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Welcome to our Founder’s Concert 2026!
This concert promises to be a wonderful celebration of music at Downe House. With over 150 musicians involved in today’s concert across 7 instrumental and vocal ensembles, it promises to be a truly wonderful afternoon of music.
Today’s concert wouldn’t have been possible without a huge amount of work behind the scenes. I would like to thank the whole Music team, including our fantastic Visiting Music Teachers, for all of their guidance and encouragement of our students in preparations for this concert.
Our thanks also to the Audio-Visual, Estates, Marketing, Resources and Operations teams at Downe House for their incredible support for this event.
Our final thanks go to our wonderful musicians for their amazing commitment and contribution to music at Downe House. They have worked incredibly hard throughout this term in preparation for this afternoon’s concert and we hope you enjoy this celebration of music!
Chamber Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”) in B minor, 1st Movement
by Schubert
Natalie Hui, Leader
Mr Alex Leadbeater, Conductor
In Harmony
Life on Mars
by David Bowie
(Arranged by Chris Gill)
Mr Chris Gill, Conductor
Jazz Band
Fly Me to the Moon
by Frank Sinatra
Mr Alexander Tostdevine, Conductor
Once Removed
The Bat
by Andy Beck
Count on Me
by Bruno Mars
Mr Alexander Tostdevine, Conductor
Mrs Susan Norman, Piano
Sinfonia
Jupiter
From The Planets by Gustav Holsts
(Arranged by Chris Gill)
Noelle Hui, Leader
Mr Chris Gill, Conductor
Polyphonix
Lacrimosa
From Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sure on this Shining Night
by Morten Lauridsen
Bohemian Rhapsody
by Queen
(Arranged by Belibou)
Mr Alex Leadbeater, Conductor
Mrs Susan Norman, Piano
Symphony Orchestra
Overture
From Tron Legacy by Daft Punk
(Arranged by Daryl McKenzie, Matthew Girling and Alexander Tostdevine)
Natalie Hui, Leader
Mr Alexander Tostdevine, Conductor
Our Musicians
| Vitra Ampornpisit |
| Jessica Cranmer |
| Mary Hata |
| Noelle Hui |
| Tsz Yuet Natalie Luo |
| Pimpassorn Nilchiansakul |
| Carmen Ren |
| Ziyan Chen |
| Cordelia Tam |
| Elise Ren |
| Tung Hing Charlotte Zheng |
| Lucy Anderson |
| Ngon Tung Ellie Chen |
| Esme Matthews |
| Emily Liu |
| Jinhan (Katy) Yao |
| Natalie Hui |
| Cymbeline Attwater |
| Margaret Tam |
| Uwailomwan Aighe | Baoyi Dong |
| Taraoluwa Akeju | Cordelia Tam |
| Arianna Alamouti | Serena Eady |
| Elizabeth Apps | Yicen Tong |
| Allegra Pettyfer | Alara Erman |
| Chikama Atakorah | Catherine (Kitty) Wallace |
| Zoe Phillips | Beatrice Gillett |
| Vivian Bakewell | Yawen Wan |
| Xinyan Piao | Phoebe Grant |
| Aleksandra Bekker | Saskia Warr |
| Clementine Pilkington | Marlee Hagen |
| Mariella Bennett | Willoughby Wren |
| Elektra Purchas | Kexin Han |
| Lily Bingham | Kaiying Wu |
| Elise Ren | Iris Hollingworth |
| Emilija Bredderman | Zhicheng Ye |
| Arya Rhodes | Zimo (Emily) Huang |
| Yifei Chang | Tung Hing Charlotte Zheng |
| Valentina Ridley-Day | Noelle Hui |
| Ziyan Chen | Abigail Kester |
| Sophia Rosa | Clara Kiltzsch |
| Mengyu Chu | Bujunzhi Li |
| Kiersten Sameke | Wenwen Li |
