Pleasure to perform today at the Christmas fair of a local school - St Mary's Catholic Nursery and Infants in Carshalton, Surrey.
The set lasted around 60 minutes and was:
Nat King Cole: L-O-V-E
Howard Blake: Walking In The Air
Oasis: Half the World Away
Alan Menken: I See The Light
Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars
Keane: Somewhere Only We Know
The Monkees: Daydream Believer
Toto: Africa
The Foundations: Build Me Up Buttercup
Robbie Williams: Angels
Abba: Dancing Queen
Queen: Don't Stop Me Now
Muse: Starlight
On a separate note about music and education, I was in talks recently with the Magna Carta School in Egham, to come on board as their pianist in their forthcoming production of Legally Blonde in February 2019 - unfortunately it turned out to be an unpaid position; their MD and music co-ordinator told me that her annual music budget courtesy of the government is £256!!! I was absolutely horrified to hear this. Young children need all the musical stimuli they can possibly have, otherwise what hope is there??
