Royal Albert Hall ~ 22 October 2009 Souvenir Programme One Sun

One World n January 2008, we were asked to write another same winds which drive the life systems of the work for WWF to mark their 50th anniversary – earth. As she tells her story, it becomes clear Ithis time on the theme ‘One Planet Future’. We how people developed their own interconnected were delighted to accept the challenge because it systems of trade and communication; their own gave us the opportunity to write in greater depth one world of human interdependence, which is about this wonderful oneness of our world. To help itself dependent on the life forces of the earth. us, we enlisted some very special characters. Even the humble rat, enjoying the free food he The Old Oak Tree explains the great forces of the finds on the municipal dump, has his place in earth, which drive and sustain the engine of its life: the order of things. He has a unique perspective the power of the sun, the movement of the oceans, on the world and is able to make his own the patterns of the winds, the miracle of rainfall, personal comment on the activities of his the web of cold and heat – all interconnected, human neighbours. one wonderful whole, out of which, daily and continually, the amazing variety of landscapes, We are all becoming increasingly aware of the habitats and life-forms is reborn. effect our individual behaviour has on the planet, its creatures and ourselves. As the musical The panda, the polar bear and the tiger speak for progresses, each character has its own part to play the animals, each at home in its own habitat, each in reminding us just how important it is for us all to with its unique place in the oneness of the earth. take care of the earth. After all, we have only one The Children of the World explain how they, too, sun and one world. are part of the whole; they have adapted to life in different landscapes and are dependent upon the earth for their survival. Peter Rose and Anne Conlon

Cacao, the tree which gave chocolate to the world, is well placed to explain how she was transported across the seas in ships driven by the winds – the One Sun One World

Welcome to the Royal Albert Hall for the premiere of One Sun One World. Today’s performances are the culmination of over eighteen months of hard work by all the schools and partners. Children and teachers have been singing, painting, writing, designing and rehearsing across every school in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The production that you see today has been made possible by the partnership of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music and the English Chamber Orchestra. This year the partnership was joined by WWF who have commissioned One Sun One World to mark their 50th anniversary. This souvenir programme celebrates the premiere of this new work written by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon. It also showcases a range of projects inspired by the message of this new work, One Sun One World. Partners Royal Borough of Royal Albert Hall Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Albert Hall is delighted to once again be a partner with the Royal Borough, RCM and The Royal Borough has an established tradition ECO for One Sun One World. We are also thrilled of promoting numerous, quality music and arts to be working alongside WWF as a new partner. developments which enhance and enrich the lives Following from the success of Ocean World and the of school students, residents and the community importance that the Hall puts on its work with our as a whole. local schools, we are very excited to be involved and to be able to offer not only the use of the There is a comprehensive music strategy to support Hall free-of-charge, but to also be able to offer schools and raise standards of music within them. additional funding to support work being carried Lately that strategy has expanded to incorporate out in schools all over the borough. the broader creative arts, and some of the projects completed as part of One Sun One World are One of the great things that we are able to do as testament to that curriculum breadth. The Music part of the remit of our department is to offer the and Arts Strategy Manager works with schools to opportunity for young people to be able to perform develop a range of creative projects and programmes on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. It never fails to enhance the curriculum within schools and ensure to capture the imagination of the participants and the provision of a high quality learning experience. always gives such a sense of achievement when they have completed their performance and realise One of the key features of the Royal Borough’s Music what they have accomplished. and Arts Strategy is the development of effective partnerships with external agencies and, to date, Many of the world’s most famous performers have that has resulted in many successful collaborations. trod these boards and to those illustrious names Children from the Royal Borough have enjoyed that range from Beyoncé to the Royal Philharmonic unique opportunities to perform alongside Orchestra, and JK Rowling to Professor Stephen professional artists on a number of occasions. Hawking, we can add the names of all those young The Christmas Festival serves as a fine example people from Kensington and Chelsea. of this, with children and young people from all phases of education combining to perform bespoke The Learning & Participation Team is committed song arrangements in a variety of languages, with to finding creative opportunities to involve pupils, Makaton signing, accompanied by accomplished teachers and the local community with the work players from the RCM. of the Hall. We aim to encourage people to be not only audience members for its variety of shows, Other partnerships have provided the opportunity but also to be performers on one of the most for schools to extend pupils’ musical experiences famous and iconic stages in the world. through either attending performances at prestigious venues, or becoming involved in We would like to thank the Promendars’ high quality workshops and projects provided by Musical Charities for their kind support to us professional players and organisations. for this fantastic project. The Promenaders' Musical Charities is the organisation set up The performance of Ocean World in 2007 was a by the Promenaders in 1999 to run the retiring pinnacle in partnership working between the Royal collection at the Proms each summer. The Borough, the Royal Albert Hall, the RCM and the money collected is distributed amongst selected ECO. The success of this performance ensured charities with a musical connection, such as for an enthusiasm to embrace an the benefit of musicians, music therapy and additional partner, the WWF, and music education projects. to collaborate in the projects and performance of One Sun One World today. Partners Royal College of Music English Chamber Orchestra The Royal College of Music has an established The ECO is one of the world's leading chamber Learning and Participation programme known orchestras, having performed in many countries, as RCM Sparks. It provides opportunities for recorded over 1,200 works and played with the everyone to make or learn about music at the world's greatest soloists throughout its history. RCM, regardless of musical ability. From weekend Benjamin Britten was the orchestra’s first Patron workshops for children to holiday courses for and a significant musical influence. teenagers, vocal days for families to opera matinees for schools, RCM Sparks offers a Through its extensive and inclusive creative musically enriching experience for all. Specially outreach programme, the ECO aims to inspire trained RCM musicians assist professional and nurture an understanding and love of the workshop leaders in delivering a vibrant and performing arts which transcends boundaries of engaging programme that complements the age, background, ability, culture and geography. RCM’s mission to offer an inspirational learning The ECO Outreach Team comprises musicians, experience for all. Since its establishment in 2007, animateurs and actors whose skills and RCM Sparks has ignited the flame of music in the imagination combine to design and lead its range hearts and minds of thousands of people. This year of creative music and drama projects. Workshops RCM Sparks has worked creatively with over 1000 take place in a variety of environments: schools, participants, given essential education training to hospitals, clinics and concert venues across the over 100 RCM students and brought live music to south of England and as far afield as South Africa. nearly 2000 members of the community. Activities include creative work with children, The programme has a strong relationship with master classes with students, schools’ concerts the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. At and A Level composition workshops. the heart of all collaborative work is the shared Since 2006, the orchestra has run projects in aim of offering essential up to date training for schools throughout the Royal Borough. It is the RCM students while providing exciting, live music development of this relationship which led to the projects for young people in the Royal Borough. ECO’s participation in the unique collaborative One significant programme is the Musicians of the performance of Ocean World in 2007, and to the Future scheme (supported by British Gas, Lucie current partnership in One Sun One World. Allsop Memorial Trust and EMI) which enable 24 secondary school students from the Royal Borough to learn a musical instrument. Taught by musicians from the RCM the students undertake a fast track programme, featuring specially commissioned pieces and culminating in a musical extravaganza accompanied by a live band.

In 2007 Ocean World provided further opportunities for RCM musicians to gain outreach experience with students providing vocal support to schools in preparation for the performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The success of that project ensured the RCM’s enthusiasm to become a partner in One Sun One World leading to today’s performance. Partners WWF WWF-UK, the UK arm of the world’s leading independent environmental organisation, is at the heart of efforts to create the solutions we need – striving for a ‘One Planet Future’ where people and nature thrive within their fair share of the planet’s natural resources.

To make this vision a reality, we are addressing three key environmental challenges in partnership with governments, businesses and communities both here in the UK and around the world: safeguarding the natural world, tackling climate change and changing the way we live.

