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ARDINGLY college Music Scholarships 11+, 13+ & 16+ • An extraordinary musical education • Regular programme of concerts and tours • Thriving instrumental and vocal groups with regular coaching from leading professionals • Music@Ardingly concert series 2011/12 includes VoCes8, The Chichester Cathedral Choir, Julian Lloyd Webber, John Lill and Emma Johnson • Prestigious association with VoCes8 • Just 45 minutes by train from London

For further information, to arrange a visit, or to attend an open day please contact registrar@ardingly.com or phone 01444 893000 Ardingly College, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6SQ

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ST PAUL’S SCHOOL Lonsdale Road Barnes London SW13 9JT music school tel: 020 8746 5424

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St Paul’s music aims to be inclusive as well as ambitious. We offer music scholarships to outstanding musicians, so they can thrive individually and as part of a team. The music department runs a full programme with frequent opportunities for performance. We possess a state-of-the-art music school and concert hall. We offer music scholarships and exhibitions each year for boys aged 13+ and 16+.

If you would like to arrange an individual appointment or book a place on our annual open morning in November, please contact: Peter Gritton, Director of Music pwg@stpaulsschool.org.uk For information on instrumental awards (11+) at St Paul’s Preparatory School, Colet Court, please contact: Philip Berg, Director of Music pjb@stpaulsschool.org.uk

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MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS

• HMC Independent School • HMC Independent School • 11-18 Day and Boarding School for Boys Day and Boarding School • 11-18 • Co-educational Sixth Form

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Music Scholars become involved in:

Reed’sIndependent Orchestra School HMC Chamber 11-18 Day Orchestra and Boarding School for Boys Chapel Choir Sixth Form Co-educational Reed’s Choir Reed’s Choral Society Jazz Orchestra Jazz Ensemble Saxophone Choir Wind Quintet Guitar Ensemble Rock Band ……… and many more!

Highlights of 2011 include the Carol Service in Guildford Cathedral, the Dorking Halls Gala Concert and a visit to sing evensong at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. A number of Music Scholarships are offered annually with auditions held in November (Sixth Form), January (11+) and March (13+). Please contact the Registrar, Richard Gilliat on 01932 869001 for further information. Do also visit the School’s website www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk. Entry levels are normally at 11+ 13+ and 16+.

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400 music lessons per week on 20 different instruments Please contact the Registrar, Richard Gilliat on 01932 869001 for further information. Do also visit the School’s website www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk. Entry levels are normally at 11+ 13+ and 16+.

Top co-ed boarding school • Vibrant department with inspirational Classroom and Instrumental teaching • Regular programme of Concerts and Overseas Tours • Association with the London Chamber Orchestra • Professional Workshops and Masterclasses • Music Scholarships at 13+ and 16+ headmaster@bradfieldcollege.org.uk Tel: 0118 964 4510

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IAPS Day Preparatory School for Boys 7 - 13 years Choral and Instrumental Awards

Music Scholarships of up to 25% fees with free instrumental tuition are offered annually for boys at age 11. Choristerships are offered in connection with St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey. Further details may be obtained from The Registrar Westminster Under School, Adrian House 27 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2NN Tel: 020 7821 5788 Fax: 020 7821 0458

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Musical Excellence

Music Scholarships at 11+ and 13+ and Choral Scholarship at 11+ in conjunction with the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace Exceptional facilities: new 380 seat Performing Arts Auditorium, Steinway Piano, fully equipped music suites Distinguished vocal and instrumental teaching staff Over 20 orchestras, ensembles and choral groups with an extensive concert programme at home and abroad

www.hamptonschool.org.uk Hampton School, Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 3HD Independent day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years Prospective candidates and their parents are invited to contact the Director of Music, Mr Iain Donald: music@hamptonschool.org.uk or telephone 020 8783 4200

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Haileybury is a co-educational boarding school for 11-18 year olds which has quickly established a reputation for itself as having one of the country’s most exciting senior school music departments.

Scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+ to boys and girls who are enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated to furthering the Music Department and, supplemented with bursaries, can value up to 100% of fees. The Director of Music, Quentin Thomas, would be pleased to meet prospective music scholars. Please contact him on: Hertford SG13 7NU | www.haileybury.com Tel +44(0)1992 706264 |

• Five choirs • Three orchestras • Two wind bands • Three jazz bands • Thriving chamber music programme • Extensive programme of concerts at Haileybury • Wide variety of concerts held in prestigious London venues • Special support for talented musicians • Regular CD recordings & foreign tours to magnificent venues

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Bryanston values creativity, individuality and opportunity, and music is at the heart of life in the School. There is a large symphony orchestra, a string chamber orchestra, a concert band, a dance band, five choirs, a choral society and an extensive chamber music programme. Recent performance venues have included St John’s Smith Square, Salisbury Cathedral, Poole Lighthouse, St Paul’s Knightsbridge and Christchurch Priory.

‘An uplifting place in which to live and work’ ISI

Music scholarships are offered for Junior and Sixth Form entry. Music scholars receive free tuition on all their instruments, Alexander Technique lessons and a weekly accompaniment period. A new, cutting-edge music school is in the pipeline and there is an exceptional team of dedicated and inspiring permanent and visiting music staff. To find out more please contact Duncan Emerson, Director of Music, who will be delighted to welcome enquiries.

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CREAM OF THE CROP An overview of how music scholarships support talented young musicians

13 WEEK IN THE LIFE

What music scholars get up to in the course of a normal week

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How independent schools are opening up their music facilities to the wider community

Music scholarship audition panellists tell us exactly what they look for

What music scholars do next

Full scholarships listings and contact details

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SCHOLARSHIPS 2012 WELCOME… …to Music Teacher’s and Classical Music’s Scholarships supplement: your definitive guide to applying for a senior school music scholarship. Whether you’re a proud parent or a teacher ambitious for your student, this supplement will help you make all the right decisions – from

what music scholarships actually involve to what the audition panel looks for on the big day. You’ll also hear from former music scholars about how their awards helped them forge a career, and find out how independent schools, those great providers of music bursaries, are opening their facilities to community music groups and other organisations. Once you’ve digested all that, turn to the back to find all the school contact details you’ll need to get the application process under way. Good luck! CHRISTOPHER WALTERS EDITOR SCHOLARSHIPS 2012 RHINEGOLD.CO.UK 7

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Cream of the crop

The UK’s independent schools are home to some of our most promising young performers, many of whom are supported by music scholarships. Rhian Morgan meets some of these young musicians and finds out what goes into the making of a truly exceptional music scholar

usic scholars come in all shapes and sizes, carrying kudos, financial reward and talent on their backs. Put them on a stage and to their parents they are the greatest of stars, but what makes the best of these young musicians stand out to a point where they may truly consider performance as a career? And looking beyond the standard two contrasting audition pieces, what makes a music scholar a real star performer? Tim Johnson, newly installed precentor and director of music at Eton College, believes that ‘the best candidates are the ones who are making music because they want to, not because

they have been told to. It is wonderful to see this passion develop as they progress through the school.’ Currently standing out among Eton’s latest batch of music scholars is 13-year-old Jasper Severn, who started at the college this year. ‘When I arrived at Eton there were just so many opportunities, it was like being hit by a hurricane,’ he says. ‘I’m part of the second orchestra, the College Chapel Choir and the prestigious cello ensemble that all 50 cellists are fighting to get into. The teachers are great, and the facilities of the music schools are absolutely incredible. We have two fully rigged recording studios, three concert halls and nu-

merous classrooms fully equipped with Apple Macs for composition teaching.’ Eton has 115 music scholars and exhibitioners, with 25 boys – around 10% of the intake – entering the school on music awards this year. More than 1,300 music lessons are taught each week by a music staff of seven full-time masters and 80 visiting teachers. Instruments range from sitar and tabla to the full range of orchestral and solo instruments and voice. ‘The thing which has impressed me most so far is that the vast majority of the concerts are organised by the boys themselves,’ says Johnson. ‘This ranges from small-scale concerts, such as a forthcoming performance of

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the Goldberg Variations involving 31 different pianists, to full-scale choral and orchestral concerts.’ Fifteen-year-old Max James, a former St Paul’s chorister, is another Eton music scholar and a capable organist, playing at three services a week. Taught by the venerable David Goode, Eton’s head of keyboard, James also has thoughts of becoming a conductor. ‘Because Eton is only just down the road from London we get some of the best peripatetic staff in the UK, and the level of all-round musicianship in the school means there are always people you can look up to in the upper years,’ he says. ‘The best thing is that I feel that I’m in a specialist musical school which has been integrated into an academically first-class private school.’ Johnson adds: ‘Many people won’t have considered sending their sons to schools like Eton because they assume they won’t be able to afford the fees. But these are very exciting times for people in this position, as the number of boys entering Eton with financial bursaries is larger than ever before.’ This year Eton will award its first sixth-form music scholarship, aimed specifically at talented boys from lowincome families and covering 100% of fees. At Oakham School in Rutland, scholarships are offered at 11 (around Grade 4 standard), 13 (Grade 6) and 16 (Grade 8).

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I’ve been happy to put in hours and hours in rehearsals, but there are other things to do in life as well and you really do have to make sure everything fits in properly With 40% of pupils learning an instrument, the school puts on more than 80 concerts a year and offers free lessons for those who have achieved a merit at Grade 6 and make a strong contribution to school music. Elizabeth Bass has just joined Oakham as a sixth-form music scholar, and is already well on the way to becoming an accomplished musician. ‘She is an exceptionally talented harpist who plays in the National Youth Orchestra and started term still buzzing from the experience of their concert at this year’s Proms,’ says director of music Peter Davis. ‘Elizabeth was attracted to Oakham by the way that it mentors its advanced musicians, providing musical and pastoral support, and challenging them through a variety of performance opportunities as soloists and in ensembles. She is already immersed in music-making at

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Oakham, studying Pre-U music, singing in the Chapel Choir, performing as a recital soloist and making plans for concerto performances by Reinecke and Debussy during her two years at the school. We are also supporting her in preparations for the 18th International Harp Contest in Israel this month, one of her primary objectives en route to continuing her studies, like many former Oakhamians, at one of the UK’s major music colleges.’ Leigh O’Hara, director of music at James Allen’s Girls’ School in south London, also appreciates the variety of skills his scholars bring to the school, whether exceptionally talented or gifted in a more understated way. ‘Our scholars are all different and do a range of things,’ he says. ‘In school they are always in orchestras, choirs and chamber music and many do all of them.

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Bright futures begin here... Music forms a prominent feature of the co-curricular life of the girls and boys attending the Edinburgh Academy. With state-of-the-art facilities and an eye for talent, we at the Academy are dedicated to bringing out your individual star quality. Bursaries & Scholarships available, please contact us to find out more. Winners of the BBC songs of Praise senior sChool Choir of the Year 2011

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They also get the chance to perform a concerto in Year 13 with the orchestra, and some of these take place at St John’s, Smith Square. We also do a lunchtime concert in St Martinin-the-Fields each October which gives them another performing opportunity. Many of them play in the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and the National Children’s Orchestra and attend the junior departments of all the London Conservatoires.’ Even the most talented performers will still have much else to do at school, and a supportive and organised environment is vital if other areas of life are not to be neglected. ‘It is important that each one receives individual support,’ says Tim Johnson. ‘At Eton, each scholar or exhibitioner is allocated their own music tutor and is also taken under the wing of a senior music scholar who acts as their music mentor while they find their feet. The school as a whole is extremely understanding when it comes to the needs of musicians, to the extent where music award holders may request to miss up to four lessons every week in order to practise.’ Good time management is cited as one of the main prerequisites for success by James Hardie, an upper-sixth music scholar at the Edinburgh Academy. One of the school’s star performers, Hardie has just received an offer for an organ scholarship to Keble College, Oxford. He also sings, plays piano, harpsichord, violin and viola to post-Grade 8 standard and plays rugby for the academy’s First XV, as well as holding down a paid position as a church organist and playing in the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra. ‘I’ve been lucky to have good teachers and I’ve been happy to put in hours and hours in rehearsals, but there are other things to do in life as well and you really do have to make sure everything fits in properly,’ he says. The Edinburgh Academy is currently investing heavily in music, and its Senior School Chamber choir this year won the BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year competition, the first Scottish school to win the UK-wide competition. It also took part in ‘Songs of Praise: The Big Sing Sing’, which

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will be broadcast on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. ‘I am never bored and there is always something to do,’ says Hardie. Nor, he adds, has he ever resented the vast amount of time music takes up: ‘Many people fit in music around their academic work, but for me, work revolves around music.’ Imogen Wilkinson is a singer, pianist, violinist, violist and another exceptional music scholar at the Edinburgh Academy. She is grateful for the many opportunities school has given her musical life, but also acknowledges the wider skills music has given her: ‘When I

When I got my scholarship at 14 it gave me a real confidence boost. ‘I can do things’, I thought, and someone else had acknowledged it too

got my scholarship at 14 it gave me a real confidence boost. “I can do things”, I thought, and someone else had acknowledged it too.’ She adds: ‘As music scholars we are ambassadors for the school in everything we do, and that helps you develop many personal skills which are as important as the musical side.’ Tim Johnson is similarly conscious of the organisational and social skills that the boys learn through music at Eton: ‘A member of staff here wandered into chapel to find a young music scholar on the organ playing one of the more complex fugal passages from Brahms’s German Requiem. As he got closer he was amazed to see that the boy had no music in front him. “So you know the whole requiem off by heart then?” he quipped. “No… not the fifth movement as I really don’t think it’s very good,” was the reply. The boy in question now hopes to organise and conduct a performance of the requiem in March 2013 – and he’s already booked some players!” scholarships 2012 rhinegold.co.uk 11

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Encouraged to Excel Whatever your talent is, we will help you develop it

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Boarding available from the age of 7 Scholarships offered for those who have discovered their talent Opportunities abound for those still looking International Baccalaureate and A-Levels offered in the Sixth Form Come and meet our students – every day is Open Day!

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Music and Organ Scholarships available

Registration deadline: 2nd December 2011. Scholarship Examinations will take place in January 2012. Outstanding co-education for 3 to 18 year olds

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REPTON SCHOOL Outstanding opportunities for young musicians of real potential • Generous Scholarships at 13+ and Sixth Form • Inspiring instrumental and academic tuition • International Concert Series, Summer Schools and resident quartet • Newly refurbished facilities at the heart of this vibrant boarding school

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Week in the life What exactly do music scholars get up to over the course of a normal week? Janet Murray meets two to find out

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a music scholar’s week

amy yule, 18 Bromley high school, kent

amy’s weekly diary Monday XX dancing lessons and instrumental practice

Tuesday XX choir XX clarinet and saxophone group XX chamber music at Bromley Youth Music Trust

Wednesday XX Helps out with flute group before school XX Plays in school flute group XX Flute choir at Bromley Youth Music Trust

Thursday XX Helps out with band for younger students

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Amy Yule has enjoyed making music for as ‘long as she can remember’. She first picked up the flute at the age of eight after her mum, who had played the instrument as a child, started giving her lessons. By the end of primary school she was playing in the school orchestra, training band and had also started playing the piano. ‘Right from the start, I enjoyed the challenge of studying music and the discipline of practice,’ she recalls. ‘I loved seeing how, if you put in the time, you’d gradually get better and better.’ She continued playing throughout secondary school and, despite having little formal training in music, achieved an A* in GCSE music which prompted her to start thinking about studying music at university. So when she heard she was eligible to apply for a sixth-form music scholarship at her school, she decided to apply. After submitting a written application and attending a formal interview (which involved performing audition pieces on both flute and piano and a series of aural tests), Yule was thrilled to hear she had been awarded a scholarship for 10% of her annual fees. Securing a music scholarship was definitely a ‘big factor’ in her decision to stay at Bromley High rather than switch to another school or sixth-form college, she says. While she had been receiving an academic scholarship (representing around 40% of the annual fees of just over £12,000), the additional funds have helped with lesson fees, buying sheet music and paying for instruments to be serviced. The conditions of the scholarship include studying music at A level and commitment to a number of extra-curricular activities.

Yule now helps run a number of clubs for younger pupils, including flute ensembles, junior choir and band, something she feel has helped her develop a range of transferable skills. ‘Playing an instrument requires independence and self-motivation, but running ensembles helps you develop your time-management and organisational skills and gives you a real sense of responsibility,’ she says. Since taking up her scholarship last year, Yule, who is studying A levels in music, maths, further maths and chemistry, has achieved Grade 8 in flute with an exceptional score of 143 out of 150, been made principal flute of Bromley Youth Symphony Orchestra and won the prestigious Norman Trotman competition for young musicians in and around Bromley. She is also a talented mathematician and scientist and achieved straight As in her AS levels last year. Kathryn Ridgeway, director of music at Bromley High School, says her achievements are remarkable. ‘Amy is also a very talented dancer – and mathematician and scientist – and I have no idea how she fits everything in and achieves such staggering results in whatever she touches.’ Still undecided about her career plans, Yule is hedging her bets and applying to both music colleges to study flute and a number of universities to study chemistry. When the offers start to come in, she’ll make a decision about her future. But what she is certain of is that music will always play a big role in her life. ‘What I love about it is that it’s really sociable and a really great way to meet people. It’s also a big stress reliever. If you’ve had a bad day, as soon as you sit down and start playing your troubles seem much smaller.’

XX dance classes (ballet and modern)

Friday XX School orchestra XX Jazz band XX Flute lesson XX concert band at Bromley Youth Music Trust

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saTurday XX Symphony orchestra at Bromley Youth

Music Trust sunday XX Day off – time for catching up with home

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Patrick Du Puy, 17 cian and get the necessary experience to apply loretto school, musselburgh, for a place at university. As well as A levels in near eDinburgh English, maths and music, he has a packed

Patrick’s weekly Diary Monday XX caledonian Society

(Scottish music and dancing) XX Percussion group XX Jazz band

Tuesday XX Small choir XX Senior choir

Wednesday XX catch up on instrumental practice

Patrick Du Puy started piano lessons at seven, which he says he ‘semi-enjoyed’, but wasn’t the most dedicated of students. When he was ten, one of his teachers brought a drum kit into school and he was hooked immediately. After nagging his parents for a set of his own, he began taking drum kit and tuned percussion lessons and playing in various bands and ensembles. ‘Feeling so inspired by the drums had a big impact on my music-making generally,’ he recalls. ‘It was at that point I started to really enjoy the piano.’ Having been educated at state high schools, the idea of a scholarship hadn’t even entered Du Puy’s head, but when he starting talking about studying music at university, his mum suggested he give it a try for his sixth-form studies. ‘I think she thought it would help me see if I had what it took to cut it in music,’ he says. After a short audition, which involved playing prepared pieces on organ and piano and a jamming session on the drums, Du Puy was offered a scholarship at the Loretto School in Edinburgh, which meant a 15% discount on the annual fees (around £27,000 a year) and free instrumental lessons in piano, percussion and organ. Leaving home for the first time to go to boarding school was daunting at first, but it was surprisingly easy to adapt. ‘Everyone was really friendly and within a few weeks it felt as if I’d always been a boarder.’ Now in Year 13, Du Puy says that being a music scholar has helped him grow as a musi-

programme of musical activities that includes a jazz band, percussion group, various choirs and at least an hour of practice each day. ‘As a music scholar, your whole school experience is tailored towards music, which really helps you make progress, he says. ‘When I left high school I’d just done Grade 5 in piano and theory. I’m now hoping to do Grade 8 in piano, drums and tuned percussion over the next year.’ What is most noticeable about Du Puy is his commitment and drive, says Edward Coleman, director of music at the school. ‘What really impressed me about him from the outset was his passion,’ he says. ‘He hadn’t had much in the way of a formal musical education and there were few opportunities for music-making at his previous schools. Practically everything he knew had been learned through his own dedication and commitment, and that was really impressive. Although when he arrived he wasn’t as advanced as some of his peers, he showed obvious potential and with lots of hard work is now up there with the high-fliers. He has the ability to get a top grade in his A2 and he is definitely deserving of a place at university to study music.’ While still undecided on his long-term career plan, Du Puy is still keen to do a degree in music and is deciding which universities to apply to. ‘As a music scholar, you are totally immersed in the musical life of the school. It’s the best way to find out if music is really for you.’

Thursday XX Jazz band

Friday XX Play organ in chapel service

scholars’ tiPs for winning a music scholarshiP XX explain what you might be able to give back to the school if they offered you a scholarship.

could you offer to help to run extra-curricular activities for younger students or be an accom panist for choir or other rehearsals?

saTurday XX instrumental music lessons

XX Be prepared to talk about times you have demonstrated your dedication and commitment to

music in a way that is over and above the ordinary sunday XX Play organ/sing in Sunday service

XX Show that you are a team player and can work well with others XX highlight any additional skills you have, for example composition, arrangement or

improvisation, and take examples of your work to interviews and auditions XX communicate your passion for music. interviewers are not generally looking for perfection

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Complete & Balanced Education It is no surprise that gifted musicians often choose Bedford School for its breadth of opportunities as well as its music: which we take very seriously. Each Scholar is personally mentored, with a programme individually tailored to challenge and inspire him. Our stunning Music School provides an inspirational setting and our orchestras, bands, choirs and ensembles perform concerts across the country and even internationally. The standard and variety is breathtaking.

