Christmas concert 2023
On 16 December 2023, all Emerald choirs gathered for a wonderful Christmassy concert. There were solos, choral classics, dancing and Christmas accessories aplenty. The performances were full of energy and we even had a visit from Father Christmas during the audience participation finale!
Beabadoobee - Glue Song
Emerald singers Ruby, Susie and Jessica were invited to join Beabadoobee for a special recording and video shoot for Amazon Music this year to record the Glue Song.
“Being able to sing with Beabadoobee was really cool!” Susie aged 9
“We got to record a song with Beabadoobee and make a video too. It was amazing, I’d love to do it again. At the end, Beabadoobee gave us cup cakes!” Ruby aged 9
Easter Concert 2023
All three choirs joined together at St Mildred’s Church, Addiscombe for a wonderful concert of music with a variety of solos. The programme included music in Macedonian, Galician, Zulu, Hebrew, songs from Riverdance, Cats, Spamalot, Sweet Charity and much more.
Here is what students’ parents had to say:
“Great to see the choirs getting better and better every time.”
“Amazing concert. Loved it.”
“Great to see the young people being stretched and clearly loving it.”
Aitch - Close to home
Six lucky Emerald singers were selected to record on the title track of Aitch’s new album released in 2022. It was a great experience for them all to work in a professional studio for the day and to meet Aitch himself. An experience not to be forgotten!
Summer concert 2023
In July, the Emerald students got together to perform a wonderful mix of music from Aladdin to Simon and Garfunkel, Matilda to Coldplay. Many played instrumental solos and the audience had a great time.
Here is Chamber Choir performing a medley from Aladdin: