Our debut ‘Classics for Kids’ concert took place on Wednesday 22 January in the Wollstonecraft Room with an audience of 30 babies and pre-school children, accompanied by their parents and carers. 

We wanted to challenge our Music scholars this year with performing in an interactive concert – and who could be a tougher audience than unpredictable 0-5 year olds? Our Music Scholars proudly rose to the challenge engaging the children whilst also performing!.

We had smiles and gurgles from the babies whilst the pre-schoolers energetically had a go at playing the violin and cello and got to feel what horse hair on a violin bow really feels like. The concert culminated in everyone accompanying the Higgins Quartet with egg shakers as they played Libertango. 

A room full of babies and toddlers all playing shakers is a memorable experience and one we hope to re-create in our newly established concert series. 

A big thank you must go to Maddie, Amy, Liv, Miriam, Severine, Pascale, Anna and Natasha who willingly embraced my ideas and did a tremendous job performing, entertaining and being true ambassadors for Blackheath High School.