Our Year 5 and 6 Primary bands took to the stage and 'rock 'n' rolled the audience with Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger", Green Day's "21 Guns" and "Hey Jude" by The Beatles in our Nexus Beats VIII concert. Each member of the band had been practicing for months on end, giving up lunch and play times to perfect their performance which was delivered with confidence and resilience to our fantastic audience of parents and learners.

Learners were introduced to different instruments in a Javanese gamelan ensemble as well as basic techniques of playing gamelan in our very first Nexus Gamelan Music Festival. The main focus of the workshop was to play and make music together as a team. Learners also discovered more about the significance of gamelan in cultivating a cultural identity in South East Asia.

The workshops were held over 2 days with all learners from Y6 participating as they have recently completed a cultural unit in music based on Gamelan, it was a great opportunity to play these amazing instruments! In addition IGCSE and IB learners also got involved as this is relative for their courses.

We would like to thank Gamelan Asmaradana Ltd and their team for working with our learners and sharing their expertise.