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Year 2 visited Hillborough Junior School to showcase their opera composition work. They carried out a workshop with the English National Opera and were able to talk about the project they completed in school.
Here is a link to Pluto Class animated composition: https://youtu.be/ZBI2X5jGTQY
Please see below the lovely comments from English National Opera and some of our Governors.
Wow! A huge congratulations on your fantastic composition Sparkle and Shine.
We loved hearing your interpretation of the colour Gold that you chose to complete Omar's opera 'Blue, Red, Yellow...' .
At the ENO, a group of us got together to listen to all of the compositions submitted to us just before Christmas.
Your composition was listened to by:
James Carvalho, ENO Engage Programme Administrator
And here is their feedback:
I really loved how your piece of music had lots of different voices and instruments that almost felt they were different chapters of a story. I felt all of the instruments went really well and complimented each other perfectly. Many classes chose to sing in groups, I thought it was cool that there was lots of different solo singers in your composition.
We are also especially excited to let you know that your composition was one of 38 (out of over 160 submitted) to be selected to be turned into an animation! Huge congratulations!
We also sent those compositions selected for animation to our composer Omar Shahryar so that he could listen and provide you with his own feedback:
The repetition of words makes this piece quite intense, especially with the crescendos! Each sound is given is own space. It's very charming, particularly the voices.
Enjoy celebrating your amazing work on the project, and we very much hope you are inspired to keep on composing!
Warmest wishes,
English National Opera
Comments from Governors
Wow, what a fantastic achievement! The feedback is amazing … and the finished video is lovely and really complements the performance. Pluto children should be really proud of what they have produced and I hope it inspires them to make more little operas. And who knows, next stop London Coliseum!
John Paxton
What an amazing piece of music! I really enjoyed all the different voices and sounds - and wonderful comments from the ENO. Congratulations to Pluto Class!
Jenny Francis
What a lovely way to start my day listening to your wonderful composition and reading your lovely feedback from ENO. Congratulations Pluto Class - you should feel very proud of what you achieved.
Cathy Minett-Smith
Wow this really brightened my day and made me smile… what brilliant varied sounds and voices…. Congratulations Pluto Class, very proud of you! 🤩
Sue Spriggs