Both weeks include the Step up to Music course… more detail below!
Week One: 26th – 30th July 2021
Orchestra & Wind Band Week 8-18 years
Join our fun wind bands and orchestras exploring all genres of music. Students will have the chance to play in full orchestras and smaller groups tailored to ages and stages appropriately. Extra non-musical activities each day will give time for making friends and team-building. A week of learning, socialising and performing with a final concert at 7.30pm on the Friday where parents, grandparents, friends and hangers-on are all welcome to attend! Please bring a packed lunch each day and be ready for action. The course will run from 9.30am – 3.30pm at Katherine Warington School, Harpenden
Please note: This is for children who already learn an orchestral instrument. We cannot cater for pianists or guitarists on this course.
Week Two: 2nd – 6th August 2021
Musical Theatre Week 8-18 years
You will be guided through songs from the musicals by West End creatives. Singing and choreography for the cast, notes and performance practice for the orchestra. Extra activities will include meeting Backstage West End stylists who create the wigs, do the make-up and build the sets. The course will run from 9.30am – 3.30pm at Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, with a final concert at 7.30pm on the Friday where parents, grandparents, friends and hangers-on are all welcome to attend! Please bring a packed lunch each day and be ready for action.
Please note: This is for children who already learn an orchestral instrument or who sing. We cannot cater for pianists on this course.
Both weeks include the Step up to Music course for our younger members, aged 5-7 years.
Step up to Music runs along side the main courses at Katherine Warington School from 9.30am – 3.30pm, as an introduction for our younger members to instruments and music-making. They have the opportunity to try a variety of orchestral instruments, learn about rhythm and pitch with percussion and enjoy a range of genres through musical stories and games. Each week will be themed and at the end of the week they perform a short concert to their families at 3pm on the Friday.
Our summer holiday courses have been loved for over 40 years!
