COBIS Senior School Music Festival 2019

Sponsored by charanga

Congratulations to all students who competed and performed at the COBIS Music Festival 2019.

The COBIS Music Festival 2019 took place between 3-5 May at The British School in The Netherlands. It was a wonderful weekend of workshops, competitions, performances and fun social activities.

This event was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate talented COBIS students from around the world through a full musical programme, providing them with the opportunity to meet and socialise with students from other countries.

The event began on the Friday evening, with a wonderful warm-up workshop led by renowned conductor, Dominic Peckham. The competitions then took place throughout the day on Saturday. On Saturday evening, students were invited to a fun evening BBQ by Scheveningen Beach.

On Sunday, students got the opportunity to work with some amazing workshop leaders:

Dominic Peckham – Conductor (National Youth Choirs of Great Britain)
Ioanna Ismyridi – Conductor/Repetiteur (Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra)
Andrew Plummer – Lead Singer/Guitarist (Snack Family, World Sanguine Report, Bilbao Syndrome)

At the closing concert on Sunday, students performed the pieces they had learnt during the choral, orchestral and band workshops. It was a very impressive show, which demonstrated the high level of musical talent across COBIS Schools.

A huge thank you to our event hosts at The British School in The Netherlands. Thank you also to everyone else involved in the success of the competition - students, teachers, parents, workshop leaders and judges.

Competition results

Congratulations to all those that took part over the weekend. Below is the list of winners and runners-up.

Lower School Instrumental Ensemble

1^st: British School of Bucharest

2^nd: St. George's International School Luxembourg

Joint 3^rd: St Saviour’s School, The British School in The Netherlands

Lower School Rock Solo

Joint 1^st: Jan Dudák (Park Lane International School), Eliška Hovorková (Park Lane International School)

Joint 2^nd: Mateo Kaiser (The British School in The Netherlands), Harry Cuadra (The British School in The Netherlands)

3^rd: Oliver McCafferty (The British School in The Netherlands)

Upper School Vocal Ensemble

Joint 1^st: The British School in The Netherlands (two groups)

Upper School Instrumental Solo

1^st: Alain Ortiz (The British School of Paris)

2^nd: Riccardo Boiteux (The British School of Paris)

3^rd: Loris Held (The British School in The Netherlands)

Upper School Instrumental Ensemble

1^st: The British School of Paris

Joint 2^nd: British School of Bucharest, The British School of Paris

Lower School Vocal Ensemble

1^st: St Saviour’s School

2^nd: Berlin British School

3^rd: St. George's International School Luxembourg

Lower School Instrumental Solo

Joint 1^st: Celine Lee (British School of Bucharest), Jan Dudák (Park Lane International School), Nikoo Bagherzadeh Ansari (The British School in The Netherlands)

Joint 2^nd: Misha Yukhin (St. George's International School Luxembourg), Pragnya Vankamamidi (The British School in The Netherlands)

Joint 3^rd: Yun Er Bapat (The British School in The Netherlands), Alex Pichon (The British School in The Netherlands)

Special Commendations: Sofia van den Boogaart Castro (The British School in The Netherlands), Anna Lallemand (British School of Bucharest), Max Maurer (St. George's International School Luxembourg), Linda Cai (The British School in The Netherlands), George Han (The British School in The Netherlands), Dalia Sabbah-Goldstein (The British School in The Netherlands)

Upper School Piano Solo

1^st: Maia Traconis Wetter (British International School of Stockholm)

Joint 2^nd: Felix Reininghaus (The British School in The Netherlands), Arina Agaronyan (The British School of Paris)

Joint 3^rd: Charlotte King (The British School of Amsterdam), Karolina Green (The British School in The Netherlands)

Rock Bands

1^st: Park Lane International School

2^nd: SSV The British School in The Netherlands

3^rd: St. George's International School Luxembourg

Upper School Rock Solo

1^st: Andrej Popov (The British School in The Netherlands)

Joint 2^nd: Aylin Grigorescu (British School of Bucharest), Thomas Weinberg (The British School in The Netherlands)

3^rd: Elliot Hammond (The British School in The Netherlands)

Lower School Piano Solo

Joint 1^st: Moritz Reininghaus (The British School in The Netherlands), Nurlan Mustafazada (Azerbaijan British College)

Joint 2^nd: Stefan Ungureanu (British School of Bucharest), Misha Yukhin (St. George's International School Luxembourg)

Joint 3^rd: Hamish Slinger (The British School in The Netherlands), Teo Jan Pašek (Park Lane International School)

Lower School Vocal Solo

1^st: Charlotte Fernback (British School Berlin)

2^nd: Emilia Sempf (British School Berlin)

Joint 3^rd: Lucas Ciric (The British School in The Netherlands), Beatriz Garnel (The British School in The Netherlands)

Upper School Vocal Solo

1^st: Aylin Grigorescu (British School of Bucharest)

2^nd: Alys Sheahan (The British School in The Netherlands)

Joint 3^rd: Charlotte King (The British School of Amsterdam), Thomas Weinberg (The British School in The Netherlands)

Photos

To see photos from the event, take a look at the Flickr album.

Previous events

For more information on previous competitions, please click the links below.

Our competition sponsor

COBIS would like to thank our Supporting Member, charanga, for sponsoring our Music Festival 2019.

Charanga is a modern and exciting digital resource for music teaching. Because Charanga is online, it’s always up to date with new resources and best practice music teaching advice. Its community provides teachers with a connection to colleagues around the world.

With a complete Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11, a vast library of songs, topics, instrument courses and creative apps, plus assessment and personalised learning including home access for children, Charanga supports music across the school.