Need help getting your pupils to sing? Ed Sheeran is the Perfect pal...
MUSIC icon Ed Sheeran has teamed up with more than 100 children to record a version of his hit song Perfect after first inspiring them to sing during the dark times of lockdown.
Music teachertim Spoerer, who is head of music for the Pegasusacademytrust in Croydon, south London, approached long-time friend Ed, asking him if he would help his students.
So the singer-songwriter surprised the Ecclesbourne Primary School class with a zoom call to pupils last May, and after describing how he “wasn’t very smart at school” but loved music, he showed them how to play his 2017 hit, Perfect.
Ed andtim then asked the pupils to film their own version, and send it in to be featured on a video with chart-topper Ed, 30.
After opening the project out to all youngsters across the school trust, Tim was inundated with footage from more than 200 people, including professional musicians.
The mammoth project, which was accompanied by the London Mozart Players orchestra, has now been edited into a video that has been released onyoutube.
Tim said: “Lockdown has been really hard for children’s involvement in music and for teaching, so I wanted to do
something that brought everyone together.the response from the pupils was amazing.
“I was asking kids to get involved but was approached by big sisters and brothers, mums and dads sending videos in too.
“I have Ed to thank as it created a bit of a buzz.
“Do you want to be in a video with Ed Sheeran? Of course people do.
“Ed was brilliant, he really talked to the kids and shared his own experiences of school and of starting out in music.
“Music got him through and he knows what it can do. It made his name. He really cared for the children and loved the process.”