![]() I can’t thank the Music Department enough. It felt very overwhelming at first, but it didn’t take me long to settle in and realise how supportive CH was. Having grown up in Japan, coming to the UK was a huge change and challenge. I joined Christ’s Hospital in Year 12 and spent two years there thanks to a scholarship from the Tazaki Foundation. And although I loved pretty much every aspect of my seven years at the school, my happiest memory of all is of the first time I marched out with the Band, aged 11: the sun was beaming onto the Quad, I was attempting to march whilst playing a French Horn I could barely lift and, though I was a full-boarder, I was home. I have a lot to thank the Music Department at CH for I would not be where I am without the inspiration it provided me and countless others. Throughout the university application process, the music staff at CH offered an unwavering stream of advice and support. I was really pleased to get a choral scholarship and an offer to study Music at Oxford University, but decided the best way for me was the ‘joint course’ in Manchester, where I currently study Music at the University of Manchester and French Horn Performance at the RNCM, allowing me a broad range of options for postgraduate study and beyond. This was an amazing experience, and CH were very supportive.Īs well as the instrumental music, I loved all the singing, be it belting out hymns with the whole school in Chapel, the weekly round of Chapel Choir duties, or singing a Bach Cantata with the Schola Cantorum. Thanks to the expertise and encouragement of my teachers, I got a French Horn diploma in Deps (Year 12), and gained a place to attend the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department on Saturdays in my final two years. As a Music Scholar, I quickly became involved in all the major musical ensembles alongside my weekly lessons on the French Horn, Voice, and Piano. ![]() I was introduced to CH when I was 10 years old through an Old Blue family friend, who went on to kindly become my governor and benefactor. To book an appointment please email: MEET OUR PUPILS Molly (LH-B / Gr-E, 2013-20) – French Horn, Voice, Piano. ![]() Please come and visit us and experience the musical life at CH, either at an Open Morning or by appointment – you would be most welcome. We believe so strongly in the educational and social benefits of music that we do all we can to enable any pupil who wishes to do so to become involved, irrespective of previous experience or means.Ĭlick here to find out more information about instrumental lessons. The school subsidises the majority of instrumental lessons and can provide instruments and sheet music free of charge. Pupils of every age, ability and experience are encouraged to begin or continue their musical studies at Christ’s Hospital, and over 550 lessons are taught each week by our superb staff. We are very proud of our musical tradition, and are constantly looking to create new, inspiring learning opportunities for our pupils. Christ’s Hospital is perhaps the only school in the world where every pupil hears live music played or sung by their peers on six days a week. Music is the beating heart of this remarkable school.
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