«¡Despegamos!», the concert. First year class A, C.

Last Tuesday, the 28th of March all the first year students went to the Príncipe de Asturias auditorium. There, we enjoyed an amazing concert, ¡«Despegamos»!, that was performed by the OSPA. The conductor of the orchestra was Rosen Milanov. He conducted the orchestra very well. First, the conductor introduced the different instrumental groups and musical instruments and, after that, the performance started. It was very interesting, because they played music related to space like Moonlight by Claude Debussy or Blast Off by Daniel Dorff. In this piece Ana Pérez, student of the ESAD acted as narrator and told us that we were going to go to space. We heard the instruments imitating the sound made by the engines of the rocket that was supposed to take us to space. 

The orchestra also played some themes that everybody knew from the Star Wars soundtrack, like the Main titles, the Imperial March and Princess Leia´s theme, all of them composed by John Williams. At the end of the performance some players dressed up as the main characters of Star Wars. They performed one of the most popular scenes of Star Wars, when Luke Skywalker fights against Darth Vader, who says «Luke, I’m your father».

At the end, when we were leaving, a journalist asked Jorge questions about the concert and he said: the concert was awesome and very interesting, and we had a lot of fun. We enjoyed it a lot!

Alba Álvarez García, 1º ESO A
Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez, 1º ESO A
Jorge Carretero Pérez, 1º ESO C
Clara Inclán González, 1º ESO C

Blast off: the concert. First year class E

On Tuesday, the 28th of March we went to the Principe de Asturias Concert Hall. There we listened to some pieces of music played by the OSPA (Symphony orchestra  from Principdo de Asturias). The conductor was Rosen Milanov. During the concert  the musicians played some musical pieces related to space and the planets like Moonlight, by Claude Debussy and Blast Off by Daniel Dorff. In addition, they played some melodies of Star Wars such as Main titles, the Imperial March and Princess Leia's theme . It was very fun because some players dressed up like the main characters of the film. Then, we went back to the high school.

The concert was fun and great. We really liked it, we recommend it because it was very interesting and cool.

Paula Fernández Fernández

Javier  Menéndez Osendi

Álvaro Vijande Alonso

Rain Rain go away, second year class CD

Rain, rain go away . Second year class CD.

Line up

Glockenspiels: Anna Sibiryakova, Raquel Riera Turiel, Pablo Rodríguez Bernardo, Gaël Winberg Bajo. Alto metallophones: Daniel Tercero Alustiza, Carla Agustiño Caveda, Iván Vizcay Gutiérrez. Soprano xylophones. Rim Bensouda, Adrián Rego Criado, Lucía Rodríguez Gutiérrez. Alto xylophones: Mateo Cuesta del Cura, Lía Rodríguez-Colubi Fernández. Bass xylophone: Jonathan Cruz Auqui.

Rain Rain go away. Second year class AB

«Rain Rain go away» is a traditional English nursery rhyme, It was dated for the first time  in the 17th century when James Howell in his collection of proverbs noted «Raine, raine goe to Spain, faire weather come againe». The most common modern version is: «Rain, rain, go away. Como again another day. Little Adrianna wants to go out and play». Here, Second years students play an instrumental version adapted by Doug Goodkin (Intery Mintery Nursery rhymes).

Line up

Glockenspiels: Martín López Fernández, Miguel Fernández Menéndez, Julio Díaz Méndez. Alto metallophones: Sara García Díaz, María Martín Alonso, Pablo Menéndez Fernández. Soprano xylophones: Diego de la Vega Cao, David Manotoa Garzón, Alba Gallo Tejón, Alto xylophones: Sergio Estrada Paredes, Miguel Mata Casado.

Little Tommy Tiddlemouse. First year class E

Little Tommy Tiddlemouse, from Making Music Fun.  First year class E

Line-up

Glockenspiels: Diana Menéndez Témoli, Hugo Rodríguez Bueno, Mario Sánchez Alonso, Álvaro Vijande Alonso. Alto metallaphones: Celia Martínez Fernández, Sergiu Gogonel, Lucía Menéndez García. Soprano xylophones: Dashiel Rojas Matanzas, Javier Menéndez Osendi, Nazarena Zelaya Ramírez. Bass xylophone: Carmen Fernández García.

Little Tommy Tiddlemouse. First year class BD

Little Tommy Tiddlemouse, from Making Music Fun. First year class BD

Line-up

Glockenspiels: Mateo del Campo Martínez, David Fernández Alonso, Ariana Fernández Fernández, Paula García Flórez, Carolina González García. Soprano metallophone: Eloy Rubio Suárez. Alto metallophones: Elena Pérez Villarias, José Ramón Pérez Zambrano, Carlos Pérez Vera, Miguel Pérez Pérez. Soprano xylophones: José Ángel Mier Arias, Hugo Martín Alonso, Laura Iglesias García, Thalía Iglesias García. Alto xylophone: Elia Ramos Córdoba, Lucas Ordóñez Carrio, Ignacio Martínez Fernández, Mateo Prieto Suárez, Bass xylophone: Sara Rodríguez Alonso. Claves: Javier Rioseco Rodríguez, Aldara Crespo Herrero, Luis Miguel Valdés Sánchez.

Little Tommy Tiddlemouse. First year class AC

The 2016-2017 concert season shows more nursery rhymes. First year students played  Little Tommy Tiddlemouse, from Making Music Fun.  Here, first year class AC. 

Line-up

Glockenspiels: Ángel Álvarez Díaz, Nel Valdés Ibáñez, Gabriel Álvarez Carvallo, Miguel Gutiérrez García, Marcos Labajos Álvarez. Soprano metallophones: Natalia Blanco Agudín, Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez. Alto metallophones: Marcus Araujo Pereira, Irene Casal García, Pedro Gómez Vázquez, Clara Inclán González, Andrés Lajara del Río, Saúl Martínez Casal. Soprano xylophones: Miguel Alonso Palacio, Alba Álvarez García, Alba de Sande López, Héctor García González. Alto Xylophones: Enol de la Peña Álvarez, Lino Cernuda Otero, Dario González González, Laura García Méndez, Bass xylophone: Jorge Carretero Pérez, Claves: Laura Márquez García, David García López, Norbi Ionut Lingurar,