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Open for business When schools invest in new music facilities, they also build valuable and lucrative relationships with other schools, community music groups and musical summer schools. And that’s quite apart from the benefits for their own students, writes Toby Deller

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hen you are running a summer course for about 200 people it’s quite obvious that you need several halls and a lot of large classrooms. That’s the first thing you look for. Over the years I’ve done courses at Charterhouse, at Canford, at Millfield and now at Sherborne School.’ John Huw Davies runs CSSM, a summer school providing courses in a range of musical areas from symphony orchestra to individual singing tuition, now taking place at Sherborne after several years at Charterhouse. His comments illustrate exactly why summer schools tend to take place in school music departments. ‘I’ve often found that when one’s busy taking a course, one doesn’t move outside the school grounds for the whole week,’ says Huw

Davies, giving some idea of exactly what summer schools look for in a base. ‘They are very self-contained, these public schools, and can cope. Most of them have got school shops of some sort, and usually the food’s pretty good so you don’t really want to be going out. Most of them have got bars too – Sherborne has a bar so you don’t need to go out drinking, although Sherborne being where it is, there are a couple of nice pubs within three minutes’ walk!’ Sherborne is one school that, in recent years, has realised that investing in music facilities comes with numerous possible benefits. Firstly, it demonstrates a commitment to an activity which many parents see as a marker of a good all-round education. And if they are parents of talented musicians, they will find themselves even more attracted by specialist facilities

Obviously the facilities are used every day during term time but stand empty over the summer and other holidays. We thought, this is crazy, let’s open them up

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such as practice rooms and purpose-built performance spaces. Secondly, more openminded school management teams will also see opportunities for creating links with the local community by making facilities available to a wider circle, possibly helping bolster the case for the school’s charitable status. Such facilities are also a means of recouping investment by way of commercial hires to summer schools like CSSM, themselves a busy sector of the classical music industry. From woodwind courses taking advantage of the practice facilities and small recital hall at Malvern College (Malvern Wind Chamber Music Course) to advanced singing courses at Headington School (Abingdon Summer School for Solo Singers) and Eastbourne College (AIMS International Music School), choral courses at Oakham School (with the Tallis Scholars), not to mention a whole series of events at Sherborne besides CSSM, it is a part of the industry that has come to be particularly associated with public schools – and one that is hungry for suitable premises in a competitive market. ‘The situation these days is that so many

of the big public schools are booked up completely with language courses,’ says Huw Davies. ‘They’ve found that they can, as far as I understand anyway, charge quite a lot for foreign kids to come in and learn English.’ On the other hand, it clearly makes sense, having invested the money, for schools to do their best to keep the new facilities in the spotlight, and having a stream of musicians (of whatever age) running through them is certainly one way to do that. The Royal Hospital School in Holbrook, near Ipswich, is another that has recently spent money (£3.6m) on music facilities. According to Sophie Braybrooke, marketing director at the school, the potential for hiring the facilities out was not a consideration in the early planning stages, but it was not long before the idea emerged: ‘Obviously it’s used every day during term time but stands empty over the summer and other holidays. We thought, this is crazy, let’s open it up. This year we had two music groups, including the National Youth Strings Academy [NYSA] who used it for a week and stayed in one of our boarding houses. The

beauty of the summer lets is that we have so many beds available for them.’ However, NYSA regularly comes up against the language schools problem, despite the pleadings of its director Vivian Ronchetti: ‘I have tried to say to some of these schools who’ve decided not to have us after having us for many years that actually if you have several small groups that are constantly loyal, in a way you are in a better position than if you have one big group who, if they then aren’t loyal, leave you with nothing.’ The problem is exacerbated in Ronchetti’s case because NYSA is a peripatetic organisation, generally looking for a base near the concert venue where the students will be performing. As they were scheduled to play at Aldeburgh, and had heard about the Royal Hospital School’s new facilities, the school was an obvious choice and the course was a success. ‘The rehearsal spaces are basically the most important thing – at the end of the day, it’s a music course and the music has to be able to work efficiently,’ says Ronchetti. ‘The great thing about Holbrook, in addition to the music department, is they had very scholarships 2012 rhinegold.co.uk 21

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good spaces in their accommodation, so where we couldn’t quite have all sessions within the music department itself – I was running two courses concurrently – there was plenty of leisure space in the boarding houses that we could also use.’ Clearly, the issue of sleeping accommodation is one of the main issues for any holiday course lasting more than a day, and the fact that many independent schools have boarding facilities makes them an obvious place for such courses to be based. During term time the situation is inevitably more restricted, but it does not mean schools need close themselves off completely. ‘As we are a seven-day boarding school,’ says Braybrooke, ‘it’s very difficult to hire out our facilities while the school is in operation. But what we do have is the Holbrook Music Society. That was set up to bring our music and music from the local community together. It’s been running for 25 years and it was set up by our director of music, Peter Crompton. It has a full programme of events during the year, using our facilitites. We don’t charge them. It’s nice to have and we feel there’s a mutual benefit – the adults perform alongside our pupils and gain from seeing the talented young musicians here.’ Concerts that take place in schools can now be of such a standard that Joanna Macgregor,

So Ock Kim or Voces8 would find performing at a school like Millfield little different from a regular concert, except perhaps for the age of the audience. Those very artists are in fact part of Millfield’s 2011 international concert series, open to pupils, parents and the general public. The same goes for St Paul’s School in south-west London, whose Wathen Hall is run almost as an independent venture, being in demand for recording as well as live performance. And since its completion in 2009, the 380-seat 450 Hall at Hampton School is increasingly starting to emerge as a venue for music and drama, with local concert promoter the Richmond Concert Society just one organisation that is beginning to make use of it. Even if the extent to which a school exploits

its music facilities commercially is less high profile, perhaps restricted to making them available to local choral societies and amateur orchestras, there can still be unforeseen benefits. Peter Crompton at the Royal Hospital School recalls the opening of the music department there: ‘When it was opened by John Rutter nearly three years ago, the ramifications were that he came on the same day as the carol service, heard the choir and was so impressed with them that he invited them to do a couple of concerts in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic, and subsequently we worked with him last year at the Regent Theatre in Ipswich. We would never have done any of those things if we didn’t have this facility.’

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Ask the panel It’s what auditionees spend most time trying to second-guess: what the panel might be looking for. Clarissa Payne hears from directors of music at leading independent schools to find out once and for all

ay the word ‘audition’ to many young people today and the first thing that springs to mind might well be a spotlit panel of judges on a TV screen, dispensing merciless putdowns or lavish praise, making and breaking dreams. For the 100s of young people trying for music scholarships at schools around the UK the audience might not be as large, but the nerves will be as intense and the feelings running just as high. At the heart of it is the big question: what is the panel looking for? ‘Within minutes we know if a child has that little spark,’ says David Woodcock, director of music at Harrow School. ‘We’re looking for the child that really loves their music – that’s the single most important thing.’ That’s not to say that a near beginner could walk in and give their best rendition of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’. The Independent

Schools Council advises that ‘most schools demand at least Grade 5 standard’. Woodcock agrees: ‘At Harrow we expect at least Grade 6 on the first instrument.’ But are grade exams really the be all and end all? If so, why bother to hold auditions at all?

ing a child’s musical development in this way can lead to gaps in their knowledge which are more difficult to fill as they get older.’ Peter Davis, director of music at Oakham School, agrees. ‘Sadly we do sometimes see that “performing monkey” mentality coming

We’re looking for the child that really loves their music – that’s the single most important thing ‘There’s a common misunderstanding that it’s better to scrape through a higher grade than to achieve a fantastic mark at a lower one,’ says Woodcock. ‘We would much rather a distinction at Grade 4 than a pass at Grade 6. It’s all about potential. Also, push-

into play. I’ve been left cold by a ten-year-old Grade 7 pianist. I’m interested in the quality of the mark, not the number of the exam. I’ve awarded a scholarship to a young pupil who was only at Grade 2. But they’d achieved that Grade 2 in only a year – imagine what All pictures: musical life at oakham School

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ask the expert canford School has an excellent reputation for music, with strong academic results and approximately 400 music lessons taking place each week. christopher Spakhall is the school’s director of music XX What are you looking for?

Music scholarship candidates will show that they love music and that making music is their passion. They will have reached a good standard on their main instrument (grade results are not the best or only measure of this standard). They will show qualities of leadership and the ability to inspire others, both through their playing and through their love of music. When they perform there will be something special about it, a musicality that comes across through subtle shaping or expressive communication.

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it is surprising that many candidates have little experience of listening to music. An enthusiastic candidate who can talk about a concert they have attended, or reflect thoughtfully on recording of a piece they know demonstrates a commitment to music beyond being made to practise scales by Mum and dad! XX What are the benefits of a scholarship?

Almost all candidates will have prepared their pieces extremely well, but sadly this is not always the case for the supporting tests. A candidate who has not practised their scales runs the risk of looking less dedicated than the one who has. Sight-

our main aim, of course, is to improve technical skill and musical understanding. however, a music scholar also acquires skills of leadership, confidence, organisation and teamwork which stand them in good stead in all that they do. While many music scholars do go on to further musical study at university or conservatoire, there are those in recent years who have gone to university to study subjects such as biochemistry or engineering.

at 13, and we very much hope that they have by 16.’ ‘It’s great when candidates have keyboard skills, but I would never rule anyone out who didn’t,’ says Davis. ‘Also, I tend to be sceptical about super-multi-instrumentalists. Again, it’s quality, not quantity. I once spent an hour and a half with a poor ten-year-old and her five instruments, thinking “get to the point!” Exploration is one thing, but as pupils get older that just isn’t viable.’ Sight-reading is another area that can strike fear into candidates’ hearts, with panellists regarding it as a way to reveal what has been drilled into candidates and what is natural ability and potential. ‘I might stick a ridiculously difficult piece of sight-reading in front of an exceptional candidate, just to see what happened and how they respond to challenges,’ says Davis. ‘Or I might put an extremely simple piece in front of a pupil who’d given a really slick performance – to see if they’d just learned one particular piece

incredibly thoroughly or could apply their ideas across the board.’ Auditions will also usually involve ear tests – ‘very revealing’ according to Davis – and a formal or informal interview. ‘I like to ask the candidate what they can tell me about the composer – usually with my hand over the text at the bottom of the music!’ he says. ‘We always have a chat with the candidates’, says Baker. ‘We’re looking for someone who can present and understand music, so I might ask: “why music?” and “what music do you like?” Unfortunately these questions often draw a blank!’ Many canny parents are now aware of school orchestras’ need for ‘endangered species’ instruments: oboes, bassoons, french horns and the rest. Are audition panels influenced by their need to fill the gaps? ‘If you look at the list of our music scholars, you will see the minority instruments heavily represented. We’d

XX What sometimes lets candidates down?

they’ll do next! Conversely though, if a 16year hasn’t reached Grade 8 standard, to be honest we’ll only have two years with them, so there may not be much point.’ Many auditionees express anxiety about their keyboard skills, and it’s a hot topic of discussion among parents on online forums. ‘Of course they’re always good to have,’ says Woodcock. ‘However, if we come across an amazing child who doesn’t play the piano, it won’t count against them. One of our boys has just left school and taken up a place at the Royal Academy – joint principal study double bass and cello! When he came to us he didn’t have any keyboard skills at all, but as he got older and realised that his life lay in music he realised he needed piano lessons and hasn’t looked back.’ Fiona Baker, assistant director of music at Taunton School, comments: ‘Keyboard skills aren’t an official requirement at our auditions, but we certainly encourage those without them to think about taking lessons

reading is another essential skill for a music scholar which can be worked on in advance of the audition.

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be lying if we didn’t acknowledge this. But they’re all hugely talented kids!’ says Davis. ‘At Harrow, we’re lucky in that we make awards based on the strength of the field,’ says David Woodcock. ‘We can make as many or as few as we like, so that doesn’t come into consideration. We look for young people who love music – if they play the oboe but don’t have that joy in playing, we won’t take them just because we need someone in the orchestra or wind band’. ‘We want team players,’ says Baker. ‘Candidates who’ve played in ensembles before will obviously have an advantage here. Of course it’s great if we get a brilliant oboist or horn player, but the first consideration is that passion for music.’ Unsurprisingly, the best thing a candidate can do is to prepare thoroughly. Many schools have detailed information available on their websites about what to expect. If in doubt, the best thing to do is simply to ask. ‘Preparation is absolutely key,’ says Baker. ‘I’ve seen candidates who can’t even tune their instrument. It’s also a good idea to do a bit of research on the particular school and what it offers – it’s easy enough to take a look at a website.’ The audition process is more than just one big day, with most schools holding informal pre-auditions or consultation lessons. ‘Pre-auditions are absolutely vital,’ says Davis. ‘The candidate can get used to the people and the scenario – we use the same

room as for the audition itself. We want to maximise their ability to play at their best. After all, it’s a high-pressure situation. Potentially, £1,000s are staked on a young child.’ ‘I do around six pre-auditions every week,’ Woodcock says. ‘They’re a great opportunity to see if it’s the right thing for the child. It’s informal and very much a two-way process. We want to find out the best way to help the child’s musical development, whether that means highlighting areas for improvement or even suggesting a change of teacher.’ Davis believes that some of the biggest disappointments to candidates, parents and teachers come when advice given at the pre-audition stage is ignored. ‘Sometimes parents have pushed their child into auditioning despite being advised against it, or

teachers have ignored recommendations on which pieces to present. This is such a sensitive process, and it’s a terrible shame to see children discouraged.’ There are also many positive experiences: ‘It can be so thrilling when a child comes back to audition and there’s been an exciting turnaround. I love to see that response to a challenge and think: ‘Wow! They really listened!’ Having the chance to guide that raw ability over seven years really excites us.’ On audition day itself, ‘try to be wellprepared and relaxed,’ advises Woodcock. ‘Play a piece well within your technical capabilities – we want to hear what you can do, not what you can’t.’ Most schools will offer plenty of time for the candidate to arrive, relax, and rehearse with the accompanist if required. As well as performance, there’s usually an opportunity to talk to the headteacher and music staff. Previous performing experience is invaluable. ‘Playing to an audience is completely different to playing for your teacher or an examiner. Don’t leave it until the audition to find this out!’ ‘We’re not starting with 100 and looking for reasons to knock off marks, but starting with an open mind and looking for ways to add them,’ says Baker. ‘It’s fine to be nervous, but we want candidates to feel relaxed and positive – no one should be quivering and shaking.’ ‘I try and make it as little like a grade exam as possible,’ says Davis. ‘We talk to the candidates and aim to put them at ease.’ Or as David Woodcock puts it: ‘We’re always open to lovely surprises. Sometimes we hear a candidate who’s nothing special on paper, but as soon as they play that love for music comes shining through.’ scholarships 2012 rhinegold.co.uk 31

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Stimulating and Creative Ipswich School enjoys an impressive reputation as a place where musicians thrive, finding expert and unstinting support. From outstanding specialist students to enthusiastic beginners, everyone is encouraged to discover music that suits their tastes and develops their abilities.

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Is your son cut out for great things?

The Oratory School South Oxfordshire

All Boys’ Catholic Boarding/Day School (11 to 18 years)

Located in the heart of the city, we offer boys an outward-looking, forward-thinking education that prepares them for life. Music and Academic scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+. For more information, please contact the Director of Music, Paul Harrison Founded by Blessed John Henry Newman in 1859, the school offers all the musical opportunities expected of a senior school music department: a strong choral tradition with twice-weekly choral services, plenty of individual specialist attention, a strong emphasis on small ensemble work and generous scholarships.

Open Morning Sat 24th September 09:30-12:00 The Director of Music is happy to see prospective scholarship candidates at any time by appointment.

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Truro Cathedral Scholarships

Alto, Tenor and Bass Choral Scholarships

Music scholarships and up to 100% bursaries available

Applications welcome at any time For a one year scholarship starting from September 2012 Scholarship application closing date: Friday 2 December 2011 Scholarship day: Thursday 26 January 2012

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KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE Being a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral is the experience of a lifetime — 100% tuition fees for all choristers — Assistance with boarding fees available — One of the top prep schools in the country — The finest musical education — An amazing start to life If your son is aged 6–8 and shows musical promise, do get in touch. He could become one of the next generation of choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral.Visits and informal auditions can be arranged at any time. For more information please contact: Clare Morgan, St Paul’s Cathedral School Secretary 020 7248 5156 · admissions@spcs.london.sch.uk

Music Scholarships available for musically talented and academically able children at 11+/13+ and 16+

OPEN DAYS 2011 11+, 13+ and 16+ Saturday 8th October 9.30 am 16+ Tuesday 8th November 2.30 pm 11+ & 13+ Wednesday 9th November 2.00 pm

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Chigwell School Music Scholarships 2012

Major awards are offered each year to pupils aged 11+, 13+ and 16+. Generous scholarships, including free tuition on two instruments, are awarded annually to instrumentalists and singers. The School, the oldest major co-educational independent school in the West Essex and East London area, has a thriving Music Department including three Orchestras, eight Choirs, two Wind Bands and a Big Band. There are also many other ensembles that flourish and perform at major concerts throughout the year.

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Young musicians and music scholars line the arches of charterhouse

Future perfect The immediate benefits of school music scholarships are well known. But are they just as helpful when it comes to forging a career? Adrian Horsewood hears from former music scholars about what they did next

hile the opportunities and responsibilities associated with holding a music scholarship may take up only part of a pupil’s time at school, such a scholarship is usually the beginning of a lifelong fascination and involvement with music, whether as a professional musician or a dedicated amateur. Jonathan Watkins held a music scholarship as a trombonist at Rugby School and is adamant that it was vital to his development. The school’s then brass teacher was a trumpeter, but the head of music, realising the importance of refining technique and embouchure at a young age, decided to engage a specialist trombone teacher. And playing a less common instrument certainly had its advantages: ‘As a music scholar playing a low brass instrument, I was required to be in all the school ensembles – orchestra, concert band, swing band – as well as sing in the choir and, latterly, the chamber choir. All these gave me an opportunity to perform on a regular basis.’

After Rugby, Watkins went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Boston University. He now works as a freelance orchestral trombonist (with orchestras including English National Ballet, the Boston Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), as well as playing in the pit for West End shows and tutoring ensembles such as the National Youth Wind Ensemble. Former music scholars are also to be found among today’s leading conductors. Edward Gardner (music director of English National Opera) and Nicholas Collon (assistant conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra) both held music scholarships at Eton College, while Robin Ticciati (principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and, from 2014, music director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera) was a music scholar at St Paul’s School. Andrew Griffiths, who enjoys a busy career as conductor, repetiteur, vocal coach and singer, was a music scholar at Winchester College, before studying at Cambridge and the Royal

I have no doubt that the breadth of musical interests which I still pursue owes a great deal to this challenging and nurturing environment

Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama). He recently graduated from the Jette Parker Young Artist Scheme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and is a founder member of the early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico. ‘Holding a music scholarship allowed me to pursue the widest possible range of musical interests,’ he says. ‘I had high-quality tuition on four instruments and voice, gained experience playing in orchestras and singing in choirs, and was encouraged to perform as frequently as possible. There was also considerable scope for students to set up their own ensembles. I cut my teeth as a conductor with a madrigal group, and in the house singing and orchestral competitions. I have no doubt that the breadth of musical interests which I still pursue owes a great deal to this challenging and nurturing environment.’ As well as receiving expert training and performing opportunities, a strong music department also provides a fertile environment for young composers. Thomas Hewitt Jones, who first came to prominence with his 2008 ballet score Under Milk Wood and who has been commissioned to compose the music for a series of animated films for the 2012 Olympics, speaks warmly of his time as a music scholar at Dulwich College: ‘The director of music commissioned several compositions while I was a pupil – including

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an organ concerto which I performed with the school orchestra at St John’s Smith Square – and was very supportive, providing fantastic performing opportunities while also managing to bring a solid musical education within reach of every pupil through good-quality class music teaching at all levels. The supporting staff were encouraging, and the standard of school choirs and orchestras was very high.’ A good music department with successful pupils is the pride of any school, so being a music scholar usually brings with it a certain prestige and recognition, as well as considerable freedom to take part in high-level musical activities outside of school. Watkins, Griffiths and Hewitt Jones all enjoyed the support of their schools in auditioning for and joining the National Youth Orchestra as well as local county youth orchestras, which often meant missing lessons and leaving school before the end of term or returning after term had started. But don’t be fooled into thinking that music scholars stick only to classical music. Will Konitzer held a music scholarship at Winchester College before studying for four years on the University of Surrey’s prestigious Tonmeister course. But rather than persuing a career in acoustics, Konitzer decided to use his knowledge of electronic sound production and digital music manipulation in a rather different field. He started up as a DJ and, having teamed up with a university friend, formed Coordinated London, with the aim of ‘bringing their own strand of deep, underground house music to the capital’s best venues’. Fast forward to the present and, five years after hitting the London electro house scene and playing at venues including Turnmills, Pacha London and the Ministry of Sound, Konitzer now lives in Austin, Texas and travels internationally for DJ-ing gigs. Catherine Groom was awarded a sixth form music scholarship to the Lady Eleanor Holles

School in Hampton before reading music at Oxford and going on to postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. ‘The scholarship was a real boost, as it suddenly meant that I was involved in the school’s busy programme of chamber music, which was centred around the music scholars, as well as having the chance to play solo concertos with the school orchestra,’ she says. ‘Also, the head of department was a harpsichordist by training, which meant that early music was well respected and catered for, which isn’t always the case in schools.’ She now enjoys a colourful career as recorder player, singer, early and folk harpist, journalist and teacher, and says that this is down in a large part to her scholarship: ‘In a way, it showed that the recorder was actually a “real” instrument! Before, many people had suggested that I change to something like the flute or the oboe, but winning the scholarship gave

me the assurance that it really was possible to make a career on the recorder.’ Perhaps the most valuable aspect of a music scholarship is the relationships created and fostered during a student’s time at school, which often remain in place even after he or she has moved on. Watkins still enjoys a strong relationship with Rugby (‘Several members of staff came down to hear my final recital at Guildhall, and the school still allows me to use its recital room and recording studio’) and with his first trombone teacher, whom he regularly encounters on the professional circuit. For Hewitt Jones, it almost feels as if he’s never been away: ‘Rather touchingly, the current director of music recently commissioned me to write a new setting of Psalm 150 for the college choir and orchestra, which will receive its premiere in a Dulwich College winter concert in December at St John’s Smith Square, and is being published shortly – it feels rather like coming full circle.’ a charterhouse wind quintet

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“Musical opportunities are exceptionally rich and extensive” (Independent Inspection Report 2008)

• Generous music scholarships up to 50% of fees available at 10+, 11+, 13+ and 16+ • Internationally renowned Trinity Boys Choir regularly performs both home and abroad including BBC Proms, Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne Festival Opera • Associate musicians – London Mozart Players and Maggini Quartet • World class concert hall and recording venue - completed 2009 • Regular masterclasses by international artists including Raphael Wallfisch, Peter Katin, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Remus Azoitei, Michal Kaznowski • Two symphony orchestras, four string orchestras, three concert bands, three big bands and an extensive chamber music programme • Five full-time, three administrative and over thirty visiting music staff • Record number of boys in national ensembles