WWF’s education programme was established in the early 1980s, encouraging schools to put sustainability at the heart of school life. WWF’s programme provides schools with a range of engaging and inspiring activities which show how all schools can play a part in striving to live within the ecological limits of one planet.

More information about WWF’s work can be found at: wwf.org.uk/oneplanetschools. Biographies Peter Rose and Anne Conlon Peter Rose and Anne Conlon were both born in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Peter Rose was a graduate of the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the RNCM), where he studied piano with the eminent professor, Gordon Green. These four WWF musicals have been performed by hundreds of thousands of children on every continent He was appointed Head of Expressive Arts at St of the world: in such countries as Canada, USA, Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, Lancashire, in Zambia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South 1980. During the following 25 years, he established Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Malaysia, a remarkably successful music department, with Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and nearer his massed choirs of over 200 children aged 11 to home, France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. 16 becoming renowned throughout the world for their wonderful performances – in particular, the Several have been award-winning television programmes, including Song of the Forest (narrated by Rose-Conlon WWF musicals which were always Sting for Channel 4), Ocean World (narrated by Sir David accompanied by equally impressive stage bands. Attenborough also for Channel 4), and African Jigsaw, Anne Conlon was a graduate of Liverpool University. broadcast as a Splash Special documentary on ITV. In 1980, she became Head of English and eventually Other large scale Rose-Conlon collaborations have Senior Teacher at Saints John Fisher and Thomas More included Daughters of Pendle (1985), a dramatic stage RC High School, Colne, until her retirement in 2005. musical which tells the tragic story of 16th Century witchcraft in the Forest of Pendle in Lancashire; and Always a keen singer and instrumentalist, as well as Song of Creation, which celebrated the wonders of the a talented writer and poet, Anne was very happy to natural world and of human achievement. accept Peter’s request in 1980 to write the lyrics for their first musical collaboration,The Conversion Job More recently, Peter and Anne turned their minds – a highly amusing musical telling the story of Saint to very different subject matter. In March 2009, the Augustine and his forty heroic monks as they set about premiere performance of their newly commissioned their daunting task of converting Britain to Christianity. song cycle, Caledonian Shadows, was given by the International Children’s Voices of Enfield, directed by Their second collaboration, The Kestrel Song, June Keyte MBE. This work reflects upon the drama of described the kestrel’s ability to adapt to its new Scotland’s wild places. environment above the verges of our motorways. It won the BBC/WWF Sounds Natural Competition and Throughout their careers, Peter and Anne have also led to a commission from Ivan Hattingh, WWF’s then written much sacred music which has regularly Head of Education, to write a musical highlighting been featured on religious radio and television the dangers being posed to the world’s rainforests. programmes. Their Hymns for a Caring World includes The resulting work (in 1983) was Yanomamo, the Care for Your World and News is Whispered in Corners, world’s first ecological musical and one which was both originally written for BBC’s Songs of Praise. destined to become one of the most performed of all Anne retired from her teaching post in 2005, but children’s musicals. continues to enjoy her writing. Also in 2005, Peter moved with his young family to the Scottish Highlands Further WWF commissions followed in Yanomamo’s where he is now the director of the Lochaber Music wake: African Jigsaw (1986) explored the problems School in Fort William. This part-time post allows him of migration from countryside to city in developing much more time to compose, whilst still being able to countries; Ocean World (1990) told the story of enjoy his first love of teaching. a mother whale and her baby calf making their treacherous journey north; and Arabica (1996), which Peter and Anne continue to enjoy their long used the glamorous commodity of coffee to explore the established partnership with their music publishers, injustices that arise from international trade and debt. Josef Weinberger Ltd of London. Biographies National Ballet, The Southbank Centre and the Jean Carter - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Sally has written two bespoke programmes of music Jean Carter began her music for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea — career as a singer and the Wider Opportunities programme FIFTHS, now in conductor. She performed all 26 primary schools, and Musicians of the Future. as a soloist and later toured Recently, she has written a hip-hop arrangement of and recorded as a member Tchaikovsky’s Trepak for the English National Ballet’s of the Swingle Singers. She tour of Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition. performed a diverse mix of music from Bach and Berio to Beatles, in venues ranging from Carnegie As an Artistic Director, her most recent production Hall to Ronnie Scotts. was the highly acclaimed Royal Borough’s Raps4Gaps event at Cadogan Hall. As a conductor, her passion has always been to work with singers of all ages and experience, either as Musical Director for close harmony groups or as Narrator - conductor of large-scale choral works. Gemma Hunt

She has always been a dedicated educationalist and, Gemma spent 4 years as one as Music and Arts Manager for the Royal Borough of the main presenters working of Kensington and Chelsea, she pursues her true on CBBC1, CBBC2 and the passion: to share her love of music. CBBC Channel. She grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and She hopes to inspire young people to fulfil their own then went to the University of musical potential and believes that everyone should Luton, where she gained a first class degree in Media have the chance to fulfil their musical dream. Performance and was lucky enough to join the CBBC team within a couple of weeks of graduating! Artistic Director - Her time at CBBC was hectic and action-packed and Sally Greaves saw Gemma hosting the magazine shows Xchange Sally’s work encompasses a and Smile, travelling to and reporting from Ghana wide spectrum of music and for the Africa Lives season, presenting live from media. Her compositions Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s 80th birthday, and arrangements have been presenting from the Royal Albert Hall for the Blue released by various record Peter Prom and this years Evolution Prom alongside labels, as well as being Sir David Attenborough, competing as a runner and broadcast on television. Her writing shows an reporting from the Great North Run, presenting many eclectic mix of musical styles, from drum ‘n bass to times for CBBC’s live coverage at Wimbledon, guest jazz and classical, which has led her to work with a presenting a special edition of Best of Friends and diverse range of artists. last but no means least, appearing in an episode of Chucklevision! In theatre, Sally has also worked as composer, arranger and musical director with librettists and Gemma spent 7 weeks filming in Australia with Peter lyricists to develop new musicals that have been Pan co-star Barney Harwood for Barney's Barrier premièred at the Wimbledon and Bloomsbury Reef which was shown on CBBC early in 2009 and theatres, the King’s Head and the Edinburgh is looking forward to filming in South America for Festival. the new series in 2010. They have also just finished filming a new series of the popular CBBC show Sally runs her own film and music company with Bamzooki, which you can see soon on CBBC.This year, clients including the Royal Albert Hall, EMI, English Gemma has also presented The Fluffy Club on GMTV. Biographies Rodney Clarke - The Oak Tree

Rodney has performed with Willcocks; Bernstein's Mass with LSO under many companies including Marin Alsop; and the title role in Porgy and Bess, English National Opera, with the Orchestra and Chorus of Accademia di Welsh National Opera, Santa Cecilia, Rome under Wayne Marshall. Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Birmingham Opera Rodney recently understudied the role of Company, Opéra National Aeneas for the ROH, Covent Garden’s production de Lyon, Le Théâtre of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, was featured in the du Châtelet and The BBC’s documentary of The Birth of British Music Norwegian Opera. (Handel and Purcell series), sang the title role in gala performances of Eugene Onegin in Russia He has been recognised for his interpretation and performed the role of Jake in Porgy and of Bach, Handel and Mozart in particular, and Bess with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Styriarte has also created a number of roles in works by Festspiele, Graz. Errolyn Wallen, Jonathan Dove and Glenn Erik Haugland. He has participated in television Future engagements include Jake in Porgy and projects for the BBC and appeared as the Bess at Opera National de Lyon, with debuts at Second Priest in Kenneth Branagh's film version the Edinburgh Festival and La Scala, Milan, and of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. the title role in Porgy and Bess in concert with His roles in performance include: Figaro, Count the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Reykjavik. Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro; Papageno in Die Rodney is very keen to help bring Opera and Zauberflote; title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni; great music to a wider audience. He knows from Ferryman in Curlew River and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, both by Britten; Jake in Gershwin’s personal experience what this can bring to a Porgy and Bess ; and Thoas in Gluk’s Iphigénie young person’s life, even if it is only in terms of en Tauride. improving confidence. He is passionate about coaching and training young people, especially His performing highlights include: Haydn's those who may never have been exposed to Creation at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Opera before.

with such distinguished singers as Dennis O’ Neill, Colette Boushell - Nelly Miricioiu, Valerie Masterson and Rosalind Panda Plowright. Irish soprano, Colette Boushell, During her time at the RCM, Colette has covered is a recent graduate of the the roles of Seleuce (Tolomeo) and Cleofide (Poro) Benjamin Britten International for the 2006 and 2007 London Handel Festivals. Opera School at the RCM, She has also performed the title role in Janacek’s studying under Lillian Watson. The Cunning Little Vixen, the role of Sandrina in She holds BMus and MMus Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera and Titania in Britten’s Performance degrees from the A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Last year she also D.I.T Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin, played the role of Tina in Jonathan Dove’s Flight for where she studied with Deirdre Grier-Delaney. the British Youth Opera.

