Music Department
Key Stage3
At Key Stage 3 all students follow a course designed to deliver the National Curriculum. Through group and individual composition and performance, students are able to explore a variety of musical ideas, styles and conventions so developing their confidence, communication skills and powers of creativity.
Key Stage 4
At Key Stage 4 Music is offered as an option at GCSE and at AS and A2 level in Years 12 and 13. Examination results at all levels have been outstanding year on year.
The Music Department seeks to provide opportunities for students outside the timetabled curriculum through an extensive range of extra-curricular activities. These currently include a beginner and advanced keyboard group, a beginner and advanced guitar group, school orchestra, wind band, a Lower School Choir for any pupils in Years 7 to 9 and a Youth Choir. The Youth
Choir is an auditioned ensemble for pupils in Years 8 to 13 and has toured extensively in recent years, giving concerts in Austria, Holland, France, Italy, Czech Republic as well as in the UK.
The Department aims, in collaboration with the Drama department, to produce a musical production every other year and recent successes have included the whole school production of ‘Annie’ in April 2000 and The Wizard of Oz in 2002. These are in addition to a regular programme of concerts throughout the school year.
The music department makes a significant contribution to the liturgical life of the school, with students performing regularly in Masses and other celebrations throughout the school.