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Choral Scholars Gap Scheme

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:42:48 +0000

Each year, the School, the Abbey and Sherborne Prep School seek to appoint a number of gap-year students in September to the

Academic Music

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:38:48 +0000

Music is taught as a class subject to all Third Formers in their first year. Those who go on to choose Music as an option ma

Piano and Keyboard

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:30 +0000

The opportunity for pianists to become involved is extensive. Weekly lunchtime recitals at 1:30 pm in Cheap Street Church, enjoying a large local audience numbering on occasion more than

Wind Band

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:22:59 +0000

Currently there are 84 members of the Wind Band. There is no audition for membership, with the standard of playing varying f

Music Awards

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:19:43 +0000

Scholarships and exhibitions are available at 13+ and 16+ through auditions and interviews held in January each year for ent

Chamber Music

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:17:06 +0000

A large amount of chamber music takes place each week. Currently there are two piano trios, a string quartet, a brass ensemb

Orchestras

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:15:09 +0000

The Symphony Orchestra, which rehearses on Tuesdays in “ring-fenced” time between 17.15 and 19.00, is joint with

Music Diary

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:11:42 +0000

Lunchtime recitals take place every Friday at 1.30 pm during term in Cheap Street Church. The venue, which is accessible bot

Gap Year Choral Scholars

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:47:39 +0000

1 Alto, 1 Tenor and 1 Bass required to start 1 September 2010

Jazz All Stars 13th March

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:39 +0000

An evening of

This term’s Main School Production is ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ by William Shakespeare. This thor

Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:27:51 +0000

Following last year’s successful trip, Sherborne School again took a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this Summer

Lord of The Flies

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:58:20 +0000

This year the Junior Company performed William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’, adapted for the sta

Sherborne Abbey Festival

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:55:12 +0000

The curtain raiser for this year’s Abbey Festival was a concert given by the School’s Chamber Orchestra and some

Prep Schools Choral Day

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:43:22 +0000

Some 180 Prep School pupils arrived in Sherborne for this year’s Choral Day. Rehearsing in the Abbey under the t

Orchestra at the Sheldonian

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:46:28 +0000

The Symphony Orchestra spent the weekend of the 21st and 22nd March in Oxford. Staying in St Hilda’s College, me

Concert in the Courts 2009

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:30:12 +0000

Concert in the Courts took place on Saturday evening amidst wonderful sunshine and despite some showers during the afternoon

Composers Concert April 2009

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:23:34 +0000

The first Friday Lunchtime Recital of the term was the Composers’ Concert. Images of the scores were projected,

Blood Brothers 11 to 13 March

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:48:09 +0000

The main School production this term is the studio version of ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell. The pe