Music
At MOSPS we believe that Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians. We see music as vehicle for pupils to explore their feelings, spirituality and identity and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
Our specialist music team delivers a curriculum that ensures pupils have an understanding of the range of music genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians. Pupils learn to listen and evaluate, perform, sing and play musical instruments. They explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
MOSPS pupils also develop an understanding of music’s global significance, appreciating its diversity and links to peoples’ traditions and cultures. They learn how music traditions fuse together and celebrate the similarities and differences of our world, how music is used as a protest at social injustice and can promote positive change in our world.
We recognise the subject’s importance in helping our pupils explore their identities. In giving them the opportunity to be courageous in their learning and have the confidence to perform and be creative. To be inspired by the music of others and help give them a sense of their place in our global community.
Co-curricular Music
The school provides individual and small group music lessons with peripatetic teachers provided by Hampshire Music Service in piano/keyboard, guitar, woodwind and brass. Rock to the Beat (Hampshire Music Service) is also available to pupils who wish to learn drums, electric guitar and bass, keyboard and vocals. Pupils have the opportunity to practise in rehearsal rooms and then rehearse and perform as Rock Bands.
The school has a dedicated music room that can hold a whole teaching class and this is often used for peripatetic teaching as well. The school has three other rooms,that are available for practice and rehearsal.
The school has an active and well-subscribed choir that rehearses during after-school sessions and performs regularly in the community and with local adult choirs as part of a larger ensemble.
The MOSPS choir recently had the unforgettable experience of taking part in the annual Young Voices concert at London’s O2 Arena. There, they joined thousands of children from schools across the country to perform as part of a spectacular mass choir. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to showcase their hard work and love of singing.
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