
newly refurbished flagship music
school to experience the energy and
musical joy for yourself.
Andrew Kennedy (Director of Music)
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SAVE THE DATE MEET THE TEAM

Director of Music
2021 Lunchtime Concerts Wednesday lunchtimes during term-time Andrew Kennedy studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Royal College of
Music in London. He was a member of the Young Artists’ Programme at the Royal
Jazz, Pop and Music Technology Jam Night Friday 5 November 2021 Opera House, Covent Garden, where he performed many solo principal roles.
Andrew has won numerous prizes and awards, including the 2005 BBC Cardiff
Invitation Concert Friday 12 November 2021 Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize. He is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award
winner and won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists’ Award
in 2006. He was also a member of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists’ Scheme.
Music for Remembrance Sunday 14 November 2021
Alongside the Royal Opera he has performed principal roles at La Scala, Milan,
Houston Grand Opera, Turin Opera, Opéra de Lyon as well as numerous roles at
Jazz, Pop and Music Technology Faculty Concert Friday 26 November 2021 WNO, ENO and Glyndebourne. His recital career has taken him around the world
and his discography includes over 15 separate discs, as well as Grammy award
The Sixteen Saturday 4 December 2021 appearances on the LSO Billy Budd and Mozart Requiem with Sir Colin Davis.

Advent Carols Sunday 5 December 2021

Assistant Director of Music: Academic
Peter Clements studied music as an organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge,
where his teachers included David Sanger and John Wellingham. He won the top
2022 Lunchtime Concerts Wednesday lunchtimes during term-time prizes in the FRCO examination, together with the Silver Medal of the Worshipful
Company of Musicians. He has performed as an organist on BBC Radio 3, on
commercial CD recordings and in numerous prestigious venues in the UK and
Scholars Concert Friday 21 January 2022
overseas, as both a soloist and accompanist. He has taught at Uppingham since
2001, where he is now the School’s Organist and Assistant Director of Music
Symphony Orchestra Friday 4 February 2022 (Academic). Several of his pupils have gone on to take up organ scholarships at
cathedrals and at Oxford, Cambridge and other universities. In addition to his
Prep Schools’ Orchestral Day Thursday 10 February 2022 work at Uppingham School, he is also Conductor of Uppingham Choral Society,
an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and an organ
advisor to the Diocese of Peterborough.
Wind, Brass and Percussion Faculty Concert Friday 25 February 2022

Strings Faculty Concert Friday 4 March 2022 Assistant Director of Music: Instrumental
Andrew Webster studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with
Singing Faculty Concert Friday 18 March 2022 Antony Pay and Thea King. He was for eight years sub-principal clarinet with the
orchestra of English National Opera and for 12 years Principal Clarinet with
An Evening with Dame Ann Murray Saturday 19 March 2022 Glyndebourne Touring Opera. He has played as guest principal clarinet with all
the UK major orchestras, most notably the London Symphony Orchestra, The
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Since 1994 he
Masterclass with Dame Ann Murray and Iain Burnside Sunday 20 March 2022 has been a Professor of Clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and
in 2013 took up the post of Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at Uppingham
Concert Choir Sunday 20 March 2022 School.

