Extra Curricular

Girls’ vocal group welcomes all girls from years 7-11. This group explore a wide range of musical styles: popular, folk, jazz, classical, world. Girls learn both aurally and through notation. The girls vocal group will perform alone and also collaborate with the boys vocal group to form a mixed choir.

Boys vocal group, led by Mr Owen, welcomes all boys from years 7-11. This group explores a wide range of musical styles: popular, folk, jazz, classical, world. They learn both aurally and through notation. The boys vocal group will perform alone and also collaborate with the girls’ vocal group to form a mixed choir.

Mixed choir is mostly made up from members of the girls and boys vocals groups coming together for performances at Christmas, Easter and the Summer Festival.

Chapel choir welcomes all singers from years 7-11. This group works on more challenging repertoire, with a particular focus on sacred works and songs of worship. This group is ideal for students wishing to learn how to read notation well and who are thinking about taking or currently taking GCSE Music. 

This is an instrumental group open to all students who learn an instrument, either at school or with a private teacher at home. Instrumental ensemble will play pieces as part of a large group, but also be split into smaller ensemble groups according to performance level. Students will learn music in all sort of styles, including classical, jazz, music for stage and screen and popular music arrangements. A great opportunity, not to be missed!

This is a new and exciting opportunity for students who play piano. Piano ensemble explores piano repertoire for four and six hands, meaning piano duets and trios. Piano ensemble provides piano students with much needed ensemble practice, improving sight-reading and timing skills. So often pianists spend time practising alone, but in this group you will make new friends and explore fresh skills that ensemble playing provides. More advanced students will also begin to learn accompanying skills. Piano ensemble have opportunities to perform throughout the year, including the annual piano concert

All flautists having instrumental lessons also participate in flute choir. Flute choir is a group made up of flute family instruments including the piccolo and alto flute! Flute choir perform at school events throughout the year and at the annual woodwind concert.