Posted on: 26 August, 2015

Kent Music Summer School 2015

Another hugely successful Kent Music Summer School welcomed almost 800 musicians through its doors this year during the three weeks it was running in July.

The musical standard achieved across all courses and all ages was again very impressive with a large percentage of applicants taking the opportunity to audition whilst on site for Kent Music’s celebrated County Groups. It was particularly pleasing to see over 170 string players this year enjoying the benefits both socially and musically of the extensive range of varied string ensembles available.

Singing courses featured prominently across two of the three weeks and students were lucky enough to hear the outstanding results achieved by our County Choirs.

The summer school celebrated 68 years this year and is looking forward to 2016 with even more courses being introduced including a rock band course and a song writing course to add to the already popular portfolio of courses on offer! (more details below)

 

 

Check out the Summer School Facebook page for lots more photos and videos!

The Summer School continues to offer a diverse range of musical experiences with jazz, recorder, wind band, orchestral, string orchestra, junior strings, junior singing, musical theatre on offer; please keep a close look at the Kent Music website from October onwards for further details and information.

Due to its huge popularity and impressive musical results the Musical Theatre course will be increasing in length from 3 days to 5 days in 2016; it will cover a more extensive repertoire and technical aspects such as stage management.


Benenden School continues to invest in its site and facilities. In 2016, Summer School will again see some boarding houses closed for major refurbishment.

We strongly advise you book early to reserve your place on your preferred course.

Booking forms and detailed information about all courses will be available from October this year.


We are pleased to announce the confirmed dates for courses next year.

14th  – 19th July     Wind Band Course
21st  – 25th July     Musical Theatre Course
21st  – 26th July     Orchestral Course
21st  – 26th July     String Orchestra Course
27th – 29th July     Junior Strings Course
27th  – 29th July    Jazz Course
27th  – 29th July     Recorder Course
30th  – 1st August   Junior Singing Course

The dates for our new courses will be released very soon.

 

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