David - Year 10 Musician Editor's Note: Year 10 student David plays and sings 'To Build a Home' by English electronic music group The Cinematic Orchestra. The track was performed and recorded remotely during the lockdown period of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. AWK https://youtu.be/cQSesVZIc58?list=PLtwCN9UWnAli8pf-Lt3jihwIRxyu6piSt
Aadarsh - GSAL Alumnus (2019 Leaver) Editor’s Note: Former student Aadarsh (2019 Leaver) was an editorial member of Salutaris, the Sixth Form academic journal, during his time at GSAL. This fascinating essay and accompanying photographs were originally published in Salutaris 2019, a project led by Mrs Gray, E-Learning Designer. CPD You can view Aadarsh's photographs in Salutaris 2019 … Continue reading Analogue Photography
James - Year 11 Musician Editor's Note: James Y11 plays a short version of the jazz standard Autumn Leaves, originally composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. This famous jazz piece has accumulated over 1,000 commercial recordings by a plethora of leading musicians. AWK/CPD https://youtu.be/5tmEux2UaMc
Ben - Year 9 Musician Editor's Note: Year 9 student Ben performs The Entertainer, a classic ragtime piece written by American composer and pianist Scott Joplin in 1902. Trivia question: this piece was used as the theme music for which 1973 Oscar-winning film? CPD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxWdxwPpscw
Lucas - Year 12 Musician Editor's Note: Please find here for your enjoyment a song entitled ‘The Game’ which was written, performed and recorded at home during lockdown by Year 12 Music student Lucas. Lucas also performed on a recent home recording of Allie Crocker’s Reel by the GSAL Folk Ensemble. AWK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgi1h9SQ5Hs&feature=youtu.be
Karen - Year 13 Musician Editor's Note: Here for your enjoyment is the full recording of Karen's home recording of Brahms Intermezzo Op.118 in A Major. As many of you may know, Karen has an offer to study Music at St Catherine's College, Cambridge from September. AWK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBfPZ5YUGkw
Eloise - Year 12 Student Author's Note: I decided to enter the Write on Art competition as it was like nothing I had ever done before and, after attending a school talk on Art History a couple of months prior by Griselda Pollock, I decided to give it a go. Then was the task of … Continue reading ‘Hope’ by George Frederic Watts
Karen - Year 13 Musician Editor's Note: Here for your enjoyment is Karen's home recording of Brahms Intermezzo Op.118 in A Major. I am working on a way to share the full recording, but, for now, here's the first part. As many of you may know, Karen has an offer to study Music at St … Continue reading Brahms Intermezzo in A Major
Grace - Year 10 Student The following is my submission to the Hope for the Future Competition, a competition which challenges students to produce exciting pieces of artwork representing a climate emergency for a chance to showcase their work in UK Parliament. I also entered this artwork of the school into the Art of a … Continue reading A Zero Carbon School
Avital - Year 11 Student Editor's Note: This fantastic piece of artwork has previously been shared across various GSAL media platforms, but is fully deserving of a place in The GSAL Journal. With us all spending much more time at home, many of us are taking the opportunity to learn new skills or revisit old … Continue reading Leonardo
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