Music Marvels
The past year saw two cohorts of St Christopher’s musicians being entered for ABRSM Music Examinations. Our students performed exceptionally well with more Distinctions than ever before. Particularly noteworthy results were Bassam Alalawi and Raoul D’Souza’s Distinctions at Grade 8 on Saxophone, Rex Tinsley’s incredibly high scoring Grade 1 Trumpet Distinction, Sam Hoar and Imaan Chowdhury achieving Distinction at Grade 7 on Trumpet and Piano respectively and students who achieved remarkable success on more than one instrument ; William Caley’s triple success on Piano and Saxophone, including two separate Distinctions on the latter instrument, Elizabeth Caley who was awarded Distinctions on both Oboe and Guitar, Sui Sen Ho’s success of Guitar and Saxophone, Zara Salaria’s triple achievement on Piano and two levels on Violin, Danielle Wilkinson’s double success on Piano and Guitar, Ayleen Aamir’s two separate violin successes and Aarti Rangarajan who achieved Distinction on Violin and Merit on French Horn.
In addition we are proud of St Christopher’s students who entered for examination independently and who passed with Distinction. Amongst those in this category were Zahra Ahmed (Grade 1, Piano), George Axtell who achieved Distinction on two instruments (Piano and Cello (under St Christopher’s aegis)), Zoe Lascelles-Lloyd (Grade 1, Piano), Charlotte Axtell (Grade 1, Piano), Natalie Myatt (Grade 3, Singing), Crea Butlin (Grade 3, Piano), Spike Thomas (Grade 3, Violin), Faye Weaver (Grade 3, Singing) Francesca Giovanetti (Grade 4, Singing) and Rajat Chowdhury (Grade 4, Piano)
Music Examinations are unique insofar as it involves a live confrontation with an examiner. The resilience and character required make all of our student’s achievements all the more worthy.
Students from the Junior School who obtained distinctions
Students from the Senior School who obtained distinctions
St Christopher’s Instrumental Programme 2012 Music Examination results
| Rayan Bannai | 11 | Violin |
8 |
Pass |
| Bassam Alalawi | 11 | Saxophone |
8 |
Distinction |
| Raoul D’Souza | 9 | Saxophone |
8 |
Distinction |
| Devi Nair | 13 | Flute |
8 |
Pass |
| Georgia Moulder | 12 | Violin |
7 |
Pass |
| Sam Hoar | 9 | Trumpet |
7 |
Distinction |
| Imaan Chowdhury | 10 | Piano |
7 |
Distinction |
| Hannah Nassif | 11 | Trumpet |
6 |
Distinction |
| Rhona Jamieson | 11 | Flute |
6 |
Merit |
| Charles Andrews | 13 | Piano |
6 |
Pass |
| Nicolas Kalis | 10 | Trumpet |
6 |
Merit |
| Sophie Scott | 7 | Violin |
5 |
Distinction |
| William Caley | 9 | Piano |
5 |
Pass |
| Leila Al-Sugair | 7 | Violin |
5 |
Merit |
| Elizabeth Caley | 8 | Guitar |
5 |
Distinction |
| William Caley | 9 | Saxophone |
5 |
Distinction |
| Anya Thomas | 7 | Guitar |
4 |
Merit |
| Nikhil Bhandary | 12 | Guitar |
4 |
Pass |
| Rania Mattar | 11 | Piano |
4 |
Pass |
| Madoka Hattori | 8 | Piano |
4 |
Pass |
| Ionna Ali | 12 | Guitar |
4 |
Pass |
| Ben Brandreth | 6 | Cello |
4 |
Pass |
| Chloe MacPhail | 9 | Piano |
4 |
Merit |
| Natalie Myatt | 9 | Piano |
4 |
Merit |
| Zoe Lascelles-Lloyd | 7 | Cello |
4 |
Merit |
| Maud Tinsley | 8 | Flute |
3 |
Pass |
| William Caley | 9 | Saxophone |
3 |
Distinction |
| Aarti Rangarajan | 8 | Violin |
3 |
Distinction |
| Daniel Todd | 8 | Clarinet |
3 |
Merit |
| Drew Doherty | 7 | Guitar |
3 |
Merit |
| Alaw Meleri | 8 | Flute |
3 |
Merit |
| Cayla Harris | 9 | Piano |
3 |
Merit |
| Eleonore Lorijn | 9 | Guitar |
3 |
Merit |
| Shane McCarthy | 8 | Guitar |
3 |
Merit |
| Marco Maggi | 8 | Trombone |
3 |
Merit |
| Amartya Sarkar | 8 | Guitar |
3 |
Merit |
| James Cotterill | 7 | Trumpet |
3 |
Merit |
| Zara Salaria | 7 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Joanathan Cohen | 7 | Saxophone |
3 |
Pass |
| Sui Sen Ho | 7 | Saxophone |
3 |
Pass |
| Eleanor Hopewell | 6 | Flute |
3 |
Pass |
| Alaw Meleri | 8 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Nadine Mattar | 11 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Johanna Lawson Dick | 9 | Flute |
3 |
Pass |
| Kayla Coalmer | 8 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Jonathan Spalding | 9 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Arjun Rangarajan | 9 | Saxophone |
3 |
Pass |
