Music at The Langton

Along with the four members of teaching staff, there are over 17 instrumental teachers working in the department on a weekly basis.  We feel that it is of great benefit to our students to be taught by professional performers and academics, providing them with solid role models to aspire to.  All of the teachers perform alongside the students as part of our extensive concert calendar.  We like to offer our students the opportunity to tackle challenging repertoire, including recent performances of Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb major, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Walton’s Crown Imperial by our school orchestra, Faure’s Requiem and Horovitz’s Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo with our main school choir and a production of My Fair Lady with the school orchestra and all student cast.  This year members of our Full Choir and Orchestra will be performing Handel’s Messiah alongside Canterbury Cantata Trust and Camerata Orchestra at Colyer Fergusson Hall. The much-acclaimed Chamber Choir have performed in many venues around Canterbury and the South-East including evensong in Canterbury Cathedral. Last year they performed as a guest choir for the Canterbury Cathedral Big Sing in collaboration with Kent Music. Many of our students further their musical studies at university and we are proud to have helped several students gain places at top institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge, LIPA, ACM, BIMM and music conservatoires.

We run 14 different extra-curricular music ensembles per week during lunchtime, form times and after school. We also host the Kent Music String group and Langton Brass on a Monday evening, both of which are open to members of the general public. There are groups of varying ability, so there is something for everyone. We also have practice rooms available for students to rehearse/practice before, during and after the school day. Please see the Extra-curricular attachment for more information.