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Konstantinou
Masterclass
The Greek pianist Giorgis Konstantinou
gave a series of energetic and demanding
masterclasses to six Abingdon musicians.
Konstantinou was full of admiration for the
boys he met, who impressed him both
with the quality of their playing and also
their willingness to engage positively with
his passionate and stimulating teaching.
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AFU Successes
The animated film,
The Art of Crime
, made
by Michael Bicarregui, Chris Mears, Oliver
Sayeed and Chris Young was shortlisted
for the Best Young Filmmaker Award at the
Animex
Awards in February. Later in the
month,
Inside
, made by James Yan, OA
2011, won first prize in the Best Fiction Film
Awards at the BFI’s Future Film Festival.
Both films can be watched on the AFU’s
website
This
year’s crop of AFU films will be screened in
the Amey Theatre on Saturday 12 May – it
would be great to see you there.
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Running Men
Inspired by the Olympics, first-year boys cut out life size shapes of running men
using themselves as models. The paper shapes were then arranged round the
walls of Boarders’ Hall as a mural, creating a lively and attractive display.
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Extraordinary Objects
A visit to the Ashmolean Museum provided a wealth of inspiration for this year’s GCSE art
students who were in search of extraordinary objects to study for their exam theme ‘Ordinary
and / or Extraordinary Objects’.
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