Invitation to high energy musical 13

The band’s instruments are now on stage for the final on-stage rehearsals of the Summer Production. A cast drawn from Blocks 3 & 4 perform this hilarious, high energy musical with an unforgettable rock score, in which Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it. With music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, this production is given by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited. Free tickets for the performances on 20, 21, 22 May are available from the Bedales Arts box office tickets@bedales.org.uk or 01730 711511.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Arty OBs and new Art and Design Centre

Students follow a wide variety of careers after leaving Bedales, a significant one of which is art. We have recently spoken to Old Bedalians about their time at Bedales, including professional sculptor Simon Hitchens (OB 1985), artist/painter Anna Dickerson (OB 1991) and figurative painter Diana Armfield (OB 1937). To read their interviews click on the links above or visit the Bedales website. Reminder: An exhibition to reveal plans for a significant milestone in Bedales’ history – the new Art and Design Centre – will be held on Friday 17 May, 6pm to 8pm and Saturday 18 May, 11am to 1pm in the Reading Room, Orchard Building. All parents and their wider families, students, OBs, current and former staff are welcome. The exhibition will remain open on Monday 20 May, 11am to 4pm for students only.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Stunning set of music exam results

A stunning set of results has been achieved in the ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall music exams taken last term. With a total of 20 entries, five students gained distinctions and 12 gained merits. Particularly outstanding and nationally rare marks were achieved by sixth formers Olivia Brett (140/150) and Immy Welch (145/150) both in grade 8 singing, and Toby Matimong (146/150) for grade 8 piano. Our warmest congratulations to all the candidates.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Invitation to view Art and Design Centre plans

An exhibition to reveal plans for a significant milestone in Bedales’ history -  the new Art and Design Centre – will be held on Friday 17 May, 6pm to 8pm and Saturday 18 May, 11am to 1pm in the Reading Room, Orchard Building. All parents and their wider families, students, OBs, current and former staff are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. The exhibition will remain open on Monday 20 May, 11am to 4pm for students only.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Bedales Jazz: Meier Group

Flamenco and Turkish influences as well as classical sources inspire jazz from the Meier Group in next Friday’s concert at Bedales. Nicolas Meier (guitar) and Asaf Sirkis (drums) made powerful impressions on previous visits to Bedales Jazz. James Pearson (piano) is resident pianist at Ronnie Scott’s and Lizzie Ball (violin) has played alongside Nigel Kennedy. Demi Garcia, the London-based Spanish percussionist, and Kevin Glasgow, the outstanding young Scottish bassist, complete the sextet. This promises to be a wonderfully entertaining evening for all ages, featuring outstanding musicians on the European jazz scene, and should be inspiring for a wide range of student instrumentalists. Tickets cost £14 and £12 (concessions), and are available from tickets@bedales.org.uk or 01730 711511.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Invitation to Gallery exhibition and AS Theatre Studies performances

Sculptor Martyn Grubb has launched his latest collections of works ‘Fall of Man’ at Bedales Gallery. The exhibition, inspired by Martyn’s belief that modern man has lost his way, is rudderless and unsure as to how he fits into society, showcases his thoughts through an illustration of man’s social and emotional plummet carved into materials including limestone, Portland and Scottish granite. Read more. View photos. Next month, students following the AS Theatre Studies course present their examined performances of scripted pieces in the Theatre on 1 and 2 May, with a different programme of two pieces on each evening. For tickets, please contact 01730 711511 or email tickets@bedales.org.uk.

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.

Sixth form student joins technical team at National Student Drama Festival

I applied and was given a place on the technical team for the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) 2013. It was quite a daunting thought that I would be working at a festival I had never been to before and with a crew that I didn’t know. The first of four articulated lorries arrived full of staging, sound and lighting equipment, and we gelled as a group very quickly, tech minds alike! We were responsible for building all the venues, which in some cases was just a matter of rigging lights, or as with three of the venues, actually building a theatre from a sports hall or conference room. Once the venues were built we were then responsible for making sure the show’s set was built, and that the show was up and running, normally within a matter of a few hours. Throughout the week the crew shifted 15 tonnes of technical equipment, eight tonnes of black fabric, two tonnes of scaffolding, 500 metres of truss, one tonne of hardboard, 200 metres of timber, 250 litres of paint, 15kg of gaffa tape, 15 chain hoists, seven sound desks, nine lighting desks, 35 moving lights and one blue Land Rover Defender!

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By George Veys, 6.2

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Bedales School is one of the UK’s top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Dunannie (ages 3–8), Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893 Bedales School puts emphasis on the Arts, Sciences, voluntary service, pastoral care, and listening to students’ views. Bedales is acclaimed for its drama, theatre, art and music. The Headmaster is Keith Budge.