Wellington College Belfast Co-educational Grammar School
AS Musical Workshop

AS Musical Workshop at QUB

On the 25th of November, the AS Music Class visited a ‘Musicals’ Workshop at Queen’s University Belfast Music Department. It was organised by the Ulster Orchestra Education Programme and was held in the Harty Room. The lecturer, Ruth Bebb traced the progress of the Musical from the 1900’s to the present day. In between her speaking there were musical examples from a small ensemble featuring a piano, drum kit, double bass and a solo soprano.

The soloist sang songs from musicals such as ‘Oklahoma!’, ‘Les Miserables’ and a much dramatised piece from ‘Wicked’. Ruth Bebb also discussed at length music by George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernstein and Lloyd Webber. It was an interesting workshop which was beneficial in that it looked at the various musical similarities and differences throughout each decade and gave memorable musical examples of each.

Christina Patterson