Our Music Blog

Choir put on a cheerful performance of songs chosen in partnership with the residents of Lucy Brown House, including ‘Molly Malone’ in honour of St Patrick’s Day, some favourite Girl Guide songs and more.
It was a particularly special performance as our audience joined in and sang with us!
Well done to choir for their hard work and dedication this term.

Well done to choir for a very positive first rehearsal of the year!

If you are in choir, please check the choir page to the right of this blog for lyrics. If you would like to make a suggestion for songs for choir to sing, please post them here and I will see if we can make it happen!

Well done to Choir who performed brilliantly today in Paternoster Square. What a fantastic end to a very busy musical term!

Choir were invited to take part in the City of London Festival, singing with the Citi Choir, who are part of the Music in Offices programme. Directed by Emma Taylor, one of the coaches from the musical Matilda, the school choir will be performing three songs from the show on a pop-up stage in Paternoster Square, outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, accompanied by a live band!

Here are the highlights of our preview performance in the school hall:

Listen here to our performance of Just Take My Hand, written by members of Miss Hayfield’s family, Martin and Rosie. We were the first singers ever to perform the song which has been 20 years in the making! Martin and Rosie were very impressed with our wonderfully energetic singing.

(Music and lyrics copyright Martin and Rosie Willis. Please contact school if you would like to perform the song elsewhere.)

Cathedral School enjoyed a very musical Sing Up day this year. Every class enjoyed activities such as singing the register, singing numeracy and literacy songs, playing singing games, learning songs in different languages and adding new words and percussion to favourite songs. There was even singing in the playground as Year 3 children shared action songs they had been learning with KS1 and KS2 during playtime. The whole day was finished off with a fantastic Singing Celebration in the hall, where every class performed a song that they had been learning. It was a delight to hear such a variety of songs sung so beautifully and enthusiastically. You can hear some of the songs that were performed on the class blogs.

As an extra treat, the choir performed a concert after school. They sang songs from musicals including Oliver and the Sound of Music. Enjoy their performance below!

A Golden Piano has been placed outside Southwark Cathedral for the public to use. So today Year 2 took advantage of it to sing some fun hymns to all the passers-by. They drew quite a crowd and enjoyed lots of loud applause. Here are some photos, but make sure you check the Year 2 blog to see some video of their beautiful and enthusiastic singing.

This afternoon Cathedral School enjoyed the choir’s performance of two very different songs – ‘Raise my Voice’ and ‘Oleo’. You can enjoy them too below! Well done choir.

Oleo

Raise My Voice

Well done to Year 6 who entertained the residents of Lucy Brown House with their fantastic singing on Wednesday. If you sing as beautifully at your Leavers’ Service in the Cathedral on Friday, I’m sure there will be a few tears in the congregation!

To all choir members…

Here are the words to Raise My Voice again. Make sure you’re super confident with them in preparation for our concert on Thursday!

Raise My Voice
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)

Got something to say, got a difference to make,
A part I can play and a role I can take,
I believe in myself, express how I feel,
I like who I am and I’m keepin’ it real.

Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it. (Go for it.)

Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it.
Makes me wanna sing!

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x2)

I want to be strong, live long and be safe.
My generation has something to say,
So much to learn, enjoy and achieve.
I reach for my goal to be all I can be.

Chorus

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)

(Chanted) BULLYING? NO!
WORK TOGETHER? YES!
HIDE MYSELF? NO!
BE ME? YEAH!

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)

Strong side by side, we lift those who fall,
Stand by our friends and we hear when they call.
Let’s all make a change, all play our part,
It takes you and me, and here’s where it starts:

Chorus

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 4)