Two concerts in two days – the Music Department is really pulling out all the stops. Today it was a less formal occasion – an informal concert for Years 5 & 6. The idea of these is to get pupils...
Category Archives: Music
Chapel Concert
Every year we have a treat – the Chapel Concert. This is where our best musicians and invited guests really show what music at school is all about. Individuals perform as do larger groups and as ever the standard was...
Music Scholar assembly
Each year we have a number of pupils who take scholarships. Next week Sergey is off to Oundle, where he hopes to impress them with his musical ability. He certainly impressed the school this morning when he played three pieces...
Music Success
Music plays a really important part of life at Lockers Park. You will rarely visit the school and not hear someone making music somewhere. Last term a number of pupils took their Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
Music Improvisation
At Lockers Park music is treated very seriously. Recently we’ve had an Informal Concert and the Set Music Competition. Every now and again though we like to have a bit of fun and improvise. Today it was the turn of...
Chapel Choir Perform at Festival of Light
Pupils were on top form at the weekend. Our highly-regarded Chapel Choir sang at Berkhamsted’s ever-popular Festival of Light which took place on Sunday 25th November. The 20-strong choir had been practising hard in the run-up to the event and dazzled...
Informal Concert
Each year everyone who plays a musical instrument, no matter for how long, takes part in an Informal Concert. Today it was the turn of our Year 7 and 8’s. The thing that strikes you is, firstly, the range of instruments...
Set Music Competition
Every year I attend the Set Music Competition I come away not believing the talent of some of our young pupils. Just having the courage to go on stage to perform in front of a packed audience takes some guts,...
UCI World Cycling Championships
” What did you do over the summer holidays?” “I took part in the UCI World Cycling Championships in Italy.” This was the conversation we had with Miss Buchanan, one of our music teachers. Not only is she a very...
String Orchestra
The new String Orchestra met for this first time this morning. They are about half the size they were last term as our old Year 8s have moved on to their new schools. No doubt new members will join over...