CHRISTMAS ROCK CONCERT

Tuesday 10 December 2019, 5.30pm - 6.45pm
Venue: Performing Arts Centre
The hugely popular annual event that truly gets St John’s ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’. The budding stars of
tomorrow provide an evening of power ballards, torch and rock anthems all sprinkled with a bit of Christmas cheer.

LUNCHTIME RECITAL - A CHRISTMAS CRACKER

Thursday 12 December 2019, ​​​1.20pm - 1.50pm
Venue: Old Chapel 
No Booking Required
We hold a programme of lunchtime recitals during the Autumn Term which offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the variety of musical talent at St John's. Pre-performance refreshments will be provided. 

 

THE LAST FIVE YEARS 
Composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown

Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 January 2020, 7.10pm - 8.10pm
Venue: Performing Arts Centre
The Last Five Years is perhaps the most perfectly written chamber musical of recent times, with a thrilling score, a perfect concoction of comedy and heartache and is a tour de force for the central performers. The show has played twice in New York and London, and has been a major film release with a large cult following. Featuring a small orchestra formed from St John’s pupils, the audience will watch the simple story of Jamie and Cathy falling in love, marrying and taking the sad road to separation, all told through monologues and duets - all with one huge, theatrical twist.
Who is responsible for the demise of the relationship? Only the audience can decide.

 

MUSIC MASTERCLASS - POP

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 4.15pm - 6.00pm
Venue: Chapel 
No Booking Required
A chance for the pupils at St John’s to release their pop star potential. Musicians from ‘All Together Now Performing
Arts’ will hold two sessions with a professional band, teaching the pupils two songs. It promises to be a fantastic
opportunity for the pupils and the audience to ‘get into their groove’.

 

LUNCHTIME RECITAL - ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

Thursday 16 January 2020, ​​​1.20pm - 1.50pm
Venue: Chapel 
No Booking Required
We hold a programme of lunchtime recitals during the Spring Term which offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the variety of musical talent at St John's. Pre-performance refreshments will be provided. 

 

THE OTHER GUYS 

Saturday 18 January, ​​​7.00pm
Venue: Old Chapel 
Tickets: £10 per person
To purchase tickets, email otherguysstandrews@gmail.com or alternatively, tickets can be purchased on the door.
The Other Guys are Scotland’s premier all-male a cappella group and pride themselves by combining the classical with the contemporary in all things a capella.  The group members,  including an OJ, are all students at the University of St. Andrews, and promise to provide an evening of entertainment raising money for a great cause close to many people at St. Johns - The Community Holiday 2020. 

 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - THE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT 

Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2020, 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Performing Arts Centre
Shakespeare’s most popular comedy comes to St Johns, featuring pupils from across the Senior School.
This is a story of love and marriage, order and disorder, reality and delusion. It features four young lovers who run away
to the forest, only for mayhem to ensue when fairies and magic decide to intervene.

Booking Required - Coming Soon! 

 

THE FORBES MUSIC COMPETITION ROUNDS

Monday 27 January 2020 – Wind & Brass
Tuesday 28 January 2020 – Vocal
Wednesday 29 January 2020 – Keyboard
Thursday 30 January 2020 – Strings & Percussion
St John’s annual music competition open to all musicians, of all standards. Pupils are awarded prizes in three categories and the winners of all categories will perform in an evening concert on Wednesday 26 February.

 

THE FORBES MUSIC COMPETITION  - BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Wednesday 5 February 2020, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Performing Arts Centre
An evening for our aspiring rock musicians to prove whether they have the ‘X Factor’. The winning band will perform in the Forbes Music Competition Winners’ Concert on Wednesday 26 February.

 

LUNCHTIME RECITAL - FUSION

Thursday 6 February 2020, ​​​1.20pm - 1.50pm
Venue: Old Chapel 
No Booking Required
We hold a programme of lunchtime recitals during the Spring Term which offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the variety of musical talent at St John's. Pre-performance refreshments will be provided. 

 

ST JOHN'S UNPLUGGED - AN ACOUSTIC SET

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Old Chapel
A chance to experience some of our budding song writers and contemporary musicians perform in a more intimate atmosphere.

 

FORBES MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS' CONCERT

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Old Chapel
The winners of all three categories (Junior, Intermediate and Advanced) across all instruments and alongside our winning band perform together in one celebratory concert.

 

LUNCHTIME RECITAL - TRIP TO RONNIE SCOTT'S

Thursday 5 March 2020, ​​​1.20pm - 1.50pm
Venue: Old Chapel 
No Booking Required
We hold a programme of lunchtime recitals during the Spring Term which offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the variety of musical talent at St John's. Pre-performance refreshments will be provided. 

 

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Tuesday 10 March 2020, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Venue: G Live, Guildford
Tickets: £5.00 per person (£4.00 concessions) plus £1 booking fee
The Performing Arts Department go on tour to present an evening of music from the silver screen. Every music ensemble from St John’s will take part, including renditions of classics ranging from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Back to the Future and the ever popular Star Wars.

Booking Required - Coming Soon! 

 

LUNCHTIME RECITAL - IT TAKES TWO

Thursday 19 March 2020, ​​​1.20pm - 1.50pm
Venue: Old Chapel 
No Booking Required
We hold a programme of lunchtime recitals during the Spring Term which offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the variety of musical talent at St John's. Pre-performance refreshments will be provided. 

 

LITTLE WOMEN

Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March 2020, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Performing Arts Centre
This year’s Spring Term Production will be a theatrical adaptation of the literary classic Little Women. Against the
backdrop of the American Civil War, Little Women follows the four March sisters as they face the hardships of growing up amidst the constraints of genteel poverty and the reality of social expectations. This promises to be a beautiful and
enchanting performance featuring pupils from Fourth Form to Upper Sixth.

Booking Required - Coming Soon!