Richard Gonski

This ensemble has been created specifically for those children who are yet to take up a musical instrument and want to begin that journey. This ensemble will:

• Introduce the children to a wide rang of instruments with hands on live tryouts.
• Encouraging the children to think about which instrument(s) they are attracted to with a view to taking one up.
• Teach the basics of reading music
• Help the children gain experience of playing together in a group

This course is for more advanced students - 11+ age group / Grade 5 standard

Those students that follow the course through will be able to progress all the way to Grade 8 Theory which is accepted by all the major music colleges as an alternative to Music A Level.

This is a group which, at present, consists of strings and some wood wind, but welcomes almost any orchestral instrument. We work on mainly classical repertoire at a more advanced level. Students are expected to be at about grade 5 level and above. 

Our aim is to eventualy turn Senior Ensemble into a Symphony Orchestra