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East of England Bancroft’s School Woodford Green IG8 0RF t 020 8505 4821 f 020 8559 0032 e office@bancrofts. org w www.bancrofts.org Contact: Mary Ireland, head; RM Bluff, dir of mus; A Baum, dir of mus (prep); S Wallis, admissions registrar. Music awards: 2 music scholarships covering up to 50% of fees, plus tuition on one instrument may be awarded at age 11; 2 6th form music scholarships covering up to 50% of fees, plus tuition on one instrument also available at age 16. Bedford High School for Girls Bromham Rd, Bedford MK40 2BS t 01234 360221 f 01234 353552 e weston.s@bedfordhigh.co.uk w www. bedfordhigh.co.uk Contact: J Eldridge, head; SJ Weston, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards at Year 7 entry and 6th Form. Bedford School De Parys Ave, Bedford MK40 2TU t 01234 362200 f 01234 362283 e info@ bedfordschool.org.uk w www. bedfordschool.org.uk Contact: John Moule, head; Andrew Morris, dir of mus. Music awards: Access Award and Scholarship Scheme: music, sport & academic awards for boys aged 11, 13 & 16. Bishop’s Stortford College Maze Green Rd, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 2PJ t 01279 838598 f 01279 836570 e andrew.bruce@bishopsstortfordcollege. org w www.bishopsstortfordcollege.herts. sch.uk Contact: J Gladwin, head; Andrew Bruce, dir of mus; Fiona Brett, admissions (4-13); Marie-Louise Gough, admissions (13-18). Music awards: Music scholarships and possible additional bursaries offered at Y6 (10+), Y7 (11+), Y9 (13+) and sixth form entry. Brentwood School Ingrave Rd, Brentwood CM15 8AS t 01277 243243 f 01277 243299 e headmaster@brentwood.essex.sch.uk w www.brentwoodschool.co.uk Contact: DI Davies, head; David Pickthall, dir of mus. Music awards: A number of music scholarships annually. Chigwell School Chigwell, IG7 6QF t 020 8501

5700/5745 (mus dept) f 020 8500 6232 e admissions@chigwell-school.org w www. chigwell-school.org Contact: ME Punt, head; HJG Ebdon, dir of mus. Music awards: Major awards offered each yr to pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Generous scholarships, inc free tuition on 2 insts are awarded annually to instrumentalists and singers. Culford School Bury St Edmunds IP28 6TX t 01284 385308 f 01284 729146 e enquiries@ culford.co.uk w www.culford.co.uk Contact: Julian F Johnson-Munday, head; Karen Tompkinson, registrar; James Recknell, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions; HM Forces allowances. Felsted School Felsted CM6 3LL t 01371 822685 (mus school) f 01371 822689 e jdl@felsted.org w www.felsted.org Contact: Michael Walker, head; James Lowry, dir of mus Music awards: Scholarships value up to 20% fees offered, with free tuition in 2 insts, at age 11+, 13+ and 6th form. Approx gr 5-6 on pno, org or orch inst with 2nd inst (voice preferred); all awards may be supplemented up to 100% of the fees subject to means testing. Framlingham College College Rd, Framlingham, Woodbridge IP13 9EY t 01728 723789 e admissions@ framcollege.co.uk w www.framcollege. co.uk Contact: Paul Taylor, head; RW Goodrich, dir of mus; Emma Rutterford, admissions registrar. Music awards: Scholarships awarded at 11+, 13+ and 16+ and are worth a maximum of 50% of fees. Friends’ School Mount Pleasant Rd, Saffron Walden CB11 3EB t 01799 525351 f 01799 523808 e admin@friends.org.uk w www.friends. org.uk Contact: Graham Wigley, head. Gresham’s School Holt NR25 6EA t 01263 714500 f 01263 712028 e reception@greshams.com w www.greshams.com Contact: Philip John, head; Mark Jones, dir of mus. Music awards: Several new scholarships in music at 13+ and 6th form level. Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School Butterfly Lane, Elstree WD6 3AF t 020 8266 1700 f 020 8266 1800 e office@

habsboys.org.uk w www.habsboys.org.uk Contact: PB Hamilton, head; Christopher Muhley, dir of mus. Music awards: Several scholarships may be awarded at age 11 and 13 for free tuition in 1 inst and one up to 50% remission of fees. All scholars are also eligible to apply for means-tested bursary support. Choral or inst ability may be offered. The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls Aldenham Rd, Elstree WD6 3BT t 020 8266 2300 f 020 8266 2303 e theschool@ habsgirls.org.uk Contact: EJ Radice, head; AJ Phillips, dir of mus; L Devine, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarship for entry at age 11. Haileybury Hertford SG13 7NU t 01992 463353; 01992 706264 (music dept). f 01992 470663 e registrar@haileybury.com w www.haileybury.com Contact: Joe Davies, master; Quentin Thomas, dir of mus. Music awards: Several music awards available at 11+, 13+ and 16+ entry. Free tuition in up to 3 instruments. Scholarship value up to 40% fees with additional bursary up to 100% in case of financial need. Auditions in Nov (16+) and Jan/Feb (11+/13+). Min standards: gr 4/5 (11+), gr 5/6 (13+), gr 7/8 (16+). Hethersett Old Hall Norwich Rd, Hethersett NR9 3DW t 01603 810390 f 01603 812094 e enquiries@hohs.co.uk w www.hohs.co.uk Contact: SG Crump, head; K Greene, head of mus; K Borrer, registrar. Hockerill Anglo-European College Dunmow Rd, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 5HX t 01279 658451 f 01279 755918 e admin@hockerill.herts.sch.uk w www. hockerill.herts.sch.uk Immanuel College 87-91 Elstree Rd, Bushey WD23 4EB t 020 8950 0604 f 020 8950 8687 e enquiries@immanuel.herts.sch.uk w www.immanuel.herts.sch.uk Contact: Philip Skelker, head. Music awards: Awards available to new Year 7 entrants to the School. Each music scholarship is worth £2000 annually and provides free tuition in the candidates principal inst. Ipswich High School for Girls

Woolverstone, Ipswich IP9 1AZ t 01473 780201 f 01473 780985 e admissions@ ihs.gdst.net w www.ipswichhigh.gdst.net Contact: Elaine Purves, head; Kaye Extance, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards of up to 25% fees at 11+ and 16. Ipswich School 25 Henley Rd, Ipswich IP1 3SG t 01473 408300 f 01473 400058 e registrar@ ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk w www.ipswich. suffolk.sch.uk Contact: NJ Weaver, head; AD Leach, dir of mus; YM Morton, registrar. Music awards: Several awards of substantial fee reduction for ages under 12, under 14 and under 17 on 1 Sep. The King’s School, Ely Ely CB7 4DB t 01353 660700 f 01353 662187 e music@kings-ely.cambs.sch.uk w www.kingsschoolely.co.uk Contact: Sue Freestone, head; Graham Griggs, dir of mus. Music awards: Five music scholarships of up to 25% of the tuition fee (15% in Junior School) may be offered. In addition, successful candidates may receive up to 2 free instrumental and/or vocal lessons. Up to 4 music exhibitions may also be awarded enabling the holders to receive free tuition on up to 2 insts, one of which must be an orch inst. 2 honorary music exhibitions may also be awarded, carrying no financial remission. Ex-Ely Cathedral boy choristers and members of Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir receive 33% remission of the Senior School boarding fee. Additional bursaries may be available according to parents’ means. 11+ and 6th form awards also available, including choral and org scholarships in conjunction with Ely Cathedral. Langley School Langley Park, Norwich NR14 6BJ t 01508 520210 f 01508 528058 e cmayes@ langleyschool.co.uk w www.langleyschool. co.uk Contact: D Findlay, head; Andrew Stratford, dir of mus Music awards: 7 music scholarships of up to 50% fees are available. No age limit. Exams in Feb, entry by end of Jan. Gr 7 for 6th form, gr 3+ at age 10. Occasional bursaries. The Leys School Trumpington Rd, Cambridge,CB2 7AD t 01223 508900 f 01223 505303 e office@ theleys.net w www.theleys.net Contact: Mark Slater, head; James Deveson, dir of rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 45

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mus Music awards: Index-linked music scholarships, value up to 30% fees. Age under 14 on 31 Jul (for prep school candidates); good gr 5 or above but potential important. 6th form awards for boys and girls; gr 7 or above in at least one inst. New Hall School Boreham, Chelmsford CM3 3HS t 01245 467588 f 01245 464348 e registrar@ newhallschool.co.uk w www. newhallschool.co.uk Contact: K Jeffrey, head; Andrew Fardell, head of mus Music awards: 6th form music award. 11+ music scholarship. 13+ music scholarship. Norwich High School for Girls GDST 95 Newmarket Rd, Norwich NR2 2HU t 01603 453265 f 01603 259891 e admissions@nor.gdst.net w www. norwichhigh.gdst.net Contact: J Morrow, head; H Welland, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships or bursaries each year on entry to the snr school at 11+ and to the 6th form, subject to a suitable standard being reached. The scholarship represents remission of a percentage of the academic fees. Norwich School 70 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DD t 01603 728442 f 01603 728491 e admissions@norwich-school.org.uk w www.norwich-school.org.uk Contact: JB Hawkins, head; Colin Dowdeswell, dir of mus Music awards: 20% scholarship and help with instrumental tuition fees. Oundle School Music Dept, The Gascoigne Building, North St, Oundle PE8 4AS t 01832 277132 f 01832 277131 e music@ oundleschool.co.uk w www.oundleschool. org.uk Contact: C Bush, head; Andrew Forbes, dir of mus Music awards: 10 major scholarships; value up to 30% fees, plus additional music exhibitions, awards and bursaries. Age under 14 on 1 Sep. The Perse School Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2QF t 01223 403800 f 01223 403813 w www.perse. co.uk Contact: EC Elliott, head; GA Richards, dir of mus; S Wilson, marketing and admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+, 13+, 16+. The Peterborough School Thorpe Rd, Peterborough PE3 6AP t 01733 343357 e admin@ thepeterboroughschool.co.uk w www. thepeterboroughschool.co.uk Contact: AD

Meadows, head. Music awards: Music scholarship available to pupils entering yr 7. Princess Helena College Preston, Hitchin SG4 7RT t 01462 432100 f 01462 443871 w www. princesshelenacollege.co.uk Contact: Jo-Anne Duncan, head; Cynthia Neaum, dir of mus. Music awards: Available at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 6th form entry. Candidates should be gr 4+ on main inst at 11+ and 12+; gr 6+ at 13+ and 6th form. Queenswood School Shepherds Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 6NS t 01707 602500 f 01707 602597 e admissions@ queenswood.org w www.queenswood.org Contact: Pauline Edgar, principal; Jonathan Dobson, dir of mus; Christos Kokkinos, asst dir of mus; Rhian Paris, music admin. Music awards: Music scholarships offered at 11+, 13+ and 16+ form entry, honorary with up to 30 free music lessons a year; means-tested bursaries available. The Royal Hospital School Holbrook, Ipswich IP9 2RX t 01473 326200 f 01473 326213 e admissions@ royalhospitalschool.org; music@ royalhospitalschool.org w www. royalhospitalschool.org Contact: Howard Blackett, head; Peter Crompton, dir of mus. Music awards: Music and choral awards available to new pupils entering at any level, but normally at 11+, 13+ or 16+. Awarded as fixed sums. Saint Felix School Southwold IP18 6SD t 01502 722175 f 01502 722641 e schooladmin@stfelix. suffolk.sch.uk w www.stfelix.co.uk Contact: David Ward, head; Andrew Jenkins, dir of mus. Music awards: Inst/ singing scholarships for age 9+. St Albans High School for Girls 3 Townsend Ave, St Albans AL1 3SJ t 01727 853800 f 01727 792516 e info@ stalbans-high.herts.sch.uk w www.stahs. org.uk Contact: Rosemary Martin, head; Nigel Springthorpe, dir of mus. Music awards: 2-3 music scholarships at 11+ entry plus bursaries. St Columba’s College King Harry Lane, St Albans AL3 4AW t 01727 855185 f 01727 892024 e head@ st-columbas.herts.sch.uk w www. stcolumbascollege.org Contact: D Buxton, head; Mrs P MacKenzie, dir of mus Music awards: Major and minor scholarships at

11+ and 13+. St Edmund’s College and St Hugh’s School Old Hall Green, Ware SG11 1DS t 01920 821504 f 01920 823011 e admissions@ stedmundscollege.org w www. stedmundscollege.org Contact: Karen Salter-Kay, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships and music exhibitions available (yr 7 and 6th form). St Joseph’s College Belstead Rd, Ipswich IP2 9DR t 01473 690281 e registrar@stjos.co.uk w www. stjos.co.uk Contact: Sian Grant, head; Lucy Bloore, dir of mus. Music awards: Available at 11 (min gr 3) and 16 (gr 6). St Margaret’s Bushey Merry Hill Rd, Bushey WD23 1DT t 020 8416 4400 f 020 8416 4401 e schooloffice@stmargarets.herts.sch.uk w www.stmargaretsbushey.org.uk Contact: L Crighton, head; I Hope, dir of mus; G Morris, admissions sec. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions available at 16+ and 11+. St Mary’s Cambridge Bateman St, Cambridge CB2 1LY t 01223 353253 (snr school); 01223 311666 (jnr school) f 01223 357451 e enquiries@ stmaryscambridge.co.uk w www. stmaryscambridge.co.uk Contact: Charlotte Avery, head; Emma Levy, dir of mus; Michelle Bottomley, marketing and admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded for entry into Years 3, 7, 9 and 12. Stamford High School St Martin’s, Stamford PE9 2LJ t 01780 484200 f 01780 484201 e headshs@ses. lincs.sch.uk w www.ses.lincs.sch.uk Contact: YL Powell, head; Giles Turner, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 50% school fees plus free inst tuition in 1 or 2 insts at age 11+, 13+ or 16+. Stamford School St Paul’s St, Stamford PE9 2BQ t 01780 750318 f 01780 750350 e music@ses. lincs.sch.uk w www.ses.lincs.sch.uk Contact: SA Burns, head; Giles Turner, dir of mus; Duncan McIlrae, asst dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 50% fees plus free inst tuition in 1 or 2 insts at age 11+, 13+ or 16+. Thetford Grammar School Bridge St, Thetford IP24 3AF t 01842 752840 f 01842 750220 e hmsec@

thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk w www.thetgram. norfolk.sch.uk Contact: Gareth Price, head; JM Huntingdon, dir of mus. Music awards: Entrance scholarships (inc mus scholarships) at 11. Wisbech Grammar School 47 North Brink, Wisbech PE13 1JX t 01945 583631 f 01945 476746 e admissions@wgs.cambs.sch.uk w www. wgs.cambs.sch.uk Contact: NJG Hammond, head; JG Fitzsimmons, head of mus. Music awards: Means-tested bursaries are available. Woodbridge School Woodbridge IP12 4JH t 01394 615041 f 01394 380944 e admissions@ woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk w www. woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk Contact: Stephen Cole, head; Nicky Clouter, admissions offr; John R Penny, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships and bursaries at 11, 13, 16.

London Alleyn’s School Townley Rd, London SE22 8SU t 020 8557 1500 f 020 8557 1462 e music@ alleyns.org.uk w www.alleyns.org.uk Contact: G Savage, head; AT Kermode, dir of mus; L Aldwinckle, admissions. Music awards: Age 11+, 13+, 16+ entry. Various music scholarships at 11+/13+, worth up to 33% of fees. A number of exhibitions for free inst tuition will also be awarded. Gr 5-6 min on principal inst, with 2nd instr normally expected; orch insts preferred. 6th form music scholarship and bursaries. Gr 7-8 min on principal inst. Bishop Challoner School 228 Bromley Rd, Shortlands, Bromley BR2 0BS t 020 8460 3546 f 020 8466 8885 e office@bishopchallonerschool.com w www.bishopschallonerschool.com Contact: Karen Barry, head. Music awards: Music scholarships are based on a pupil reaching at least grade 3 and passing an audition held by the Head of Music; most are worth up to 25% of fees. Blackheath High GDST Vanbrugh Park, London SE3 7AG t 020 8853 2929 f 020 8853 3663 e info@bla. gdst.net w www.blackheathhighschool. gdst.net Contact: Lisa Laws, head. Music awards: Scholarships for music are awarded at 11+; bursaries are available to top up the value.

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Bromley High School GDST Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, Bromley BR1 2TW t 020 8781 7000; 020 8781 7061 (mus school) f 020 8781 7002 e k.ridgeway@bro.gdst.net; bhs@bro.gdst. net w www.bromleyhigh.gdst.net Contact: L Simpson, head; E Hill, head of jnr school; K Ridgeway, dir of mus, snr school; Katheryn Ridgway, dir of mus school. Music awards: Music scholarship may be awarded at 11+. At 16+, a music scholarship may be awarded plus Harvey Awards which pay for inst tuition in the 6th form. All music scholars must pass the school entrance examination and take a scholarship audition. Candidates audition on two insts with min standard of Grade 4/5 at 11+ (Grade 6 at 16+) on main inst. An outstanding candidate on one inst would be considered; audition also includes sight-reading, aural tests and interview. Channing School The Bank, Highgate, London N6 5HF t 020 8340 2328 e info@channing.co.uk w www.channing.co.uk Contact: BM Elliott, head. Music awards: Music and academic awards may be offered on entry to the school, worth 10-50% of fees; also discretionary awards which can be made at any time. City of London School Queen Victoria St, London EC4V 3AL t 020 7489 0291 f 020 7329 6887 e musicadmin@clsb.org.uk w www.clsb. org.uk Contact: DR Levin, head; Paul Harrison, dir of mus; David Heminway, dir of admissions Music awards: Scholarships and awards. City of London School for Girls St Giles’ Terrace, Barbican, London EC2Y 8BB t 020 7847 5500 f 020 7638 3212 e donnellym@clsg.org.uk w www.clsg.org. uk Contact: Diana Vernon, head; M Donnelly, dir of mus; A Bradfield, admissions sec. Music awards: Joint scholarships with GSMD. Up to full fees are awarded annually to promising musicians entering the 6th form. 1 choral award value £400 made annually to snr school pupil; 1 6th form scholarship worth £300 per annum. Scholarships or exhibitions at 11+ for music excellence combined with good academic standards. Founder’s Company awards, each for £250, to musicians entering at 6th form. One award of £250 pa for outstanding inst

contribution to the school for duration of pupil’s time in the school. Other small internal awards are offered. Colfe’s School Horn Park Lane, London SE12 8AW t 020 8852 2283 f 020 8297 1216 e music@colfes.com w www.colfes.com Contact: Richard Russell, head; Moira Hayward, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships, exhibitions and bursaries are awarded based on potential as well as ability. Value up to 50% fees and free inst tuition for entry at age 11 and 6th form. Croydon High School Old Farleigh Rd, Selsdon, South Croydon CR2 8YB t 020 8651 5020 f 020 8657 5413 e info2@cry.gdst.net w www. croydonhigh.gdst.net Contact: Z Braganza, head; E Cohen, dir of mus Music awards: Up to 2 music scholarships at entry to year 7. Jacqueline du Pré music award (6th form). Dulwich College Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD t 020 8693 3601/8299 9256/8 also fax e music@dulwich.org.uk w www.dulwich. org.uk Contact: JAF Spence, master; RG Mayo, dir of mus. Music awards: Up to 5 inst scholarships of up to 30% fees with free inst tuition. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 5 (age 11), gr 6-7 (age 12-14) required. Orch insts preferred. Jnr dept takes boys from age 7 (eligible to compete for awards from within school). 6th form scholarship also available and a number of choral awards. Eltham College Grove Park Rd, London SE9 4QF t 020 8857 1455 f 020 8857 1913 e mail@ eltham-college.org.uk w www.elthamcollege.org.uk Contact: PJ Henderson, head; AG Tighe, dir of mus; D Cotterill, registrar. Music awards: Up to 3 scholarships plus exhibitions offered at 11+, 13+ and 16+ entry (up to 50% fees). Emanuel School Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HS t 020 8870 4171 f 020 8877 1424 e jsh@ emanuel.org.uk w www.emanuel.org.uk Contact: Mark Hanley-Browne, head; JS Holmes, dir of mus. Music awards: Up to 6 music scholarships of up to 50% fees at ages 11+, 13+ and 16+, together with free music tuition on 2 insts. Farrington’s School Perry St, Chislehurst BR7 6LR t 020 8467 0256 f 020 8467 5442 w www.farringtons. org.uk Music awards: Music Scholarships

awarded at 11+. Candidates are expected to perform on at least 1 inst and should be approaching grade 5 standard. An audition will usually consist of a prepared piece, sight reading and aural tests. Forest School Snaresbrook, London E17 3PY t 020 8520 1744 f 020 8520 3656 e music@forest.org. uk w www.forest.org.uk Contact: S KerrDineen, warden; JER Sanderson, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 50% fees offered to students age 11 or 16 on 1 Sep. 2 insts (which can incl vce) should be offered. Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London SW1W 8JF t 020 7730 2971 f 020 7823 4066 e registrar@fhs-sw1.org.uk w www.fhs-sw1. org.uk Contact: Jane Ruthven, registrar. Music awards: One 11+ and on 16+ music scholarship is available each year, up to a value of 25% fees. Hampton School Hanworth Rd, Hampton TW12 3HD t 020 8783 4200 f 020 8783 4037 e music@hamptonschool.org.uk w www. hamptonschool.org.uk Contact: BR Martin, head; Iain Donald, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships at ages 11 and 13. Gr 4+ at 11, gr 5+ at 13 expected on 1st inst. 2nd inst can include voice/comp. 1 choral scholarship with the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, value 35% fees at age 11. Up to 15% exhibitions may be awarded. Harrow School Harrow on the Hill HA1 3HP t 020 8872 8231 f 020 8423 3112 e music@ harrowschool.org.uk w www.harrowschool. org.uk Contact: J Hawkins, head; DN Woodcock, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships max value 5% fees offered, plus some of lesser value. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 5 (distinction) on 1st inst, with 2nd inst or singing. Means-tested bursaries up to 100% of fees also available. Highgate School North Rd, London N6 4AY t 020 8340 1524 f 020 8340 7674 e office@ highgateschool.org.uk w www. highgateschool.org.uk Contact: AS Pettitt, head; Lionel Steuart Fothringham, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships are awarded on the basis of auditions and interviews for pupils either from other schools or from the Junior School at 11+ or

