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Summer Music
The term opened with a double first when
the first ever Joint Chamber Orchestra of
Abingdon and St Helen’s gave the first
performance of Frederick Naftel’s Song of
Songs in the Amey Theatre on 4 May. Term
closed in spectacular fashion with a grand
concert in Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre,
which incidentally also marked Michael
Stinton’s 25th year as Director of Music at
Abingdon School. In between these two
events the Junior Music Scholars’ Concert
and the Lower School Gala Concert
reminded us that there are plenty of fine
musicians moving up the School to fill the
ranks of those who have left. n
Art Exhibitions
Pupils from across the country
submitted 1,450 works of art to the
Royal Academy A Level Summer
Exhibition Online. Alex Wong’s Old Lady
at a Party was one of the 122 shortlisted
and can be seen on the Royal
Academy’s website. For the Young Art
Oxford exhibition at the Ashmolean,
entries were submitted from schools
all over the county and five Lower
School artists had their work shown.
All Abingdon pupils’ A-level and GCSE
Art and Design Technology exam work
could be seen in the Arts Centre and the
Warehouse at the annual end-of-year
exhibitions, revealing an exciting range
of talents and achievements. n
Icons
Under the direction of Matt Hawksworth, OA 2000, and with additional
choreography provided by some of his professional colleagues, dancers from
St Helen’s and Abingdon, members of the Abingdon Dance Project, put on their
second hugely enjoyable show in the Amey Theatre on 29 April. n