• Responding to music and joining in with others 

• Experiencing rhythm, dance and singing games

• Understanding pitch, pulse & rhythm

• Learning reading skills

• Playing simple percussion 

• Understanding pitch, pulse & rhythm

• Learning reading skills

• Playing simple percussion 

• Becoming more fluent and playing smoothly

• Learning new notes and playing in new keys

• Learning to play in 2 parts - listening and counting 

• Learning to sight-read 

• Playing mostly well-known tunes, ragtime and traditional melodies

• Singing and playing rounds

• Experimenting with percussion, such as chime bars, to accompany recorders

• Playing in three or four parts 

• Learning more adventurous keys and higher notes 

• Experiencing treble, tenor and soprano recorders 

• Variety of styles from Delius to Disney 

• Branching out into more complicated rhythms and syncopation 

• New arrangements, specially for this group, of well-known pieces 

• Relaxed and fun atmosphere

 Senior Recorders 

9 am - 10:15 am

• Developing new techniques for playing more difficult repertoire

• Learning to hold a musical line

• Extensive repertoire from baroque and classical pieces to modern arrangements of Scott Joplin and Lennon and McCartney 

• Playing the full range of recorders to a high standard 

• Developing confident musicianship in a friendly atmosphere  

9 O'Clock Band

9.00 am - 10:15 am

• Introduction to ensemble playing

• Developing performing skills

• Playing a range of musical styles

• Recent repertoire includes Chariots of Fire, Morning in Moscow, Brass Pop, Pantha Tango.

Grades 2 to 4

• Exploring pieces with more complex rhythms and keys and changes in speed

• Developing playing with sensitivity to other parts

• Continued attention to performing skills

• Recent repertoire includes Latin American Connection, Themes from Star Wars, Sound of Music, Wallace & Grommit, Raiders March.

Grade 5 upwards

• Brass, woodwind, drum-kit & percussion 

• A wide range of light and serious music 

• We try to develop the talents of all our members and provide solo opportunities

• Recent repertoire includes themes from "Phantom of the Opera", "Chess" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", a James Bond collection and a variety of folk songs.