Orchestras & Choirs (6-18 yrs)
One of the most joyous aspects of music is playing or singing with others. Join our orchestras and choirs to sing with other students your own age, make new friends and learn new things!
Saturday Sinfonia (7-15 yrs, Grade 1+)
Saturday 11.00 - 12.00
11th January - 5th April (12 weeks, £114) Playing a mix of traditional orchestral repertoire and more modern music (recent pieces have included Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and Dvorak’s New World Symphony Theme) the Saturday Sinfonia is a confidence-building group for those developing their playing from Grade 1 onwards. There’s no audition for this group and there is a discount for students who have instrumental lessons at the Conservatoire. In addition to playing, the group do yoga warmups, and learn about tuning, chords and key signatures. Students will improve their aural skills, learn how to play together, understand the role of the conductor and even compose their own pieces for the Symphonia. If you are already learning an instrument with us in Individual Tuition then you can receive 25% off your course fee for this class!
Tutor: Ana Pérez
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Junior Choir (6-8 yrs)
Saturdays 10.00 - 11.00
11th January - 5th April (12 weeks, £120) Our lively Junior Choir has a great time developing singing and musicianship skills and making new friends. We sing in unison and in harmony (with no sheet music-reading required), accompanied and a cappella. New members are always welcome!
Tutor: Ryan Morgan
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Training Choir (9-13 yrs)
Saturdays 11.00 - 12.00
11th January - 5th April (12 weeks, £120) Come and join our Training Choir and develop your singing and musicianship skills whilst working towards performances. We learn a wide range of traditional, popular and classical music including singing in harmony, accompanied and a cappella.
Tutor: Ryan Morgan
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Advanced Piano Class: Grades 5-8 Performance Preparation (11-17yrs, Grades 5+)
Sundays 14.30 - 17.00
19th January, 16th February, 16th March (£51 for all three or £20 drop in) Do you love to play the piano, and are you preparing for an exam? Then this course might be perfect for you! We hold these 2.5 hour long workshop once a month and is a great opportunity for students to play in an informal setting and receive some feedback from our expert tutor, whilst preparing to take a grade exam. Come along to try out your pieces on others! This course is designed for those who are at an intermediate or an advanced level on the piano, approximately grade 5 and above. Gather some feedback and increase your confidence! Participants should bring a maximum of two pieces per student to each workshop. Please feel free to bring pieces that aren’t necessarily fully learnt e.g. one or two pages.
Tutor: Phillip Leslie
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Blackheath Baroque Youth Ensemble (7-14 yrs, Grade 6+)
Wednesdays 18.45 - 19.45
8th January - 2nd April (12 weeks, £144) Our Baroque ensembles are an exceptional training ground for music from the Middle Ages to early 19th century. Young players of recorders, flutes, oboes, strings, piano/harpsichord, viola da gamba, theorbo, lute and archlute are welcome to join our thriving community of instrumentalists who share a love for making Early Music. The Conservatoire also has its own harpsichord, a French-style five-octave single manual. These ensembles offer students of Grade 6 and above the opportunity to play with a wide range of instruments in a chamber setting. We explore the orchestral repertoire written before 1800 in a historically informed way with mostly one or two instruments per part. The classes are friendly and welcoming, and music is played and enjoyed in a relaxed atmosphere. If you are a young musician interested in baroque music and you are grade 6 level or above, please get in touch – we welcome many instruments!
Tutor: Frantisek Brikcius
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