Instrumental and Voice Tuition

The Music Department offers a wide range of tuition in most instruments, including voice. Pupils are withdrawn from classes for their half-hour music lesson - care is taken not to withdraw from the same class each week.

Lessons are currently offered in: Piano, Voice, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Guitar, Percussion (including drumkit) and Organ (some piano experience necessary).

Wimbledon College Activities Booklet (includes full details of music activities and programmes). Please contact the Director of Music for further information about instrumental tuition.

WEEKLY DIARY OF LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES: Please click below.

Weekly Music Diary

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Wimbledon College Music School

Music is taught in Y7-9 and as an option at GCSE and A Level.

Wimbledon College offers a wide range of musical activities which are open to all boys, including:

College Choir (Y7-13) sings at College Liturgies and concerts
Vocal Sounds (Y7-13) - an alternative choir singing popular and modern music
Concert Band (Y10-13)
Wind Band (Y7-10)
String Orchestra (Grade 4+)
Intermediate Strings (Grades 1-4)
Strings Project (Y7 beginners in violin, viola, cello and double bass)
GCSE Music Twighlight (one-year course after school leading to GCSE qualification)
Music Theory Club (for all those wishing to pass theory exams)

There are several concerts during the year which will be posted on this website and listed on the Calendar

STRINGS PROJECT PERFORM AT KING'S PLACE WITH OAE
Friday March 2nd at 11.30am

Performing with members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a special project. King's Place is just by King's Cross Station and is a new and prestigious venue for the boys to experience.

The Strings Project

The Strings Project was started in 2005 as a way of encouraging boys to take up strings playing (violin, viola, cello and double bass) and to ensure a steady supply of good strings players to the school's instrumental ensembles.

All Figures (Y7) boys are offered the opportunity of participating in the Strings Project. They receive group tuition free of charge and free loan of their instrument.

The Strings Project is run in partnership with the London Mozart Players. LMP musicians lead two all-day workshops for the boys concluding with a Teatime Concert for parents.

No further applications for 2011-12 can be accepted as of 20/09/11

Strings Project Application Form

DO YOU STILL HAVE AN INSTRUMENT OR BOOK FROM PREVIOUS STRINGS PROJECTS AT HOME?

IF SO, PLEASE RETURN IT TO THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (NO QUESTIONS ASKED!)

Scratch Chorus

The Scratch Chorus is an impromptu gathering of people who love to sing. We meet for just six rehearsals and then perform a short concert work before a sympathetic audience of family and friends. You do not need to read music or be a great singer – just have enthusiasm and join the excitement of a live performance from scratch in six weeks. All welcome including parents, staff, former pupils, Sixth Form boys and friends of the College. Previous performances include Duruflé Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, Fauré Requiem, Jenkins The Armed Man, Haydn Nelson Mass and Gilbert and Sullivan Trial By Jury. Please email the Director of Music now to be included on the mailing list for further information and a reminder nearer the time.

Important notice - Scratch Chorus 2012

The Choir tour to Rome and Florence means that I have had to postpone Scratch Chorus in the Summer Term. We hope to resume Scratch Chorus in the Autumn Term 2012. I'm sorry to disappoint so many of you but this year is proving to be so busy that something had to give!

Please contact the Director of Music to add your name to the Scratch Chorus list and to receive information nearer the time.