| Cleo Crofton-Atkins | Emily Liu |
| Carlota Solis | Faramadeoluwa Makanjuola |
| Grace Diji | |
| Arabella Stewart | |
| Lucy Anderson |
| Mary Hata |
| Dissara Kurmarohita |
| Esme Matthews |
| Olivia Reynolds |
| Xidan Zhang |
| Shylah Badyal | Clara Lemacon Singh |
| Matilda Bandey | Pearl Levy |
| Annabelle Bright | Muchen Li |
| Harriet Burnett | Si En Cara Lim |
| Phoebe Burton | Zuning Miao |
| Henrietta Cawthorne | Cecelia Michel |
| Ching Chan | Anna Morgan |
| Edie Charles | Sophie Musker |
| Ziyan Chen | Esiomekhai Okhai-Akhigbe |
| Tassia Evans | Maria Pavelieva |
| Phoebe Fagan | Diana Perera |
| Sienna Farquhar | Isobel Pocklington |
| Chloe Finch | Anya Roy |
| Sofia Flackett | Siripailin Siribhakdi |
| Georgina Foulkes | Mila Strauss |
| Hettie Grillo | Xin (Sussie) Su |
| Jodee Hagen | Isabella Sweeney |
| Leila Hajjar | Marcia Walker |
| Naiya Hasan | Jieyu Wang |
| Florence Hayward | Jiayi Wang |
| Iona Kehoe | Amelia White |
| Sadie Kresler | Isabella Yang |
| Natjaree Laohavisit | |
| Uwailomwan Aighe |
| Emilija Breddermann |
| Annabelle Bright |
| Ching Chan |
| Edie Charles |
| Ziyan Chen |
| Lottie Denman |
| Baoyi Dong |
| Alara Erman |
| AralolaOluwa Fatokun |
| Sofia Flackett |
| Georgina Foulkes |
| Noelle Hui |
| Suri Husain-Naviatti |
| Pearl Levy |
| Si En Cara Lim |
| Phoebe McEwen |
| Francesca Mitchell |
| Esiomekhai Okhai-Akhigbe |
| Diana Perera |
| Zoe Phillips |
| Isobel Pocklington |
| Arabella Stewart |
| Catherine (Kitty) Wallace |
| Jieyu Wang |
| Kaiying Wu |
| Isabella Yang |
| Nina Mutton |
| Natalie Hui |
| Daphney Perera |
| Kateryna Kryvoruchko |
| Menghan Liang |
| Kreesma Chotiwatanaphol |
| Margaret Tam |
| Sophie Chow |
| Eloise McNair Scott |
| Vitra Ampornpisit |
| Lucy Anderson |
| Maya Benson |
| Elizabeth Carter Shaw |
| Zhuo Chen |
| Inès du Chastel de La Howarderie |
| Isla Erskine Crum |
| Mary Hata |
| Victoria Hon |
| Emma Kovalchuk |
| Alexandra Li |
| Ziqun (Linda) Lu |
| Tsz Yuet Natalie Luo |
| Kai Yi Jada Mak |
| Esme Matthews |
| Pimpassorn Nilchiansakul |
| Carmen Ren |
| Olivia Reynolds |
| Ilaria Rosa |
| Isabella Warr |
| Mook Yongsakul |
| Xidan Zhang |
| Flora Hay |
| Natalie Hui |
| Kateryna Kryvoruchko |
| Menghan Liang |
| Nina Mutton |
| Daphney Perera |
| Margarat Tam |
| Taraoluwa Akeju |
| Vitra Ampornpisit |
| Lucy Anderson |
| Matilda Bandey |
| Yifei Chang |
| Zhuo Chen |
| Ngon Tung Ellie Chen |
| Ziyan Chen |
| Isla Erskine Crum |
| Evelynne Gan |
| Mary Hata |
| Natalie Hui |
| Noelle Hui |
| Ikei (Luciana) Jiang |
| Ting Ni Kuo |
| Alexandra Li |
| Emily Liu |
| Tsz Yuet Natalie Luo |
| Esme Matthews |
| Tilly McClymont |
| Vedika Mehta |
| Vanda Memari |
| Pimpassorn Nilchiansakul |
| Katie Raeburn-Ward |
| Carmen Ren |
| Elise Ren |
| Cordelia Tam |
| Margaret Tam |
| Chloe Wang |
| Kaiying Wu |
| Tiffany Xu |
| Zhaowei Yin |
| Xidan Zhang |
| Tung Hing Charlotte Zheng |
Music Seniors
Margaret Tam Head of Music
Daphney Perera Head of Choral
Learn more about our Ensembles
Thanks
With thanks to Mr George Laing and the AV Team, Mrs Chloe Pincott and the Marketing Team, the Estates Department and the Music Department staff.
