Music Flood Week
18 - 22 September 2023
Music Flood Week returned in 2023, bigger than ever.
For five days in September, 25 schools in Abingdon and Didcot experienced music in school every day of the week. This year, we celebrated the folk traditions of the UK. Local band Moonaroon and Samba specialists, Valeu Brazilian Arts led workshops, gave concerts and headlined our massed performance in Abingdon Market Square on Friday 22nd September.
Concerts
Inspirational Assemblies
Singing Workshops
Music in the Market Place
Music Flood Week 2023 culminated in a massed celebration in Abingdon Market Place, with over 400 children from schools in the Music Flood partnership joining folk band Moonaroon and Samba specialists, Valeu Brazilian Arts. It was a joyous morning of music in glorious sunshine, with a huge audience in support. Rose Martin from Radley College led the children in a vibrant singing warm up before joining with Moonaroon for songs and dancing. Children from several schools joined the samba band, whilst others in the audience joined in with homemade percussion instruments, creating a wave of sound that reverberated around the square. The morning ended with everyone in the Market Place on their feet dancing and singing the Irish folk classic ‘Rattlin’ Bog.’