ISSUE 16 Richard Moore to play at Forthcoming Reunions St Paul’s Cathedral Edwardian Girls’ v KES 1st Team Richard Moore (KES 00-07) has been on to read Music at St John’s College, Netball Match Saturday 23rd March at 2.00 pm named as the new Organ Scholar Oxford as the College’s Organ Scholar Wellington Sports Ground at St Paul’s Cathedral for academic where he was active as an accompanist, years beginning September 2012 and featuring on commercial recordings Oxbridge Reunion Dinner Friday 26th April at 7.00 pm September 2013. He has been awarded with the choirs of St John’s, and also Balliol College, Oxford the Cathedral’s much-coveted William Exeter College. He currently studies and Irene Miller Organ Scholarship organ at the Royal College of Music, Interhouse Golf Tournament meaning he will work in the music where he is in the second year of the Tuesday 30th April at 10.30 am Rowlands Castle Golf Course department alongside the Director MMus programme. of Music, Organist and Sub-Organist, st Edwardians v 1 XI Cricket Team playing for and conducting some of the Active as a continuo player in the Saturday 8th June many services held in the Cathedral, historical performance department, KES, Sports Field and assisting in the training of the recent projects have included tours to Poole Veterans’ Luncheon thirty-three boy choristers, who are France and Italy, in addition to work with Sunday 9th June at 12.00 pm between 7 and 13 years old. the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital, KES, Dining Hall Chelsea, where he was Organ Scholar Pre 1939 Leavers’ Luncheon Richard began his training as an until August 2012. Alongside the Organ Monday 1st July at 12.00 pm organist in the Portsmouth Diocese, Scholarship at St Paul’s, Richard also KES, Hospitality Suite studying with Rosemary Field, before holds the post of Sir George Thalben- Wally Kemp Golf Tournament spending a year as Organ Scholar at Ball Memorial Organ Scholar at St Friday 12th July at 2.30 pm Southwell Minster. After KES he went Michael’s, Cornhill. Stoneham Golf Course Edwardian Girls’ v 1st XI Hockey Team Saturday 7th September Wellington Sports Ground For further details of any of the above events, please contact [email protected] or ring 023 8070 4561 Update us with your email address Please help us to update our files by sending us your email contact address and mobile phone number. This will assist us in staying in contact should you move house and forget to tell us. It will also enable us to send you a copy of the Edwardian magazine to your email account. Please email us on [email protected]. sch.uk specifying your full name, leaving year, email address and mobile telephone number. King Edward VI School Wilton Road . Southampton . Hampshire SO15 5UQ Telephone: 023 8070 4561 www.kes.hants.sch.uk1 From the Editor you as alumni have taken part in, nearer Edwardian girls’ team hockey defeat in to the actual time. September. All are welcome to come and watch at Wellington on 23rd March Unfortunately we didn’t hold a 10 at 2pm. year reunion for the Class of 2002 in October as planned, Uptake for Balliol College, Oxford will be the the event was poor and so we sadly venue for the Oxbridge reunion this had to cancel. We hope that later year in April. We hope that as many this year the Class of 2003 will be of you currently studying at Oxford or more successful. However, we had a Cambridge (including those on post very enjoyable evening in December grads or in research posts) will be when we celebrated the fundraising able to join us. Please email me if you achievements of the 56-63 cohort. The are concerned that you should have event was relaxed and informal whilst received an invite and have not. at the same time allowing the School to formally thank all those involved. On 20th March we will be holding Listening to those present talk about Thanksgiving in Winchester Cathedral. their schooldays was interesting and Thanksgiving provides the school also, in some cases, amusing. I remain community past and present with Time seems to have passed quickly unconvinced as to whether I should an opportunity to give thanks to our since writing last and it has indeed been believe some of the antics they got up founder William Capon. Without his a shorter period of time since the last to, or perhaps I prefer not to believe vision 460 years ago, there would be edition. We have changed the times of them! Did they really raise a chair up no KES family past, present or future issue slightly so that distribution will the Bell Tower flag pole? something for which all of us are now take place early in the autumn grateful. term and in the middle of the spring In March we look forward to the Edwardian girls’ netball team taking on term. This allows us to report back Suzanne Hooper on all the summer activities, that have the KES senior girls’ team. They will be Development Officer taken place both within school and that hoping to turn the tide following the 2 From the Head Master The New Year launched the new term with snow covering drama teacher of distinction and a strong supporter of the school fields. This was very pretty but did little to help KES rugby but his principal role has been as Director of with our hockey and netball fixtures! In all other respects we Sixth Form for the past 8 years and, before that, the Deputy have begun the new term with much to celebrate including Head of the Upper School. We wish him well with his new an outstanding inspection report and excellent academic enterprise organising trips to the First World War battle results reinforced by another strong set of Oxbridge offers. fields. He is also about to publish a book on old Edwardians For the first time in many years Cambridge has been more serving in the First World War which will be of interest to generous than Oxford! many. The King Edward VI Foundation continues to provide support to children from disadvantaged backgrounds so that they can benefit from an education at King Edward’s. Further details may be obtained from the School through Ms Hooper and Mrs Millar or via the website. As ever we are grateful to the OE Association for its support of the School’s activities and to our staff who organise reunions of various sorts, particularly Ms Hooper as Development Officer. AJ Thould Head Master It has been pleasing to meet Edwardians of all ages over the past term, not least the 56-63 cohort who have done so much to raise funds for bursaries at KES. They exceeded their ambitious target and have set an example for others to follow. We are hugely grateful for all that they have done. The development of the School’s site continues, with a completion of our transformation of the English and Modern Language facilities and the creation of an expanded Recital Room together with new practice rooms and a recording studio in the Music Department. However, the principal development over the past 6 months has been the acquisition of Stroud School in Romsey. This is an exciting opportunity and one which allows the School to offer a full service to parents with children aged from 2 to 18. There was one farewell to note in December. Mr Jones has retired, having taught at KES for over 20 years. He was a 3 News from the School Carol Service St John’s Smith Square concert Sixty of the School’s advanced musicians performed in an outstanding concert at St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster on 8th November. Music included works by Beethoven, Mozart, Telemann, Shostakovich, Bruckner, Albinoni and Bartok and the concert, which also featured jazz items and a new work written by Dr Leaman. Several former Edwardians now studying music at conservatoire and university joined the players, and parents and staff in the KES Adult Choir sang in the final item, Verdi’s ‘Hebrew Slaves Chorus’. On Monday 17th December, 186 singers in the combined choirs sang a variety of carols to complement the traditional Christmas readings at the annual KES Christmas Carol Service held at St Mary’s Church. Carols ranged from Taverner’s ‘The Lamb’ to Handel’s ‘And the Glory of the Lord’. The congregation sang heartily and all enjoyed mince pies and mulled wine at end. Over £700 was raised for The Wessex Cancer Trust in the retiring collection. Movember Movember a month to remember! During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of the campaign is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer. A number of the KES staff along with a small number of pupils took part with a variety of results. Farewell Mr Jones The School said ‘Farewell’ to Peter Jones at the end of the autumn term. Peter joined the staff team in 1986 and, along with Mr Dykes, introduced Drama as an examination subject to King Edward’s. He has been a mainstay of the Drama Department ever since. Peter supported many drama events and productions during his 26 years at KES and he has directed and co-directed many memorable and successful productions, notably his imaginative and very funny production of ‘Twelfth Night’ set in a jazz club, ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘South Pacific’ with a huge cast and some very precariously waving palm trees! Peter has had many other responsibilities.