“Connecting Our Communities through Music…” This was the first online concert of the academic year 2020/2021. Over 30 pupils across the Prep School, both online and onsite, day and boarding pupils have been involved. The theme chosen for the evening was ‘Connecting our Communities Through Music’ which was aimed at reminding parents that music has […]
Pupils of MCM heading towards the Senior School and into Shell (Year 9) have the opportunity to apply for a Scholarship in either Academic, Drama, Music or Sport. After a vigorous process of applications, assessments and interviews, a talented few are awarded the accolade of Shell Scholars. The 2020/2021 Shell Scholars are made up of […]
Following her debut single launch on the 14th May 2020, Keira Costelloe will be interviewed today (28th June) on the Hitz FM MET10 show at 4 pm. Keira (Year 8) has 27,485 listeners on Spotify already and will be promoting her single Tell Me and viewers will be able to vote and create Malaysia’s weekly […]
‘Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Music’ Summer Serenade 2020 Programme The Prep School Music Department has organised an online concert to mark the end to this Summer term and academic year 2019/2020. The concert, which took place on the 19th June at 5:30 pm, was the Department’s second online concert which featured over 30 pupils across […]
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary efforts. Pupils at Marlborough are no strangers to going the extra mile to ensure excellence, and the 2020 Piano Soloists competition is testament to that. During the lockdown period, where possible, the instrumental music provision has continued, be it with ensemble rehearsals or simply the weekly lessons that pupils enjoy […]
We hope you enjoy the Marlborough College Malaysia Piano Soloists Competition 2020. MCM PIANO COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2020
Marlborough College Malaysia pupil, Keira Costelloe has released her debut single “Tell Me” on 14th May 2020. In the space of just under three weeks, she has almost 45,000 streams on Spotify and multiple positive reviews from her peers in the music industry. It all began in early 2019 when Keira entered a music talent […]
The whole of MCM has been abuzz with activities and performances to welcome the Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat). The Prep pupils enjoyed many activities such as paper cutting, lantern making, singing Chinese songs and Chinese legend stories. In a cross-curriculum programme with Art, they made blue and white porcelain paper plates and […]
The theme chosen for the evening this year was ‘Let’s Celebrate Music’ and over 200 pupils from Years 2 to 8 took to the stage to perform music from across the world. Mixed groups of pupils danced, sang and played throughout the evening. We enjoyed lively Sega dancing from the Seychelles; a spectacular performance of […]
It is always a joy to be able to showcase the work that musicians get up to in the Senior School. We are incredibly lucky to have such a diverse collection of talent, and the concert that was held on the evening of 13th November was a wonderful way to be able to share this […]
Wykeham Hall once again hosted the annual House Harmony, our Senior School inter-House singing competition. This year we were treated to a variety of performances from across the decades with renditions of classic tunes by Billy Joel, Abba, The Beach Boys and Queen, as well as more current pieces from The Wanted and Florence and The […]
The arrival of the House singing competitions always brings great excitement to the College and this year was no exception. Each year, on the evening of the day of the competitions, we enjoy the House Shout, an affectionately named contest which by no means depicts the high quality of singing to which we are always […]
The first Prep School Tea Concert of the year was a delightful performance of entertaining melodic voices and classical tunes. The concert took place on Friday, 11th October, showcasing 20 pupils from Prep School who performed beautifully. The repertoire represented a variety of music genres bringing out all forms of children’s musical styles, interest […]
The Summer Serenade Evening was held at the end of the Summer Term to celebrate the wonderful music that has filled our practice rooms throughout the 2018/2019 academic year. We are incredibly proud of what our young musicians have accomplished and were delighted to showcase their talent at this event. The first half of the […]
Music has a power of forming the character and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young. (Aristotle) On Friday, 3rd May, the Prep School hosted its final Tea Concert of the academic year. Thirteen young musicians from our upper Prep year groups took to the stage in the Wykeham Hall to create a […]
A beautiful marbled red sky set over Marlborough College Malaysia on the evening of 1st May, an evening that by tradition in England is celebrated with singing and dancing at the end of a day-long May Day Spring holiday. The beauty of the Malaysian sky was an appropriate accompaniment to our own May Day […]
During the last week of Lent Term Year 5 and 6 took to the high seas in search for buried treasure, for their production of Treasure Island. The tale started with Young Jim Hawkins being given a treasure map by a mysterious sailor and who then sets sail on an exciting adventure. Among the crew, however, […]
Thursday, 21st March, was the day for this year’s Spring Concert which fulfilled its promise to be a delightful and uplifting event showcasing hidden talents from our youngest Pre-Prep musicians and singers to the experienced Year 8 performers. The programme included music from the Baroque repertoire as well as pieces with a more jazzy and contemporary style. The […]
The Prep House’s went back to the 80s in this year’s ‘House Shout’. The competition kicked off with Seymour singing the Wham classic ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ followed by Merlin belting out ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson. Hunt were up next with the Kenny Loggins hit ‘Footloose’ and Chichester brought Rick Astley […]
The GCSE Music Recital took place on Wednesday 6th March. This is a recital which also serves as the examination for the performance element of the Edexcel GCSE course that the pupils follow, and as such presents a large variety and contrast. This certainly added to the enjoyment of the evening as we were given […]