Edge Grove has an energetic and thriving music department. Housed in a purpose built music school, the department offers specialist music teaching to pupils from the Nursery class to Year 8 and a huge range of instrumental lessons, choirs, bands and ensembles. We work hard on our music and have a lot of fun along the way.
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Every child in the pre-prep and main school receives weekly class music lessons from a specialist teacher in the department. These lessons aim to promote the skills of Performing, Composing, Listening and Appraising which comprise the National Curriculum Attainments in Music.
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Plenty of pupils wish to take their musical studies further and opt to learn an instrument; many pupils learn two instruments and occasionally three. There are currently approximately 150 music lessons scheduled each week, all on rotation so that pupils do not miss the same academic subject too often. Demonstrations by the peripatetic music teachers in Year 3 often help children decide which instrument to take up and offer a good opportunity to match the right instrument to the right child!
Many pupils are keen to work towards the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exams. In the past academic year over 100 pupils took exams ranging from Prep Test to Grade 8 and in the past two years we have had six Grade 8 exams passed, most with merit or distinction. These high standards make it possible for some of our musicians to audition for music scholarships at their chosen senior schools.
A team of visiting music staff offer the following instruments:
Instrumental Lessons
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Violin, viola
Mr Soong Choo B.Mus.Hons.;M.Mus.;LRAM
Cello, Double Bass
Miss Kate Harding MA; MPhil; LTCL
Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Recorder
Miss Rachael Toolan BMus Hons, Dip Perf RWCM
Oboe, Saxophone
Mr Huw Clement-Evens GRNCM; PPRNCM; PDOTGSMD
Trumpet, Cornet, French Horn, Tenor Horn, Euphonuim, Trombone, Tuba
Mr Philip Judge LTCL, Mr David McCallum B Mus(Lond); M Mus (Lond); Dip RAM
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Voice
Miss Helen Ashby M Mus(Cantab)
Drums
Mr Darren Lightowlers
Guitar, acoustic, electric and bass
Mr I. Cross Dip.Mus
Piano
Mr Will Vann BA Cantab, FRCO
Mr Simon Pusey BA Cantab; MA; ARCO
Mrs Elizabeth May BA (Hons) Music
Music Theory
Mr I Lawrence