Our Big Gig for 2025 will take place on Friday 20th June 2025 at the Vertu Motors Arena. Once again, we will be able to present the Big Gig in both live in-person and livestreamed formats.
The theme for this year is Sounds of the Seventies so dig out those platforms shoes, dust off that turntable and get ready to dance the night away under the disco lights!
You will need the password given to your school when you signed up to access each song page. Any problems, or if you would like to know how to sign up for Big Gig 2025, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.
The following parts are available for each of the songs:
C part 1: suitable for recorder, penny whistle, flute, glockenspiel, keyboard (based roughly around G A B C D)
C part 2: suitable for keyboard, glockenspiel, Clarineo (based roughly around C D E F G)
Bb part: suitable for trumpet, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Eb part: suitable for alto saxophone
Violin: using mostly open strings and some first finger notes
Viola: using mostly open strings and some first finger notes
Cello: using mostly open strings and some first finger notes
Ukulele: using mostly open strings, together with some fingers on the fretboard
Guitar: using mostly open strings, together with some fingers on the fretboard
Lyrics: There are elements of singing in all of the parts, but if you have a class unable to play any of the parts, or you’d prefer to focus on a smaller number of songs, feel free to sing some of the rest!
Ukulele Chord Chart (Intermediate): Designed for more able ukulele players, these charts include three to five different chords to change between.
Chords (Intermediate/Advanced): This part might enable an older student to come up with notes of their own, a teacher to play alongside the class, or if you’d like to change some of the notes in another part, this will be a useful guide.
Piano Score (Advanced): Designed to play along with a class on the piano or as a general guide to the overall arrangement.