In December 2023 we reached the end of another fantastic Festival of Light series. This year has been our tenth anniversary of concerts and it has been really special! We would like to say a big ‘Thank you’ to everyone who attended and supported Festival of Light 2023.

We are working hard to edit the footage for the videos and will share via Reach More Parents as soon as they are ready.

We are also collecting community voice on the concerts, and have a short feedback form to complete here if you'd like to share your highlights and suggestions: https://forms.gle/P68V4GGu4AUcZpBv6

Here is some of the feedback we've already had linked to the question 'What does Festival of Light at School21 mean to you?' There are some lovely comments from the students. Their other suggestions for improving the concerts include- even bigger stage and more snacks! With more funding, we'd love to! Feedback so far:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K6ilf_RHpWpJj7WvgXB6HduQB3JvDodgE5fbIvFBc4w/edit?usp=sharing

Friends of the S21 Music Department

In order to help us to deliver the huge music projects we run at School21, which go beyond the scope of school funding, we are looking for supporters to sign up to our 'Friends of the Music Department' group. For yearly membership at £30 you will receive (repeatable only if you wish to):

1. An exclusive S21 music badge

2. Two free tickets to opening night of our school musical

3. Updates on our activities and we use our funding

4. An invitation to our drinks reception at the S21 Musician of the Year competition on Friday 9th February

5. Your name celebrated on the website (if you are happy to be named)

Most importantly, your support will help us to keep running the ground-breaking projects such as the Band Project programme for our students well into the future. Please share the link below far and wide. Anyone can sign-up! There is also a corporate membership for businesses.

Friends of the Music Department Sign-Up: https://school21.org.uk/friends-of-the-music-department/