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Omagh Academy students serenade the new season with special

FROM choirs to brass bands, string orchestras to African drums, Omagh Academy’s annual concert truly put a musical ‘spring’ in everyone’s step – and what a serenade to the new season it was!

Year 14 guitarist, Emma, performs a Foo Fighters hit with the guitar ensemble.

 

Titled ‘Serenade for Spring’, the uplifting, and much-anticipated concert, which took place on Thursday at the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, featured a delightful assortment of performances by students from years 8-to-14.

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Organised by the school’s head of music, Rachel Bingham, the concert had something to suit all tastes, including performances from the junior and senior choirs; brass band; string orchestra; woodwind ensemble; guitar group; and more, and the entertainment extravaganza concluded with a powerful and emotional performance of ‘Come From Away’ – a musical which chronicles the real-life experiences of the people of Gander, Newfoundland, and the almost 7000 airline passengers who were forced to land there when US air space was closed on September 11, 2001.

African Drummers on stage.

 

A delighted Mrs Bingham described the concert as ‘superb’. “Our concerts are over, and what amazing performances from our pupils and staff,” she said. “It has taken us a few days to process it all!

“A big well done to team music.”

Students close the spring concert with numbers from the musical, ‘Come From Away’, sharing the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada in the wake of 9/11.

 

Keep an eye out on the ‘Omagh Academy Music Department’ Facebook page for even more photos.

Omagh Academy’s junior choir, conducted by Mr Fyffe.

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