Colette has significant experience as a recitalist Colette greatly appreciates the support for her and concert performer, having sung in prestigious studies received from the Josephine Baker Trust, venues throughout Ireland, the UK, Germany and the MBF Sybil Tutton awards and the Arts Council Japan. She has also participated in master classes of Ireland. Biographies Gloria; Faure’s Requiem; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio; Sarah Jane Lewis - and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to music. Polar bear His operatic roles include: Blansac in Rossini’s La Sarah-Jane recently Scala Di Seta, BYO; Prisoner in Beethoven’s Fidelio graduated from the RCM as part of the Garsington Opera; Minskman in Dove’s with 1st Class Honours, Flight, BYO; Nardo in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, having studied with Kathleen Harata in Janeck’s The Cunning little Vixen, Nick Livingstone. Whilst at RCM, Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, BBIOS; she participated in master the Sheriff in Flotow’s Martha, and the Bride's Father classes with Sarah Walker, Jane Manning and in Weir’s The Vanishing Bridegroom, RSAMD. Roger Vignoles. Aaron is supported by a Sir James Caird Travelling Sarah-Jane has performed solos at prestigious Scholarship and a Helen Margory Tonks Award. venues such as St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, The National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall. Her opera chorus experience Catherine Young - includes work for the Classical Opera Company in Cacao Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte and for Kenneth Branagh in the film version of The Magic Flute. Catherine is currently on the Masters in Vocal Performance Last year, Sarah-Jane performed a piece by course at the RCM, studying composer Errollyn Wallen live on BBC Radio 3’s In under Tim Evans Jones. Tune and has recently been part of a small chorus, Previously, she was an recording an advert for the new fragrance (pour undergraduate scholar at the femme) Flora by Gucci. She has also just made Royal Academy of Music where she trained with her Royal Opera House debut as a Savoyard in Penelope Mackay and Janet Price. Donizetti’s Opera Linda di Chamounix conducted by Sir Mark Elder. A keen recitalist, she has performed in the Holywell music rooms, the Jacqueline Du Pre Music Rooms, Sarah-Jane is the winner of the Kathleen Ferrier The V&A, the Banqueting House at Whitehall, and Bursary for Young Singers 2006, The Leith Hill the House of Lords. Her oratorio and concert work Award 2008 and is supported by the Josephine has taken her around the country, performing such Baker Trust. works as: Mozart's Mass in C minor; Derufle’s Requiem; Handel’s Messiah; Vivaldi’s Gloria; Aaron Alphonsus Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.

McAuley - Recent roles performed include playing Lapak Tiger in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen by (Pigotts Music Festival), and Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Aaron gained an Artist Diploma Purcell (Oxford Baroque Players). in Opera at the RCM under the direction of Tim Evans Jones She is also a regular guest soloist with the City of after completing a BMus. with Oxford Orchestra and performs with them in the honours at the Royal Scottish Sheldonian theatre. Academy of Music and Drama, under Alan Watt. Catherine is an RCM scholar, supported by a His solo career has taken him around the country Douglas and Kyra Downie award and the Josephine performing such works as Brahm’s Requiem; Baker trust. This year she has been awarded a Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Messiah; Berlioz place to study on the English National Opera’s L’Enfrance du Christ (Polydorus); Puccini, Messa di Baylis Opera Works Programme. Biographies Sawer, Ken Hesketh and Mike McEvoy. She was Philip Tebb - supported as a scholar by the John Foster Award, Rat the Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Award and the Cawthra Award. Philip Tebb studied Music at Durham University, where he As an undergraduate, she studied at Exeter was a Choral Scholar at the University where she held the Thomas Beecham Cathedral, and at the RCM’s Scholarship for outstanding solo performance and Benjamin Britten International graduated with 1st Class Honours. Opera School with Russell Smythe. His studies at RCM As a singer, Jody regularly performs in many were generously supported by the Anne Clayton different styles and genres, and sings her own Award, Stanley Picker Trust Award, the Audrey compositions while performing at venues ranging Sacher Award and the Josephine Baker Trust. from the Victoria and Albert Museum and RCM, to At the RCM, he has appeared in master classes the Hackney Empire. with Valerie Masterson, James Oxley, Graham This year she was the featured composer at the Johnson, Patrica McMahon and Petra Lang. King’s Lynn Music Festival where she performed Philip sang the roles of Demetrius in Britten’s A her own piece, Blackberry Picking for viola and Midsummer Night’s Dream; Harasta in Janacek’s voice. She sings regularly with Derek and The Jazz The Cunning Little Vixen; Nicandro in Handel’s Kats around London and the South East, and will Atalanta (as part of the London Handel Festival); be appearing in various venues around London Father Trulove in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress; in gigs hosted by Big Note, a company for new and Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. singer/songwriter artists. His professional opera work includes singing with the ENO Chorus, Garsington Opera and Grange Steffan Jones - Park Opera, and at the Salzburg Festival. Last Phone year he sang the role of Schaunard in Puccini’s La Boheme with Wedmore Opera. Steffan Jones has recently completed a Graduate In October last year, Philip performed Mahler’s Diploma, Singer course at the Kindertotenlieder with the RCM Symphony RCM. A graduate of Worcester Orchestra conducted by Sir Roger Norrington at St. College, Oxford, he is also a John’s Smith Square. former winner of the National As an oratorio soloist, Philip is in great demand Urdd Eisteddfod. with many choral societies. This year, he has appeared with the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus, the Recent operatic roles include Eliab, in Sam Epsom Choral Society and Thames Philharmonic Hogarth’s David and Goliath; William in Philip Choir, singing Haydn’s St Nicholas Mass, Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher (New Monteverdi’s Vespers and Bach Mass in G Minor. Chamber Opera); Lord Dunmow in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement (Worcester College Opera); Toby in Brian Irvine’s The Calling of Jody Ellen Maisy Day; Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (Welsh Robinson - National Youth Opera); and Guglielmo, Papageno, Girl Tarquinius and Figaro in RCM Opera Scenes. Jody Ellen Robinson Steffan has also participated in master classes recently finished her with Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson (Oxford Lieder postgraduate studies at the Festival), Stephen Varcoe (RCM) and Harrison RCM, where she studied Birtwistle (while at Oxford as a member of Ensemble composition with David ISIS). He currently studies with Nicholas Sears. Ashburnham Primary School he Ashburnham School Choir has really enjoyed learning the One Sun One World songs with Tother students from schools in the Royal Borough. The junior classes at Ashburnham have also been creating sculptures of different animals, including monkeys and giraffes, and creating rainforest scenes in their art lessons each week.

Avondale Park Primary School he art club at Avondale has created a large One Sun One World has been a project that has whale. The children have also drawn and brought a greater emphasis to the arts within school. Tpainted images of whales and created We’re looking forward to the final performance. seascape pictures to support the project.

