Southminster Festival of Music - April 2025

We were all so incredibly proud of our school choir who recently took part in the Southminster Competitive Festival of Music. The children all worked so hard in preparing for the competition and sang so beautifully on the day! Here are the adjudication notes taken on the day! Well done everyone! 

St. Francis School: ‘Above All’ and Medley from Matilda.

This started beautifully sweetly and tunefully – words clear and all sung from memory – well done! Good use of the stronger singers/sopranos at the front.

I loved the contrast of song choice. I would have liked everyone to have shown some cheeky naughtiness on faces. Great use of the letter cards – this added to the performance making it more interesting. Nice balance between the sections in ‘When I Grow Up’ and effective dynamics. Assured and expressive ensemble – lovely! Great rhythmics and an entertaining, energetic ending! I was delighted to see your responsiveness to your teachers’ conducting and animation/gestures, and the overall ‘togetherness’ of the ensemble.

Keep this up and all grow in confidence and pride of your efforts so far. This particularly applies to the quieter choir members. Well done to the teachers too! Total Awarded: 87%