Saturday, 14 April 2018

Choir Success - Stratford Music Festival

Congratulations to our Choir who have won the trophy at this year's Stratford Music Festival. You can see from the trophy below that Mr Gowers & Miss Kumszczynska have done a great job in preparing the children over recent years. Well done Team Mead! 

What is the Stratford Music Festival
The Stratford & East London Music Festival was founded in 1882, making it the UK’s oldest music and drama festival. It has continued to grow in popularity since that time, with entries in 2016 reaching over 1,000 in over 200 classes.

Our festival is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals.

Who else has performed at the festival?
Many musicians and actors can trace the start of their careers from success at the Stratford & East London Music Festival.

These include Jonathan Antoine, one half of ‘Jonathan and Charlotte’, who were runners-up in Britain’s Got Talent in 2012 (losing out to dancing dog act ‘Ashleigh and Pudsey’ and Charlotte Barbour-Condini, who reached the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2012.