Avondale pupils across Key Stage 2 have been involved in weekly singing rehearsals with their class I enjoy singing songs about my and music teacher. To perfect their singing, those children in the choir have attended weekly rehearsals environment; it’s talking about our with the music coordinator to support those in class and contribute to the over all performance. world and its future. The sad songs

The range of melodies has created a lot of emotion make me think of how grateful we amongst the Key Stage 2 choir and rest of the school. should be; to enjoy what we have Children feel passionate about their environment and the living things in it, so these songs created now and not to destroy it. quite a stir and a better awareness.

The vocabulary used translated to their writing Choir member, in literacy. When assigned writing tasks linked to Courtney Taylor – age 10 the environment (write a persuasive letter on why Avondale should maintain the gardening area), the children used key vocabulary from singing rehearsals to support their argument.

Teachers’ Aids commented on the positive atmosphere amongst the class when using a song from the project in a cool-down after a lesson, or warm-up alongside brain gym. Barlby Primary School he children of Barlby have been delighted experience. A performance at the Royal Albert Hall to participate in One Sun One World. The is a memory to be cherished. Pupils in Year 1 also Topportunity to sing together and work with worked with the ECO and the RCM, exploring the other schools has been an enriching and enjoyable world we live in through music and story telling. Bevington Primary School ur whole school was involved with the One Sun One World project. Bevington pupils, Ofrom nursery to Year 6, looked forward to turning our new school library into a rainforest with snakes, lizards, jaguars, gorillas, parrots, frogs and much more!

We chose the theme ‘the rainforest’, as this linked with several curriculum topics across the school. Class teachers did art projects such as making 3D models of animals, trees and plants, and landscape and observational drawings of animals and plants. They also made animals out of clay. All these aspects together made a rainforest installation for the new school library.

Children have been learning about their environment through the lyrics of the music. They have been curious about words with which they were unfamiliar and have asked lots of questions about the world in which they live. The lyrics are teaching the children to consider their environment and its many aspects.

The children are also learning many skills through this project. It is such a large project and the children are excited to be working towards the final performance together. They are learning to work together and are instilling confidence in each other to create artwork and learn song lyrics and music, so that everyone benefits in the long run.

The children have experienced working with a professional artist to create large 3D animals for a rainforest art installation. Children have seen that they can be creative with junk and newspapers, and have learned that recycling is important and that it can be fun! Bousfield Primary School ousfield used a method of approaching the Similarly, Year 1 studied the plight of chameleons, curriculum called ‘Mantle of the Expert’ which are illegally traded as pets; Year 2 looked at Bto explore themes of animal welfare and ways of resolving the conflict of interest between conservation. This approach uses drama and role elephants and villagers in Africa; Year 3 found out play to set up an imaginary scenario into which a about polar bears and the problems created by problem or dilemma is introduced, and the children climate change; Year 4 looked at ways of keeping become the ‘experts’ in developing solutions to Indian villagers safe from tiger attacks without the problem. In order to do this, the children have causing the tigers harm; Year 5 rescued a beached to conduct substantial research to develop their whale from the Thames; and Year 6 redeveloped a knowledge and expertise. small fishing village that had been destroyed by a Tsunami, taking into account the turtles who laid Reception children learnt about the plight of their eggs on the beach. orang-utans which become homeless through deforestation. They then set up their own company Each class subsequently completed a sculpture which had to build an orang-utan rescue centre. project on their chosen animal. The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC Boys' School he Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC Boys School in Holland Park has a long tradition of singing Tand the School's choirs regularly appear at London's major churches and concert halls.

The school is very pleased that the whole of its First Form will be performing at the premiere of One Sun One World at the Royal Albert Hall. Chelsea Academy helsea Academy opened its doors to its first cohort of Year 7 students this September, who Chave got straight to work learning the songs for One Sun One World.

As part of their music lessons in the temporary accommodation, the students have been using the songs as a foundation to the cross-curricular theme of ‘Ourselves’, developing their own warm-up exercises and activities, building their confidence and performing skills.

This will be the first public concert involving every Year 7 student from Chelsea Academy and everyone is really excited about what will hopefully be their first opportunity of many to perform at the Royal Albert Hall.

Christ Church CE Primary School ne Sun One World has become a real team effort at the school and the children are Oreally excited about performing at the Royal Albert Hall.

In music lessons, Christ Church pupils have been learning all the songs from One Sun One World in our music lessons from Year 4 to Year 6.

We are using the songs to further develop our musical education, and the lyrics to discuss a variety of issues that are important both for us and the WWF, such as peer pressure, recycling and deforestation. Colville Primary School olville Primary School is delighted to have taken part in the One Sun One World project. COur choir has grown in number as a result of the inspiring nature of this project. Children were particularly excited about how environmental issues have been explored through singing.

Through the SEAL topic of ‘Changes’, we have explored environmental issues both in class and through our weekly Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning assemblies. The choir has led discussions in assemblies regarding the detrimental impact of environmental change on animals’ welfare. At the end of the summer term, we held the Colville Carnival. This scaled down version of the We have also incorporated this project into our Notting Hill Carnival involved music, dance and a art curriculum. Our Early Years Foundation Stage procession of children in costume. Many classes department enjoyed making families of jungle chose to explore environmental issues as a result animals, as well as underwater scenes. The of involvement in One Sun One World. project extended beyond the school day, with the children in the play centre making wildlife In summary, One Sun One World has placed masks and learning about the importance of environmental issues in the forefront of our caring for the environment. young learners’ minds. Fox Primary School he school has benefited from the musical aspect of One Sun One World, as the pupils Thave had to learn a large number of songs at a fast pace, covering topics that could be discussed outside music lessons.

It is also a great opportunity for them to perform in the Royal Albert Hall. The younger children benefited from the workshops, meaning that they will have a better knowledge of the subject material when attending the concert.

In singing, Years 3 and 4, as well as the school choir, have been learning all of the songs. We have at least 70 children in the performance of One Sun One World.

In art, the teacher has put various displays around the school of projects based on nature and the environment. Many of them are directly linked to which focused on the Cacao plant and bean, the performance and all reflect the school's views and its journey to Europe. All the children really on the environment. enjoyed the process and the parents who attended the performance thought it was a fantastic Year 2 were involved in a creative workshop opportunity for the pupils, as well as an and performance led by the ECO and the RCM enjoyable performance. Holland Park School tudents from Years 8 and 9 have been rehearsing on a weekly basis throughout S2009 to prepare for One Sun One World. There have been many interesting rehearsals with lots of tongue twister warm-ups to prepare for the many words that the students needed to learn!

The songs from One Sun One World have been incorporated into music lessons as part of the singing sessions and this has resulted in a large number of students from different year groups knowing the music.

Holland Park has hosted a cluster rehearsal and students really enjoyed this. They took great pleasure in acting as role models to the pupils from other schools. As in Ocean World, there is a lot of excitement Holland Park students have spent the holidays about performing in the Royal Albert Hall again, listening to their CDs and practising their words in and from those who have not been a part of this preparation for the concert. type of event before, even more excitement! Holy Trinity CE Primary School upils from Year 6 have really enjoyed working on the songs in the build up to Pthe performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The pupils and staff have really benefited from Doing this project, through the input and support of RCM singing and piano students who have helped us in our rehearsals. music, has made focusing on the environment more fun and enjoyable. "One Sun One World has raised the issues of how we need to treat our planet." Marlborough Primary School culpture was a whole school focus before this production. However, One Sun One "I loved learning about the polar SWorld has enabled the children to make something that all the children in the school can bears and performing to people. recognise and that has relevance on a wider scale. Polar bears are my favourite animal." The art leader commented that: “This art project Year 1 child has made the production come alive for the children.”

