COBIS Senior School Music Festival 2017

The 3rd COBIS Senior School Music Festival took place at King's College, The British School of Murcia in sunny Spain over the weekend of 6-8 May 2017. A wonderful weekend of workshops, competitions and performances showcased an array of amazing and incredible musical and vocal talent from students in COBIS schools.

Ten different British schools took part in the Festival:

  • King's College, The British School of Madrid, La Moraleja (La Moraleja)
  • King's College, The British School of Madrid, Soto de Viñuelas (Soto)
  • King's College, The British School of Murcia(KCMurcia)
  • International School of Moscow (IS Moscow)
  • Park Lane International School (Prague)
  • British International School of Ljubljana (BSL)
  • British School in the Netherlands (BSN)
  • The British School of Kuwait (BSK)
  • King's College Alicante (KCAlicante)
  • British School of Bucharest (BSB)


Full results:

Key Stage 3 Piano Solo
1st - Cristina Perez Valles (KCAlicante)
Joint 2nd - Hai Wei Li (BSK) Kuwait and Jiwu Sim (BSN)
Joint 3rd- Natalia Muñiz Blasco (KCMadrid) and Valentin Joudrier (BSN)

Key Stage 4/5 Piano Solo
1st - Felix Reininghaus (BSN)
2nd - Peter Hopwood (BSN)
3rd - Jinjae Kim (IS Moscow)

Small Vocal/Instrumental Ensemble
1st - I Piccoli (BSK)
2nd - Sofia Queen and Saul Hughes (KCMurcia)
3rd Joey Roso and Carter Steel (La Moraleja)

Large Instrumental Ensemble
1st - La Camerata (BSK)
2nd - Wind and Brass Ensemble (IS Moscow)
3rd - Murcia Samba Band (KCMurcia)

Key Stage 3 Vocal Solo
1st - Alys Sheahan (BSN)
2nd - Samantha King (KCMurcia)
3rd - Esmerelda Guadalupe Boylan Adames (La Moraleja)

Key Stage 4/5 Vocal Solo
1st - Aitana Moreno (KCAlicante)
2nd - Iskander Nekkaz Le Roux (KCAlicante)
3rd - Tatiana Smirnova (BSL)

Small Vocal Ensemble
1st - Vocal Group (BSN)
2nd - Vocal Quartet (IS Moscow)
3rd - Vocal Ensemble (KCAlicante)

Large Vocal Ensemble
1st - Choir (IS Moscow)
2nd - Crescendo - Male Voice Ensemble (BSN)
3rd - Vocal Ensemble (KCAlicante)

Key Stage 3 String Solo
1st - Lydia Kirschenbaum (Prague)
Joint 2nd - Hai Wei Li (BSK) and Alek Samarin (IS Moscow)
3rd - Charlotte Salaun (La Moraleja)

Key Stage 4/5 String Solo
1st - Vivian Sequeira (BSK)
2nd - Edvard Hadalin (BSL)

Rock Bands
1st - In the Attic (BSL)
2nd - The Netherlands Rock band (BSN)
Joint 3rd - Moscow Rock band (IS Moscow) and The Matchmakers on Strike (Prague)

Drum Kit Solos
1st - Theo Rumistrzewicz (KCMurcia)
2nd - Nicolas Gomez-Trenor Martinez (La Moraleja)

Key Stage 3 Woodwind Solo
1st - Se Rin Chung (BSN)
Joint 2nd - Alisa Tenzer (BSL) and Maya Taavon (La Moraleja)
Joint 3rd - Astrid Gustavsson (BSL) and Ana Esteban Gonzalez (La Moraleja)

Key Stage 4/5 Woodwind Solo
1st - Maria Perez Albaladejo (KCMurcia)
2nd - Alasdair Hopwood (BSN)

Key Stage 3 Brass Solo
1st - Alex Seo (IS Moscow)


For the first time at the COBIS Senior School Music Festival, the Jeremy P Hibbins Memorial Cup was awarded to the Best Ensemble and the inaugural winners were The British School of Kuwait. The Cup was kindly donated by the family of Jeremy Hibbins, an inspirational teacher and talented musician who founded The British School of Ljubljana but tragically passed away in 2013.


The Festival can be revisited in full by watching the recorded live streams below:

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4


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