King Edward's Music

Music at King Edward's School, Birmingham

Baber Recital 15th January 2026

Many congratulations to the wonderful performers for their fabulous success at yesterday’s concert! Here is a lovely review written by Ashar:

As the bell rang at the end of Period 5, crowds of pupils, Shells and Sixth Formers, KES and KEHS, made their way across the road to the Elgar Concert Hall of the University of Birmingham. The atmosphere was full of eager anticipation for this annual recital featuring the very best musicians of our two schools. 

The seats quickly began to fill, in preparation for what would be a wonderful outing. The first of the performances was a trio, immediately drawing listeners to their insightful understanding of the piece. Following this was a sextet performing a piece by Holst, and as expected for such talented musicians, every note was full of passion, and musical power.

And then came, what was undeniably the showstopper, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence’. Every one of the performers put their hearts into their playing, and we, as the audience felt that brilliance. As the final note reverberated through the hall, we were in awe. Walking back through the rain to school, those performances stayed with us; it truly was an event to remember.

Lunchtime Concert 8th January 2026

Here are some lovely photos taken of the concert by David Ash along with the programme from last Thursday’s concert!

A Night of Jazz

Tomorrow night! Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Lunchtime concert 6th November

Many congratulations to the wonderful players who performed at yesterday’s Lunchtime recital!

Here is the programme, and some photos as well:

A copy of the Lunchtime Recital Programme

Photos of Big Band

Here are some photos from the Big Band rehearsal:

Programme for this evening’s concert

Photos from Thirds’ and Shells’ Recital

22nd September 2025

Photos from Lunchtime concert 18.09.2025

A sincere thank you to all that joined us for the sensational lunchtime concert on Thursday. Here are photos of each marvellous performer!

Lunchtime concert tomorrow

Please join us in one of our most wonderfully exciting concerts which will be held on Thursday 17th September at Lunchtime (13:10) in the Ruddock Hall.

Here is a programme for you to enjoy as you wait with anticipation for tomorrow:

Music Calendar 2025-6

Please find below some really exciting music planned for this year!

Photos from Steinway Jazz Concert 30th June 2025

Final Steinway Jazz concert

Please join us for the final Steinway Jazz concert ever, directed by Joe Thompson. It will be happening at the Ruddock Hall next Monday, 30th June.

Tickets are free, and can be obtained via The Ruddock Performing Arts Centre website: https://www.ruddockpac.co.uk/

Performers Platform on Tuesday, 24th June 2025

Please join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6pm in the Ruddock Hall to catch the final Performers Platform of the year.

It will certainly be wonderful!

Photos from the Jazz concert last night

Huge congratulations to all those involved in the Jazz concert on Sunday 22nd!

Performer’s Platform 10th June 2025

Thank you to Sissi, Yang, Erin, Jolin, Ryan, Zecharia, Naomi, Jai, Frank, Issac, Adi, Jacob, Rebecca, and Kingston for a fantastic Performers Platform on the evening of Tuesday, 10th June. What a superb evening of music-making!