13+ (ie sat in Yrs 6 or 8). A music scholarship is worth up to 25% of fees, but in cases of need candidates can apply for additional bursarial assistance. Ibstock Place School Clarence Lane, London SW15 5PY t 020 8876 9991 f 020 8878 4897 e reception@ibstockplaceschool.co.uk w www.ibstockplaceschool.co.uk Contact: Anna Sylvester-Johnson, head; Mark Penrose, dir of mus; Sue Parsons, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions for ages 11-18. James Allen’s Girls’ School 144 East Dulwich Grove, London SE22 8TE t 020 8693 1181; 020 8613 6436 (mus dept) f 020 8693 7842 e music@jags. org.uk w www.jags.org.uk Contact: Marion Gibbs, head; Leigh O’Hara, dir of mus; Julie Ellis, registrar. Music awards: Music awards for intake at Yr 7 and 12. The John Lyon School Middle Rd, Harrow on the Hill HA2 0HN t 020 8872 8400 f 020 8872 8455 e enquiries@johnlyon.org w www. johnlyon.org Contact: Kevin Riley, head; Anna Wilby, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+, 13+ and 16+ worth up to 50% fees with free tuition on 1 inst. Age 11, gr 5 on 1st inst/singing. Special consideration given to str players. King’s College School Wimbledon London SW19 4TT t 020 8255 5386 f 020 8255 5389 e admissions@kcs.org.uk w www.kcs.org.uk Contact: AD Halls, head; DG Phillips, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 or more music scholarships value up to £1500 plus 6th form org scholarship. Orch insts preferred. Kingston Grammar School London Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6PY t 020 8546 5875 f 020 8974 5177 e registrar@kgs.org.uk w www.kgs.org.uk Contact: SK Fletcher, head; M von Freyhold, dir of mus; H Smith, admissions. Music awards: A total of 4 music scholarships which can be augmented by means-tested bursaries at age 11+ and 16+, together with free tuition on one inst for those with outstanding potential. Special consideration given to str players and ‘shortage’ insts. Expected levels: gr 5 (11+), gr 7 (16+). 2nd inst may be voice. The Lady Eleanor Holles School Hanworth Rd, Hampton TW12 3HF t 020 8979 1601 f 020 8941 8291 rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 47

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e office@lehs.org.uk w www.lehs.org.uk Contact: Gillian Low, head; Miranda Ashe, dir of mus. Music awards: Music Scholarships are available to pupils entering Y7 and Y12, for 10% of the tuition fee; scholars additionally receive full tuition costs for one inst. Exhibitions, tenable for 7.5% of fees, recognise exceptional achievement that falls just short of Scholarship standard. Latymer Upper School King St, London W6 9LR t 0845 6385923 f 0845 6385524 e dofmus@latymer-upper. org w www.latymer-upper.org Contact: PJ Winter, head; Tony Henwood, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 50% fees with free tuition on 1 inst are available for girls and boys entering the school in Sep at 11+ and 13+; also for boys and girls at 16. Gr 4-5 on 1st inst (11+), gr 5-6 (13+), gr 8 (16+) and ability to offer 2nd inst or singing preferable. Scholarship auditions held Feb. Merchant Taylors’ School Sandy Lodge, Northwood HA6 2HT t 01923 820644 f 01923 835110 e info@ mtsn.org.uk w www.mtsn.org.uk Contact: SN Wright, head; Richard Hobson, dir of mus. Music awards: 1 scholarship up to the value of 25% school fees plus free tuition; 1 to the value of 15%, 2 to the value of 10%. Music bursaries also awarded to cover costs of tuition of up to 2 insts per pupil. Can be increased in case of need. The Mount School Milespit Hill, London NW7 2RX t 020 8959 3403 f 020 8959 1503 e admin@ mountschool.com; registrar@ mountschool.com w www.mountschool. com Contact: Catherine Cozens, head; Nina Hirsch, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 music scholarships of £450 each available. North London Collegiate School Canons, Canons Drive, Edgware HA8 7RJ t 020 8952 0912 f 020 8951 1391 e office@nlcs.org.uk w www.nlcs.org.uk Contact: Bernice McCabe, head; Lawrence Haigh, dir of mus. Music awards: Several 10-50% music scholarships available at 11+ with free tuition available on one instrument for girls entering at Year 7. Free lessons also available. Northwood College Maxwell Rd, Northwood HA6 2YE t 01923 825446 f 01923 836526 e admissions@northwoodcollege.co.uk

w www.northwoodcollege.co.uk Contact: Jacqualyn Pain, head. Music awards: Music scholarships available, assessed by audition. Notting Hill and Ealing High School 2 Cleveland Rd, London W13 8AX t 020 8799 8400 f 020 8810 6891 e enquiries@ nhehs.gdst.net w www.gdst.net/nhehs Contact: Lucinda Hunt, head; Paul Jeanes, dir of mus; Samantha Barwell, admissions. Music awards: 2 music scholarship awarded at 11+. Putney High School GDST 35 Putney Hill, London SW15 6BH t 020 8788 4886 f 020 8789 8068 e putneyhigh@put.gdst.net w www. putneyhigh.co.uk Contact: Denise Lodge, head. Music awards: Music scholarships available at 11+ and 16+. Queen’s College London 43-49 Harley St, London W1G 8BT t 020 7291 7000 f 020 7291 7090 e queens@ qcl.org.uk w www.qcl.org.uk Contact: F Ramsay, head; J Rose, dir of mus; C Le Clercq, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships are available on entry to yr 7 (11+). Royal Russell Coombe Lane, Croydon CR9 5BX t 020 8657 4433 f 020 8768 3995 e headmaster@royalrussell.croydon.sch.uk w www.royalrussell.co.uk Contact: HR Sutton, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships offered at entry to Year 7, Year 10, and Year 12. Full details available from the PA to the dir of mus. Royal School Hampstead 65 Rosslyn Hill, London NW3 5UD t 020 7794 7708 e enquiries@ royalschoolhampstead.net w www. royalschoolhampstead.net Contact: Joanna Ebner, head; Maria Schlatter, admissions registrar. South Hampstead High School GDST 3 Maresfield Gdns, London NW3 5SS t 020 7435 2899 f 020 7431 8022 e senior@shhs.gdst.net w www.sshs.gdst. net Contact: J Stephen, head; D Webb, dir of mus. Music awards: Year 7 entry music scholarship, 6th form entry music scholarship. St Benedict’s School 54 Eaton Rise, London W5 2ES t 020 8862 2254 f 020 8862 2199 e enquiries@ stbenedicts.org.uk w www.stbenedicts.org. uk Contact: Chris Cleugh, head; PAF Thomas, dir of mus; Margaret Moore,

admissions. Music awards: Scholarships and bursaries are available St Dunstan’s College Stanstead Rd, London SE6 4TY t 020 8516 7200 e info@sdmail.org.uk w www. stdunstans.org.uk Contact: JD Davies, head; Andrea Adriano, mktg offr. Music awards: Specialist scholarships in music (also drama, art, sport), only awarded if outstanding candidates identified. Scholarship worth up to 50% of fees, plus cost of tuition on 1 inst. St Helen’s School Eastbury Rd, Northwood HA6 3AS t 01923 843210 f 01923 843211 e enquiries@sthn.co.uk w www.sthn.co.uk Contact: M Morris, head; R Crowley, dir of mus; P Witterick, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships and exhibitions inc free tuition offered at 11+ and in 6th form. St Martha’s Senior School Camlet Way, Hadley Wood EN4 0NJ t 020 8449 6889 f 020 8441 5632 e office@saint-marthas.org.uk w www. st-marthas.co.uk Contact: James Sheridan, head. Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+ and 16+, awarded after audition, worth 25% or 50% of fees, plus tuition on 1 inst. St Paul’s Girls’ School Brook Green, London W6 7BS t 020 7603 2288 f 020 7602 9932 e admissions@spgs.org w www.spgs.org Contact: Clarissa Farr, high mistress; YatSoon Yeo, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships available at 11+ and 16+. St Paul’s School Lonsdale Rd, London SW13 9JT t 020 8748 9162 e admissions@stpaulsschool. org.uk w www.stpaulsschool.org.uk Contact: Mark Bailey, high master; Peter Gritton, dir of mus; Karenne Mills, mus school mgr; Jane Lovell, registrar. Music awards: Free tuition in 1 or 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; min gr 6 on 1st inst with 2nd inst or voice. 1 or more 6th form awards available pa including biennial org scholarship. Choral awards for treble voices available through Colet Court. Streatham & Clapham High School 42 Abbotswood Rd, London SW16 1AW t 020 8677 8400 f 020 8677 2001 e enquiry@shc.gdst.net w www.schs.gdst. net Music awards: Specialist scholarships, inc music, and bursaries available Surbiton High School Surbiton Crescent, Kingston Upon

Thames KT1 2JT t 020 8546 5245 f 020 8547 0026 e surbiton.high@surbitonhigh. ucst.co.uk w www.surbitonhigh.com Contact: Ann Haydon, principal; Jeremy Martin, dir of mus; Meg Try, admissions registrar. Music awards: Music scholarship at yr 7 of up to 33% reduction in standard fees; also 6th from music scholarship. Bursaries and other scholarships available. Sydenham High School (Secondary) GDST 19 Westwood Hill, London SE26 6BL t 020 8557 7000 f 020 8557 7001 e info@ syd.gdst.net w www.sydenhamhighschool. gdst.net Contact: Kathryn Pullen, head; Andrew Baars, dir of mus; Julie Still, admissions. Music awards: Awards from Yr 7 lasting throughout snr school. Trinity School Shirley Park, Croydon CR9 7AT t 020 8656 9541 f 020 8655 0522 e music@ trinity.croydon.sch.uk w www.trinityschool.org Contact: C Tarrant, head; David Swinson, dir of mus Music awards: Numerous awards made to boys age 10-13 (1 Sep) on admission or subsequently, and at 6th form. Choral experience considered. Up to 50% fees (augmented in cases of need). Free inst tuition, private or school. University College School Frognal, London NW3 6XH t 020 7435 2215 f 020 7433 2111 e office@ucs.org.uk w www.ucs.org.uk Contact: KJ Durham, head; John Bradbury, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships up to a value of 25% of fees, and/or music exhibitions up to a value of 25% of fees. Offered at age 11, 13 and 16. 2nd inst recommended, singing an advantage. Westminster School 17 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PB t 020 7963 1017 f 020 7963 1006 e musicoffice@westminster.org.uk w www. westminster.org.uk Contact: Stephen Spurr, head; Tim Garrard, dir of mus. Music awards: 6 music awards, value 25% of fees, tenable for 5 years including free inst tuition. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 7 on first inst expected. Whitgift School Haling Park, South Croydon CR2 6YT t 020 8688 9222 f 020 8760 0682 e office@whitgift.co.uk w www.whitgift.co. uk Contact: CA Barnett, head; PS Wilson, dir of mus and drama; RC Whitfield, dir of mus development. Music awards:

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Generous scholarships and awards made pa on admission or subsequently to musicallytalented pupils for inst tuition, selection by audition. Wimbledon High GDST Mansel Rd, London, SW19 4AB t 020 8971 0900 f 020 8971 0901 e info@wim. gdst.net w www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net Contact: Heather Hanbury, head; J Webb, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships available at 11+

Midlands East Derby Grammar School Rykneld Rd, Littleover, Derby DE23 4BX t 01332 523027 f 01332 518670 e debbie. lamley@derbygrammar.co.uk w www. derbygrammar.co.uk Contact: D Lamley, head of mus; L Blackwall, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships available at 11+ and 16+; also bursary fund in case of financial need. Dixie Grammar School Market Bosworth,CV13 0LE t 01455 292244 f 01455 292151 e info@dixie.org. uk w www.dixie.org.uk Contact: John R Wood, head. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded for entry into Y7 and sixth form, worth not more than £1000 per annum; awards can be supplemented by means-tested bursaries. Leicester Grammar School London Rd, Great Glen, Leicester LE8 9FL t 0116 259 1900 f 0116 259 1901 e admissions@leicestergrammar.org.uk w www.leicestergrammar.org.uk Contact: CPM King, head; DMT Whittle, dir of mus; A Shakespeare, bus dir. Music awards: Music scholarships are awarded each year by audition. Those applying for awards in the lower school should be at a level equivalent to at least grade 3 on 1 inst for 11+ entry and to grades 4-5 for 12+ and 13+ entry. Grade 7-8 standard is expected for 6th form entry. Ability on a 2nd inst is an advantage. Loughborough Endowed Schools’ Music School t 01509 283770 f 01509 638900 e admin@lesmusic.org w www.lesmusic.org Contact: PB Fisher, head, Loughborough Grammar School; Biddie O’Connor, head, Loughborough High School; R OutwinFlinders, head Fairfield Prep School; Alex Osiatynski, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards equivalent to the cost of tuition on

two or three instruments are offered to outstanding musicians showing great potential; candidates are auditioned in Jan prior to sitting the entrance exam. Candidates may be offered an academic scholarship or means-tested bursary in addition. In addition, exhibitions, tenable for one year at a time, are awarded each Sep for pupils showing promise on a particular instrument. Mount St Mary’s College Spinkhill, Derbyshire S21 3YL t 01246 433388 f 01246 435511 e info@ msmcollege.com w www.msmcollege.co.uk Contact: Laurence McKell, head; Lucy Kitchener, head of mus; Sarah Birks, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships at 11, 13 and 17. Nottingham High School for Boys Waverley Mount, Nottingham NG7 4ED t 0115 978 6056 f 0115 979 2202 e admissions@nottinghamhigh.co.uk w www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk Contact: Kevin Fear, head; Stefan Reid, dir of mus; Lynda Goodwin, admissions. Music awards: Bursaries available for 11+ entry. Oakham School Chapel Close, Oakham LE15 6DT t 01572 758758 f 01572 758595 e admissions@oakham.rutland.sch.uk w www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk Contact: Nigel Lashbrook, head; Peter Davis, dir of mus; Nigel Paddock, admissions. Music awards: A number of means-tested scholarships and exhibitions of up to 100% of the fees are available each year, including free music tuition. Principal inst normally at Grade 4 (11+), Grade 6 (13+) or Grade 8 (16+) standard. Full details of audition dates can be found on the school website. Pre-auditions are recommended. Ockbrook School Thre Settlement, Ockbrook, Derby DE72 3RJ t 01332 673532 f 01332 665184 e jfowkes@admin.ockbrook.derby.sch.uk w http://ockbrook.derby.sch.uk Contact: Alison Steele, head; Joanne Fowkes, admissions sec. Music awards: Music scholarships to the value of £750 plus cost of music lessons on a single inst. Our Lady’s Convent School Gray St, Loughborough LE11 2DZ t 01509 263901 f 01509 236193 e office@ olcs.leics.sch.uk w www.olcs.leics.sch.uk Music awards: Bursaries available for musical/academic/sporting excellence.

Ratcliffe College Fosse Way, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicester LE7 4SG t 01509 817000 f 01509 817004 e registrar@ratcliffe.leics. sch.uk w www.ratcliffecollege.com Contact: G Lloyd, head; M Jones, dir of mus; K Smith, admissions. Music awards: The Henry Goldstraw and Gerald Yell choral scholarships (2 awards). Repton School Repton DE65 6FH t 01283 559222 f 01283 5592238 e registrar@repton.org. uk w www.repton.org.uk Contact: RA Holroyd, head; AJR Bowley, dir of mus. Music awards: A range of scholarships plus exhibitions, bursaries (means tested) and tuition awards at 13+ and 16+. Usually gr 5-8 on 1st inst, with 2nd inst/voice, but musical ability and potential are more important. Trent College Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4AD t 0115 849 4950 f 0115 849 4997 e sue.christie@trentcollege.net w www. trentcollege.net Contact: G Dixon, head; J Rayfield, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions awarded at 11+, 13+ and 6th form with free inst tuition. Uppingham School Uppingham LE15 9QE t 01572 820611 f 01572 822332 e admissions@ uppingham.co.uk w www.uppingham. co.uk Contact: Richard Harman, head; Stephen Williams, dir of mus; Jane Stevens, asst dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 50% of school fees, plus remission of inst tuition fees on 2 insts with the option of a third (or singing) at the discretion of the dir of mus, awarded at 13+ and 16+. Exhibitions covering only inst tuition may also be awarded. Means-tested bursaries are available in cases of real financial need up to 100% of fees. Wellingborough School Irthlingborough Rd, Wellingborough NN8 2BX t 01933 222427 f 01933 271986 e registrar@ wellingboroughschool.org w www. wellingboroughschool.org Contact: GR Bowe, head; PR Marshall, dir of mus; Y Pullen, registrar. Music awards: Music awards up to 25% fees; gr 4 on 1 orch inst; also 6th form awards, gr 7 required. Worksop College Worksop S80 3AP t 01909 537127 f 01909 537102 e headmaster@

worksopcollege.notts.sch.uk w www. worksopcollege.notts.sch.uk Contact: RA Collard, head; TJ Uglow, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 25% fees pa including free inst tuition; augmentable in case of need. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; also available at 16.

Midlands WEst Abbots Bromley School for Girls Abbots Bromley WS15 3BW t 01283 840232 f 01283 840988 e registrar@ abbotsbromley.net w www.abbotsbromley. staffs.sch.uk Contact: P Woodhouse, head; Colin Walker, dir of mus. Music awards: Music awards of up to 50% fees may be awarded for outstanding music merit supported by academic ability shown in entrance exams. Age 10-14; gr 5 min. Music awards available only exceptionally before age 10. Also awards available at 6th form level. Adcote School for Girls Little Ness, Shrewsbury SY4 2JY t 01939 260202 e secretary@adcoteschool.co.uk w www.adcoteschool.co.uk Contact: Gary Wright, head. Music awards: Several awards are available for girls who can demonstrate outstanding talent in music; means-tested bursaries may also be offered. Bablake School Coundon Rd, Coventry CV1 4AU t 024 7627 1200 f 024 7627 1290 e info@ bablake.coventry.sch.uk w www.bablake. com Contact: John Watson, head. Music awards: Music scholarship auditions are held in January of the year of entry, and will be awarded to candidates who show exceptional musical accomplishment and who have reached the minimum academic standard to qualify for admission to the School. Bedstone College Bucknell SY7 0BG t 01547 530303 f 01547 530740 e admissions@bedstone. org w www.bedstone.org Contact: Michael Symonds, head; Claire Reid-Warrilow, dir of admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships may be awarded at 11+, 13+ and 16+, with the maximum award being a 15% remission of fees; means-tested bursaries may also be applicable. Bromsgrove School Worcester Rd, Bromsgrove B61 7DU t 01527 579679 f 01527 576177 e admissions@bromsgrove-school.co.uk w www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk Contact: rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 49

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Chris Edwards, head; J R Kingston, dir of mus. Music awards: A number of music scholarships offering free tuition on 2 insts. May be supplemented by means tested bursaries. Any inst or voice. Entry at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Chase Academy Lyncroft House, St Johns Rd, Cannock WS11 0UR t 01543 501800 f 01543 501801 e info@chaseacademy.com w www.chaseacademy.com Contact: Margaret Outen, head; Mark Ellse, principal. Music awards: Scholarships available for children of any age who show musical talent. Concord College Acton Burnell Hall, Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury SY5 7PF t 01694 731631 f 01694 731389 e theprincipal@ concordcollegeuk.com w www. concordcollegeuk.com Contact: NG Hawkins, principal. Music awards: Academic scholarships exist for the most able students. The normal maximum scholarship available is a 10% reduction of fees; also means-tested bursaries. Denstone College Uttoxeter ST14 5HN t 01889 590415 f 01889 591295 e admissions@ denstonecollege.org w www. denstonecollege.org Contact: DM Derbyshire, head; MS Skipper, dir of mus Music awards: Up to 8 scholarships and exhibitions (inc 6th form) value up to 50% fees. Dodderhill School Droitwich Spa WR9 0BE t 01905 778290 f 01905 790623 e enquiries@dodderhill. co.uk w www.dodderhill.co.uk Contact: JM Mumby, head; E Tew, head of mus Music awards: The Davidson Music Scholarship, £1000 pa. Edgbaston High School for Girls Westbourne Rd, Birmingham B15 3TS t 0121 454 5831 f 0121 454 2363 e admissions@edgbastonhigh.co.uk w www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk Contact: RA Weeks, head; M Harper, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 music scholarships; 1 of up to 50% at 16+; 1 of up to 50% fees at 11+. Ellesmere College off Birch Rd, Ellesmere SY12 9AB t 01691 622321 f 01691 623286 w www.ellesmere. com Contact: BJ Wignall, head; RC Paul, dir of mus; Paul Goodwin, dir of admissions. Music awards: 2 scholarships

of up to 50% fees plus free tuition in 2 insts; 4 choral scholarships; 1 ‘Schulze’ org scholarship of up to 50% of fees plus free tuition; 4 str scholarships; also 3 exhibitions of up to 25% fees. Available for entry into Yr 7 (gr 3 standard on at least 1 inst/voice), Yr 9 (gr 5 standard) and 6th form (gr 6-7 standard). Particular consideration to singers, organists and str players, but all insts are welcome. Hereford Cathedral School Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG t 01432 363522 f 01432 363525 e enquiry@hcsch.org w www.hcsch. org Contact: PA Smith, head; DR Evans, dir of mus Music awards: Scholarships, up to 10% fees, and exhibitions available to gifted instrumentalists. Age 11, 13, and 6th form entry. King Edward VI High for Girls Edgbaston Park Rd, Birmingham B15 2UB t 0121 472 1834 f 0121 471 3808 e jw@kehs.co.uk w www.kehs.org.uk Contact: Sarah Evans, principal. Music awards: Large means-tested bursary scheme; around a quarter of pupils receive some sort of award, with some paying no fees at all. Those girls awarded a means tested bursary are also eligible for a small music bursary for one year. King Edward’s School Edgbaston Park Rd, Birmingham B15 2UA t 0121 472 1672 f 0121 415 4327 e admissions@kes.org.uk w www.kes.org. uk Contact: Nicole Phillips, admissions. Music awards: Funds available for up to 2 music scholarships each year, awarded on the basis not only of the academic exams, but also an audition. King Henry VIII School Warwick Rd, Coventry CV3 6AQ t 024 7627 1111 f 024 7627 1122 e info@khviii. com w www.khviii.com Contact: George D Fisher, head; Niall Doherty, dir of mus; Alistair Kennedy, head of inst studies. Music awards: 2 6th form music scholarships are offered, one of 50% fees, one of 25% fees. 4 year 7 music scholarships are offered, which cover the cost of inst tuition. King’s High School Smith St, Warwick CV34 4HJ t 01926 494485 f 01926 403089 e enquiries@ kingshighwarwick.co.uk w www. kingshighwarwick.co.uk Contact: Elizabeth Surber, head; Gina Worrall, registrar. Music awards: Governor music

