TISAC Primary Choral Day brings together young singers from different schools around Bangkok and Eloise Fisher works with many of our students bringing the clarinet to life.
Last Thursday, we were delighted to host the TISAC Primary Choral Day for the 4th year running. We welcomed 7 other schools from around Bangkok to take part in a 190 strong choir. The children and teachers worked hard together all morning to learn 4 new songs and even managed to memorise the lyrics for 3 of them. Our theme this year was “Singing”. We included songs about how to sing (“Let’s Start to Sing”), why we love singing (“I Love to Sing”), how confident and brave singers can be when they perform (“Touch the Sky” from the movie ‘Brave’) and how wonderful it is to have the opportunity to sing together (“One and a Million”).
As always we were really impressed with the focus and drive of our young singers. They built teamwork, musical skills, including harmonic and memory facilities, and there was a lovely feeling of community as the children made new friends.
In the afternoon they performed in a concert for Year 5 and many parents from all the schools. Well done to all of our STA Sing children
If you would like to hear us singing, please watch these videos of our concert:
Last Tuesday we had a great visit from internationally renowned clarinetist, Eloise Fisher. First of all, shel worked with some Year 4 children and gave them an insight into learning the clarinet, which should help them with their instrument choice in Year 5. She performed 3 pieces to them. The first was a Latin-style jazzy piece, the second was a piece by Bach and the third was the children’s own choice - a modern piece full of wacky and unusual clarinet sounds!.
Eloise then worked with our STA band and ECA clarinetists. They focused on tonguing and learnt how to make their sounds clearer using the tongue. The children performed to her in small groups and received feedback, as well as hearing a beautiful Spanish piece that mimicked the guitar….but on clarinet.
Eloise then investigated the sounds the clarinet can make with Reception children. They showed her when they could hear high and low sounds, and used their hands to mimic the cat from Peter and Wolf as it was chased up a tree, as performed by Elouise on clarinet.
What a wonderful, fun-filled morning exploring the world of the clarinet, and what a great opportunity for our students to engage with such a high class performer.
Next week, one of our Year 3 students, Trish, will be taking part in the 4th Siam International Piano Competition. We wish Trish all the best and hope she has a wonderful experience. If you have a young pianist in your family, you may like to attend the concerts as part of the audience and enjoy the music. Please see the poster with further information.
May 4th - Star Wars Day! STA Band will perform this iconic film score in assembly…..but you might not recognise them!
Week Beginning 4 June - House Music Competition Auditions during music lessons - details will be sent soon.
13 June - Year 5&6 Concert - more details to follow
20 June - Music and Dance ECA Final Concert
28 June - 8:30am Years 1-3 House Music Competition; 1pm Years 4-6 House Music Competition.
With the goal of providing meaningful help to the flood victims in the northern regions of Thailand, our entire community at St Andrews Bangkok came together to raise funds and donations for the affected families. In the span of a few short weeks, added to donations of food and clothing, we managed to raise an astounding total of 386,676.50 THB in donation funds. To all students, teachers, parents, and staff who participated in our efforts and contributed to this cause—thank you!
Last Friday, the STA Primary campus was transformed into a celebration of all things maths! The day was packed with engaging, hands-on activities across all year groups, making maths truly come alive for our students.
Senior student at St Andrews Bangkok, Pun (Year 13), devises an innovative solution for effective waste management. Recently, he completed an ambitious project: an AI-powered waste sorting system. After much research and testing, he got the system to work and put the model to use in one of our rooms at school!
