MUSICAL Lomond School pupils performed in front of an audience for the first time in more than two years at the latest Sunday at Seven concert at Helensburgh Parish Church.

The school’s head of music, Doug Fleming, chose a loose theme surrounding the sheer ‘joy of making music together’ and performances varied from solo singing to music from the Jazz ensemble and orchestra.

Mr Fleming said: “For 18 months no ensemble even met, let alone rehearsed.

“During that time, two entire cohorts of talented and musical pupils left Senior 6 without being able to have their final senior music concert – so the department and our pupils have put in every effort to make up for lost time.

 

Lomond School’s pupils took centre stage at the concert

Lomond School’s pupils took centre stage at the concert

 

“We have used this session to start rebuilding the standards and the consistency that we had pre-Covid, as individual performers and in the various ensembles.

“I am pleased to say that the concert was a brilliant example of the progress everyone has made.”

A piano solo from Charlie packed a huge emotional punch as it dealt not only with the power of music, but also with the profound impact of climate change on the Arctic.

Lucy impressed with her dazzling Grade 8 violin solo, and Markus played the beautiful Music for a While by Purcell arranged for cello.

 

Lomond Schools pupils took centre stage at the concert

Lomond School's pupils took centre stage at the concert

 

Marianne sang a very moving solo at the start of the first choral piece, One Voice, to which more voices were added as the words suggested, again following the theme of the power of making music together!

The audience also heard from the jazz ensemble, clarinet and saxophone ensemble and the clarsachs.

The orchestra were in fine form, playing Skyfall featuring a saxophone solo from Katharina.

Principal Johanna Urquhart said: “It was so lovely to come together as a wider school community after such a long time.”