Parents, staff and friends gathered to celebrate the Christmas season and the work of the Performing Arts Department on Monday 7th December. Following their success at the St Edmund’s day Mass on Friday 27th November, the choir performed several solo numbers including ‘Christmas Lullaby’ by John Rutter.

The musical festivities continued with the orchestra’s rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, brass and string ensembles and a collaboration between members of the rock band and Pitch Perfect in their performance of ‘All I want for Christmas is You.’ One of our new additions to St. Edmund’s, the rock band, picked up the pace with ‘Forget You’ by CeeLo Green and the folk band brought some Celtic spirit to the occasion with a medley of songs.

Drama club, another new addition to the department, performed their version of ‘The Grinch who stole Christmas’ with the set designed and created by Academy students. Many thanks to Sinead Cullen-Barrett (Y11) who assistant directed the performance with Holly Harvey (Y12), and Alexandra Platt (Y12) leading the design and creation of the set.
The Christmas Concert was a wonderful celebration of the talent at St Edmund’s and a fantastic way to get into the Christmas spirit!