Key Stage 3 Band Practice
It has been wonderful to be able to do more group work this term in music. Key Stage 3 have been forming bands and performing I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc. They have worked hard...
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It has been wonderful to be able to do more group work this term in music. Key Stage 3 have been forming bands and performing I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc. They have worked hard...
Posted by Maria Fort
The music department would like to take the opportunity to say a massive well done to all the students this term. There has been a lot of disruption, but they have all coped so...
Posted by Nicholas Gray
It was superb to join Ms Fort’s talented Year 7 music class last Friday morning to see them learning all about the complexities of musical rhythmic notation and also be able to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We are delighted that so many students have been coming to the music block to create together over the past few weeks. Five days a week we have had every room in use each...
Posted by Nicholas Gray
We are delighted to announce our extracurricular timetable for music this academic year. Due to the current situation we will be running year group days for our KS3 students as...
Posted by Nicholas Gray
It has been great to see the arts in the news for positive reasons this week. As Covid-19 caused the closure of so many live music venues and theatres, the government...
Posted by Nicholas Gray
When we first went into lockdown, I realised how lucky I personally was to have a bit of extra time to myself. I planned big projects I was going to do: to teach myself to play...
Posted by Maria Fort
If you are interested in joining any of these ensembles please speak to the music department. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Before School 8:30 – 9:00 Brass...
Posted by Nicholas Gray
Richard Meyrick, a former professional concert pianist, delivered a masterclass in piano performance for 32 of our able pianists across the school on Monday December 16th. Upon...
Posted by Sarah Brown
We have been very fortunate to receive a grant of £750 from Sound Foundation UK to put towards a brand new piano. Using extra funds that we have raised from concert tickets and...
Posted by Sarah Brown
It has been wonderful to be able to do more group work this term in music. Key Stage 3 have been forming bands and performing I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc. They have worked hard to master the keyboard part and the bass line. Some students have had a go at the drum kit and vocals as well. There has been some fantastic teamwork, which is really important in music. Have a listen to our super Year 9 musicians Mylan, Matthew, Darius, Alex and Tom.
On Tuesday two of our Year 11 musicians, Rebecca Palmer and Anton Brown, went to Little Reddings School to help Mrs Dewhurst, one of our Year 6 teachers, deliver an assembly about...
In Year 10 GCSE Music students were focussing on the pop music element of their GCSE course and were being well supported by Mr Gray, Head of Music and Advanced Lead Teacher to...