Music and choir College has a rich and vibrant music
programme and the Christ’s College Music School aims to offer all boys the opportunity to excel and achieve excellence in music. Students are taught to appreciate a wide range of musical styles and experiences – through music lessons, sessions with visiting artists, concerts, and live performances – as part of their wider aesthetic development. Music lessons are available for a wide range of instruments, including voice. Our itinerant music tutors are all professional musicians and excellent role models for our students. Music lessons are scheduled between 8am–9pm, depending on the availability of the tutor and to accommodate each boy’s academic programme. Lessons take place in the Music School in Rolleston Avenue and instruments are available for hire from local music suppliers. Students who wish to focus on singing can audition for a place in the Chapel Choir and our specialist choir, Schola Cantorum, which concentrates on a cappella and more demanding part work. College choirs have extensive repertoires of traditional choral and contemporary pieces, and sing in Chapel as well as at other College events, and in performances both in New Zealand and overseas. College offers many performance opportunities – including Big Band, Small Band, Brass Ensemble, Chapel Choir, Congregational Singing, Contemporary
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