Jazz Orchestra: Cocktails, Canapés and Cabaret Friday 25 March 2022

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 Head of Singing
Catherine Griffiths studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, the
University of Manchester and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with
Johanna Peters. Her career began with three years as a member of the Royal
Opera, after which became a freelance principal artist working with English
National Opera, Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera, Opera
Northern Ireland, Pavilion Opera, and Opera Theatre Company, among others.
Having performed across the world, Catherine now combines her performing
career with family life and an ever-expanding teaching practice, working with
a variety of students from six-year-old aspiring choristers to young
professionals. She is Head of Singing at Uppingham School and is increasingly
in demand as an adjudicator and workshop leader for Choral Societies and
other educational establishments.
Head of Keyboard
Alexis Ffrench is a composer, pianist, producer and recording artist – signed
exclusively to Sony Classical and Sony Masterworks – and one of the top 10 most
streamed classical artists in the world. An alumnus of Purcell School of Music,
Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he also holds
an MA in Music, Technology and Innovation from De Montfort University. Much in
demand as a concert performer, Alexis has appearances planned for 2022 to
coincide with the release of his new solo album on Sony. Most recently Alexis
partnered with the Royal Academy of Music and Sony Music’s Social Justice Fund
to offer two scholarships, nurturing the talents of two black UK or International
students throughout their undergraduate studies at the RAM. He is a mentor for
‘One Sony’ and the Prince’s Trust.
Head of Strings
Michał Ćwiżewicz is a renowned violinist and sought-after teacher. He has
given concerts across Europe, the Middle East and the USA and his playing has
been extensively broadcast. He performs with the Minerva Piano Trio and in the
violin duo, Ćwiżewicz Brothers. He is the concertmaster of the Górecki
Chamber Orchestra and directs the Ognisko Ensemble. Michał is a professor at
the Royal College of Music, having joined the faculty in 2012. He studied at the
RCM, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofia in Madrid, and with Itzhak Rashkovsky, Krzysztof Śmietana and
members of the Alban Berg, Arpeggione and Ysaÿe quartets. Michał holds a
Masters in Performance from the RCM and Masters in Aeronautical
Engineering from Imperial College.
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Head of Jazz, Pop and Music Technology
Will Smith combines his role as a classroom music teacher at Uppingham with
work as a freelance bassist and keyboard player, performing widely around the
UK. He studied music at Goldsmiths, University of London and Nottingham Trent
University and joined Uppingham in 2016.
Accompanist in Residence
Simon Smith studied Piano Accompaniment with David Lloyd and John Wilson at
the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has taken part in many
concerts in the UK, including a Wigmore Hall recital with a singer and an
appearance in the Purcell Room on the South Bank. He has worked at
Uppingham School since 1999. A keen Manchester United supporter and avid
sports fan, he is currently the member of staff in charge of Boys’ Squash.
Head of Projects
Jane Stevens started her studies at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester
and continued as a flute/piccolo player at the Guildhall School of Music. After
some years freelancing, playing with orchestras such as the RPO, LSO and the
Hallé and working in the West End she decided to move her focus to teaching,
eventually becoming Director of Music at Heathfield St Mary’s, Ascot. Jane
arrived at Uppingham as Assistant Director of Music in September 2009,
teaching academic music throughout the School. Since 2016 she has been
responsible for Project Qualifications in the School and is now Head of Projects,
overseeing independent research work with pupils, from the Fourth Form
Independent Projects to the Sixth Form Extended Project Qualification. Jane has
also been musical director for a number of the School’s productions and is also
the resident musical director for Rutland Musical Theatre.
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 VMTs (VISITING MUSIC TEACHERS):

Strings
Mark Ashford * GRSM (Hons), LRAM; Guitar
Keith Learmouth ALCM, FRSA; Guitar
Catherine Le Page Violin and Viola
Rebecca Leyton-Smith MA, AdvPGDip (RCM); Cello
Robyn Lund BMus (Hons), MMus; Violin and Viola
Lucy Nolan + BA, MSt (Oxon), PGCE; Harp
Reuben Reynolds BA (Hons); Electric Guitar and Creative Music Technology
Paul Warburton GBSM, ABSM; Violin

Wind, Brass and Percussion:

Steve Andrews Drums
Simon Baker BMus, MMus; Trombone
Laura Clements BA, PGCE; Flute
Jonathan Eddie AGSM; Horn
Nic France GMus; Drums
Tim Gunnell BMus; Percussion
Ian Hildreth Bagpipes
Caroline Li ^ BMus, LRAM; Flute
Gareth Lumbers BMus; Saxophone
Janey Miller # BMus, LGSM; Oboe
Verity Morris AGSM, LRAM; Clarinet and Saxophone
Ed Neuhauser BMus, LGSM; Tuba
Connie Tanner ¬ BMus, LRAM; Bassoon
Steve Walton BMus (Hons); Trumpet

Piano, Keyboard and Music Technology:

John Byron BA, MA, PhD; Piano
David Ferris BMus (Hons); Jazz Piano
Lesley Ffrench GRSM, LRAM; Piano and Music Theory
Edward Pick ~ BMus (Hons), MMus, DMA; Piano
Anthony Pike BA; Creative Music Technology and Studio Manager
Alison Reynolds + MusB, GRNCM; Piano
Nick Scott-Burt BA, MMus, PhD, LRAM, ARCO; Piano and Composition
Simon Smith BA, PPRNCM; Piano, Accompanist in Residence

Singing:
Maureen Brathwaite * BA (Hons), AGSM; Singing
Jane Emmanuel DipGBSM, DipABSM, LRAM; Singing
Julie Moffat DipRCM (Perf), DipRCM (Teach); Singing

SINGING HAS MADE Yvonne Sandison * PPRNCM; Singing

Tom Williams MA; Singing
Vanessa Williamson GMus (RNCM), PPRNCM, LRAM; Singing

A JOYOUS RETURN Alexander Technique:

Andy Smith BA (Hons), MSTAT; Alexander Technique

TO UPPINGHAM LIFE Polly Waterfield MSTAT, ARCM; Alexander Technique

* Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music

^ Tutor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Junior Dept.)
+ Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music (Junior Dept.)
# Tutor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (Junior Dept.)
¬ Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music (Junior Dept.)
~ Tutor at the Royal College of Music (Junior Dept.)

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 Andrew Kennedy – Director of Music
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