Surrey's best schools for music
Every parent wants the best school for their child – but what does "best" mean? Former Good Schools Guide writer and professional education adviser Suzie Oweiss lists her top schools in Surrey for musical excellence.
Are you looking for a specialist music school or a school with special music provision? In Surrey, you are spoilt for choice as most independent schools offer wonderful music facilities—more than one choir, music ensembles, one-to-one tuition, dedicated recording studios, and performances in-house and out-of-house. If you are looking for music, music, and more music, then look no further.
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Caterham School
Caterham – A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school.
Caterham (3-18 year olds) offers extensive music, performing arts, visual arts and dance related subjects and activities.
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Cranmore Preparatory School
Cranmore – An independent school in West Horsley for boys and girls aged from 2 to 13.
Music plays an important part in the life of Cranmore with various choirs and ensembles as well as a full orchestra. Many children study two or three instruments with some achieving Grade 8 Distinction in their exams.
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Hampton School
Hampton School – An independent school for boys aged from 11 to 19
Technically not in Surrey but close enough in Hampton, Greater London, Hampton School for boys aged 11-19. It boasts very high achieving music students – with a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year. A large number of students attain music qualifications and grading. The school’s renowned male choir, Voices of Lions performs regularly at Edinburgh Fringe!
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Hurtwood House
Hurtwood House – An independent school for boys and girls aged from 15 to 19
Renowned for its strength performing arts, Music technology is high on the agenda there with four professional, purpose-built, digital 16-track recording studios, a fully equipped MIDI composition and editing suite with a Dolby digital surround sound system and a school radio station.
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Yehudi Menuhin School
The Yehudi Menuhin School - An independent school for boys and girls aged from 8 to 19.
A specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom. Famous list of alumnae includes Marius Stravinsky (British conductor). Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (Russian British violinist), Nigel Kennedy (British violinist).
The Yehudi Menuhin School was founded in beautiful Stoke d’Abernon, following a visit by Lord Menuhin to Moscow, where he had witnessed extraordinarily talented young people being given the opportunity to develop their potential as musicians in a dedicated environment. This specialist music school, which opened with only 15 pupils, now educates 70 young people, aged from 8 to 19. Pupils come from all around the world and each has an individual timetable, specially constructed to provide a balanced musical and academic education. The school provides specialist teaching in piano, strings, and, a recent addition, the guitar, which was made possible by a generous donation from The Rolling Stones!
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