Merton Music is for Life Concert

Although it took place a few weeks ago, I recently attended the Merton Music is for Life Concert at the Albert Hall which included over 1,000 singers from 23 primary schools in Merton. Also at the concert were various Merton Youth musicians performing in orchestras and bands, who performed various ensembles and different musical styles including jazz, samba, popular and classical pieces including 1812 Overture from Tchaikovsky. For the second half we were treated to a specially composed musical piece called The Journey about immigrants from various parts of the world coming to this country, and celebrating the wide range of different cultures who have made this country their home, along with the circumstances that many different groups endured when they arrived here.

My thanks for the night goes to all the staff at Merton Music Foundation for putting on such a fantastic event, and allowing so much of our youth to perform at the Royal Albert Hall, an experience that they'll remember for many years to come. It is also remarkable the amount of talent that we have in Merton schools, and it's something that I've seem first-hand during my visits to schools across Merton over the past year, everyone involved performed admirably and are a credit to Merton along with their outstanding performance at the concert.