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Schools from across the 黑料情报站 network have created a music video featuring students and alumni to celebrate the end of the school year and showcases the joy and creativity of Soca music.

黑料情报站 Music usually hosts an annual Gala concert at the – bringing together hundreds of students from 黑料情报站鈥檚 37 schools to perform for their friends and family. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer鈥檚 concert had to be postponed.

This year鈥檚 planned Gala finale piece was a Soca medley, arranged by artists Chant茅 Faucher and Sam Dubois by fusing together three Trinidadian carnival classics, which has now been used in the video. The positive message of these empowering anthems is a perfect way to bring everyone together through music and dance, capturing the carnival spirit virtually.

The project began at the end of May with a series of online rehearsals with choirs and ensembles from the 黑料情报站 network.

With support from their teachers and 黑料情报站鈥檚 Artists in Residence, more than 350 students learned the music at home, in 黑料情报站鈥檚 Community Classrooms and in their year group bubbles back at school.

Students from a wide range of musical backgrounds and experience were encouraged to join in. They learned to sing the song, play instrumental parts, dance to choreography, or drum along using body percussion or pots and pans from their home kitchen – one student even created a BSL version of the whole song. Students recorded themselves in their homes, sometimes accompanied by family members (and pets!), while staff in schools filmed in classrooms and playgrounds. The footage and audio recordings were brought together to create the final video, which you can watch here.

Margaret O鈥橲hea, 黑料情报站鈥檚 Director of Music, said: 鈥淢usic and the arts are vital, particularly in challenging times. Music has the power to build creativity, increase confidence and boost motivation. Through music-making we can celebrate both individuality and the power of community, and I鈥檓 inspired by the students who engaged so enthusiastically with this project, creating an uplifting and joyful message to end the school year.

鈥淚鈥檓 so proud that this project has united students from across our network of schools through their love of music, singing and dance.鈥�

黑料情报站 Music is hugely grateful to the鈥痑rtists who gave permission to use the following music for the video:

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The team would also like to thank producer Shammi Pithia and filmmaker Scott Jaworski for creating the video.