The Concerto Competition Finale saw six outstanding performances from Lily Owens (flute, Year 11), James Mayhew (piano), Kamil Kulich (piano), Jeremy Tan (violin), Sean Foong... Read More
Cedars Hall was full of our young musicians on Thursday 27th April to hear presentations on very different musical career paths given by Sophie Lewis,... Read More
The Governors and Head Master of Wells Cathedral School are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Alex Laing as the new Director of Music.The... Read More
Last week’s Jazz Evening showcased the talents of jazz players and small group jazz from across the School. Introduced by Coordinator of Jazz Studies Edward... Read More
This year’s Event on the Lawn, our very own popular annual mini music festival, organised and performed by Wells pupils and showcasing many of our... Read More
Congratulations to Year 11 flautist Emily Moores and to Lower Sixth violinist Rocket Brooks who have recently been selected to join the online National Youth... Read More
Congratulations to two Wells Double Bassists, who submitted new pieces for unaccompanied double bass in this year’s Recital Music Composition Competition, which were then judged... Read More
Head of Student Performance, Paul Denegri, took three upper sixth music specialists to give a recital at The St Endellion Festival Concert Series in Cornwall... Read More
The 2018 Wells Double Bass Weekend was held in Quilter Hall across the weekend of 22nd-23rd September. Directed by David Heyes, with guest tutors, Gabriele... Read More
The second Wells String Summer School was a great success attracting young string players from 14 countries. Directed by violinist Catherine Lord and tutored by... Read More
Very many congratulations to Year 12 double bassist, Alexander, who was crowned Taunton Young Musician of the Year 2018 at this year’s prestigious Taunton Festival... Read More
Basses Eleven! attracted a capacity audience to Quilter Hall on Friday 27th April 2018. Nine Wells bassists were joined by GMA Lucy Keller and specialist... Read More
17 year old Wells bassist Alex, a member of the NYO since September, has recently performed two performances of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at London’s Festival... Read More
March 2018 has been a very busy and productive month for specialist double bass teacher, David Heyes. As a composer he has had music played... Read More
15 year old double bass specialist Jan is now a published composer. His short work Syrinx for unaccompanied double bass was released by Recital Music... Read More
David Heyes is very pleased to have become a D’Addario Performing Artist, one of only 61 classical double bassists to receive the accolade across the... Read More
2018 marks the centenary of the death of the French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and David Heyes recently launched an international project to commemorate the... Read More
David Heyes was a special guest at the Royal College of Music’s International Double Bass Festival in London on Sunday 5th November. Described as “an... Read More
The Somerset Bass Weekend, directed by David Heyes, was held in Templecombe and Wells in October. A series of one-day workshops and five concerts attracted... Read More
No Man’s Land was recently released by Prima Facie Records and features a Composer Portrait of David Heyes. Alex, a current Wells bassist, and Old... Read More
The elegant setting of Cedars Drawing Room was the venue for the first double bass concert of this academic year. Five senior double bass students... Read More
David Heyes was a guest of Big Noise Raploch and the Scottish Bass Trust from 28th September to 1st October, directing workshops for bassists of... Read More
The double bass department at Wells has given several hundred world and UK premieres over the last 21 years. Directed by David Heyes, a prolific... Read More
Three bassists from Wells joined David Heyes and his wife, soprano Sarah Poole, for a charity concert in Templecombe in early September. The local church... Read More
Wells bassists have been busy throughout July and August with a variety of concerts and summer schools. David Heyes, now in his 21st year as... Read More
David Heyes recently returned from recording a new CD in Oslo for Prima Facie Records. The international project brought together bassists from Britain, Sweden, Norway... Read More
David Heyes is now in his 20th year as Specialist Double Bass tutor at Wells, which he combines with a successful solo performing, composing, teaching... Read More
The double bassists at Wells Cathedral School continue to perform for Somerset audiences demonstrating the many great qualities and facets of the double bass. Alexander... Read More
The first three months of 2017 have been action-packed for the double bass department at Wells. Alongside lessons, rehearsals, solo and orchestral performances, the bassists... Read More
The plush and elegant surroundings of Cedar’s Drawing Room resounded to the strains of music from Finland on Friday, as David Heyes and five members... Read More
David Heyes, Wells specialist double bass tutor, was the featured composer, juror, soloist and teacher at Galicia Graves 2017 from 17th-19th February. Held at the... Read More
David Heyes was the guest double bass tutor for South West Music School’s Youth Orchestra course held at the school from 22-26 August 2016. Wells... Read More
BASS2016 (20-25 September) attracted hundreds of double bassists from around the world for a week of concerts, masterclasses, seminars, workshops and so much more. It... Read More