During whole school singing assemblies, the My favourite learning this term was children learnt one song from One Sun One World the workshops. We had to do dancing per week. The whole school was very much part of the process of learning the songs and pupils grew and play lots of instruments. in understanding about singing as a large group. Even the Nursery and Reception children were Year 1 child able to access the songs and join in. a performance to the whole school. This was an amazing opportunity for the Year 1 children and one Year 1 children used pictures of animals to create which they thoroughly enjoyed. music which represented that animal using a variety of instruments. Year 1 also took part in The art leader attended training about sculpture a project called Silent Paw Prints in the autumn and has since begun a regular Key Stage 2 art club term, where the children learnt about pandas. This in which the children made a polar bear scene with was led by the ECO and the RCM and there was recycled materials. This is displayed in the school. Middle Row Primary School iddle Row Choir has really enjoyed singing the songs from One Sun MOne World and is looking forward to performing in the Royal Albert Hall with a professional orchestra.

Other children at the school have worked collaboratively making large sculptures of animals using recycled materials and tape. They really enjoyed it and are very proud of their work.

Year 6 did a topic on One Sun One World focusing on science, geography and art, with outcomes that included a short film about the environment, a presentation about environmental issues and 3D animal models. Oratory RC Primary School fter learning the One Sun One World to see in their songs, the Year 5 class at Oratory started local area, and Acomposing their own music in small groups presented this which imitated the sounds heard in a rainforest information to raising awareness about environmental issues the rest of their through their lyrics. class in many different ways. The class also completed a unit of work on the environment, with a special focus on their local They also had a Recycled Fashion Show where area. The Year 5 students used questionnaires to they demonstrated their creativity in altering old find out what improvements other classes wanted clothes to make them look fashionable again. "It was so much fun!"

I saw some instruments I never saw before!

Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School ach year group has been involved in the One Sun Year 2 have also participated in drama and music One World project and there has been a wide workshops about saving the rainforests from Evariety of activity here at Our Lady of Victories. human interference, and the story of the cacao Year 6 pupils have made clay models of endangered plant. This was performed to parents. animals in their habitats and written poetry about endangered animals and the effects of pollution. "I loved acting and I learnt all about Year 5 and Year 6 pupils have also participated in the One Sun One World writing challenge. the cacao plant." Year 5 have made papier maché models of birds In Year 1 we illustrated the world animal alphabet whilst Year 4 pupils made collages and group and produced storyboxes about a frog searching paintings of endangered animals and rainforest paintings and have been writing persuasive leaflets for its natural habitat. to save animals’ natural habitats Reception and nursery classes have taken part in Year 3 pupils have completed paintings and pastel creative music and drama workshops. Reception, pictures of hot and cold habitats and in Year 2 Years 2 and 4 have been participating in some fantastic African wildlife masks and animal storytelling sessions that relate to animals and prints using repeated patterns have been made. the threats to their habitats. Programme Part 1 One Earth The Old Oak Tree Narration One Wherever They Live In The World Silent Pawprints Narration Two Children of the World Born In A Wonderful World Narration Three Still The Trade Winds Blow If The Winds Had Never Blown Can You Imagine A Crazy World? Narration Four Driven By The Power Remember The Old Oak Tree One Sun One World Programme Part 2 Water We Need Water! Narration Five Life’s Never Been So Good Rat About Town Narration Six My Best Friend! Can You Imagine A Powerless World? I Watch And Wonder Why If We Don’t Have The Energy! Narration Seven Winds of Change Thunder And Lightning Narration Eight We Share A Wonderful World The Wise Oak Tree Narration Nine Just One World Oxford Gardens Primary School he Friday art club at Oxford Gardens has been wings and a multicoloured shell. This creature has working on creating 3D animal and insect been sculpted from newspaper, and covered in mud Tsculptures. The children decided that they rock. The shell is made from sculpted chicken wire wanted to create ‘strangely evolved creatures’ and and papier maché. have made a ‘Girrama’ (half giraffe and half llama) Flying insects were made from shredded plastic bags sculpted from newspaper and cardboard tubes. This and chicken wire and adorned with metal wings will be painted and varnished in the next few weeks. and feathers. The children plan to add antennae to this creation and would like it to be placed near the They are also in the process of finishing a golden school gate to welcome children in the mornings! giant African snail which will have sculpted metal

Park Walk Primary School ollowing the last successful production of recycling bins, complete with information and slogans Ocean World, Park Walk has been incredibly to convince others to recycle. This was an excellent Fenthused about this new work, One Sun cross-curricular project for them, developing skills in One World. informative and persuasive writing in the format of posters and signs. The children are extremely keen to be back performing in the fabulous Royal Albert Hall again in October and Years 4 and 5 (now to be part of the unbelievable atmosphere that was 5 and 6) have been created there last time. A number of pupils have very involved in weekly quickly passed on their memories and enthusiasm singing rehearsals for that performance to the ‘new’ participants and we with the music think this year will be even better! coordinator since the beginning of At Park Walk, Year 4’s project focused on habitats, the project. Already entitled All Creatures Great and Small. talented singers in the junior and Following meeting and working with artist, Billie senior choirs Evans, these students made large-scale models of have noticeably raised the animals from varying habitats for display around the standard of singing back in class following the singing school. Billie came in to develop their imaginations workshops we had in weekly choir rehearsals. and sculpture making skills through using recycled products collected most efficiently and effectively The children have very quickly discovered their from home and school. favourite songs from the range of emotions that each song evokes, from Children of the World and The Old In Year 3, as part of their recycling project entitled Oak Tree, to Driven by the Power and If We Don’t Have Waste Not Want Not, the children made their own the Energy! Parkwood Hall School he last year has been a very exciting one at Parkwood. One Sun One World has been the Tfocus of several projects that have taken place in school.

We have been fortunate to work with an artist in residence, Billie Evans. Together with the students and staff, she has designed and constructed an outdoor sculpture, a giant lizard which is now climbing up one of our trees.

The sculpture is made from recycled and natural materials, and will encourage wildlife in the area as it contains both bird nesting boxes and a number of plants. Students across the whole of the school have worked on the lizard and the sixth form design and technology group have made structures for the presentation of the project.

During the spring, we were very lucky to have members of the ECO, RCM and two actors in school to lead workshops with the lower school looking at life in the arctic and the effect of machines. In science lessons during the summer term, students looked at the environment and the The music and lyrics from One Sun One World effects of pollution and how this affects all wildlife. provided inspiration for the students. They loved getting into costume, acting and using instruments The school has wonderful grounds in which the to create a performance for the rest of the school sixth form horticulture groups spend a lot of and parents. As part of the show, they performed a time growing vegetables and creating areas to rap which was written by everybody. encourage the wildlife. Servite RC Primary School ne Sun One World has offered a great opportunity to the children of Servite to Olearn about environmental issues facing every one of us.

Key Stage 1 had the privilege of working with the ECO and RCM in a drama and music workshop entitled ‘Polar Bears and Other Tall Tales’, culminating in a performance for the school and parents.

The Key Stage 2 choir will perform at the premiere, world of insects. In Key Stage 1, we learnt about but the rest of the school have also learnt some of different animals from around the world and the fantastic songs. their habitats, creating sculptures, pop-up fact The whole school has been involved through books and prints. Key Stage 2 dealt with the numerous art projects linked to our creative more pressing environmental concerns and built curriculum. In Foundation Stage, children explored sculptures of what the world might look like in the the wonders of the ocean and the fascinating future if we do not care for our natural resources. Sion-Manning RC Girls' School tudents from Sion-Manning have enjoyed learning the songs from One Sun One World. Glorivel, Kenza and Orpilla at WWF’s Headquarters SArt students were particularly enthused by the Royal Albert Hall's logo competition. The school was delighted to have created the winning and runners-up entries.

