On Saturday 7th February, our Music department organised and hosted the Rock and Pop section of the Portsmouth Festival of Performing Arts. Amongst the 29 solo, duet and band performances throughout the day, 17 of our students from Year 7 to 11 performed and competed against some very talented young musicians from Portsmouth and surrounding areas. There were some incredibly strong competition from all that took part and our students more than held their own. 

All the performers were fantastic, and we're extremely proud of how professionally they presented themselves. They were awarded the following awards: 

• Amelia and Mollie – Best Ensemble Skills and Best Vocalist 
• Harry .F – Best Guitarist 
• Archie .B – Best Drummer 
• Best Band – Archie, Rose, Rudy and Harry for their performance of Out of the Black by Royal Blood 
• Rudy .T – Best Bassist 
• Alfie and Charlie – Best Ensemble Skills 
• Daisy – Best Vocalist 
• Alister – Best Drummer 
• Best Band – Alister, Daisy, Callum and Blake 
• Best Ensemble Skills – Crookhorn Rock Band