Cerddoriaeth / Music

PEDR A'R BLAIDD
Prokofiev

Bore dydd Mercher, Rhagfyr 3 2003, cynhaliwyd y perfformiad cyntaf, trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, o'r gwaith poblogaidd yma.
Trefnwyd y weithgaredd ar y cyd rhwng adran gerdd yr ysgol a'r Welsh Sinfonia.
Dros nifer o wythnosau bu disgyblion Blwyddyn 7 yn astudio'r gwaith o fewn tair adran gwricwlaidd - Cerddoriaeth, Drama a Chelf. Uchafbwynt y prosiect oedd gwrando ar berfformiad byw o'r gwaith yn neuadd yr ysgol gan gerddorion proffesiynol o dan arweiniad Dr. Keith Ellerington.
Disgybl o Flwyddyn 13 - Amy Jones - oedd y storiwraig - ei datganiad proffesiynol cyntaf! Fe gyflwynodd y stori yn grefftus a'r offerynwyr yn edmygu ei hyder.
Diolch i Mrs. Catrin Roberts am gyfieithiad o safon a alluogodd y gwrandawyr i fwynhau'r stori cymaint.
Cafodd disgyblion Blwyddyn 7 y cyfle ar ddiwedd y perfformiad i ofyn cwestiynau i'r offerynwyr unigol - gobeithio y gwelwn mwy o chwaraewyr bas dwbl a baswn yn y dyfodol.
Fe welir lluniau o'r gyngerdd a gwaith yr adran Gelf, o dan arweiniad Mrs. Gwynne Thomas ar y safwe yr y dyfodol agos.

PETER AND THE WOLF
Prokofiev

On Wednesday morning, December 3 2003, pupils from year 7 heard the first Welsh performance (we think!) of this popular work.
The activity was arranged by the Welsh Sinfonia (Mrs. Rosie de Lloyd) and the music department at the school.
The pupils had studied the work over a number of weeks in three curricular areas - Music, Drama and Art. The high point of the project was a live performance of the work in the School Hall by professional musicians, conducted by Dr. Keith Ellerington.
Amy Jones - a pupil in Year 13 - was the Narrator, her first professional performance! The musicians were full of admiration for the confident and humorous way that the story was told - even if the majority did not understand Welsh!
Mrs. Catrin Roberts, the translator, had managed to convey the humour of the story - this was seen in the way in which the listeners enjoyed the performance.
Year 7 pupils were given the opportunity to ask questions of the individual instrumentalists - who knows how many bassoon or double bass players the school will produce in the next few years.
Pictures of the concert and the Art Departments' work, with the encouragement of Mrs. Gwynne Thomas, will soon appear on the website.