St. Augustine’s RC High School

ver 25 years, St. Augustine’s RC High School, nestling in Lancashire’s beautiful Picture by Nik Sargent ORibble Valley, won an international reputation for using the powerful medium of music to spread messages about poverty, injustice and the environment. Under its then director, Peter Rose, its choirs and musicians toured extensively with the powerful WWF musicals.

St. Augustine’s outstanding musical partnership with WWF-UK has indeed become legendary; and thus the school was delighted to receive the invitation from the Royal Borough to take part in the premiere performance of One Sun One World.

Since 2005, their choir has been directed by St. Augustine’s Head of Music, Toni Hudson. St. Barnabas and St. Philip’s CE Primary School he children have had the privilege of learning with the Royal Borough’s Sing Up Champion Tand Music Advanced Skills Teacher. It is an outstanding opportunity to learn from such an excellent practitioner.

The children have shared that it is also a wonderful thing to sing with children from other schools. Some of our children have friends outside our school who are also participating in the project. This shared learning experience outside the classroom brings the greater community together.

St. Charles Catholic Primary School he after school art and craft club has been inspired to design and create animal forms Rap lyrics: Tby using a selection of junk materials. During our creative arts week, Foundation Stage children Reduce it, re-use it, recycle it, made mice using paper modelling. Conserve it, preserve it… for our world deserves it! Children in classes 3 and 4 undertook a class You can make a difference just give it a try, project inspired by the themes of One Sun One World and Our Multicultural World. All the children You can help save our land, sea and sky. designed an icon to represent their family’s Reduce it, re-use it, recycle it culture using silk screen printing. These were then transferred onto a banner and greetings from other Reduce it, re-use it, recycle it languages were added.

Our reception classes have been busy looking at minibeasts and growing, inspired by the One Sun One World theme. They created their own minibeasts and decorated them. Home corners were turned into minibeast habitats and the children visited Holland Park to go on a ‘Bug Hunt’.

As part of the One Sun One World project, our gardening club decided to plant a range of bulbs and seeds, and experimented with various growing conditions. They realised how important water and sunshine are to the healthy development of plants.

Children from Year 5 planned and created a wonderful assembly around the theme of recycling. Many of these children are from our One Sun One World choir and felt moved to write a presentation for their peers about how we can and should make a difference to our world. They also wrote a rap which they performed with instruments they had made from recycling ‘junk’: St. Clement and St. James CE Primary School he St. Clement and St. James art club worked hard to create some 3D sculptures. The Tchildren brainstormed themes and images they connected with One Sun One World and chose to create their individual pieces.

Some work was connected to extinction and children created sculptures of endangered animals out of paper and recycled material. Other sculptures were inspired by the lyrics of the music and symbolic images of our planet and the possibility of its destruction.

The Year 5 class has been working hard to learn all the songs and are very excited about singing in One Sun One World at the Royal Albert Hall.

St. Cuthbert with St. Matthias CE Primary School ll of the children at St. Cuthbert with St. Matthias School have enjoyed a One Sun AOne World week during which each class explored a different topic, such as climate change or the destruction of the rainforest. This involved going on trips, creating art work, and sharing their work with other classes.

Year 2 took part in a series of workshops with the ECO, culminating in a performance, alongside some of the orchestra members, of ‘Pandas in the Lost City’ to the rest of the school and their parents. Year 2 had lots of fun playing instruments, singing songs, creating costumes and performing with professional musicians.

Years 5 and 6 have been working really hard to learn the songs for One Sun One World and are excited about singing in the Royal Albert Hall. St. Francis of Assisi RC Primary School rojects about One Sun One World have been featuring at St. Francis for some time now. PWay back in May, the choir sang Driven by the Power to the rest of the school. More recently, the Year 3 and 4 classes embarked on a model making project with the help of an art teacher from Sion– We have had a really enjoyable time Manning RC Girl’s School. The children created models of different kinds of animals, some of preparing for One Sun One World which highlighted the plight of endangered and are excited to be a part of this species around the world. world premiere Teacher St. Joseph's RC Primary School ears 5 and 6 have enjoyed preparing to sing in experiment with singing One Sun One World. As part of our preparation at the top of their range. Ywe have sung Just One World to the whole We have experimented school and Driven By The Power to some parents as with different ways to a taster of what to expect at the Royal Albert Hall. help us make a good sound when we sing Year 5 and 6 visited other classes in school, singing high, and now we feel songs from One Sun One World to them. This has much more confident helped us to practise our performing skills and to and sound great! learn all the words. The whole school is looking forward to our Sections such as the ending of Driven by the annual One World Week, exploring other cultures Power encourage all children, particularly boys, to and countries which we will celebrate together. St. Mary Abbots CE Primary School

he children from St. Mary Abbots thoroughly commented on how enjoyed being involved in the project. They much they enjoyed the Tenjoyed working with the various artistes, drama, singing and, in actors and musicians, leading the project. particular, the live music. Parents were involved The children also benefited from the cross- in costume making and curricular work in class, as it linked One Sun other members of staff One World to the theme of polar bears we were have asked about future covering in literacy and art. It gave a real purpose projects, as they are keen to the learning taking place and worked really well to be involved. from a class teacher’s point of view. In art, Year 1 drew and painted pictures of arctic When Year 1 performed as part of the ECO creative animals (polar bears, arctic foxes and snowy owls) workshops to the rest of the school, other children which were inspired by the drama project. St. Mary RC Primary School t. Mary’s Year 1 class had a fantastic time sing! They have been learning and rehearsing the during three workshops with the ECO. They One Sun One World songs all year and have even Sspent the first three sessions rehearsing been practising over the summer holidays. drama and music performances that told the tale of how the Cacao plant brought chocolate to the The children have been working hard to memorise world. During their final session, they presented the words and have really enjoyed singing in parts. their performance for staff, children and parents. It Some children are working on a One Sun One included singing, acting, playing instruments and World report that will be featured in the St. Mary’s costumes – it was a great success! newspaper, including photographs, interviews and information. The children would like to thank the ECO and the RCM for all of their time and hard work in bringing The children are looking forward to the the story to life through music. extraordinary experience of singing at the Royal Albert Hall and want to impress everyone in the All of the children in Year 6 at St. Mary’s love to audience with their beautiful voices!

St. Thomas More Language College he choir at St. Thomas More Language College is looking forward to performing in Tthe premiere of One Sun One World. They have been practising very hard over the last few months at lunchtimes and after school. The college choir has 30 to 40 members and performs regularly in St. Mary’s Church, Chelsea.

The music department has benefited wonderfully from the collaborative projects organised by the Royal Borough and has taken part in the majority of the borough activities over the last few years. These have included the annual carol concert, Ocean World at the Royal Albert Hall, and the Musicians of the Future project. St Thomas CE Primary School t. Thomas’ choir has really enjoyed learning the songs for One Sun One World. They Shave enjoyed rehearsing with other schools in cluster rehearsals and can’t wait for the performance. Year 4 at St Thomas’ has been learning about African animals as part of their theme for the summer term, Out of Africa. They began by finding information about different habitats in Africa including desert, savannah grassland and rainforest. Next, they produced mixed media tiles inspired by the textures and patterns of creatures from speedy cheetahs to I love all the songs and slithering snakes. excitement of the last few rehearsals. They worked hard to produce careful sketches Kai, Year 5 of their chosen animals, labelling their special adaptations as they did so. They then produced beautifully painted clay models of animals, such as "I enjoy choir because we learn gorillas and zebras, to inhabit the new school garden and produced information signs for visitors using ICT. different songs and go and do shows." Madelaine, Year 5 In literacy, the children wrote their own Just So stories explaining how animals came to have their special features, based on traditional African I’ve had an amazing time in the folktales they had read and heard. They practised choir and enjoyed the excitement the art of oral storytelling in order to perform their own stories in assembly, accompanied by of the big rehearsals. djembe drumming. Rhianna, Year 5 Thomas Jones Primary School the school contributing to the project across a variety of subjects. Pupils went on educational visits to an organic farm, the Natural History Museum, the seaside at Littlehampton and an owl sanctuary. They were also visited by experts, bringing with them a selection of different ver the course of their final term in Year animals. Children from a variety 3 and beginning of Year 4, singers from of year groups produced artwork based on the OThomas Jones Primary School have had the environmental themes of One Sun One World. opportunity to take part in the One Sun One World project. Pupils have enjoyed learning the songs Driven by the Power is a particular favourite of the and discussing the important ecological messages performers; however, they have taken great delight they have taken from the music. in learning all of the songs and sharing them with their peers. The children are very much looking One Sun One World has linked perfectly to our forward to the concert and the experience of existing integrated curriculum, with pupils across singing at the Royal Albert Hall. Creative Music and Drama Workshops

