FHS Musical Moment: A Silence Haunts Me by Jake Runestad
‘A Silence Haunts Me’ by Jake Runestad, as you will read, is an incredibly moving piece of heartbreak, loss, and ultimately resilience. Our own [...]
FHS Musical Moment – The Goat Rodeo Sessions
What are The Goat Rodeo Sessions? Why are goats doing rodeo? And did I choose it to be this week’s musical moment because it [...]
FHS Musical Moment – Carolina Eyck and the Theremin
Over the summer, I decided that I should explore composing for instruments that are not ‘classical’ and more obscure. Then, on 4th August, I went [...]
FHS Musical Moment – HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Death
Four days ago, hundreds of FHS girls new and old flooded back into the School after six weeks of absence. It certainly felt strange to [...]
Junior School Production – Matilda the Musical
This year’s Junior School musical ‘Matilda’ was a huge hit! It was a remarkable achievement for the Junior School girls to perform a work [...]
FHS Musical Moment: My Companion by Elaine Hagenberg
At last, we have reached the final week of the school year, and what a year it has been. This year, the music department [...]
Musical Moment – Matilda
‘Matilda the Musical’ is a musical based on the 1988 children’s novel (also called ‘Matilda’) by Roald Dahl. The music and lyrics are by [...]
Summer Festival of Music
On Monday 20th June, the Music Department held their inaugural 'Summer Festival of Music', a symphonic celebration of jazz standards, rousing choral tunes, and [...]
FHS Musical Moment – Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
On Tuesday, in the face of the tube and rail strikes, most of Year 9 and the music department fought our way to Holland Park [...]
FHS Musical Moment: Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline Mary du Pré was a British cellist that achieved enduring mainstream popularity at an unusually young age. Despite having a short career, she [...]
