Edinburgh Academy
Music is for life
Music was the name given by the ancient Greeks to all the arts; the gifts of the goddesses of inspiration known as 'The Muses'. Plato describes it as fundamental to education. Although today we use the word mostly to describe just the art of melodious sound, it still seems inconceivable that an educated person should lack an appreciation of it.
Play on
Music is taught by specialists who provide two lessons a week to each class in the Junior School.
A wide range of musical experience is encouraged, with an emphasis on experimentation in music-making as well as choral and instrumental performance. Music technology is now included as an interesting option, giving the children an opportunity to compose their own music, play musical games and improve their annual skills.
Choirs
The choral tradition of the School is very strong and the choirs perform regularly for special occasions and in competitions (where they have been very successful in recent years).
All children perform musically several times a year, either in Year Group shows or for festivals such as Harvest and Christmas.
The music programme
Learning an instrumentIn Primary 3, all children learn the recorder and 2 teachers per class provide the tuition! Considering our low class sizes this provides for very small groups and plenty of individual help.
Tuition is given on all the standard orchestral instruments, in addition to piano, guitar, bagpipes, pipe-band drumming and recorder. |
Performance
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Of course, many children go on to learn another musical instrument for themselves and instrumental teachers provide lessons within the school day.
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Orchestras and smaller bands get the chance to perform on a regular basis. Informal Class concerts, which are held annually, are just one way in which every child has the chance to participate musically.
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Also, each year group performs an annual musical show and this provides opportunities for display of singing and acting which seems to get better every year!
