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Music Tech at Air Studios by Alice Wright

03 July 2009

Wednesday saw a very exciting trip for the Music Technology students in the sixth form, as they got the amazing opportunity to go to Air Studios by kind invitation of David Arnold, Grammy Award winning composer of film soundtracks including ‘Quantum of Solace', 'Casino Royale', ‘Hot Fuzz', and ‘Zoolander'.

David, who has also worked with Shirley Bassey, Bjork, and many other leading musicians, gave us an inside look at the running of Air Studios. We were lucky enough to see how a real studio operates and how recording and mastering in the industry takes place.

Inside the main studio at Air we saw the preparation for an orchestral session that was due to take place in the afternoon and saw how a session is run in a professional studio. It was very interesting to see and talk to the recording engineers to see what kind of qualities you need to work in the industry.

After spending time at Air we became proper tourists and had a good walk over the iconic zebra crossing at Abbey Road, recreating the classic Beatles album cover! We then piled back into the cars after battling with a spider on the door of the school's Galaxy, exhausted and warm, but happy after an amazing day.

Thank you to Mr Leitner, Mrs Leitner, Mr Arnold, and David Arnold for such an informative and educational trip.

Alice Wright, L6
Music Department Studio Manager

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
Dahs Bedford High School for Girls
Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2BS UK
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