On Friday 15th June, Mr. Jackson hosted the ISB Summer Concert 2007. The concert had music from many grades, starting with the ISB Orchestra playing Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Mission Impossible and ending with grade eight playing Stranger by the Day and Ultimate. The theme of the concert was 'Movie Music' although not all of the pieces were from the movies.

Orchestra: The ISB Orchestra played Highlights from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, by John Williams, followed by Highlights from the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore, which was followed by Mission Impossible by Lalo Schifrin.

The Orchestra is made up of 5 violins, 3 flutes, 3 clarinets, one piano player, one guitar, one bass guitar, 7 keyboard players, 2 saxophones, and three percussionists.

Grade 3: Grade three played Flying High, by Peter Morell.

The entire grade three class was involved in this in different ways. They had 3 singers (Katie Buxton, Emma Christiansen and Jeni Hsing), 1 flute player (Jeany Shin), 3 keyboard players (Tony Yang, Alexander Park and Brendan Lee), 1 bass guitar player (Samuel Tae) and 4 percussion players (Frederic Raahauge, Mira Goksel Magnus Boe and Emillios Kyprianidis).

Flute Solo & Duet: The flutes played Moon River, by Henry Mancini followed by Home in Spring (also known as Springtime at Home), which is a traditional Korean tune.

The two flute players were Nikki Park and Sarah Tae. In the first part, called Moon River, only Nikki Park is playing but in the second part, called either Home in Spring or Springtime at Home, both Nikki Park and Sarah Tae play.

Cello Ensemble: The cello’s played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and the first variation of that tune.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is one of the popular English nursery rhymes. It combines the tune of the 1761 French melody " Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman" with an English poem, "The Star", by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.

The Cello players were Joon Lim, Karlo Samardzic, Carol Sung, and Campbell Soutter. Brian Hwang also accompanied the cello players on the piano.

Samba Band: Mr. Jackson’s Samba Band played Brazil, a very well known tune in Brazil (but not the National Anthem) by Ary Barroso. It is a bit like the Korean Arirang, because it is the most popular and well known song, but not the official national anthem.

A samba is a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.

The Samba band was made up of many sections, these being, the flutes; flute 1, flute 2 and flute 3. The Clarinets, again, group 1, group 2 and group 3. The Saxophones, groups 1 and 2. A single trumpet player, Kenneth Choe. The guitar, bass guitar, drum kit and percussion.

There was then a 15 minute interval after which the Guitar Group played Promises, by Def Leopard, Baba O’Reilly, by the Who and You Gotta Move, by the Rolling Stones.

The guitar group was in three parts, each part played one of these songs. ‘Promises’ was played by Sean Schulz, Peter Ryu and Yu Hyun Oh. Baba O'Reilly was played by Donald Thomson, Michael Mani, Michael Hutchinson, Eugene Smith and Nicholas Gundlach. You Gotta Move was played by Lotte Veen, Ellen Lee and Liza Girsova.

String Group: The string group played Musician in the Forest, which is a traditional German tune, followed by Hunter’s Chorus by C.M. von Weber and then Canon, by Pachelbel.

The string group consisted of 8 violinists (Celine Kim, Crystal Lee, Nikki Park, James Yang, Katie Buxton, Minji Kweon, Jian Song and Kenneth Choe) as well as a single cello (Joon Lim).

LAME Acappella: The lame acappella group played Faith by George Michael.

The LAME Acappella is named so, because of people in it. LAME stands for Liza Alice Maria Ellen, and these are the people in the group.

Acappella means a group of singers who sing unaccompanied, although sometimes they will have a few notes on the piano at the very start to help them sing in key (LAME did not have these notes).

Grade 2: Grade Two showed a music video which they made of My Friend Billy Loves Bubblegum, by David Moses.

You can find out more about the video and download a copy in the grade 2 section of this site.

The students in Grade Two are: Amelie Balivet, Philip Hoener, David Joo, Kristina Khimich, Benjamin Kim, Rachel Tustin, Poerava Bonnett, Ciara O'Donnell, Hyoungju Lee, Haruhiko Wako, David Yang, Aalyah Park, Maksim Peressounko, Nicole Quilaton, Karlo Samardzic, Pascalle Veen, Nathalie Walker and Therese Wallentin.

Grade 8: The Concert was then rounded off by Grade eight, who played Stranger by the Day, by Shades Apart, and Ultimate, by Linsay Lohan.

 

All-in-all it was a wonderful night which was enjoyed by performers and audience alike.