scholarships are awarded at 11+, up to the value of 20% of fees, and are available to candidates who demonstrate exceptional musical accomplishment and demonstrate a high academic standard in the examination. King’s School (Worcester) 5 College Green, Worcester WR1 2LL t 01905 721700 f 01905 721710 e info@ ksw.org.uk w www.ksw.org.uk Contact: Tim Keyes, head; DE Brookshaw, dir of mus; Deborah Paddock, music admin. Music awards: Music scholarships offered, value up to 1/3 fees and often accompanied by free tuition on one or more insts. Music awards available at Junior School, 11+, 13+ and 16+. Chorister scholarships also available. Kingsley School Beauchamp Hall, Beauchamp Ave, Leamington Spa CV32 5RD t 01926 425127 f 01926 831961 e carolewatson@ kingsleyschool.co.uk w www. thekingsleyschool.com Contact: Heather Owens, head; Carole Watson, admissions. Music awards: Up to 2 music scholarships are awarded at 11+, one at 13+ and one at 16+. Malvern College College Rd, Malvern WR14 3DF t 01684 581530 (dir of mus)/1 (sec) f 01684 581617 Contact: AR Clark, head; Iain Sloan, dir of mus. Music awards: Variable music awards of up to 50% fees offered, with free tuition on up to 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Jun; gr 5 min. Scholarship auditions in Jan and Feb. Also exhibitions available. 6th form scholarship auditions in Nov and Feb. Malvern St James 15 Avenue Rd, Malvern WR14 3BA t 01684 892288 f 01684 566204 e registrar@malvernstjames.co.uk w www. malvernstjames.co.uk Contact: Patricia Woodhouse, head; Lynne Lindner, dir of mus; Jennifer Bailey, admissions. Music awards: Scholarship worth up to a max 20% of fees; exhibition worth up to max 10% fees. Moreton Hall Weston Rhyn, Oswestry SY11 3EW t 01691 773671 f 01691 778552 e admin@moretonhall.com w www. moretonhall.com Contact: Jonathan Forster, principal; C Tilley, dir of mus. Music awards: 3 music scholarships available, plus free tuition on 2 insts. Age 11-13 (approx gr 5) or 6th form entry (gr 8). Several additional bursaries of free

tuition on 2 insts. Newcastle-under-Lyme School Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 1DB t 01782 631197 f 01782 632582 e ian.cartwright@nuls.org.uk w www.nuls.org.uk Contact: Nick Rugg, head; Christine Quigley, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships available at 11+ and 16+ covering cost of music tuition. Oswestry School Upper Brook St, Oswestry SY11 2TL t 01691 655711 f 01691 671194 e enquiries@oswestryschool.org.uk w www.oswestryschool.org.uk Contact: DRK Robb, head; R Sweeney, dir of mus Music awards: Several inst bursaries and scholarships at 11+, 13+, 16+. Princethorpe College Princethorpe, Rugby CV23 9PX t 01926 634200 f 01926 633365 e post@ princethorpe.co.uk w www.princethorpe. co.uk Contact: Ed Hester, head. Music awards: 4 music scholarships awarded annually for instrumentalists or singers, 2 offering one third of tuition fees, two offering one quarter. Also org scholarship offering one half of tuition fees. RGS Worcester and the Alice Ottley School Upper Tything, Worcester WR1 1HP t 01905 613391 f 01905 726892 e office@ rgsw.org.uk w www.rgsw.org.uk Contact: AR Rattue, head; M Hamilton, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarship value 10% fees at 11+, 20% fees at 13+. Age 13+, gr 5. Royal Wolverhampton School Penn Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 0EG t 01902 341230 f 01902 344496 e mo@ royal.wolverhampton.sch.uk w www. theroyalschool.co.uk Music awards: Music scholarships available, up to 25% of day fees. Rugby School Rugby CV22 5EH t 01788 556274 f 01788 556277 e registry@rugbyschool. net w www.rugbyschool.net Contact: Patrick Derham, head; Richard DunsterSigtermans, dir of mus. Music awards: Funding for music scholarships (min of 10% plus free inst lessons, and up to 100% in cases of need) for pupils entering at 11+, 13+ and 6th form. Shrewsbury School The School, Shrewsbury SY3 7BA t 01743 280552 f 01743 243107 e registrar@ shrewsbury.org w www.shrewsbury.org Contact: Jeremy Goulding, head; John

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Moore, dir of mus; Robin Case, registrar. Music awards: 6 scholarships at 13+ of up to 50% fees and free tuition on 2 insts; 2 scholarships at 16+ of up to 50% of fees. Gr 8 standard at audition. Solihull School Warwick Rd, Solihull B91 3DJ t 0121 705 4273 f 0121 711 4439 e enquiries@solsch. org.uk w www.solsch.org.uk Contact: DEJ Lloyd, head; Stephen J Perrins, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16 at the discretion of the head. Additional places available under an assisted places scheme in cases of genuine financial need. All music scholarships include free tuition on one inst. St Dominic’s School 32 Bargate St, Brewood, nr Wolverhampton ST19 9BA t 01902 850248 f 01902 851154 e enquiries@stdominicsschool. co.uk w www.stdominicsschool.co.uk Contact: Sandra White, head; Fiona allen, admissions offr; Julie Stubbs, dir of mus; Music awards: Music scholarships for yr 7 and 6th form entry. St George’s School, Edgbaston 31 Calthorpe Rd, Birmingham B15 1RX t 0121 625 0398 f 0121 625 3340 e admin@sgse.co.uk w www.sgse.co.uk Contact: H Phillips, head; Sarah Russell, head of mus Music awards: Music scholarships (10/20% reduction in fees) available from age 11 upwards, including 6th form. St Mary’s School Shaftesbury Shaftesbury SP7 9LP t 01747 852416 e head@st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk w www.st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk Contact: Richard James, head; D Radford, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarship at 11+ and 13+ providing up to 10% fee remission plus up to 40% by way of means tested bursary. Stafford Grammar Burton Manor, Stafford ST18 9AT t 01785 249752 f 01785 255005 e headsec@staffordgs.plus.com w www. staffordgrammar.co.uk Tettenhall College Wood Rd, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton WV6 8QX t 01902 751119 f 01902 741940 e head@tettcoll. co.uk w www.tettenhallcollege.co.uk Contact: MC Long, head; IF Wass, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 50% fees and bursaries of free inst tuition offered at all secondary ages. All music insts

and voice considered. Value of scholarship is determined by means test. Warwick School Warwick CV34 6PP t 01926 776400 f 01926 401259 e enquiries@ warwickschool.org w www.warwickschool. org Contact: EB Halse, head; TG Barr, head of academic music; S Hogg, dir of mus, perf Music awards: Music scholarships up to value 20% fees; available to girls at 11+ and boys at 13+. Also meanstested bursaries. Wolverhampton Grammar School Compton Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 9RB t 01902 421326 f 01902 421819 e wgs@ wgs.org.uk w www.wgs.org.uk Contact: Vincent Darby, head; Andrew Proverbs, dir of mus Music awards: 2 music scholarships, 1 at 11+ or 13+, 1 at 16+ (25% fees plus free music tuition). Free inst tuition for scholarship holders on inst of their choice. Wrekin College Wellington, Shropshire TF1 3BG t 01952 265600 f 01952 415068 e info@ wrekincollege.ac.uk w www.wrekincollege. com Contact: Stephen Drew, head; Francis Murton, dir of mus; Caroline Williams, admissions. Music awards: Available at 11+, 13+ or 16+ for talented musicians and singers; contact admissions for further details.

North East Barnard Castle School Barnard Castle, Co Durham DL12 8UN t 01833 690222 f 01833 638985 e secretary@barneyschool.org.uk w www. barnardcastleschool.org.uk Contact: AD Stevens, head; Mark Mawhinney, dir of mus; Judith Ridley, head sec & admissions. Music awards: Inst, choral and org scholarships and exhibitions are offered at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Central Newcastle High Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastleupon-Tyne NE2 4DS t 0191 281 1768 e cnhs@cnh.gdst.net w www. newcastlehigh.gdst.net Contact: HJ French, head; Julia Howe, registrar. Music awards: Means-tested bursaries are offered. Dame Allan’s Schools Fowberry Crescent, Fenham, NewcastleUpon-Tyne NE4 9YJ t 0191 275 0608 f 0191 275 1502 e enquiries@dameallans. co.uk w www.dameallans.co.uk Contact: JR Hind, principal. Music awards:

Scholarships up to half fees are awarded on academic merit. Durham High Girls School Farewell Hall, South Rd, Durham DH1 3TB t 0191 384 3226 f 0191 386 7831 e enquiries@dhsfg.org.uk w www.dhsfg. org.uk Contact: AJ Templeman, head. Music awards: Music sholarships and exhibitions are offered to suitable 11+ and 13+ applicants. At 11+ girls should be Grade 3 or higher on at least one inst or vce. At 13+ girls should be Grade 5 or higher. Scholarships are worth up to 25% of fees and may be supplemented in appropriate cases by a Governors’ Bursary up to a usual maximum of 50% fee remission. Durham School Durham City DH1 4SZ t 0191 386 4783; 0191 375 3288 (mus school) f 0191 383 1025 e r.muttitt@durhamschool.co.uk w www.durhamschool.co.uk Contact: Martin George, head; Roger Muttitt, dir of mus; D Woodlands, admissions. Music awards: A number of music scholarships offered per yr. Exams held late Jan; age under 14 on 1 Sep, gr 5 min; 2 insts should be offered. Limited number of scholarships and exhibitions for 11+ and 16+ entrance. Org scholarship available for 16+ candidates. Longridge Towers School Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 2XQ t 01289 307584 f 01289 302581 e enquiries@lts.org.uk w www.lts.org.uk Contact: AE Clemit, head; IJ Cheer, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded paying termly inst tuition, up to 2 insts per candidate. The Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School Tankerville TCE, Jesmond NE2 3BA t 0191 281 4306 e info@churchhigh.com w www.churchhigh.com Contact: J Gatenby, head; N Redhead, mktg; PJ Noble, head of mus. Music awards: Music awards available at 11+ and 16+, worth up to 50% of tuition fees. Polam Hall School Grange Rd, Darlington, DL1 5PA t 01325 463383 f 01325 383539 e information@polamhall.com w www. polamhall.com Contact: M Green, head; C Law, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards with free inst tuition available at age 11+, 14+, 16+. Sunderland High School Mowbray Rd, Sunderland SR2 *HY

t 0191 567 7674 w www.sunderlandhigh. co.uk Contact: Angela Slater, head. Music awards: Max 2 music scholarships, each 10% of snr school tuition fee, or up to 2 music bursaries giving free tuition on 1 or 2 insts/ voice. Awarded after audition/interview. Teesside High School Eaglescliffe, Stockton-On-Tees TS16 9AT t 01642 782095 e info@teessidehigh.co.uk w www.teessidehigh.co.uk Contact: Malcolm Wilkinson, head. Music awards: Music scholarships available at 11+ and 16+ Westfield School Oakfield Rd, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4HS t 0191 255 3980 f 0191 255 3983 e westfield@westfield.newcastle. sch.uk w www.westfield.newcastle.sch.uk Contact: Marion Farndale, head; Susan Easton, bursar; Joanna Stead, admissions sec. Music awards: 11+ and 6th form entry scholarships available. Yarm School The Friarage, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees TS15 9EJ t 01642 786023 f 01642 789216 e dmd@yarmschool.org w www. yarmschool.org Contact: DM Dunn, head; KR Brown, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships offered value up to 33% fees. Awarded on grounds of music promise, usually on school entry.

North WEst Arnold School Lytham Rd, Blackpool FY4 1JG t 01253 346391 f 01253 336251 e admissions@ arnoldschool.com w www.arnoldschool. com Contact: Jim Keefe, head. Music awards: Awards at 11+ and 16+ for those demonstrating excellence in music. Birkenhead School 58 Beresford Rd, Oxton, Wirral CH43 2JD t 0151 652 4014 f 0151 651 3091 e enquire@birkenheadschool.co.uk w www.birkenheadschool.co.uk Contact: John Clark, head. Music awards: A number of scholarships are awarded, based principally on academic ability, but occasionally as a result of exceptional musical potential. These are generally few in number and give a fixed reduction in fee. Bury Grammar School Tenterden St, Bury BL9 0HN t 0161 797 2700 f 0161 763 4655 e info@bgsboys.co. uk w www.bgsboys.co.uk Contact: Rev Steven Harvey, head. Music awards: Means-tested bursaries are available. rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 51

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Bury Grammar School for Girls Bridge Rd, Bury BL9 0HH t 0161 797 2808 f 0161 763 4658 e registrar@bgsg. bury.sch.uk w www.bgsg.bury.sch.uk Contact: Roberta S Georghiou, head. Music awards: Bursaries may be offered according to academic merit. Casterton School Kirkby Lonsdale, via Carnforth LA6 2SG t 015242 79291 f 015242 79208 e admissions@castertonschool.co.uk w www.castertonschool.co.uk Contact: P McLaughlin, head; DC Chapman, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships and bursaries offered at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 16+. Chetwynde School Croslands, Rating Lane, Barrow in Furness LA13 0NY t 01229 824210 e info@ chetwynde.cumbria.sch.uk w www. chetwynde.co.uk Contact: Russell Collier, head. The Grange School Bradburns Lane, Hartford CW8 1LU t 01606 74007 e office@grange.org.uk w www.grange.org.uk Contact: CP Jeffery, head; Sharon Dickens, admissions. The Hammond School Hoole Bank House, Mannings Lane, Chester t 01244 305350 f 01244 305351 e enquiries@thehammondschool.co.uk w www.thehammondschool.co.uk Contact: Maggie Evans, principal; Kevin Williams, dir of mus. The King’s School in Macclesfield Macclesfield SK10 1DA t 01625 260000 f 01625 260022 e mail@kingsmac.co.uk w www.kingsmac.co.uk Contact: S Coyne, head; Andrew K Green, dir of mus Music awards: Year 7 music scholarships, 1 org scholarship. Kirkham Grammar School Ribby Rd, Kirkham PR4 2BH t 01772 684264 e info@kirkhamgrammar.co.uk w www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk Contact: Douglas Walker, head; Andrew Barrett, head of music. Music awards: A number of music scholarships are awarded at 11+ and 16+ to talented musicians, who will be asked to audition. Liverpool College Queen’s Dr, Liverpool L18 8BG t 0151 724 4000 f 0151 724 3154 e admin@ liverpoolcollege.co.uk w www. liverpoolcollege.co.uk Contact: Hans van Mourik Broekman, head; Sally Loveridge, registrar. Music awards: 11+: 2 music

scholarships are awarded based on auditions. Recipients are entered on the honour board and receive 1 free music lesson pw during term time. 16+: 2 exceptional musicians are offered £1500 annual scholarships for 6th form study. Manchester Grammar School Old Hall Lane, Manchester M13 0XT t 0161 224 7201 e r.alderson@mgs.org w www.mgs.org Contact: Christopher Ray, high master; Roger Alderson, dir of admissions. Manchester High School for Girls Grangethorpe Rd, Manchester M14 6HS t 0161 224 0447 f 0161 224 6192 e administration@mhsg.manchester.sch.uk w www.manchesterhigh.co.uk Contact: A Hewitt, head. Music awards: At least 1 music scholarship will be offered to a talented Year 7 entrant each Sep; meanstested bursary scheme. The Queen’s School City Walls Rd, Chester CH1 2NN t 01244 312078 f 01244 321507 e secretary@queens.cheshire.sch.uk w www.queens.cheshire.sch.uk Contact: Sarah Clark, head; Jane Taylor, registrar. Music awards: Some bursaries available. Rossall School Fleetwood FY7 8JW t 01253 774201 f 01253 772052 e enquiries@ rossallcorporation.co.uk w www. rossallschool.org.uk Contact: Stephen Winkley, head; Margaret Young, dir of mus; Michele Metcalfe, admissions Music awards: Music scholarships offered; value varies. Age 11, 13, or 16; vocal ability an asset. Sedbergh School Sedbergh LA10 5HG t 01539 620535 f 01539 621301 e hm@sedberghschool.org w www.sedberghschool.org Contact: CH Hirst, head; John Seymour, dir of mus. Music awards: Many music scholarships and exhibitions available for inst/singers with potential, value up to 50% fees (augmentable with bursaries in certain cases) with free tuition in up to 2 insts. Age 13-18. St Bees School St Bees, Cumbria CA27 0DS t 01946 828000 f 01946 828011 w www.st-beesschool.org Contact: PJ Capes, head; HM Turpin, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships available. Age under 12 or under 14 on 1 Sep, or 6th form entry. Under 12, gr 3 on 1st inst; under 14, gr 5; 6th form, gr 7. 2nd inst desirable at all ages;

singing an advantage. Stockport Grammar School Buxton Rd, Stockport SK2 7AF t 0161 456 9000 f 0161 419 2407 e sgs@ stockportgrammar.co.uk w www. stockportgrammar.co.uk Contact: Andrew Chicken, head; Michael Dow, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships available up to 50% fees. Bursaries provide free inst tuition. Stonyhurst College Clitheroe BB7 9PZ t 01254 826345 e admissions@stonyhurst.ac.uk w www. stonyhurst.ac.uk Contact: D G Mann, dir of mus Music awards: Several music scholarships and bursaries offered including org scholarship. Scholarships offered at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Westholme Upper School Wilmar Lodge, Meins Rd, Blackburn BB2 6QU t 01254 506070 f 01254 506080 e principal@westholmeschool.com w www.westholmeschool.com Contact: Lillian Croston, head; Eric Millest, dir of mus; Gemma Cunliffe, admissions. Music awards: Discussed on application. Windermere School Patterdale Rd, Windermere LA23 1NW t 01539 446164 f 01539 488414 e ws@ windermereschool.co.uk w www. windermereschool.co.uk Contact: Ian Lavender, head; JH McCallum-Hartley, mus dir Music awards: Music scholarships and bursaries available worth up to 10% of fees. Contact admissions for further information.

South EaSt The Abbey School 17 Kendrick Rd, Reading RG1 5DZ t 0118 987 2256 f 0118 987 1478 e schooloffice@theabbey.co.uk w www. theabbey.co.uk Contact: Barbara Stanley, head; Stephen Willis, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards available at Yr 7, Yr 10 and Yr 12 or on entry to the school, to cover tuition on 1 inst free of charge. Abingdon School Park Rd, Abingdon OX14 1DE t 01235 849041 f 01235 849085 e admissions@ abingdon.org.uk w www.abingdon.org.uk Contact: Felicity Lusk, head; Michael Stinton, dir of mus. Music awards: Flexible number of means-tested scholarships usually at age 13, and several exhibitions at age 11 or above. Gr 5 min on 1st inst with proficiency on 2nd inst. Small number of

Foundation Places available. Alton Convent School Anstey Lane, Alton GU34 2NG t 01420 82070 f 01420 541711 e enquiries@ altonconvent.org.uk w www.altonconvent. org.uk Contact: Sue Kirkham, head. Music awards: Music awards worth up to 20% of the tuition fees. Applicants should have reached a practical level of Grade 3 or 4, with more flexibility for candidates playing vc, fr hn, bsn, tb or hp. Ardingly College Haywards Heath RH17 6SQ t 01444 893000 f 01444 893001 e registrar@ ardingly.com w www.ardingly.com Contact: Peter Green, head; Robert Hammersley, dir of mus Music awards: Up to 10 music awards available (6 worth up to 40% fees), with free tuition in 2 insts (2 reserved for str players; 2 for ex-cathedral choristers; 2 open to players of any inst). 2 choral scholarships available pa up to value of 40%. Own jnr school at same address (7-13) with up to 4 music awards (worth up to 33%: 2 may be choristerships). Ashford School East Hill, Ashford TN24 8PB t 01233 625171 f 01233 647185 e registrar@ ashfordschool.co.uk w www.ashfordschool. co.uk Contact: Mike Buchanan, head; Allan Clay, dir of mus; Rachael Cox, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships available at 8+, 11+, 13+ and 16+, up to 50% of day fees, or more of less value. Battle Abbey School High St, Battle TN33 0AD t 01424 772385 e office@battleabbeyschool.com w www.battleabbeyschool.com Contact: RC Clark, head; J Langridge, dir of mus. Music awards: Auditions for scholarships take place in Feb of the year of entry. Awards are available for entry into Y7, Y9 and 6th form. Bearwood College Winnersh, Wokingham RG41 5BG t 0118 974 8300 f 0118 977 3186 w www. bearwoodcollege.co.uk Contact: SGG Aiano, head; C Enston, dir of mus. Music awards: Choral, org, pno and inst, value up to 30% fees; age 11-16+. Bedales School Church Rd, Steep, Petersfield GU32 2DG t 01730 300100 f 01730 300500 e admissions@bedales.org.uk w www. bedales.org.uk Contact: Keith Budge, head; Nicholas Gleed, dir of mus; Janie Jarman, registrar. Music awards: A number of

