Music
The Music Department aims to help every pupil in Bangor Grammar School to fulfil his musical potential. There are many opportunities for students to be involved in music making both within and beyond the curriculum.
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Department Staff
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Teaching Staff |
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Jonathan Rea |
MA(Cantab.) LTCL (Director of Music) |
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Claire Evans |
MA, BEd, ATCL, MIAM |
| Mark Fenn |
Curriculum
Years 8-10
All pupils in Years 8-10 have 2 Music classes per week with a strong practical basis. Through listening, composing and performing pupils encounter a wide range of musical styles, and pupils are very much encouraged to pursue and develop their own personal musical interests. Class sizes are small to facilitate practical work.
Years 11-14
The subject is a popular option for GCSE, AS and A2 levels, where results are consistently excellent. We use the CCEA specification as a basis for our teaching, and this allows for considerable flexibility in pupil options. Pupils can thus play to their musical strengths, and do very well, while developing their own areas of musical interest.
ICT
Pupils make use of a wide range of music technology. PCs are used for sequencing, score writing, aural and theory training, while Boss and Yamaha portable studios used for recording pupils’ composition work. There are over 30 individual electronic keyboards in daily use. We will upgrading our provision for music technology extensively within the next few months, which will result in us being one of the leading centres for Music Technology in Northern Ireland.