BBC Ten Pieces II

Thank you very much to Sarika (BBC Ten Pieces Co-ordinator) for sending us a copy of the BBC Ten Pieces II DVD.

BBC Ten Pieces Coaching Application

We have submitted an application to be considered for the BBC Ten Pieces Coaching Scheme ; a potential opportunity to work with professional musicians from the BBC Performing Groups including all the BBC orchestras and the BBC Singers.

Studio to Stage: School Orchestra at the Queen's Hall

A wonderful opportunity for our children to participate in this showcase event, in a prestigious venue, celebrating young people's talents in music, drama and dance with schools from across the city. Our pupils were expertly prepared for the Resonate: Studio to Stage concert at the Queen's Hall on Monday 30th March by Mrs Campbell and they all made us truly proud, rising admirably to the occasion by performing one of the BBC Ten Pieces: Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King." Pupils also performed "Greensleeves" and thoroughly deserved their rousing applause.

Many thanks to Lucy Vaughan (Principal Officer Creative Learning) and Carla Hay (Youth Music Initiative Projects Assistant) for inviting us to take part and to the huge behind-the-scenes team who provided such high quality sound and lighting, making everything run so smoothly. Thank you to Mrs Samanda Campbell who led and conducted the orchestra superbly, accompanied by Mrs Ruth McVicker on piano. Thanks also to Mrs Katherine Peace for escorting and playing alongside the pupils and to all the families who came along to support and celebrate the children's hard work and achievement. A lovely way to end the term and we look forward to hearing the Orchestra and other musical ensembles perform on May 13th at a showcase organised by the Parent Council.

Orchestra members with Lucy Vaughan, Principal Officer Creative Learning

Lucy Vaughan introduced proceedings and has been a great supporter of our BBC Ten Pieces projects

BBC Ten Pieces at Sciennes

Have you checked out our Vimeo Videos? Our children have been engaging with the innovative BBC Ten Pieces classical music initiative in many ways throughout the year and here are a few video examples of some of their class work. (Alternatively, click on the VIDEOS button on our school website.)

SCIENNES ORCHESTRA AT THE QUEEN'S HALL

Resonate: Studio to Stage at the Queen’s Hall

Monday 30th March 5.45pm for 6.30pm-9.00pm 

The Sciennes School Orchestra, conducted by Mrs Samanda Campbell, has been invited to perform at the Queen’s Hall on Monday 30th March. Resonate: Studio to Stage is an annual, highly regarded, event celebrating Expressive Arts in our city schools. Children will be seated in the audience until it is their turn to perform at approximately 8.00pm.


Pupils require to wear full school uniform: white shirt and tie, dark trousers and dark shoes and should meet Mrs Campbell and Ms Gallagher at the rear entrance at 5.45pm (or by 6pm at the very latest). The children will attend a rehearsal from 2pm until 2.30pm on Monday, and we expect to return to school by the end of the day but please be aware that there may be delays in rehearsing the programme.


Tickets for the event can be purchased at £4.00 each (£2.00 concessions) from the Queen’s Hall Box Office:


The Queen’s Hall Tickets & Information: 0131 668 2019 |
If you buy tickets in person or over the telephone, credit/debit card fees can vary. http://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/shows/resonate-2015-from-studio-to-stage

BBC Ten Pieces in P3C

What an afternoon! Today we listened to one of the ten pieces put together by BBC, Mars by Holts. First we listened to the piece of the music, then we wrote down a feeling that we felt whilst listening and then we worked collaboratively in our house teams to create an art journey.

The mess at the end, oops!

Ten Pieces Story to Date

BBC Ten Pieces Live Tuesday 3rd Feb 11.30am

Ten Minutes for Ten Pieces

We are delighted to have been invited by Carla Hay and Lucy Vaughan (CEC Arts and Learning)  to contribute to City of Edinburgh Council's 'From Studio to Stage' at the Queen's Hall on Monday 30th March 2015.

Children from a variety of City of Edinburgh Council Primary and Secondary Schools will present an evening of dance, drama and music, celebrating their achievements in the performing arts, with a particular focus on BBC's Ten Pieces initiative. Sciennes will have a Ten Minute slot to perform Ten Pieces related items and this will assist us in our preparations for our very own Sciennes Music Showcase at the Queen's Hall on Tuesday 5th May, which will also feature Ten Pieces.

Nicola Benedetti Music Lessons

A few of our classes tuned in to try to watch Nicola Benedetti's lesson live on the BBC Ten Pieces website but unfortunately live streaming on iPlayer is blocked on our network. However, the BBC have very usefully provided some embed codes on the clips so they can now also be viewed here:

BBC Ten Pieces at the Filmhouse

P6 and P7 pupils at Sciennes have been given an exciting opportunity to attend a free screening of BBC's "Ten Pieces"on Tuesday 7th October at the Filmhouse. The film is designed to engage primary pupils with classical music and creativity through story telling which features high quality musical performance and visuals. Details available soon on WisePay.

Grateful thanks to Lucy Vaughan, Principal Officer Creative Learning (Performing Arts), and Frances Baker, Drama Development Officer, from City of Edinburgh's Arts and Creative Learning Team, for providing this opportunity for our pupils.