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The 2018 COBIS Senior School Music Festival, held at King's College, The British School of Madrid, showcased an impressive array of musical talent from students attending schools in Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia, Romania and Czech Republic. 

Over three action-packed days, Senior School students participated in a range of different vocal and instrumental categories both as individuals and as ensembles. The Festival culminated in a performance of a new song specially composed for the event. The "Anthem for COBIS" competition was won by talented songwriter Alys Sheahan of The British School in The Netherlands (BSN) who conducted the COBIS orchestra through her creation, to the delight of teachers, parents and family in attendance.

Participating students also got the chance to forge new friendships with other students in British international schools and a trip to the Parque Warner Theme Park in Madrid was well-enjoyed by all. The overall winners, the school who achieved the most success throughout all categories, was announced as the hosts, King's College, The British School of Madrid (Soto de Viñuelas). The winning students were presented with The Jeremy Hibbins Memorial Cup by Jamie Ralph of COBIS at the Closing Ceremony. The cup was kindly donated by the family of Jeremy Hibbins, an inspirational music teacher and founder of The British School of Ljubljana who tragically passed away in 2013.

The full results of the 2018 COBIS Senior School Music Festival are below. Our thanks go to Mr Mark Blake, Head of Music at King's College Madrid, who led on the organisation of the event and the students, teachers, staff, parents, families, cooks, waiters, cleaners and bus drivers who all contributed to making the Festival an enormous success. 



RESULTS

School Rock Band

King's College, The British School of Madrid

The British School in the Netherlands

Oporto British School

 

Upper School Piano Solo

Marta Aparicio       

King's College, The British School of Madrid

Marcell Kovacs

The British School in the Netherlands

Carlo da Cruz

Oporto British School

 

Lower School Piano Solo

Valentin Joudrier

The British School in the Netherlands

Shunichiro Nagai     

The International School of Moscow

Matan Kesselman

King's College, The British School of Madrid

 

Upper School Instrumental Solo

Joaquín Del Campo   

King's College, The British School of Madrid

Se Rin Chung

King's College, The British School of Madrid

Antonio Aguiar

Oporto British School

 

Lower School Instrumental Solo

Charlotte Salaun    

King's College School, La Moraleja

Celine Lee

British School of Bucharest

Ella Martin

King's College, The British School of Madrid

 

Upper School Vocal Solo

Alys Sheahan

The British School in the Netherlands

Iskander Nekkaz-Le Roux   

King's College, The British School of Alicante

Lihn Nguyen

The International School of Moscow

 

Lower School Vocal Solo

Karen Kuroiwa

The International School of Moscow

Jimena Sanchez Catalina   

King's College School, La Moraleja

Sofy Volynets

King's College, The British School of Alicante

 

Upper School Instrumental Ensemble

Susana Sánchez De Molina Torres, Marta Sanz Gómez

King's College, The British School of Madrid

Jad Batrouny, Alek Samarin, Natasha Dadd, Egor Kuzmichev, Shunichiro Nagai

The International School of Moscow

 

Lower School Instrumental Ensemble

British School of Bucharest

King's College, The British School of Madrid

King's College, The British School of Madrid

 

Upper School Vocal Ensemble

King's College, The British School of Alicante

The British School in the Netherlands

King's College, The British School of Madrid

 

Upper School Rock Solo

Paul Popovich

Park Lane International School

Guillermo Denayer   

King's College, The British School of Madrid

Aleksandr Samarin

The International School of Moscow

 

Lower School Rock Solo

Joey Roso

King's College School, La Moraleja

Andrés Pons Humet    

King's College, The British School of Alicante

Mateo Kaiser

The British School in the Netherlands

 

Composing

Alys Sheahan

The British School in the Netherlands

 

Overall Results

1. King's College, The British School of Madrid

2. The British School in the Netherlands

3. The International School of Moscow, King's College School, La Moraleja, and King's College, The British School of Alicante (joint third position)