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So, you think it’s all about fun – don’t you…

Having a wee play on your fiddle and that’s all there is to it?

I don’t think so…

It’s all about to change, musicians of Raploch. The transformation has started. A little bird flew by recently, and made the astounding observation that our young musicians are improving faster now than ever before. She asked some of the teachers, “have the children of Raploch started to really practise?”

And so we said, “Of course!”

Practising can sound like a scary word, but really it’s not. Actually, it just means getting better at what you do. Even a little bit a day can make a huge difference, and the better you play, the more FUN it is!

And, with the Big Concert coming next June, we really do want to make the Venezuelans proud. All of us! Now keep up the great work!!

So. If you thought this was all about fun – the real FUN hasn’t even begun…

Proudly I present the video of the recent visit of the Stirling Orchestra to the Noise, the adult orchestra at Big Noise Raploch.

My chickens had the opportunity to interact with members of the Stirling Orchestra. 

It was very interesting to watch – they were nervous at the beginning of the night but as they played the music they gained more confidence every time.

Music as a universal language once again proved to be a wonderful way of sharing friendship and a tool to express ourselves better and gain confidence in ourselves.

Amanda, Anne and I amazed by the sound!

As the tutor of The Noise I’m very proud of the immense effort everyone made.
I want to thank Stephen Broad, director of the Stirling Orchestra and Joëlle Fenna for making such a memorable night for all at the Noise and thank you to members of the Stirling Orchestra for participating.

Well done everyone and let’s keep making a big noise!

Click on this link to watch the video!

With Autumn passing swiftly into the colder, hazy shades of winter I thought I’d write about some of the things we’ve been up to since the nights started drawing in and the leaves began to fall.
October School (our amazing week of dedicated music fun and games that takes place every October half-term) was a blazing success. The Symphony Orchestra were presented with the massive challenge of learning a brand new piece (Bavaria, in a superb arrangement by our very own Simon Rennard). Not only did they rise to this challenge, but I think they even managed to exceed the (very high) expectations of all the Big Noise Team: the concert performance of this piece was a real highlight. Also our thriving Chamber Ensembles did some great performances and the Purple and Red orchestras did loads of really good work, some of which even involved using kitchen and loo roll tubes! (ask Guido or Mr Cummings…!).
Since then we’ve begun work on our Christmas music and the Primary 1s have begun to make their very own instruments with the help of many old cardboard boxes and literally miles of masking tape!!
And on Thursday the 3rd we’re going to announce something really exciting, so keep your ears and eyes open to find out what it is…