Monday 19 March SENIOR SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT Assembly Hall, 7pm Tickets FREE This concert will include a medley from Les Misérables and Bob Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass as well as works by Lionel Ritchie, Philip Lane and Benjamin Britten. Primary 7 Production, The Lion King Junior, May 2017 Thursday 22 March JUNIOR SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT Assembly Hall, 7pm Wednesday 23 May – Thursday 24 May A varied and entertaining selection of music performed by choirs, P7 PRODUCTION Arts Upper Primary Hall, 7pm CREATIVE ensembles and orchestras from the Junior School. Director: Mrs Kristiana Gotzsche Robertson, Musical Director: Mrs Katharine Jones CALENDAR SUMMER Wednesday 18 April SESSION 2017/18 Monday 11 June – Tuesday 12 June FINALS OF THE SINGING COMPETITION Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required ART EXHIBITION Our finest Senior School singers compete for the singing prizes in Art School, 3.15pm–5.00pm front of a visiting adjudicator. Summer Art show celebrating pupils’ achievements across Primary, IC S1, S2 and S3. S Monday 23 April – Tuesday 24 April U Tuesday 19 June – Friday 22 June ART EXHIBITION M Art School, 3.30pm–5.00pm SENIOR SUMMER PRODUCTION Art and Design show celebrating pupils’ achievements across Our House By Tim Firth, Music and Lyrics by Madness National 5, Higher, IB and Advanced Higher courses. Director: Mr Matthew Spoor, Musical Director: Mr Steven Griffin Assembly Hall, 7pm Tickets £12/£10 Based in 1980s Camden Town, Our House tells the story of London Thursday 26 April lad Joe Casey, who’s life splits into two when he has to make a ROBIN ADAIR YOUNG MUSICIANS’ CONCERT decision of a lifetime: the Good Joe, stays to help, and Bad Joe flees. Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required Featuring a collection of Madness hits including House of Fun, Baggy This concert showcases the talents of some of the School’s finest Trousers and of course Our House. musicians, playing solo and chamber music as well as world A premiere performances of compositions by our pupil-composers in M S5 and S6. Tuesday 19 June – Wednesday 20 June A

P4/P5 AFTERNOON CONCERTS R Music School Auditorium, 1.30pm By invitation only

Wednesday 2 May D P3 AFTERNOON CONCERT Music School Auditorium, 1.45pm By invitation only Thursday 21 June – Friday 22 June P6 AFTERNOON CONCERTS Music School Auditorium, 1.30pm By invitation only Tuesday 22 May P7 PRODUCTION Upper Primary Hall, 1.30pm Monday 25 June Director: Mrs Kristiana Gotzsche Robertson, Musical Director: Mrs Katharine Jones THE LEAVERS’ CONCERT Yet to be decided, this production will showcase Primary 7 children’s Music School Auditorium, 7pm Tickets FREE work in a theatrical presentation. T A final chance to hear performances by our talented pupils in S6 R before they leave Watson’s. A

UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE TICKETS FOR ALL TICKETED PERFORMANCES ARE AVAILABLE FROM SENIOR SCHOOL RECEPTION. TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. For more information on the events listed here, please call us on 0131 446 6000 Art Exhibition, May 2017 www.gwc.org.uk Wednesday 22 November – Friday 24 November Sunday 10 December S3 PRODUCTION HARPS OF GOLD Singin’ in The Rain Queen’s Hall, 2.30pm Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Songs by Nacio Herb Brown Tickets available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office and Arthur Freed. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with A family concert of Christmas music old and new featuring Na Music Theatre International (Europe). Clarsirean – Edinburgh’s Harp Orchestra, and our own Caritas Choir. Director: Miss Emma Henderson, Musical Director: Mr Douglas McCallum Assembly Hall, 7pm Tickets £12/£10 Concert Band, October 2016 Set during the advent of ‘talkies’ in 1920s Hollywood, Singin’ in the Wednesday 13 December Rain has snappy songs, witty dialogue, phenomenal dance numbers, FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS and a great Hollywood story. Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a St Giles’ Cathedral, 7.30pm AUTUMN hot item but, behind the scenes, things aren’t always as they appear Thursday 12 October Our traditional uplifting celebration of the Christmas season in on the big screen! To cover up the fact that Lina’s voice is so awful, MUSIC AT WATSON’S the beautiful setting of St Giles’ Cathedral led by members of our they dub over her using the voice of aspiring actress Kathy Sheldon. Assembly Hall, 7pm Tickets FREE choirs, with many past pupils who join us to swell the singing. Over the course of the musical, Don and Kathy fall in love as he tries Our first large scale concert of the Session will feature many Senior to make her a star, much to the disgruntlement of Lina.

School musicians, both singers and players, and will include Lehar’s SPRING Gold and Silver Waltz, music by George Harrison and Stevie Wonder Tuesday 30 January and the famous theme from the TV series Cagney & Lacey. EVENING OF MUSIC Scholars’ Concert Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required Friday 13 October One of the musical highlights of the year, The Scholars’ Concert is JOINT CONCERT WITH MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE an opportunity for the holders of the Ferguson and Bruce Awards to STRING ORCHESTRA showcase their talents as soloists. Church of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, 7.30pm The Caritas Strings join with string players from Marlborough College to present a concert of string orchestra music including a Concerto Wednesday 28 February S3 Production: Beauty and the Beast, November 2016 Grosso by Corelli and a Double Cello Concerto by Vivaldi, alongside P7 EVENING OF MUSIC works by Sibelius, Bartok and Piazzolla. Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required A chance to hear solo and group performances from musicians in Thursday 30 November their final year of the Junior School. Monday 6 November EVENING OF MUSIC EVENING OF MUSIC An Evening of Chamber Music Monday 5 March An Evening of Chamber Music Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required An evening featuring our smaller ensembles that rehearse each week EVENING OF MUSIC Anything Goes! An evening featuring our smaller ensembles that rehearse each week in the Music School, including trios, string quartets, woodwind and Music School Auditorium, 7pm No Tickets Required in the Music School, including trios, string quartets, woodwind and brass ensembles. brass ensembles. Taking Cole Porter’s song as inspiration, this concert will have music of any style. Anything Goes! Wednesday 6 December Friday 10 November JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT Wednesday 14 March INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE THEATRE ARTS Assembly Hall, 7pm Theatre Presentation The children of the Upper Primary will bring Christmas cheer with MUSIC AT WATSON’S Assembly Hall, 7pm Tickets FREE Drama Studio 1, 1.15pm a huge range of seasonal music, featuring orchestral, choral and The culmination of the year for many of our large instrumental S5 IB pupils present a combined collaboration of theatre work. ensemble music with traditional carols for all to join in. Contact [email protected]. ensembles, this concert presents a wide range of music from a huge number of pupils. Performances will include items from Symphony Thursday 7 December Orchestra, Philharmonia, Jazz Band, Trad Band, Wind Band and P4/P5 JUNIOR SCHOOL CAROL SERVICE Concert Band. Polwarth Parish Church, 2pm Singers and players from Primary 4 and Primary 5 celebrate the Christmas season in the beautiful setting of Polwarth Church.

Friday 8 December P6/P7 JUNIOR SCHOOL CAROL SERVICE Polwarth Parish Church, 2pm The turn of the pupils in Primary 6 and Primary 7 to celebrate Music at Watson’s, October 2016 A Celebration of George Watson’s College Music, March 2017 the Christmas season in words and music.