ne Sun One World, the exciting new ecological over a four-week period by the children, teachers musical commissioned by WWF from Peter and creative team, and presented to parents and ORose and Anne Conlon, has been the central peers at the end of the final session. inspiration for a year-long programme of creative music and drama workshops with Year 1 and 2 Schools were able to choose from Pandas in the children in the Royal Borough. Lost City, The Three Tales of Cacao, and Tall Tales and Polar Bears. The children acted, sang and The overarching ethos was to reconnect the children played musical instruments with enthusiasm, skill with their planet, its fragility, its beauty and the ways and pride, and it was a privilege and a pleasure to in which they can encourage sustainability into work with each of the classes. the future.

The workshops began in schools in September 2008 and were delivered by a team of musicians and actors Extract from Pandas in the Lost City: from the ECO and supported by students from the RCM.

“The greatest benefit I got from being involved in Chi Chi and Ho-Shing, two giant panda bears One Sun One World was to be part of a wonderful who live in the Sichuan Province in China, were walking through the mountains to find some team that inspires in the children the love for music fresh bamboo. Men have been cutting down that was inspired in me when I was a child.” their forests, so it can be hard to find new food “I have felt privileged to be part of it and hope there and sometimes the journey can be very long. will be more opportunities to bring music, drama, “I’m getting tired,” Chi-Chi complained. fantasy and an awareness of the world we live in, to “Where are we going anyway?” many more children.” “We are going to find an ancient city – a Guillermina Chivite, RCM violin Lost City. One where, it is said, there are two Projects were designed by the ECO’s outreach wonderful surprises”, replied Ho-Shing.” consultant, with stories especially written to “The Pandas in the Lost City project was a encourage the children’s creativity in the sessions thoroughly enjoyable four weeks. The children and to follow the themes and issues raised in One in my class were completely absorbed by Sun One World: sustainability, trade, exploration, the music and movement which was pitched endangered animals and global climate. perfectly for their age and abilities.”

“The sight of classrooms festooned with pictures of “All children in the class accessed the project, pandas and maps of China on our third visit really regardless of EAL levels and SEN stages, and brought home how much this project has captured they all performed it beautifully with pride the attention of both pupils and their teachers.” to their parents.”

“I personally enjoyed the contributions of students “I would be delighted to take part in another from the RCM, who took our suggestions ‘not to project with ECO, as I think it was a fantastic worry about feeling idiotic’ very gamely on board. opportunity for the children to work and They were fantastic.” perform with ‘real’ musicians.”

Ben Buckton, ECO 1st violin Eve Turner, Year 2 Class Teacher, Avondale Primary School There were three stories which were brought to life through music and drama, devised and rehearsed At Parkwood Hall, Trouble on the Trans Alaskan Extract from Tall Tales and Polar Bears: Pipeline System was written collaboratively by members of the Outreach Team who then spent three consecutive days working with nine to “Through the long and dark Arctic winter, the fourteen year olds. mother polar bear stayed quietly in her den near the edge of the land, listening to the sounds The school was welcoming and the students of the black Arctic Ocean with its pack ice, responded to the story, choosing their own icebergs, gulls and the winds which sometimes characters and names for the families who lived sweep across the vast expanses.” and worked in Alaska and who were involved in “It was wonderful to see my Year 1 children an engineering accident to the pipeline. Their enthused and challenged in such a creative and imaginative capability was endless and the musical way. The One Sun, One World music stories took on a whole life of their own in the project brought our theme learning to life in the presentation, with improvised dialogue by the most fabulous way.” students and an accompaniment of music.

Sarah Taiwo, Year 1 Class Teacher, Class teachers, assistants and parents designed Marlborough Primary School and made simple costumes to be worn by the children in the presentations, and everyone became fully engaged with the stories from start to finish. Extract from The Three Tales of Cacao: The ECO Outreach Team would like to thank all the “In the Maya Mountain village of Na Luum Ca schools with whom we worked and wish them all (Mother Earth Village) in the beautiful rainforest, the very best for a sustainable future. lives a little girl named Ix-Chel (Moon Goddess).”

“In Ix-Chel’s village, the villagers tend their own cacao tree plantation which grows under the rainforest canopy of taller trees. It grows well in the warm, damp, shady rainforest.”

“A huge thank you to you all for giving our Year 2 class such a wonderful opportunity. I was thrilled with their performance and know that such a polished, detailed production just doesn’t happen by chance!”

“Their parents were also thrilled and had many complimentary things to say afterwards.”

“Helen also benefited a lot from watching you all at work and is grateful for the opportunity. Best wishes to you all for the rest of your work with the One Sun One World project.”

Sarah McBennett, Head Teacher, Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School Logo competition hroughout February and March 2009, Royal Winner Albert Hall Learning & Participation ran a Tcompetition with the secondary schools within the Royal Borough to design a logo for One Sun One World, which is being used on all project material and for the premiere performance.

The winning designs were from Sion–Manning Roman Catholic Girl’s School, with Glorivel Orpilla as the overall winner and Radmila Durasinovic and Kenza Bensissi being well deserved runners-up. All three finalists spent a day with the design team at WWF’s headquarters in Surrey, learning how to sharpen and refine their logos for professional use. Winning logo design by Glorivel Orpilla

Runners-up "The standard of the logos submitted for this challenge was extremely high, so congratulations to all who entered!" Rachel Farrell Community Partnership Co-ordinator Royal Albert Hall

Runner-up logo design by Radmila Durasanovic

Runner-up logo design by Kenza Bensissi Logo competition Literacy project arlier this year, the Royal Borough offered its pupils the chance to engage Ein a professional writing activity. They were asked to produce a simplified version of the One Sun One World narrative for the Royal Borough’s younger children.

The participating schools rose to the challenge and some excellent interpretations of the work were produced. The winner was Bousfield Primary School, with a jointly produced programme featuring illustrations and text in a variety of media.

Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School was highly commended as the runner-up, with some easily accessible writing which was very suitable for our youngest pupils. Art workshops s the Royal Borough developed its Music Strategy to extend into other arts areas, Ait was important to identify inspirational practitioners to work with its dedicated and enthusiastic teachers and children

The artist, Billie Evans, who had previously worked with the Royal Borough and the Royal Albert Hall, was the obvious choice. Billie worked with Royal Borough schools from the inception of the One Sun One World project. Her commitment to using recycled materials to create sculptures inspired by the environmental message of the newly composed work has been evident in all the projects.

The art process began with staff training when teachers explored and shared the possibilities of how to create new ways of working to engage pupils in 3D art. After a hands-on day creating their own work, each teacher devised a project suited to their school’s needs.