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scholarships worth up to 25% of the school fees are awarded each year for candidates entering at ages 11+, 13+ and 16+. These may be supplemented by generous bursaries in proven cases of need. All scholarships carry free instrumental/vocal tuition (exhibitions) on examined studies. All insts considered equally; Gr 8 required for 6th form candidates, with potential and enthusiasm more important than formal qualifications at other levels. Beechwood Sacred Heart School 12 Pembury Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN2 3QD t 01892 532747 e registrar@ beechwood.org.uk w www.beechwood.org. uk Contact: Nicholas Beesley, head. Music awards: Scholarships are available at 11+ & 13+ (minimum standard grade 3), and 16+ (minimum standard grade 6) and are awarded for above average musical skill and aptitude. Candidates without specific qualifications but who can demonstrate comparable proficiency will also be considered. Candidates will also be interviewed by the Director of Music. Benenden School Cranbrook TN17 4AA t 01580 240592 f 01580 240280 e registry@benenden. kent.sch.uk w www.benenden.kent.sch.uk Contact: CM Oulton, head; Stuart Beer, dir of mus; Liz Ward, admissions. Music awards: 11+ and 13+ music scholarships worth up to 10% of fees; awards inc 2 periods a week of free inst or vocal tuition. Berkhamsted School 133 High St, Berkhamsted HP4 2DJ t 01442 358001 f 01442 358040 e admissions@berkhamstedschool.org w www.berkhamstedschool.org.uk Contact: Peter Hopkins, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions at 9+, 11+ and 13+. 6th form music scholarship (Webb Scholarship). Bethany School Goudhurst, Cranbrook TN17 1LB t 01580 211273 f 01580 211151 e admin@bethanyschool.org.uk w www. bethanyschool.org.uk Contact: Francie Healy, head; Gareth Stubberfield, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarship value up to 20% fees and free inst tuition. Bloxham School Banbury OX15 4PE t 01295 720222 f 01295 721897 e registrar@bloxhamschool. com w www.bloxhamschool.com Contact: Mark Allbrook, head; Richard Longman, dir

of mus Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 50% fees plus free inst tuition. Bursaries also available. Age 11, 13 or 16 on 1 Sep. Bradfield College Bradfield, Reading RG7 6AU t 0118 964 4510 f 0118 964 4513 e headmaster@ bradfieldcollege.org.uk w www. bradfieldcollege.org.uk Contact: S Henderson, head; A Wright, dir of mus; A Marshall, registrar. Music awards: At 13+ up to 5 music scholarships up to 50% of fees, plus free tuition on up to 3 insts. In addition, 2 music exhibitions may be awarded annually. Candidates must be aged over 12 and under 14 on 1 Sep. At 16+ up to 3 music scholarships up to 50% of fees, plus free tuition on up to 3 insts. Brighton College Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 0AL t 01273 704200 f 01273 704204 e registrar@ brightoncollege.net w www.brightoncollege. net Contact: R Cairns, head; Sandy Chenery, dir of mus. Music awards: Several scholarships up to 50% fees which can be increased in the case of need by bursaries, plus free tuition in 2 insts available. William Stewart Scholarship could be as high as 50% fees and several other awards open for competition in Feb. Age under 14 on 1 Jun. Candidates should be proficient on 2 insts (or 1 inst and voice) to approx gr 5 standard. Musical potential and lively interest will be given due recognition. 6th form entry scholarships also offered. Burgess Hill School for Girls Keymer Rd, Burgess Hill RH15 0EG t 01444 241050 f 01444 870314 e registrar@burgesshill-school.com w www.burgesshill-school.com Contact: JA Aughwane, head; CRB Haslam, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships offered, value up to 40% day fees. Age 7+, 8+, 11+, 13+ and 16+. Reasonable degree of inst proficiency required; 2 insts expected (preferably pno plus orch inst). Caterham School Harestone Valley Rd, Caterham CR3 6YA t 01883 343028 f 01883 347795 e admissions@caterhamschool.co.uk w www.caterhamschool.co.uk Contact: JP Thomas, head; Stuart Thompson, dir of mus. Music awards: Several awards available at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Charterhouse Godalming GU7 2DX t 01483 291695/6 f 01483 291637 e music@charterhouse.org.

uk w www.charterhouse.org.uk Contact: Rev John Witheridge, head; Mark Shepherd, dir of mus. Music awards: Up to 5 music scholarships offered at 13+ worth 10% of the school fee, which are supplemented by bursaries on application up to the full school fee. Age under 14 on 1 Jul; gr 6 (pno) or gr 5 (other insts). Also, several Exhibitions which provide free tuition on one or two insts. For 6th Form entry, up to 3 music scholarships and the John Pilling Organ Scholarship, all worth 10% of the school fee are offered, which are supplemented by bursaries up to the full school fee. Christ’s Hospital School Horsham RH13 0LJ t 01403 247438 f 01403 247770 e music@christs-hospital. org.uk w www.christs-hospital.org.uk Contact: John Franklin, head; Andrew Cleary, dir of mus. Music awards: Entrance normally at age 11+ and 16+, and music ability offered as part of entrance exam. Financial assistance given to some successful candidates, value up to 100% fees as parental circumstances require. Music tuition free to pupils taking music at GCSE/AL, others assessed according to parental income. Churcher’s College Ramshill, Petersfield GU31 4AS t 01730 263033 e enquiries@churcherscollege.com w www.churcherscollege.com Contact: Simon Williams, head. Music awards: Music scholarships are normally awarded at 11+, 13+ and 16+; awards are limited and based on an audition. As a guide, students should expect to have achieved the equivalent of grade 4 on at least one inst and to be learning at least 2 insts; music exhibitions which cover music tuition fees may also be awarded. City of London Freemen’s School Ashtead Park, Ashtead KT21 1ET t 01372 277933 f 01372 276165 e admissions@ clfs.surrey.sch.uk w www.clfs.surrey.sch.uk Contact: P MacDonald, head; PM Dodds, dir of mus; M Holland, marketing and admissions. Music awards: At least 2 music awards of 50% and 33% fees at 11+, 13+ and 16+ (not means-tested). Claires Court Schools Ray Mill Rd East, Maidenhead SL6 8TE t 01628 411470 f 01628 411466 e registrar@clairescourt.com w www. clairescourt.com Music awards: Music and choral scholarships may be offered at 11+,

12+, 13+ and for sixth form entry. Claremont Fan Court School Claremont Drive, Esher KT10 9LY t 01372 467841 f 01372 471109 e jtilson@claremont.surrey.sch.uk w www. claremont-school.surrey.sch.uk Contact: Alice Stanley, principal; Alexis Alfonso, head of mus. Music awards: Available at year 7, year 9 and 6th form entry levels. Cobham Hall School Cobham, Kent DA12 3BL t 01474 823371 f 01474 825906 e enquiries@ cobhamhall.com w www.cobhamhall.com Contact: Paul Mitchell, head; Deborah Wallace, head of mus. Music awards: Music awards at 11+, 13+ and 6th form entry. Cokethorpe School Witney,OX29 7PU t 01993 703921 f 01993 773499 e admin@cokethorpe.org w www.cokethorpe.org Contact: Damien Ettinger, head; Lynne Berry, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships available to candidates who demonstrate proficiency in at least 2 insts (or 1 inst plus voice) and show ability in sight reading, aural and general musicianship. Award winners will normally take music GCSE/AL and make a significant contribution to the musical life of the school. Combe Bank School Combe Bank Drive, Sundridge, Sevenoaks TN14 6AE t 01959 563720 f 01959 561997 e enquiries@combebank.kent.sch. uk w www.combebank.kent.sch.uk Contact: Helen Isom, dir of mus; Sarah Daley, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships available for entry into Year 7; maximum award 50% of fees at time of entry. Cranleigh School Cranleigh GU6 8QQ t 01483 273666 f 01483 267398 e mcp@cranleigh.org w www.cranleigh.org Contact: Guy Waller, head; Marcus Pashley, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships (major awards value up to 25% of fees - top-up bursaries available in cases of proven financial need) all with free inst tuition; age under 14 on 1 Sep, gr 5-8. 6th form scholarships value 25% fees; ex-cathedral choristers particularly welcome. d’Overbroeck’s College Leckford Pl, Leckford Rd, Oxford OX2 6HX t 01865 310000 f 01865 552296 e mail@doverbroecks.com w www. doverbroecks.com Contact: Sami Cohen, principal; Mark Olejnik, head of secondary rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 53

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school. Music awards: Scholarships awarded for performing arts at 11+ and 13+ to students with outstanding talent and enthusiasm for music, drama, or both. Dover College Effingham Crescent, Dover CT17 9RH t 01304 205969 f 01304 242208 e gaelle@ dovercollege.org.uk w www.dovercollege. org.uk Contact: SCI Jones, head; Paul Young, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 or more music awards value up to 50% including free tuition on 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 5 min on any inst. Downe House Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9JJ t 01635 200286 f 01635 202026 w www. downehouse.net Contact: Emma McKendrick, head. Dunottar School High Trees Rd, Reigate RH2 7EL t 01737 761945 f 01737 779450 e info@dunottar. surrey.sch.uk w www.dunottar.surrey.sch.uk Contact: Nikki Matthews, head; David Black, dir of mus. Music awards: 3 music scholarships annually (to the value of 25% school fees plus free tuition on 1 inst); candidates may apply at year 7, year 9 and lower 6th. Gr 3-4 at year 7, gr 4-5+ at year 9, gr 7-8 at lower 6th. Eastbourne College Old Wish Rd, Eastbourne BN21 4JX t 01323 452320 f 01323 452327 e hmsec@eastbourne-college.co.uk w www. eastbourne-college.co.uk Contact: SP Davies, head; Graham Jones, dir of mus. Music awards: Inst and choral awards of up to 50% fees available. Age under 14 on 1 Sep, gr 5 min. Special consideration given to cathedral choristers and str players. Scholarships also available to 6th form entrants. Org scholarship offered. Epsom College Epsom KT17 4JQ t 01372 821234 e music@epsomcollege.org.uk w www. epsomcollege.org.uk Contact: Stephen Borthwick, head; Graeme Lodge, dir of mus. Music awards: Usually 25 open awards, any of which may be for music. Age under 14 on 1 Sep or on entry to 6th form (girls and boys). Music can be offered as part of all-rounder award. All music awards include free tuition. Eton College Music Schools, Windsor SL4 6EW t 01753 671000 f 01753 671159 e webmaster@etoncollege.org.uk w www.

etoncollege.com Contact: TJ Johnson, precentor & dir of mus. Music awards: 8 scholarships offered to the value of 10% fees plus up to 135 mins inst tuition pw. Scholarships will be supplemented up to the value of full fees in cases of need. 6 exhibitions are also offered carrying remission of inst or singing fees up to 135 mins pw. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 5-8 on 1st inst. Special consideration will be given to cathedral choristers who would still be able to sing treble in the College Chapel Choir. A number of honorary awards may be given: honorary music exhibition carries no financial remission; honorary music scholarship carries only remission of inst or singing fees up to 135 mins of tuition per week. 4 6th form scholarships pa are offered. 1 of these may be awarded to a boy of outstanding musical ability. Ewell Castle School Church St, Ewell KT17 2AW t 020 8393 1413 f 020 8786 8218 e admissions@ ewellcastle.co.uk w www.ewellcastle.co.uk Contact: AJ Tibble, principal. Music awards: Music scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+. The number of awards is limited and the maximum is 20% remission of fees. Farlington School Strood Park, Horsham RH12 3PN t 01403 254967 f 01403 272258 e office@ farlingtonschool.net w www. farlingtonschool.net Contact: JP Goyer, head; Stephen Buckman, dir of mus. Music awards: Mus scholarships available at entry into yrs 7 and 9 and 6th form. Means-tested bursaries available for all prospective and current pupils from yr 5+. Farnborough Hill Farnborough GU14 8AT t 01252 545197 f 01252 513037 e admissions@ farnborough-hill.org.uk w www. farnborough-hill.org.uk Contact: Sarah Buckle, head; Karen Phillips, dir of mus. Music awards: 1 music scholarship of 20% of fees is awarded at 11+. Performing Arts scholarship in 6th form. Frensham Heights Rowledge, Farnham GU10 4EA t 01252 792561 f 01252 794335 e admissions@ frensham-heights.org.uk w www.frenshamheights.org.uk Contact: Edwin Rolles, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships awarded on the basis of artistic excellence and promise at audition, reports from

pupils current teachers, school reports, Heads reference and a sound performance in the appropriate age academic entrance exams. Scholarships and exhibitions of a token amount (£750 and £450 respectively); means-tested bursaries may be offered to those who would not otherwise be able to afford a Frensham education. The Gregg School Townhill Park House, Cutbush Lane, Southampton SO18 2GF t 023 8047 2133 f 023 8047 1080 e office@gregg. southampton.sch.uk w www.gregg. southampton.sch.uk Contact: S Sellers, head; DS Bradley, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarship, bursaries. Guildford High School London Rd, Guildford GU1 1SJ t 01483 561440 f 01483 306516 e guildfordadmissions@church-schools.com w www. guildfordhigh.surrey.sch.uk Contact: Fiona Boulton, head; Grayson Jones, dir of mus; Philippa Crosthwaite, admissions. Music awards: Scholarships up to 30% fees at 11+ and 16+. Exhibitions also available. Auditions Jan (11+) and Oct/Nov (16+). Halliford School Russell Rd, Shepperton TW17 9HX t 01932 223593 f 01932 229781 e registrar@hallifordschool.co.uk w www. hallifordschool.co.uk Music awards: Scholarships are awarded at 11+ and 16+ for excellence in music. Hampshire Collegiate School Embley Park, Romsey SO51 6ZE t 01794 512206 f 01794 518737 e info@ hampshirecs.org.uk w www.hampshirecs. org.uk Contact: Hector Macdonald, principal. Music awards: Music scholarships available for inst or voice; limited in number and may not be the same from yr to yr. Applicants should be able to demonstrate musical ability at gr 4 for entry at 11+, gr 5 at 13+, gr 6 at 16+ (grades do not have to have been taken). Preference for pupils who contribute significantly to school music and for pupils with a flair for performing/composing. Headington School Oxford OX3 7TD t 01865 759113 f 01865 760268 e admissions@ headington.org w www.headington.org Contact: Anne Coutts, head; Sue Sowden, admissions registrar; Mark Paine, dir of mus. Music awards: At 11+ and 13+. Loft Simson scholarships includes tuition on 2

insts; other scholarships inc tuition on 1 inst. All scholarships may be combined with means-tested bursaries to result in a significantly higher award. Heathfield St Mary’s School London Rd, Ascot SL5 8BQ t 01344 898342 f 01344 890689 w www. heathfieldstmarys.net Contact: J Stevens, dir of music. Music awards: In the region of 25% fees at jnr and 6th form level, the former at min gr 5 standard, the latter at gr 8 standard. Hurstpierpoint College College Lane, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9JS t 01273 833636 f 01273 835257 e info@ hppc.co.uk w www.hppc.co.uk Contact: Tim Manly, head; NK Matthews, dir of mus Music awards: Prep school awards value up to 50% fees offered; age under 10+. Snr scholarships value up to 50% fees with free music tuition, plus several exhibitions; approx gr 5 on 1st inst with 2nd inst. Kent College Whitstable Rd, Canterbury CT2 9TD t 01227 763231 f 01227 787450 e registrar@kentcollege.co.uk w www. kentcollege.com Contact: David Lamper, head; Julian Ross, dir of mus; Jayne Simpson, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships up to 50% fees plus free inst tuition (age 11); additional scholarships of same value awarded at age 13 and 16. Also exhibitions/ means tested bursaries may be awarded to gifted students from the age of 8. Kent College Pembury Old Church Rd, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells TN2 4AX t 01892 822006 f 01892 820239 e admissions@kentcollege.kent. sch.uk w www.kent-college.co.uk Contact: Sally-Anne Huang head; Mike KentDavies, dir of mus; Debbie SAinsbury, dir of admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships up 10% fees are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+, in addition to academic scholarships worth up to 10%. 11+ min gr 3; 13+ min gr 4. King Edward’s School Witley Wormley, Godalming GU8 5SG t 01428 686746 (mus dept) f 01428 686391 e admissions@kesw.surrey.sch.uk w www. kesw.surrey.sch.uk Contact: J Attwater, head; J Venables, dir of mus. Music awards: Available up to 30% fees with free music tuition; bursaries may augment. King Edward VI School Wilton Rd, Southampton SO15 5UQ

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t 023 8070 4561 f 023 8070 5937 e registrar@kes.hants.sch.uk w www.kes. hants.sch.uk Contact: Julian Thould, head; H Freemantle, dir of mus; RJ Putt, admissions. Music awards: 1 music scholarship, age 11 (gr 5 on 1 inst); 1 music scholarship, age 13 (gr 6 on 1 inst). 6th form music scholarships also available. Scholarships value up to 5% annual fees; 2nd inst/singing an advantage. The King’s School, Canterbury Canterbury CT1 2ES t 01227 595556 f 01227 595559 e music@kings-school. co.uk w www.kings-school.co.uk Contact: N Clements, head; Howard Ionascu, dir of mus. Music awards: Up to 12 music scholarships pa to boys and girls plus one or more awards for 6th form entrants (value not exceeding 50% fees, but assistance may be available depending on parental income). Free tuition on 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Sep. Gr 5 min. King’s School Rochester Satis House, Boley Hill, Rochester ME1 1TE t 01634 888555 f 01634 888505 e admissions@kings-school-rochester.co.uk w www.kings-school-rochester.co.uk Contact: Ian Walker, head; Douglas McIlwraith, dir of mus (snr school); Jackie Hines, dir of mus (prep school). Music awards: A number of choral scholarships for Rochester Cathedral choir for prepschool children. Other awards available. Kingham Hill School Kingham, Chipping Norton OX7 6TH t 01608 658999 f 01608 658658 e admissions@kingham-hill.oxon.sch.uk w www.kingham-hill.oxon.sch.uk Contact: Nick Seward, head; Robert Edward Jones, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships incl 6th form org scholarship; bursaries for music lessons. Lancing College Lancing BN15 0RW t 01273 465968 f 01273 464720 e baa@lancing.org.uk w www.lancingcollege.co.uk Contact: Jonathan Gillespie, head; I MorganWilliams, DN Cox, dirs of mus; Gilly Prichard, admissions. Music awards: Music awards value up to 50% fees. All awards may be augmented according to parental circumstances; all with free tuition on 2 insts. Leighton Park School Shinfield Rd, Reading RG2 7ED t 0118 987 9600 f 0118 987 9625 e admissions@ leightonpark.com w www.leightonpark.com

Contact: John Dunston, head; Rosemary Scales, dir of mus; Caroline Beard, dir of admissions. Music awards: 10% of fees plus 2 free music lessons per week. Licensed Victualler’s School London Rd, Ascot SL5 8DR t 01344 882770 e ian.mullins@lvs.ascot.sch.uk w www.lvs.ascot.sch.uk Contact: Graham Best, head; CA Cunniffe, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships for entry into Year 7. Lord Wandsworth College Long Sutton, Hook RG29 1TB t 01256 862201 f 01256 860363 e info@ lordwandsworth.org w www. lordwandsworth.org Contact: FQ Livingstone head; B Noithip, head of mus Music awards: Value up to 50% fees awarded, and exhibitions also offered at all ages. Entry requirements dependent on age. Luckley Oakfield School Luckley Rd, Wokingham RG40 3EU t 0118 974 3209 f 0118 977 0305 e registrar@luckley.wokingham.sch.uk w www.luckley.wokingham.sch.uk Contact: V Davis, head; M Vogel, dir of mus. Music awards: At Yr 7 entry and 6th form. Magdalen College School Oxford OX4 1DZ t 01865 242191 f 01865 240379 e registrar@mcsoxford. org w www.mcsoxford.org Contact: Tim Hands head; Jon Cullen, dir of music; Sophie Langdale, registrar & dir of external relations. Music awards: Music scholarships up to £300 are available. Bursaries are means tested in cases of parental need. Age under 14 on 1 Sep. Chorister scholarships also available, age 7-10+. The Marist Senior School Sunninghill, Ascot SL5 7PS t 01344 624291 f 01344 874963 w www. themaristschools.com Music awards: 1 scholarship at yrs 12-13 giving 25% reduction in fees; 3 exhibitions at yr 7-11 giving free tuition on 1 inst. Moira House Girls School Upper Carlisle Rd, Eastbourne BN20 7TE t 01323 644144 f 01323 649720 e info@ moirahouse.co.uk w www.moirahouse. co.uk Contact: Lesley Watson, principal; Peter Burge, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships to the value of 50% fees awarded annually to girls who demonstrate a high level of musicianship on at least 1 inst, preferably 2 insts (including voice). The Oratory School Woodcote, Reading RG8 0PJ t 01491

683500 f 01491 680020 e enquiries@ oratory.co.uk w www.oratory.co.uk Contact: Clive Dytor, head; Julian McNamara, dir of mus Music awards: Choral and inst scholarships value up to 50% fees available, with free tuition on 2 insts. Scholarships available at all ages. Our Lady’s Abingdon Radley Rd, Abingdon OX14 3PS t 01235 524658 f 01235 535829 e office@olab. org.uk w www.olab.org.uk Contact: Lynne Renwick, head; James McKelvey, dir of mus; Felicity Russell, admissions offr. Music awards: Head has discretion to award exhibitions in music and/or to offer free inst tuition to pupils who demonstrate outstanding promise. Oxford High School GDST Belbroughton Rd, Oxford OX2 6XA t 01865 559888 f 01865 552343 e oxfordhigh@oxf.gdst.net w www. oxfordhigh.gdst.net Contact: Jenny Brown, dir of admissions. Music awards: Scholarships available at 11+ and 16+ Pangbourne College Pangbourne, Reading RG8 8LA t 0118 984 2101 f 0118 984 5443 e registrar@ pangcoll.co.uk w www.pangbournecollege. com Contact: Thomas Garnier, head; DC Everhart, dir of mus Music awards: Several of up to 50% fees with free inst tuition offered annually. Age 11, 13 or 6th form entry; test early Mar. Main inst with 2nd inst/voice expected; str players/cathedral choristers particularly welcome. Pipers Corner School Pipers Lane, Great Kingshill, High Wycombe HP15 6LP t 01494 718255 f 01494 719806 e theschool@ piperscorner.co.uk w www.piperscorner. co.uk Contact: Helen Ness-Gifford, head. Music awards: Awards at 11+ including music; also means-tested bursaries. The Portsmouth Grammar School High St, Old Portsmouth PO1 2LN t 023 9236 0036 f 023 9236 4256 e admissions@pgs.org.uk w www.pgs.org. uk Contact: JE Priory, head; AM Cleary, dir of mus. Music awards: Music Scholarships at 13+ and 16+; Free music tuition for Music AL pupils; 50% music tuition for Music AS pupils. Portsmouth High School GDST Kent Rd, Southsea PO5 3E! t 023 9282 6714 f 023 9281 4814 e headsec@por. gdst.net w www.portsmouthhigh.co.uk

