An award-winning pianist will take to the stage later as part of a series of concerts at a Shropshire school.
Wrekin College’s Sounds of the Future programme continues on Friday, February 11, with a special evening performance by Alexander Arenare, from nearby Sedgley in the Black Country. Launched at the start of the year by BBC music finalist Tom Hall, the ambitious ‘Sounds of the Future’ programme is the first major concert series to take place since the school built its new £2.5million music school.
“We’re absolutely delighted to have our Sounds of the Future series underway and we’re excited to have Alexander join us,” said the school’s Director of Music, Simon Platford.
“Alexander is a phenomenal talent and this will be a wonderful opportunity to see him perform as his career goes from strength-to-strength. I know this will be a thrilling evening for those in the audience.
Alexander is currently studying for a Masters Degree in music at the Guildhall, London. He was a finalist in the John Longmire Piano Competition 2018, won a piano accompaniment prize the Kathleen Ferrier competition in 2017 and also achieved the highest possible marks in his major recital in 2018.
The promising young talent was also awarded the Fred Southall prize while previously working with tutor Dorothy Randles, with Mr Platford adding: “It has been a difficult time for musical performance which has been impacted greatly by Covid restrictions during the last two years.
“But now we are, fingers crossed, looking forward to a very exciting year ahead full of opportunities for children to really develop their musical and performance skills. Music is a very important part of our curriculum and ‘Sounds of the Future’ will inspire our pupils and other young musicians, by showing them the standards that can be reached by musicians in some cases only one or two years older than them.”
In the live performance on February 11, Alexander will play Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor, Beethoven Piano sonata op.109 in E Major and the Brahms Piano Sonata nr 3 in F Minor. Follow all current Covid-19 Government guidelines, the concert will be in the Chapel at Wrekin College.
