Music at The Langton
About our department
About our department
The music department at Langton Boys is a vibrant, hardworking and exciting place to be. We strive for excellence in all that we do and expect our students to do the same. Musicians that integrate themselves into the department are provided with a solid basis for further musical studies and many fun and fantastic performance opportunities. Whilst preparing our students for some of the top universities in the country and building their skills for a career in teaching or performance, we are keen to dispel the myth that music training will only provide limited job prospects, and wish to open our student’s minds to the growing opportunities for alternative careers in music.
“It is our aim to engender an appreciation and love of all things musical in our school community, whilst encouraging our students to understand the benefits of music on all aspects of their own and other peoples’ lives.”
Along with the four members of teaching staff, there are over 20 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 Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D Minor and Saint Saen’s Carnival of the Animals by our school orchestra, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Rossini’s Petiite Messe Solennelle with our main school choir and a production of The Pirates of Penzance with the school orchestra and all student cast. We have recently performed Britten’s Noyes Fludde in conjunction with Chartham Primary School. The Chamber Choir are proud to have performed evensong in Canterbury Cathedral and have sung for the annual conference for the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). 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 and the Royal Academy of Music.
We run 14 different extra-curricular music ensembles per week during lunchtime, form times and after school. These are all free to join and are run by experts. 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.