Contact: J Clough, head; A Blackwell, dir of mus; V O’Sullivan, admissions & communications mgr. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Prior’s Field School Priorsfield Rd, Godalming GU7 2RH t 01483 810551 f 01483 810180 e office@ priorsfieldschool.com w www. priorsfieldschool.com Contact: Julie Roseblade, head; Trevor Pratt, dir of mus; Pen Harris, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 20% of fees may be awarded annually at 11+ (gr 3 on 1st inst), 13+ or 16+ entry. Queen Anne’s School 6 Henley Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 6DX t 0118 918 7333 f 0118 918 7310 e admissions@qas.org.uk w www.qas.org. uk Contact: Julia Harrington, head; John Padley, dir of mus; Jane Gallie, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships at 11+, 13+ and sixth form. Additional bursaries available for inst tuition. Radley College Abingdon OX14 2HR t 01235 543034 f 01235 543166 e music@radley.org.uk w www.radley.org.uk Contact: Angus McPhail, warden; Stephen Clarke, precentor; Anthony Williams, head of inst mus. Music awards: Scholarships ranging in value up to 10% fees, which may be supplemented by means-tested bursaries up to 100% plus a number of inst exhibitions. Age under 14 on 1 Sep. All awards inc free inst tuition and may be supplemented by bursaries. Choristership scheme for boys aged 7-13 attending local schools. Reading Blue Coat School Holme Park, Sonning, Reading RG4 6SU t 0118 944 1005 f 0118 944 2690 e vmf@ blue-coat.reading.sch.uk (admissions); amt@blue-coat.reading.sch.uk w www. blue-coat.reading.sch.uk Contact: SJW McArthur, head; Jonathan Bowler, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships and bursaries up to 25% academic tuition fees and free tuition on 1st inst at 11, 13 and 6th form entry. Reed’s School Sandy Lane, Cobham KT11 2ES t 01932 869001 f 01932 869046 e admissions@ reeds.surrey.sch.uk w www.reeds.surrey.sch. uk Contact: David Jarrett, head; Iain Carnegie, dir of mus Music awards: At 11+, min gr 3 on 1st inst and a second study. At 13+ min gr 5 on 1st inst, also with rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 55

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2nd inst. At sixth form min gr 5 on 2 inst. All candidates will be given aural tests and questioned on general musicianship. Reigate Grammar School Reigate Rd, Reigate RH2 0QS t 01737 222231 f 01737 224201 e info@ reigategrammar.org w www.reigategrammar. org Contact: D Thomas, head; S Rushby, dir of mus Music awards: Scholarships available at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Roedean School Roedean Way, Brighton BN2 5RQ t 01273 667500 w www.roedean.co.uk Contact: F King, head; Z Marlow, dir of admissions & communications; V Fewkes, head of music. Music awards: Music scholarships worth 10% of day or boarding fees, may be combined with other bursaries. Royal Grammar School (Guildford) High St, Guildford GU1 3BB t 01483 880600 f 01483 306127 e admissions@rgsguildford.co.uk w www.rgs-guildford.co.uk Contact: Jon Cox, head; Peter White, dir of mus; Kathryn Sweet, admissions registrar. Music awards: 1 King’s music scholarship and a number of smaller scholarships offered. Bursaries also available. Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth WD3 4HF t 01923 773168 f 01923 896729 e enquiries@royalmasonic.herts. sch.uk w www.royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Contact: J Whitbread, head of mus. Music awards: 1 scholarship (age 11); 1 scholarship (age 16); 1 org scholarship. Each scholarship valued at 33% of school fees plus free tuition in 1 inst or singing. The Royal School Farnham Lane, Haslemere GU27 1HQ t 01428 605805 f 01428 603028 e admin@royal.surrey.sch.uk w www.royalschool.org Contact: Lynne Taylor Gooby, head; Ian Senior, dir of mus; Louise Beach, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarship. Ryde School Queen’s Rd, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 3BE t 01983 562229 e school.office@ rydeschool.org.uk w www.rydeschool.org. uk Contact: NJ England, head. Music awards: Awards of academic scholarships may take aptitude for music, drama, art, design or sport. Rye St Antony School Pullen’s Lane, Oxford OX3 0BY t 01865 762802 f 01865 763611 w www.

ryestantony.co.uk Music awards: Yr 7 and yr 9 scholarships to the value of 10% of annual fees offered in recognition of academic achievement and/or perf in some other area, inc music. Seaford College Petworth GU28 0NB t 01798 867392 f 01798 867606 e jmackay@seaford.org w www.seaford.org Contact: TJ Mullins, head Music awards: Scholarship of £500 pa plus free music lessons; choral scholarship of £500 pa plus voice lessons; org scholar. Sevenoaks School High St, Sevenoaks TN13 1HU t 01732 455133/467706 f 01732 456143 e regist@sevenoaksschool.org w www. sevenoaksschool.org Contact: Katy Ricks, head; Christopher Dyer, dir of mus Music awards: Around 10 scholarships and exhibitions awarded annually. Sibford School Sibford Ferris, Banbury OX15 5QL t 01295 781200 f 01295 721204 e admissions@sibfordschool.co.uk w www. sibford.oxon.sch.uk Contact: Michael Goodwin, head; Julian Harris. Music awards: Scholarships up to 50% day fees. free tuition on 2 insts. Musicianship and inst potential of greater significance than achieved grades. Sir William Perkins’s School Guildford Rd, Chertsey KT16 9BN t 01932 574900 f 01932 574901 e office@ swps.org.uk w www.swps.org.uk Contact: Peter Holloway, dir of mus; Theresa Scrutton, asst dir. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded for entry in year 7 and 6th form, up to 10% of school fees. More details available from school. St Bede’s Senior School Upper Dicker, Hailsham BN27 3QH t 01323 843252 f 01323 442628 e school. office@stbedesschool.org w www. stbedesschool.org Contact: RJ Maloney, head; C Rattray, dir of admissions; A Barclay, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships for candidates at gr 7 or above on main inst; awarded after audition and interview with dir of mus and head. St Catherine’s School Bramley, Guildford GU5 0DF t 01483 893363 f 01483 899608 e schooloffice@ stcatherines.info w www.stcatherines.info Contact: A Phillips, head; Geoffrey Field, dir of mus; Judy Corben, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 20% fees

(11+, 6th form), choral awards (age 15-18), and numerous awards for less familiar insts and for general excellence, including the Jennifer Bate org scholarship with Guildford Cathedral. St Edmund’s School St Thomas Hill, Canterbury CT2 8HU t 01227 475600 f 01227 471083 e music@stedmunds.org.uk w www. stedmunds.org.uk Contact: Louise Moelwyn-Hughes, head; Will Bersey, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships and exhibitions worth up to 50% fees according to merit (candidates are considered at the ages of 11, 13 and 16). Separate org scholarship. Canterbury Cathedral choristerships. St Edward’s School, Oxford Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 7NN t 01865 319200 e registrar@stedwards. oxon.sch.uk w www.stedwards.oxon.sch.uk Contact: Andrew Trotman, warden; Alex Tester, dir of mus. Music awards: A range of music awards available at 13+ and 16+. Up to 10% award but means-tested bursaries can top up fees up to 100%. St Gabriel’s School Sandleford Priory, Newbury RG20 9BD t 01635 555680 f 01635 555698 e info@ stgabriels.co.uk w www.stgabriels.co.uk Contact: Philip Tebbs, dir of mus; Jane Benney, registrar. Music awards: 11+ and 13+ music scholarships. St George’s Ascot Ascot SL5 7DZ t 01344 629900 e office@ stgeorges-ascot.org.uk w www.stgeorgesascot.org.uk Contact: Caroline Jordan, head. Music awards: Music scholarships available at 11+ and 13+. St George’s College Addlestone, Music awards: Scholarships at 11+, 13+, 16+ assessed by audition and written tests. St Helen and St Katharine Faringdon Rd, Abingdon OX14 1BE t 01235 520173 f 01235 532934 e info@ shsk.org.uk w www.shsk.org.uk Contact: Rowan Edbrooke, head; Helena Rakowski, dir of mus. Music awards: Minor scholarships (tuition on 1 inst) from 11+ and 13+. Major awards (including org) in 6th form of up to 20% academic fees. St John’s School Epsom Rd, Leatherhead KT22 8SP t 01372 730000 f 01372 386606 e ns@ stjohns.surrey.sch.uk w www.

stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk Contact: MAR Collier, head; N Smith, dir of mus; Sally Stuart, admissions. Music awards: Scholarships are available for 13+ and lower 6th entry. At 13+ the requirements are gr 5 or equivalent standard on 1st inst or voice, and for lower 6th entry gr 8 or equivalent standard on first inst or voice. Voice excellence is an advantage. St Joseph’s College Upper Redlands Rd, Reading RG1 5JT t 0118 966 1000 e mailbox@ stjosephscollegereading.co.uk w www. st-josephs.reading.sch.uk Contact: Maureen T Sheridan, head. Music awards: Music scholarships available. St Lawrence College College Rd, Ramsgate CT11 7AE t 01843 572931 f 01843 572901 e ah@slcuk.com w www.slcuk.com Contact: Rev CWM Aitken, head; PM Stubbings, dir of mus; AM Hall, registrar. Music awards: Music awards value 10-50% fees, at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Awards may be increased according to entrance exam performance (music may also be offered as subject in exams for academic scholarships). St Leonards-Mayfield School The Old Palace, Mayfield TN20 6PH t 01435 874642 f 01435 872627 e admissions@mayfieldgirls.org w www. mayfieldgirls.org Contact: Antonia Beary, head; Peter Collins, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+ and 13+; choral scholarships at 13+ St Mary’s School (Gerrards Cross) 94 Packhorse Rd, Gerrards Cross SL9 8JQ t 01753 883370 f 01753 890966 e registrar@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk w www. stmarysschool.co.uk Contact: Sue Abbott, dir of mus; Chris Pearcey, registrar. Music awards: 1 award of 50% school fees awarded annually, age 11-16. St Mary’s School Ascot St Mary’s Rd, Ascot SL5 9JF t 01344 623721 f 01344 873281 e admissions@ st-marys-ascot.co.uk w www.st-marysascot.co.uk Contact: Mary Breen, head; David Andrew, dir of mus; Sandra Young, admissions. Music awards: 1 scholarship of 5% fees each year, up to 30% with meanstested bursaries. Free tuition on 2 insts. At least gr 5 on 1st inst at audition. St Swithun’s School, Winchester Winchester SO21 1HA t 01962 835746 (mus dept) f 01962 835779 e music@

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stswithuns.com w www.stswithuns.com Contact: J Gandee, head; R Brett, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded at 11+, 13+, 16+ (subject to means-testing); auditions held in Nov (6th Form) and Jan (11+ and 13+). Also a number of music exhibitions awarded annually to girls with a flair for performing. Min standard for scholarships is grade 5 (11+), grade 6 (13+) and grade 7 on two instruments (16+). Candidates offered a music scholarship must also fulfil the school’s entry reqs. St Teresa’s School Effingham Hill, Dorking RH5 6ST t 01372 452037 f 01372 450311 e j.shilling@stteresas.surrey.sch.uk w www. stteresasschool.com Contact: Lesley Falconer head; Tim Caister, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships of up to 50% of tuition fess available at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 6th form. Stowe School Stowe, Buckingham MK18 5EH t 01280 818000/323 (admissions) f 01280 818181 e admissions@stowe.co.uk w www.stowe. co.uk Contact: Anthony Wallersteiner, head; Simon Dearsely, dir of mus; David Fletcher, registrar. Music awards: Several music scholarships value up to 25% fees (may be further supported by bursaries). Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 6-7 for a Major Scholarship, grade 5 for Minor, grade 4 or 5 for Exhibitions. Also 6th form scholarships. Sutton Valence School Sutton Valence, Maidstone ME17 3HL t 01622 845200/36 (mus dept) f 01622 844103 e enquiries@svs.org.uk w www.svs. org.uk Contact: Bruce CW Grindlay, head; Philip Horley, dir of mus Music awards: Choral and inst scholarships and exhibitions at ages 11, 13 and 16. Auditions. Tonbridge School Tonbridge TN9 1JP t 01732 365555 f 01732 304293; 01732 363424 e jmm@ tonbridge-school.org w www.tonbridgeschool.co.uk Contact: THP Haynes, head; Mark Forkgen, dir of mus Music awards: Around 10 music scholarships value 10% fees with free inst tuition. In case of need, the value of a scholarship may be increased by any amount up to the full school fee. Age under 14 on 1 Sep. Choral scholarships value 10% fees also available to choristers of cathedral and other choir schools. Tormead School Cranley Rd, Guildford GU1 2JD t 01483 575101 f 01483 450592 e registrar@

tormeadschool.org.uk; music@ tormeadschool.org.uk w www. tormeadschool.org.uk Contact: C Foord, head; Timothy Ball, dir of mus; Martin Holford, asst dir. Music awards: Up to one quarter fees, plus full tuition fees for 1/2 insts for up to 5 entrants at 11+; candidates to be approx gr 5 standard. Up to 5 major music awards for 6th form entry; gr 6 standard. Tudor Hall School Wykham Park, Banbury OX16 9UR t 01295 756276 f 01295 253264 e admissions@tudorhallschool.com w www.tudorhallschool.com Contact: Wendy Griffiths, head; Lindsey Lea-James, dir of mus; Shanna Wells, mktg & admissions sec; Philippa Drinkwater, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships awarded at 11+, 12+, 13+ or 16+ of up to £1000 pa. Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks TN13 3UL t 01732 451334 f 01732 740439 e registrar@ walthamstowhall.kent.sch.uk w www. walthamstow-hall.co.uk Contact: J Milner, head; TJ Daniell, dir of mus. Music awards: Open scholarships at age 11 and age 13 worth up to 50% of fees; also exhbitions worth less than half fees may be offered. Wellington College Crowthorne RG45 7PU t 01344 444000 f 01344 444002 e admissions@ wellingtoncollege.org.uk w www. wellingtoncollege.org.uk Contact: AF Seldon, master; SRJ Williamson, dir of mus; RJW Walker, dir of admissions and mktg. Music awards: Up to 16 major music scholarships and exhibitions of 30% fees and minor awards of 20% and 10% available, as well as exhibitions; increased up to 85% if financial needs demand. The number of awards is dependent upon the standard and quality of application, which must be to a high standard on 1st inst, with a 2nd inst desirable. Available at age 13 and for 6th form entry. Wentworth College College Rd, Bournemouth BH5 2DY t 01202 423266; 01202 422584 (mus dept) f 01202 418030 e enquiries@ wentworthcollege.com w www. wentworthcollege.com Contact: S Coe, head; Mary Goodman, dir of mus. Music awards: Variable number of music scholarships of up to 40% fees for 11+, 12+ and 13+ entry, providing free music tuition

on up to 2 insts. Winchester College Music School, Culver Rd, Winchester SO23 9JF t 01962 621122 f 01962 621123 e jma@wincoll.ac.uk w www. winchestercollege.co.uk Contact: RD Townsend, head; Nicholas Wilks, master of mus; Keith Pusey, registrar. Music awards: Music awards with free inst tuition offered; bursaries up to full fees in cases of need. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; gr 6-8 on 1st inst expected. Awards at 16+ also available. Worth School Paddockhurst Rd, Turners Hill RH10 4SD t 01342 710200 f 01342 710201 e registry@worth.org.uk w www. worthschool.co.uk Contact: Gino Carminati, head; Michael Oakley, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 40% fees and bursaries available. Wychwood School 74 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 6JR t 01865 55796 e admin@wychwoodschool.org w www.wychwoodschool.org.uk Contact: S Wingfield Digby, head; John Cotton, mus. Music awards: 2 music scholarships offered at 11+ or 16+ to cover inst tuition. Wycliffe College Stonehouse GL10 2JQ t 01453 822453 f 01453 827634 e senior@wycliffe.co.uk w www.wycliffe.co.uk Contact: Margie Burnet Ward, head; EO Jenkins, dir of mus. Wycombe Abbey School High Wycombe HP11 1PE t 01494 520381 f 01494 473836 e schoolsecretary@wycombeabbey.com w www.wycombeabbey.com Contact: C Hall, head; G Bevan, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships available worth up to 10% of fees plus free tuition on 2 insts. Age under 14; 1st study inst at least gr 5 standard with 2nd inst preferred. 6th form music scholarship.

South WeSt Badminton School Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS9 3BA t 0117 905 5200 f 0117 962 8963 e admissions@badminton.bristol.sch.uk w www.badminton.bristol.sch.uk Contact: Jan Scarrow, head; Matthew Bale, dir of mus; Karen Balmforth, admin. Music awards: Music scholarships available in years 7, 9 and 12. Blundell’s School Tiverton EX16 4DN t 01884 252543

f 01884 243232 e registrars@blundells.org w www.blundells.org Contact: AH Barlow, dir of mus Music awards: Value up to 50% fees plus free inst tuition. Bredon College Pull Court, Bushley, Tewkesbury GL20 6AH t 01684 293156 e enquiries@ bredonschool.org w www.bredonschool. org Contact: John Hewitt, head. Music awards: Awards worth 25% of the day fees may be awarded to pupils who show outstanding aptitude for music. Bristol Grammar School University Rd, Bristol BS8 1SR t 0117 973 6006 f 0117 946 7485 e headmaster@bgs. bristol.sch.uk; admissions@bgs.bristol.sch. uk w www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk Contact: RI Mackinnon, head; RT Osmond, dir of mus Music awards: Students may be appointed as performing arts scholar on entry to Year 7 (worth 25% of fees). On entry to 6th form, students may be accepted onto the Honours programme which recognises exceptional talent. Benefits can inc concerto opportunities, ens direction and extra tuition. Bruton School for Girls Sunny Hill, Bruton BA10 0NT t 01749 814400 f 01749 812537 e info@ brutonschool.co.uk w www.brutonschool. co.uk Contact: John Burrough, head; E Campbell, mktg exec; Wendy Henderson, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships for talented musicians. Bryanston School Blandford, Dorset DT11 0PX t 01258 452411 f 01258 484661 e admissions@ bryanston.co.uk w www.bryanston.co.uk Contact: SJ Thomas, head; DM Emerson, dir of mus; SJ Birkill, admissions. Music awards: Generous number of scholarships and exhibitons awarded at 13+ and 16+, value up to 25% of fees, which may be supplemented with a means-tested bursary. All music scholars entitled to free inst tuition and weekly Alexander Technique sessions; scholars also receive weekly accompaniment periods. Canford School Canford Magna, Wimborne BH21 3AD t 01202 847486 f 01202 881009 e ccs@ canford.com w www.canford.com Contact: JD Lever, head; CC Sparkhall, dir of mus. Music awards: A number of scholarships of 10-50% fees, each with free tuition in 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; awarded on rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 57

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musical potential. Some 6th form scholarships of up to 50%. Scholarships may be supplemented in cases of need. Cheltenham College Bath Rd, Cheltenham GL53 7LD t 01242 265600 f 01242 265630 e registrar@ cheltenhamcollege.org w www. cheltenhamcollege.org Contact: Dr ARL Peterken, head; GS Busbridge, dir of mus; CF Wood, dir of admissions. Music awards: Various music, organ and choral scholarships and exhibitions valued up to 50% fees plus free music tuition. The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Bayshill Rd, Cheltenham GL50 3EP t 01242 520691 f 01242 227882 e registrar@cheltladiescollege.org w www. cheltladiescollege.org Contact: Eve Jardine Young, principal; Dominic Hawley, dir of mus; Sara Hill-Mathieson, Charlotte Woodward, registrars. Music awards: Awards offered at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 6th form according to merit. Scholarship enrichment programme. Clayesmore School Iwerne Minster, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8LL t 01747 812122 f 01747 811343 e kpigot@clayesmore.com w www. clayesmore.com Contact: Martin Cooke, head; DK Pigot, dir of mus. Music awards: Inst awards of 50%, 35%, 20% and 10% fees, all with free inst tuition (on 1st inst). Age under 14; usually gr 5 required in any orch inst. 2 choral awards also offered, value 5% fees; preference to ex-cathedral voices. Clifton College 32 College Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3JH t 0117 315 7000 f 0117 315 7101 e admissions@clifton-college.avon.sch.uk w www.cliftoncollegeuk.com Contact: Mark Moore, head; James Hills, dir of mus Music awards: At least 1 major scholarship value 25% fees plus other awards of lesser value; age under 14 on 1 Sep. 6th form scholarships value 25% fees. All awards include free inst tuition and may be supplemented; gr 5-8 required. Clifton High School College Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3JD t 0117 973 0201 f 0117 923 8962 e enquiries@cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk w www.cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk Contact: M Culligan, head; Sally Richards, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 major music scholarships, 2 inst scholarships to value of fees in 2 insts. Age under 13 in Feb.