| Waheeba Al Salah | 10 | Piano |
3 |
Pass |
| Lara Abdulrahman | 6 | Violin |
3 |
Pass |
| Khalid Al Najjar | 5 | Violin |
3 |
Pass |
| Aditi Balaji | 11 | Clarinet |
3 |
Pass |
| Aarti Rangarajan | 8 | French Horn |
3 |
Merit |
| Elizabeth Caley | 8 | Oboe |
3 |
Distinction |
| Spike Thomas | 5 | Violin |
3 |
Distinction |
| Crea Butlin | 6 | Piano |
3 |
Distinction |
| Nicola Payne | 6 | Violin |
3 |
Pass |
| Aadish Shah | 9 | Guitar |
3 |
Pass |
| Tuanna Fyyad | 6 | Piano |
2 |
Distinction |
| George Axtell | 6 | Cello |
2 |
Distinction |
| India Cottenden | 8 | Flute |
2 |
Merit |
| Catherine Martin | 9 | Flute |
2 |
Merit |
| Campbell Marlow-Eastwood | 7 | Trombone |
2 |
Merit |
| Alya Al-Mutairi | 7 | Trumpet |
2 |
Merit |
| Aaliah Al Shahry | 5 | Violin |
2 |
Merit |
| Sean Fullham Mollison | 6 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Tarek Khattab | 7 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Omar Khattab | 7 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Sui Sen Ho | 7 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Samuel Caley | 6 | Piano |
2 |
Pass |
| Yasmeen Khattab | 8 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Charlotte Gumby | 9 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Amber Iqbal | 6 | Violin |
2 |
Pass |
| Sheherezade Al Shahry | 6 | Piano |
2 |
Pass |
| Danielle Wilkinson | 6 | Piano |
2 |
Pass |
| Sebastain Bowring | 6 | Trumpet |
2 |
Pass |
| Salma Alsadeq | 6 | Viola |
2 |
Pass |
| Giselle Dias | 6 | Viola |
2 |
Pass |
| Rakan Da Cruz | 4 | Trumpet |
2 |
Pass |
| Nabil Khan | 9 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Maleehah Meedin | 8 | Violin |
2 |
Pass |
| Zara Salaria | 7 | Violin |
2 |
Merit |
| Harrison Blake | 6 | Trumpet |
2 |
Pass |
| Sapphyre Mills-Kennelly | 4 | Piano |
2 |
Merit |
| Florence Tinsley | 6 | Guitar |
2 |
Pass |
| Allan Tillekeratne | 7 | Violin |
2 |
Merit |
| Lian Ryan | 8 | Violin |
1 |
Distinction |
| Ameerah Qureshi | 9 | Piano |
1 |
Merit |
| Anna Evans-Woolf | 5 | Violin |
1 |
Merit |
| Karma Alami | 5 | Violin |
1 |
Merit |
| Faiz Afar | 5 | Violin |
1 |
Merit |
| Lucy Hendy | 5 | Piano |
1 |
Merit |
| Tom Griffith | 7 | Cello |
1 |
Merit |
| Elizabeth Barringer | 7 | Piano |
1 |
Merit |
| Zara Salaria | 7 | Violin |
1 |
Merit |
| Charlotte Pilgrim | 5 | Piano |
1 |
Merit |
| Rosa O’Neil | 7 | Flute |
1 |
Pass |
| Maddie Harrison-Mirfield | 5 | Flute |
1 |
Pass |
| Hannah iqbal | 8 | Piano |
1 |
Pass |
| Daniel Oakley | 7 | Violin |
1 |
Pass |
| Rex Tinsley | 7 | Trumpet |
1 |
Distinction |
| Danny Haggarty | 5 | Trombone |
1 |
Merit |
| Shariq Meedin | 5 | Guitar |
1 |
Merit |
| Luca Portelli | 5 | Trumpet |
1 |
Distinction |
| Danielle Wilkinson | 6 | Guitar |
1 |
Pass |
| Ayleen Aamir | 5 | Violin |
1 |
Merit |
| Jan Zuberbuehler | 6 | Guitar |
1 |
Pass |
| Helena Mills | 4 | Guitar |
1 |
Pass |
| William Shepherd-Smith | 5 | Guitar |
1 |
Pass |
| Armaan Qureshi | 6 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Angelina Hartshorne | 4 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Yaseen Qureshi | 4 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Eligh Sissons | 6 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Leyan Ghaith | 4 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Elan Haf Henderson | 3 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Lara Hanson | 4 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Tala Alkujok | 6 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Louis Mulleague | 5 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Ayleen Aamir | 5 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Dani Doherty | 5 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Kathleen Holland | 4 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Beatrice Tinsley | 5 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Abdullah Maseeh | 5 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Alexandra Myatt | 4 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Sunita Dulabh | 5 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
| Layal Kazerooni | 5 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Aleena Fawad | 6 | Violin |
Prep |
Pass |
| Aalya Hashim | 6 | Piano |
Prep |
Pass |
