This week, Kent Online reported, “A 15-year-old schoolgirl has written a moving song after her grandpa’s sudden death. Immy, who lives in Hollingbourne, near Maidstone, was shocked when she heard the news her grandpa had suffered a heart attack.”
“Despite being well into his 80s, John, who worked as an architect for most of his life, was “the most active man ever” right up until his final days.”
“From the moment Immy found out her grandfather had been taken into hospital, she began writing down everything she was thinking and feeling, as a way of coping with the intense emotions.”
“The Maidstone Grammar School for Girls pupil said: “I started writing down everything and turned that into a poem. And then I just sat down at the piano and everything I was feeling came out in notes.”
“Immy added: “We did not see it coming. It was hard as we couldn’t see each other because of social distancing. Up until his final days he was the most active man ever – he still did gardening and things like that. He would never have been one of those old men who didn’t get up and about. We all thought he was going to live up to 100.”
Head of Music at MGGS, Mr Chapman, commented, “ It is a really nice song and the standard reflects many of the compositions I have heard from our GCSE students in their vocal compositions over the years. I think it demonstrates what a talented bunch we have and also the development in the availability of electronic recording techniques, which enables students to manipulate and record sounds/instruments to a high level. I love hearing these and this is why I’m so passionate about introducing more composing units using ICT into KS3 – the excellence of many of the compositions from Year 7 upwards has been amazing!”
We are all thinking of you Immy at this time.
Read the full article on Kent Online here https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/everything-i-was-feeling-came-out-in-notes-227586/
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