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  Youth Brass 2000 Belgium Tour

  Published 09/09/24

  Year 10 student Spike, tours Belgium with the Youth Brass 2000 band 

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  BRIT Kids Open Event

  Published 10/12/18

  The first very successful term of BRIT Kids Saturday classes will be rounded off with a celebration event on Saturday 15th December, to which prospective students and their parents are invited.

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  Winter Showcase 2018

  Published 06/12/18

  Brooke Weston Academy is celebrating Christmas early with its festive Winter Showcase which is taking place on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th December.

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  BWA student has flamenco guitar masterclass

  Published 05/03/18

  Andrei Kuzin, a Year 13 student at Brooke Weston Academy had the opportunity of a lifetime when he met renowned Spanish flamenco guitarist, Juan Martin, who passed on tips on playing the distinctive music.

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  BWA siblings win British Brass Open Youth Champions 2018

  Published 27/02/18

  Congratulations to three Brooke Weston students Daisy (Year 8), Joe (Year 9) and Max Oram (Year 10) who competed with Youth Brass 2000 (YB2K) in the British Open Youth Contest in Lancashire and came away as the British Youth Champions 2018.

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  Auditions for Bugsy Malone

  Published 22/01/18

  After the phenomenal success of our school production ‘Grease the Musical’ last year we are excited to announce that this years summer performance will be Bugsy Malone and all students are invited to audition for the main roles for the show that will take place in May.

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  Christmas Showcase 2017

  Published 04/12/17

  Tickets for this year’s annual Christmas Showcase will go on sale from the finance office on Friday 1 December with an extra night added due to popular demand.

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  Student makes it into County Youth Orchestra

  Published 11/09/17

  Year 12 student Winston Ho has succeeded in gaining a place on the County Youth Orchestra for his musical abilities with the viola.

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  BW guitar teacher seeks students to work on community projects

  Published 22/05/17

  Brooke Weston’s guitar teacher Mr Paul Balmer is searching for more students to become involved in his youth projects in music and creating podcasts and short films about Corby.

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  Brooke Weston student wins the A S Felton Cup for her cornet recital

  Published 21/03/17

  Brooke Weston student Daisy Oram competed in the Kettering and District Eisteddfod competition, an annual festival of music, speech and dramatic arts for amateur performers where she was successful in winning the A S Felton Cup in the 13 Years and under cornet Recital Class.

  Daisy practices the cornet five times a week and had to fight her anxiety issues during the competition when on the first day she became too nervous to compete but managed to overcome her fears and came back the next day to win. She said ‘The first day my anxiety got the better of me and I wasn’t able to play at all. I went back on the second day feeling scared and worried that I wouldn’t be able to play or I would go wrong. I played two different pieces tried my best to keep focused and won. It felt amazing, I was shaking I was so happy.’

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  Acoustic night

  Published 05/12/16

  Brooke Weston’s Acoustic evenings are held termly on Wednesday of week four. They are an open mic event where all students are invited to showcase their talents.

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  Christmas Showcase

  Published 05/12/16

  Monday 19th December sees Brooke Weston's annual Christmas Showcase where students will entertain the audience in a variety of acts from the performing arts.

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