Music, Drama and Visual Arts
County Upper has achieved an Artsmark Gold award for its wide range of musical, dance and theatrical groups and events. The school is an accredited Arts Award Centre for the Trinity College London and Arts Council England scheme and an Examinations Centre for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music and Rockschool.
The school ensembles regularly perform in public holding numerous plays, concerts and choral events in and around Bury St Edmunds including performances at the town's new Apex Venue. The school staged one of the first amateur productions of the Phantom of the Opera in 2012 and other recent productions have included Les Miserables, West Side Story, Anything Goes and The Pyjama Game. There are over 20 music ensembles including two orchestras, several choirs, string & jazz ensembles and wind bands. There have been three Swing Band tours of Suffolk Virginia USA together with music tours of Somerset and the Channel Islands. The bi-ennial school production takes place at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds.
The school holds an annual Art Exhibition for the community displaying students' work. Paintings, textiles, pottery and visual arts installations are shown to the public each summer with some of the very best going on display in public buildings in and around Bury St Edmunds.
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“The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.”
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