Norbury Manor Girls' High School
NMBEC Music
The Music department seeks to encourage every student to develop their musical ability. Lessons are very practical in nature and students are encouraged to develop their ideas and explore different techniques.
Students are involved in composing and performing activities which are supported through listening, appraising and discussion tasks. Every student has the opportunity to succeed and lessons are well structured to enable everyone to experiment and try new ideas in a supportive environment. Music is offered to GCSE and A Level and each year students opt to study the subject to exam level and in doing so develop their performing and composing skills further. Students have access to Apple Mac computers for composition within the classroom as well as a fully equipped recording studio.
Extracurricular clubs run throughout the school year. This includes three choirs who have recently had opportunities to sing at The O2, The Royal Opera House and have competed successfully in local music festivals. The choir also goes on tour biannually and in the past students have sung in Paris Disneyland, Belgium and Germany. The school also has an orchestra and a rock/pop/soul band. As well as regular clubs and ensembles, students are encouraged to form their own groups and develop their interests by making use of the departments facilities.
Performance opportunities occur throughout the year including formal concerts, a carol service and smaller chamber concerts. The department is involved in staging a biannual musical which has always proved highly successful and popular with students.
In this section...
- NMBEC Music