Projects ranged from a giant sculpture of a lizard climbing a tree, to the creation of a rain forest installation in a school library. Music rehearsals Primary Schools – Headteachers The Royal Borough has a close network of dedicated music teachers who continually strive Ashburnham Primary School to raise the standards of music to fulfil the musical Lesley Fenton potential of every child. The team includes an Avondale Park Primary School inspirational music advanced skills teacher, who Katy Blackler offers quality vocal support to all schools. An experienced team of music support teachers also Barlby Primary School work as part of the team to develop quality vocal Anthony Mannix and instrumental programmes for all pupils. Bevington Primary School John Towers In a large-scale event, such as this, it has been important for all children to rehearse regularly Bousfield Primary School in their schools, supported by their enthusiastic Connie Cooling music teachers and class teachers. Christ Church CE Primary School Avis Hawkins In the lead up to the event, there have been cluster rehearsals where schools have had the opportunity Colville Primary School to work together to raise the standards of group Daniel Upfield performance. These rehearsals, led by Anna Fox Primary School McManus Music Advanced Skills Teacher, were Paul Cotter supported by students from the RCM. They have enthused and engaged children in the whole Holy Trinity CE Primary School learning process to reach the standard of music Deryn Welbourne performed today. Marlborough Primary School Jess Finer Royal College of Music School Support Anne Marshall, Anna Tetsuya, Jane Wilkinson Middle Row Primary School Dominic Smith Royal College of Music Creative Music Oratory RC Primary School Workshop Teams Peter Ward Flo Bishop, Guillermina Chivite, Tara Clifford, Nicola Crowe, Sarah Douglas, Sam Ewens, Rebecca Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School Garland, Ruairi Glasheen, Alison Jones, Richard Sarah McBennett Jones, Ruaidhri Mannion, Adam Penketh, Lucinda Oxford Gardens Primary School Ross, Beth Schofield Sarah Cooper Many thanks to all the music and class teachers Park Walk Primary School who have supported this project. Jayne Halliwell

Keva Abotomy, Leila Arical, Philip Avierinos, Helen Servite RC Primary School Bemand, Amanda Blanchett, Rebecca Brisco- Kathleen Williams Haynes, Jane Butterfield, Emily Caldwell, Emma St. Barnabas and St. Philip’s CE Primary School Crosby, Stephen Hill, Emily Holcombe, Angela Chris Doyle Hollands, Alicia Kelly, Hugh Lydon, Alice McKenzie, St. Charles Catholic Primary School Anna McManus, Bronwyn Marshall, Juliet Morton, Ann Slavin Vicki Moyle, Richard Nicholls, Marina Nicolaou, Kieran Parsons, Scott Price, Stuart Rathie, Laura St. Clement and St. James CE Primary School Reilly, Bridget Samuels, Yvonne Sebuyira, Rachel Sue Hussey Stone, Bella Street, Joy Turner-Smith, Sarah Taiwo, St. Cuthbert with St. Matthias CE Primary School Rebecca Whitlam, Helen Wiles, Hanna Williams Steve Boatright St. Francis of Assisi RC Primary School Paul Rincon Orchestra St. Joseph’s RC Primary School Anne Spragg Royal College of Music St. Mary Abbots CE Primary School Nicola Doyle Violin 1 Shaun Ho, Olivia Scheepers, Meghan St. Mary's RC Primary School Todt, Botogoza Tynybekova, Sabina Virtosu Kathleen Williams Violin 2 Calin Andrei, Mark Bender, Piotr St. Thomas CE Primary School Gadzina, Yuki Tahino, Francina Salord Sarah Bouette Viola Hungyu Chen, Rachel Stacy, Zoe Thomas Jones Primary School Matthews David Sellens Cello Peteris Sokolovskis, Samira can de Walle Double bass Adam Churchyard, Damian Secondary and Special Schools – Headteachers Rubido Gonzalez Flute Ben MacDougall The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC Boys' School Sarah Douglas Michael Gormally Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Bassoon Howard Dann Chelsea Academy Andy Yarrow Trumpet Sam Ewens

Holland Park School Trombone Rupert Whitehead Colin Hall Tuba Christopher Barrett Parkwood Hall School Percussion Rebecca Celebuski, Rob Eckland, Nick White Sam Holie, Rebecca McChrystal, Gerard Rundel Harp Cecilia Sultana de Maria Sion–Manning RC Girls' School Christina Leach Piano Anna Tetsuya

St. Thomas More Language College Gerard Connolly English Chamber Orchestra

St. Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, Lancashire Violin 1 Benjamin Buckton, John Mills, Anthony McNamara Natalia Bonner Violin 2 Matthew Elston, Jeremy Isaac Viola Erin Nolan, Ian Rathbone Cello Bozidar Vukotic, Christina Shillito Double bass Beverley Jones Flute Robert Manasse Clarinet Anthony Pike Oboe Philip Harmer French Horn Andrew Sutton Trumpet Andrew Crowley Trombone David Whitson Conductors Anna McManus, Scott Price Credits

Steering Group Members Production Team

Rebecca Matthews, the Royal Borough Sally Greaves Director for Schools, Quality and Standards Artistic Director Jean Carter, the Royal Borough Dean James Music and Arts Manager Logo Animation Dario Atkinson, the Royal Borough Danny Bell School Improvement Adviser Schools’ Artwork Film Philip Adams Alastair Tallon, Royal Albert Hall Audio Soundscape Head of Learning & Participation Elspeth Threadgold Rachel Farrell, Royal Albert Hall Costume Supervisor Community Partners’ Coordinator Steffy Jordan Hayley Clements, Royal College of Music Event Manager, Royal Albert Hall Learning and Participation Manager Paul Munday Karen Gates, WWF Learning & Participation Schools Relations Manager Events Coordinator, Royal Albert Hall Marilyn Groves, English Chamber Orchestra Helen Badham Outreach Consultant Learning & Participation Administrator, Royal Albert Hall Jodie Jenkins Media Relations Manager, Royal Albert Hall Alan Pope Head of Show Department, Royal Albert Hall Melinda Olek and Alex Wood, Administration, the Royal Borough Jake Mansell and Judith Enright School Performer Organisation Julia Robinson Head of Front of House, Royal Albert Hall

Technical Production Team

Richard Thomas Lighting Griff Hewis, Phil Wright Sound By Design Sound Sheila Burnett Photography Sally Greaves Event Film Production Lawrence Delaney Production Network

Chris Cotton The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Director of Buildings and Operations Vaughan Rees Anne Marie Carrie Secretary to the Corporation Executive Director, Family and Children’s Services Jane Franklin Development Funding Manager Rebecca Matthews Director for Schools, Quality and Standards Diana Hall Royal College of Music Head of School Improvement Dario Atkinson Hayley Clements School Improvement Adviser Learning and Participation Manager Jean Carter Katy Hemingway Music and Arts Manager Learning and Participation Coordinator

School Improvement Team Mary Cosgrave Isaac Newton Centre staff Royal College of Music Events Manager City Learning Centre staff Royal College of Music Woodhouse Professional Development Team All schools' head teachers, class and music teachers and support staff English Chamber Orchestra

Royal Albert Hall English Chamber Orchestra Creative Music Workshop Team Alastair Tallon Marilyn Groves Paul Sherman Head of Learning & Participation Benjamin Buckton John Mills Rachel Farrell Jeremy Isaac Natalia Bonner Community Partnerships Coordinator Philip Harmer Anthony Pike Bozidar Vukiotic Pascale Burgess Paul Munday Samantha Bloom Events Coordinator John Lyon’s Charity Helen Badham sponsors of English Chamber Orchestra Participation Administrator Thames Wharf Charitable Trust Debra Cougill Projects Coordinator WWF Ralph Bernard Chief Executive Winnie De'Ath Cherry Duggan Jasper Hope Karen Gates Ivan Hattingh Director of Events Liz Rossall Josef Weinberger James Ainscough Orlando Bloom Director of Finance and Administration Programme design and production, the Public Sarah Woods Information and Response Service, the Royal Director of Customer Services Borough of Kensington and Chelsea This publication has been printed using vegetable oil-based inks on 9 Lives 55 Silk, a paper certified as a FSC mixed sources grade

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