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Music is woven through the experience of every boy at
King's. By the end of his time at the school he will, at
the very least, have completed 100 hours of compulsory
classroom tuition, have sung in chapel services and have
heard performances in assemblies by school and visiting musicians.
He may have sung in the school choir or have been part of
a musical production in the theatre. He may have learned a musical
instrument and played solo or been part of one of the
school’s many ensembles.
Music making involves team-work, self-reliance and self discipline
as well as preparation and concentration. When music
is created in this way, the human response is one of deep fulfillment,
an appreciation of beauty and inspiration which is beyond
the physical and tangible.
The music programme at King's aims
to provide opportunities for the experiencing and participation in
music at whatever level a boy feels inclined to involve himself.
Further, it endeavours to equip musicians with skills that will provide
a lifetime of enjoyment.
CURRICULAR MUSIC
The Senior School class music curriculum is divided into two courses
in each of which four concepts are experienced:
Performance,
Composing, Listening and Aural.
1. The Mandatory Course
The one-hundred hour, year 7 - 10 course which is mandatory for all
children in the state is completed during Year 7 at King's. This
enables the course to be experienced before adolescence with all its
preoccupations and when prejudices begin. A wide range of styles
and varieties of music is experienced during the course. During the
year, boys will experience other composers' music by performing it,
learning to read it and listening to it, both at concerts given during
classes by visiting artists, in classroom activities and in singing as a
year group. Class time is spent each week at the computer learning
to manipulate the musical vocabulary they experience into their own
simple compositions and also learning to identify sounds and
rhythms - enhancing their aural imaginations. As well, their vocal
skills will be developed through an intensive vocal training
programme.
2. The Elective Course
As with other subjects, boys can elect from the beginning of Year 8
to study Music as an examinable subject. The course is a
continuation and intensification of what has come before and is taken
by the boys who have a specific interest in all aspects of music. It
continues until the end of School Certificate and may then be taken
on to the Higher School Certificate.
EXTRA CURRICULAR MUSIC
Lesson Times
In the Senior School, boys who are involved with individual music
tuition join a programme where parents have agreed to pay extra
for lessons during class time. Boys come out of school at a particular
time each week, and miss a different school lesson each time on
a rotational basis. Each boy then has two responsibilities:
- To organise to make up work missed and complete work set
in class while he was away.
- To ensure that his music lessons are spread so that he will be
absent from a wide cross section of school subjects.
- Each boy must sign in and
sign out the attendance
register in the Music Office
when having a private lesson.
- Teachers will complete
a Lesson Log at each
lesson and hand this form
to the boy on completion. It
will note the next lesson
time as well as information
pertaining to the boy's progress
and practise needs.
- There are a few out-of school
lesson times available,
and these are kept for
senior boys or for boys who
learn two instruments.
For more information check out The King's School Music Department, Music Information Booklet.
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