| Main Performers | Birchwood High School dancers,
Hemel Hempstead School dancers,
St Albans Girls' School dancers
Clare Baker,
Rosie Hostler - vocal,
sIan McMillan - narrator,
Peter Martin,
Maximilian Lawrie,
Sofia Frangiamore - actors |
| Orchestra or Band | Beaumont School Big Band,
Simon Balle Big Band,
Hertfordshire Schools' Symphony Orchestra |
| Choirs | Hemel Hempstead School Chamber Choir,
Hertfordshire County Youth Choir,
Massed Hertfordshire Primary and Secondary School Choirs |
| Conductors | Rufus Frowde (Artistic Director) |
| Set List | 'The Saint', Astley, arr. J Day (Birchwood High School dancers),
'Reach', S Club 7, arr. J Day (Clare Baker, Rosie Hostler, Birchwood High School dancers),
'Baba Yetu', Swahili adaption of 'The Lord's Prayer', C Kiagri, C Tin (Hemel Hempstead School Chamber Choir, Hemel Hempstead School dancers),
'Harlem Nocturne', E Hagen, arr. J Berry (Beaumont School Big Band),
'I Am Alban', A Dudley, I McMillan (Ian McMillan, Peter Martin, Maximilian Lawrie, Sofia Frangiamore),
'Let Me Entertain You', R Wiliam, G Chambers, arr. Byrne (Simon Balle Big Band),
'A Sky Full of Stars', Coldplay, arr. D Basford (St Albans Girls' School dancers) |
| Performance Notes | The 2020 Hertfordshire Schools Gala celebrates the music making in primary and secondary schools across Hertfordshire.
Highlights include a new commission I am Alban by UK composer Anne Dudley, based on the story of Saint Alban with lyrics by Ian McMillan, as well as arrangements of Reach (S Club 7), Happy (Pharrell Williams) and Coldplays A Sky Full of Stars.
The massed Primary and Secondary Choirs alongside the County Youth Choir will be supported by the Hertfordshire Schools Symphony Orchestra, and there will be additional performances by instrumental and dance groups from their secondary schools. Performances by Hertfordshire young songwriters will feature in the afternoon and evening concerts respectively; 'Finding My Way', written by Matt Debnam and Charlotte Nairne, and 'Talk to Me', written by Lorna Thompson.
The event was filmed by Black Swan Video for a DVD. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2020/5) |