Colston’s School Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1BJ t 0117 965 5207 f 0117 958 5652 e schooladmin@ colstons.bristol.sch.uk w www.colstons. bristol.sch.uk Contact: Peter Fraser, head. Dauntsey’s School West Lavington, nr Devizes SN10 4HE t 01380 814500 f 01380 814501 e information@dauntseys.wilts.sch.uk w www.dauntseys.wilts.sch.uk Contact: SB Roberts, head; CB Thompson, dir of mus. Music awards: Up to 10 music scholarships and exhibitions of up to 50% of fees at 11+, 13+ and 16+. A further 20 choral clerkships are offered annually to snr choristers. Additionally the Lady Benson Organ Scholarship of 10% fees and free music tuition is offered to organists at 16+. Dean Close School Shelburne Rd, Cheltenham GL51 6HE t 01242 258044 f 01242 258003 e registrar@deanclose.org.uk w www. deanclose.org.uk Contact: Jonathan Lancashire, head; Helen Porter, dir of mus; Sarah Smith, registrar. Music awards: Music awards of up to 40% fees with free inst tuition, and up to 100% with meanstested bursaries. Age 13+ and 16+ on 1 Sep; gr 5 min (13+)on 1st inst, with 2nd inst or singing an advantage. Awards also available at the preparatory school at 11+. Downside School Stratton on the Fosse, Radstock, Bath BA3 4RJ t 01761 235100 f 01761 235105 e ctambling@downsidemusic.co.uk w www.downside.co.uk Contact: Dom Leo Maidlow Davis, head; Christopher Tambling, dir of mus Music awards: 2-3 awards of up to 50% fees pa plus free inst tuition. Age under 14 on 1 May. Also choral exhibitions of up to 10% fees for members of schola cantorum. Scholarships and exhibitions at 11+ into prep dept. Exeter School Victoria Park Rd, Exeter EX2 4NS t 01392 273679 f 01392 498144 e admissions@ exeterschool.org.uk w www.exeterschool. org.uk Contact: R Griffin, head; P Tamblyn, dir of mus; W Drake, registrar. Music awards: Top music scholarship for outstanding ability (value 25-50% fees according to ability, and means-tested) may be awarded at 11, 12, 13 or 16. Other music scholarships, one each at 11, 12, 13 and three at 16, carry a value of £720 pa. Other music exhibitions are available. 2nd inst an

advantage. Governors’ awards (means tested) and academic scholarship prizes also available. The Godolphin School Milford Hill, Salisbury SP1 2RA t 01722 430500 f 01722 430501 e admissions@ godolphin.wilts.sch.uk w www.godolphin. org Contact: Samantha Price, head; Robin Highcock, dir of mus; Victoria Power, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships available for entry at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Kelly College Tavistock PL19 0HZ t 01822 813193 f 01822 612050 e registrar@kellycollege. com Contact: Graham Hawley, head; Andrew Wilson, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships offered value up to 40% fees with free tuition in 2 insts. Age under 14 with gr 5 on main inst or 6th form entry with gr 7 on main inst, with 2nd inst or voice; choral experience an advantage. King Edward’s School (Bath) North Rd, Bath BA2 6HU t 01225 464313 f 01225 481363 e headmaster@ kesbath.com w www.kesbath.com Contact: Martin Boden, head. Music awards: Special Talent awards may be offered to students who show outstanding ability in music. King’s College Taunton Taunton TA1 3LA t 01823 328165 f 01823 328202 e cjalbery@kings-taunton. co.uk w www.kings-taunton.co.uk Contact: RR Biggs, head; Colin Albery, dir of mus. Music awards: Awards of up to 33% fees, offered, all with free inst tuition on 2 insts. Awards may be increased in cases of need. Age under 14 or 6th form entry; gr 5-8 on main inst. King’s School (Bruton) Bruton BA10 0ED t 01749 814200 f 01749 813426 e office@kingsbruton. com w www.kingsbruton.com Contact: Ian Wilmshurst, head; D Gorodi, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships of up to 20% of fees available at 13+ and 16+. All awards carry free tuition in 2 insts. The King’s School (Gloucester) Pitt St, Gloucester GL1 2BG t 01452 337337 f 01452 337314 e office@ thekingsschool.co.uk w www. thekingsschool.co.uk Contact: Alistair Macnaughton, head; Derek Harris, dir of mus Music awards: Several scholarships available to gifted instrumentalists and singers at ages 11, 13 and 16.

Kingswood School Lansdown Rd, Bath BA1 5RG t 01225 734210 f 01225 734305 e enquiries@ kingswood.bath.sch.uk w www.kingswood. bath.sch.uk Contact: Simon Morris, head; Richard Mainwaring, dir of mus; Diane Patterson, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships for entry at 11+ (day and boarding), 13+ (boarding only) and 6th form (day and boarding). Leweston School Sherborne DT9 6EN t 01963 210691 f 01963 210786 e admissions@leweston. dorset.sch.uk Contact: A Aylward, head; Claire Hawkes, dir of mus Music awards: Variable number of music awards towards school fees, or free inst tuition. Age 11-13 or 6th form entry. Lucton School Lucton HR6 9PN t 01568 782000 e admissions@luctonschool.org w www. luctonschool.org Contact: Gill Thorne, head; Louise Toner, registrar. Music awards: Scholarships may be awarded in Years 7, 9 and 12. Marlborough College Marlborough SN8 1PA t 01672 892300 f 01672 892307 w www. marlboroughcollege.org Contact: N A Sampson, master; P Dukes, artistic dir. Music awards: Wide range of index-linked mus scholarships available; may be supplemented in case of need. Awards for age under 14 (Year 9); gr 5 (merit or distinction and above on 1st inst); 2 insts preferred. Also awards for 6th form entry, gr 7-8 with merit or distinction on main inst. Choral, str and org scholarships also available. The Maynard School Denmark Rd, Exeter EX1 1SJ t 01392 273417 f 01392 355999 e admissions@ maynard.co.uk w www.maynard.co.uk Contact: B Hughes, head; N Horton, dir of mus Music awards: 2 senior school music scholarships, both worth 10% of fees and 2 senior school music exhibitions. 2 6th form music scholarships, both worth 10% of fees. Millfield School Street, Somerset BA16 0YD t 01458 442291 f 01458 447276 e admissions@ millfieldschool.com w www. millfieldschool.com Contact: C Considine, head; J Jensen, dir of mus; C Coates, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded at head’s discretion.

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Age 13+ and 16+ (sixth form). Milton Abbey School Blandford Forum DT11 0BZ t 01258 881844 f 01258 881194 e andrew.wilson@ miltonabbey.co.uk w www.miltonabbey. co.uk Contact: Gareth Doodes, head; Andrew Wilson, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships worth 10% of fees plus free tuition in 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Jun; gr 4-5 min on 1st insts with credit for 2nd insts. Top-up bursaries available. Monkton Senior School Monkton Combe, nr Bath BA2 7HG t 01225 721102 f 01225 721181 e admissions@monkton.org.uk w www. monktoncombeschool.com Contact: RP Backhouse, principal; GD Bevan, dir of mus; P Neaverson, admin. Music awards: At least 2 awards of 5-35% fees (augmentable in case of need) with free tuition on up to 2 insts. Age under 14 on 1 Sep; 2nd inst reqd. Singing accepted as 2nd or alternative inst. Also awards for entry into lower sixth (5-25% fees). Plymouth College ord Park, Plymouth PL4 6RN t 01752 203300 f 01752 203246 e mail@ plymouthcollege.com w www. plymouthcollege.com Contact: DS Wormleighton, head; D Green, dir of music and perf arts; S Lambie, admissions. Music awards: Scholarships of up to 1/3 fees are available at 11+, 13+, 16+ as well as exhibitions offering free instrumental tuition. These are awarded by consideration of an audition held in the spring term for Sep entry the same year. Prior Park College Bath BA2 5AH t 01225 835353 f 01225 835753 e admissions@priorpark.co.uk w www.priorparkschools.co.uk Contact: James Murphy-O’Connor, head (from Sep 2009); Roland Robertson, dir of mus Music awards: Jnr music scholarships for entry at 11+, major music scholarships for entry at 13+ and 6th form scholarships. Generous reductions of fees available at all levels. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School Berkeley Place, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1JX t 0117 930 3040 f 0117 929 3106 e admissions@qehbristol.co.uk w www. qehbristol.co.uk Contact: S W Holliday, head; Edward Gent, dir of mus; Liz Bamber, admissions. Music awards: 3 music scholarships available; 2 at age 11+, 1 offering 50% fee remission plus free tuition

in 2 insts, 1 offering free tuition in 2 insts; 1 at age 13+ offering 50% fee remission plus free tuition in 2 insts. Queen’s College Taunton Trull Rd, Taunton TA1 4QS t 01823 272559 f 01823 338430 e admissions@ queenscollege.org.uk w www. queenscollege.org.uk Contact: Christopher J Alcock, head; Miles D Quick, dir of mus Music awards: Up to 8 scholarships of up to 50% of fees (more subject to means test) are awarded annually at 10+, 11+, 12+ and 16+. An org scholarship is also available. Red Maids School Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS9 3AW t 0117 962 2641 f 0117 962 1687 e admin@redmaids.bristol.sch.uk Contact: Stephen JM Browne, dir of mus Music awards: 2 music scholarships are offered. The major scholarship is worth 50% of the school fees. The minor scholarship covers the cost of lessons on 2 insts. Redland High School for Girls Redland Court, Bristol BS6 7EF t 0117 924 5796 f 0117 924 1127 e admissions@redlandhigh. com w www.redlandhigh.com Contact: CP Bateson, head; Nigel Davies, dir of mus; Caroline Jenner, admissions sec. Music awards: 2 of value 50% fees and tuition on 2 insts, available at 11+, 13+, 16+. Rendcomb College and Junior School Cirencester GL7 7HA t 01285 831213 f 01285 831331 e info@rendcomb.gloucs. sch.uk w www.rendcombcollege.co.uk Contact: Gerry Holden, head; Roy Raby, dir of mus. Music awards: 1 major scholarship, value up to 50% fees pa; 2 scholarships, value up to 20% fees pa; 4 minor scholarships. Scholarships open to any pupil joining college at 11, 13 or 16. The Royal High School, GDST Lansdown Rd, Bath BA1 5SZ t 01225 313877 f 01225 465446 e royalhigh@bat. gdst.net w www.gdst.net/royalhighbath Contact: Rebecca Dougall, head; Sally Jenkins, dir of mus Music awards: 6th form music scholarship (1 per annum). Yr 7 music scholarship (1 per annum). Shebbear College Shebbear, Devon EX21 5HJ t 01409 282000/001 f 01409 281784 e info@ shebbearcollege.co.uk w www. shebbearcollege.co.uk Contact: Bob Barnes, head; Jacky Rowe, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships available, value and number at head’s discretion.

Sherborne Girls Bradford Rd, Sherborne DT9 3QN t 01935 818224 f 01935 389445 e enquiry@sherborne.com w www. sherborne.com Contact: Jenny Dwyer, head; John Jenkins, dir of mus; Jenny Hinks, admissions. Music awards: Major music scholarships up to 25% fees (plus 3 free lessons p/w). No age limit. Jan auditions. Sherborne School Sherborne DT9 3AP t 01935 810518 f 01935 810426 e jhenderson@sherborne. org w www.sherborne.org Contact: JEC Henderson, dir of mus; CJ Davis, head; M Cleaver, registrar. Music awards: Up to 8 major scholarships awarded annually for those aged under 14 on 1 Sep. Bursaries are available to supplement these awards where necessary. Marion Packer Scholarship for pianist. Free inst tuition for scholars. Sidcot School Winscombe BS25 1PD t 01934 843102 f 01934 844181 e admissions@sidcot.org. uk w www.sidcot.org.uk Contact: John Walmsley, head; Beverley King, dir of mus Music awards: 1 6th form scholarship of up to 50% fees (awarded by interview and audition). Also approx 4 music bursaries of free tuition in 1-2 insts awarded annually, may be supplemented in cases of need by means-tested bursary of up to 30% boarding fees. Age 11+, 13+ (gr 3-4) or 16+ (gr 7-8). St Edward’s School (Cheltenham) Cirencester Rd, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL53 8EY t 01242 538600 e headmaster@stedwards.co.uk w www. stedwards.co.uk Contact: Paul Harvey, head; RT O’Hara, bursar. Music awards: Scholarships awarded at 11+ (grade 3+ on 1st inst, grade 1+ on 2nd inst) and 6th form, with occasional awards made for entry in other years. Awards are fully means-tested but may also be awarded entirely on merit. Also inst awards providing free tuition for up to 1 hr per week offered to students achieving grade 5 with merit before the end of year 9, and/or grade 7 at any stage. St Margaret’s School for Girls 147 Magdalen Rd, Exeter EX2 4TS t 01392 273197 (head)/491699 (admissions) f 01392 251402 e mail@ stmargarets-school.co.uk w www. stmargarets-school.co.uk Contact: Sheila Cooper, head; Mary Lowles, dir of mus

Music awards: Music scholarships and bursaries available. St Mary’s School, Calne Curzon St, Calne SN11 0DF t 01249 857200 f 01249 857207 e office@ stmaryscalne.org w www.stmaryscalne.org Contact: Helen Wright, head; Edward Whiting, dir of mus; Christine Fitt, head of admissions. Music awards: 2 music scholarships up to 40% of fees (subject to a means test), awarded at 11+, 13+ and sixth form; also exhibitions may be awarded. Stonar School Cottles Park, Atworth, Melksham SN12 8NT t 01225 701740/1 f 01225 790830 e office@stonarschool.com w www. stonarschool.com Contact: Shirley Shayler, head; Nicholas Goodall, dir of mus Music awards: Scholarships available for music, academic, sport, riding, drama. Bursaries based on financial needs - means tested. Stover School Newton Abbot, TQ12 6QG t 01626 354505 f 01626 361475 e mail@stover. co.uk w www.stover.co.uk Contact: S Bradley, head; S Lea, dir of mus; F White, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions available at 11+, 13+ and 6th form. Talbot Heath School Rothesay Rd, Bournemouth BH4 9NJ t 01202 761881 f 01202 768155 w www. talbotheath.org Contact: Angharad Holloway, head. Music awards: Music scholarships cover a percentage of school fees and incl free tuition on 2 insts or one inst and singing lessons. They are awarded on the basis of a candidate’s musical proficiency and potential. Taunton School Taunton TA2 6AD t 01823 703703 f 01823 703704 e enquiries@ tauntonschool.co.uk w www. tauntonschool.co.uk Contact: John Newton, head; Mark Cracknell, dir of mus. Music awards: Scholarships at 11+, 13+ and 6th form, and an org scholarship, all of up to 50% remission of tuition fees with possible additional help from bursaries. Truro High School for Girls Falmouth Rd, Truro TR1 2HU t 01872 272830 f 01872 279393 e admin@ trurohigh.co.uk w www.trurohigh.co.uk Contact: Caroline Pascoe, head. Music awards: Music awards (also academic, sport, art) available on entry to yr 7 and yr rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 59

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12 of 25% of standard tuition fees. Also means-tested bursaries. Truro School Trennick Lane, Truro TR1 1TH t 01872 272763 f 01872 223431 e enquiries@ truroschool.com w www.truroschool.com Contact: PK Smith, head; MD Palmer, dir of mus. Music awards: Several, value up to 5% current fees and means tested assisted places; any inst. Warminster School Church St, Warminster BA12 8PJ t 01985 210160 f 01985 210154 e admin@ warminsterschool.org w www. warminsterschool.org Contact: Martin Priestley, head; Brian Martineau, dir of mus. Music awards: Annual music scholarships at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Exhibitions covering inst tuition may be available at discretion of dir of music. West Buckland School Barnstaple EX32 0SX t 01598 760129 (mus dept) f 01598 760546 e emk@ westbuckland.devon.sch.uk w www. westbuckland.devon.sch.uk Contact: John Vick, head; Emma Kent, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+, 13+ and 6th form. Westonbirt School Tetbury GL8 8QG t 01666 880333 f 01666 880364 e registrar@westonbirt. gloucs.sch.uk w www.westonbirt.gloucs. sch.uk Contact: M Henderson, head; Robin Baggs, dir of mus. Music awards: Annual music scholarships of up to 25% fees; org scholarship; additional meanstested bursaries also available. Age under 14 on 1 Sep.

Yorkshire and humberside Ackworth School Ackworth, Pontefract WF7 7LT t 01977 611401 f 01977 616226 e admissions@ ackworthschool.com w www. ackworthschool.com Contact: Kathryn Bell, head. Music awards: Music scholarships assessed by auditions and the presentation of a portfolio and practical assessment; scholarships generally cover the cost of inst tuition fees. Ampleforth College York YO62 4ER t 01439 766000 f 01439 788330 e admissions@ampleforth.org.uk w www.college.ampleforth.org.uk Contact: Fr Gabriel Everitt, head; Ian Little, dir of mus

Music awards: Choral and inst scholarships at ages 13 (gr 5) and 16 (gr 8). 2 insts must be offered (can include voice at 16). Potential will be considered alongside attainment. Ashville College Green Lane, Harrogate HG2 9JP t 01423 566358 f 01423 505142 e ashville@ ashville.co.uk w www,ashville.co.uk Contact: Mark Lauder, head. Music awards: Scholarships may be awarded in years 7-9 or for 6th form entry to pupils who excel in music. Batley Grammar School Carlinghow Hill, Batley WF17 0AD t 01924 474980 f 01924 471960 e info@ batleygrammar.co.uk w www. batleygrammar.co.uk Contact: Brigid Tullie, head. Birkdale School Oakholme Rd, Sheffield S10 3DH t 0114 266 8409 f 0114 267 1947 e admissions@birkdaleschool.org.uk w www.birkdaleschool.org.uk Contact: Paul Owen, head; Adrian Jordan, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 music scholarships pa at 11+ and 6th form worth up to 25% of tuition fees plus free tuition on 1 inst. Additional bursaries available on proof of need. Bootham School York YO30 7BU t 01904 623261 f 01904 652106 e office@boothamschool.com w www.boothamschool.com Contact: Jonathan Taylor, head; Paul Feehan, dir of mus. Music awards: Entry scholarships of up to 50% fees. First term tuition free for new orch inst. Bradford Girls’ Grammar Squire Lane, Bradford BD9 6RB t 01274 545395 e registrar@bggs.com w www. bggs.com Contact: Kathryn Matthews, head. Music awards: Scholarships may be awarded for outstanding musical ability to girls who will contribute positively to school life; families may also apply for bursaries. Bradford Grammar Keighley Rd, Bradford BD9 4JP t 01274 542492 f 01274 548129 e enquiries@ bradfordgrammar.com Contact: Stephen Davidson, head; NA Mann, dir of mus; Karen Hewitt, registrar. Music awards: A number of scholarships are offered to pupils of outstanding musical talent. Fulneck School Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8DS t 0113

257 0235 f 0113 255 7316 e enquiries@ fulneckschool.co.uk w www.fulneckschool. co.uk Fyling Hall School Robin Hood’s Bay, N Yorks YO22 4QD t 01947 880353 e office@fylinghall.org w www.fylinghall.org Contact: Ken James, head; Samantha Wormald, head of mus. Gateways School Harewood, Leeds LS17 9LE t 0113 288 6345 f 0113 288 6148 e gateways@ gatewayschool.co.uk w www. gatewaysschool.co.uk Contact: Yvonne Wilkinson, head; P Dutton, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions awarded. Giggleswick School Settle BD24 0DE t 01729 893000 f 01729 893150 e enquiries@giggleswick. org.uk Contact: GP Boult, head; Darren Everhart, dir of mus Music awards: Generous music scholarships available, with free inst tuition. Age 11, 13, and 6th form entry. The Grammar School at Leeds Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Rd, Leeds LS17 8GS t 0113 229 1552 f 0113 228 5111 e enquiries@gsal.org.uk w www.gsal. org.uk Contact: Michael Gibbons, principal; Katie Staggs, dir of mus; Andrew Wheeler, dir of instrumental studies. Music awards: Modest financial awards available for musical pupils joining senior school at age 11. Harrogate Ladies’ College Harrogate HG1 2QG t 01423 504543; 01423 537016 (mus dept) f 01423 568893 e enquire@hlc.org.uk; music@hlc. org.uk w www.hlc.org.uk Contact: Rhiannon Wilkinson, head; Kate Morgan, dir of mus; Julia Benammar, dir of admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships and awards available. Hull Collegiate School Tranby Croft, Anlaby HU10 7EH t 01482 657016 f 01482 655389 e enquiries.hull@ church-schools.com w www. hullcollegiateschool.co.uk Contact: Rob Haworth, head. Music awards: Music scholarships offered at 11+, 14+ and 16+ and are awarded by audition, written examination and interview in the Lent term preceding Sep entry; 1 lesson pw will be given free of charge in the scholar’s main discipline. Successful candidates receive a fixed £100 per term discount from tuition fees.

Hymers College Hymers Avenue, Hull HU3 1LW t 01482 343555 f 01482 472854 e enquiries@ hymers.org w www.hymerscollege.co.uk Contact: David Elstone, head. The Mount School, York Dalton Terrace, York,YO24 4DD t 01904 667507 f 01904 667524 w www. mountschoolyork.co.uk Contact: Diana Gant, head; Derek Chivers, dir of mus Music awards: Several awards offered, value up to 25% fees; standards required are 11+ gr 4; 13+ gr 5; 16+ gr 6+. North Halifax Grammar School Moorbottom Rd, Illingworth, Halifax HX2 9SU t 01422 244625 f 01422 245237 e mail@nhgs.co.uk w www.nhgs. co.uk Contact: GP Maslen, head. Pocklington School West Green, Pocklington, York YO42 2NJ t 01759 321200 f 01759 306366 e enquiry@pocklingtonschool.com w www.pocklingtonschool.com Contact: M Ronan, head; M Kettlewell, dir of mus; F Lambert, admissions sec. Music awards: Music scholarships up to 8.6% of annual day fees are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Queen Ethelburga’s College Thorpe Underwood Estate, York YO23 9SS t 01423 333330 e info@QE.org w www.queenethelburgas.edu Contact: Steven Jandrell, head. Music awards: Special ability awards inc music awards worth up to £1800 per yr boarding or up to £600 per yr day. Queen Margaret’s School Escrick Park, York YO19 6EU t 01904 728261 f 01904 728150 e enquiries@ queenmargarets.com w www. queenmargarets.com Contact: Paul Silverwood, head; Jeremy Bowyer, dir of mus; Jackie Hallewell, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Queen Mary’s School Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, Thirsk YO7 3BZ t 01845 575000 f 01845 575001 e admin@queenmarys.org w www. queenmarys.org Contact: Robert Mckenzie Johnston, head; N Carter, dir of mus. Music awards: Held in Feb. 2 jnr music scholarships of up to 33% fees; plus free inst tuition for 1 inst. Age 11, gr 3 expected (1st inst), or age 12, gr 4 (1st inst), 2nd inst or voice an advantage. Also 1 snr scholarship value 33% fees plus free inst tuition for 2

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insts, age 13, gr 5 min (1st inst), 2nd inst or voice expected. Awards may also be made to children age under 11. For all awards musical potential is more important than exams taken. Rishworth School Rishworth HX6 4QA t 01422 822217 f 01422 820911 e admin@rishworthschool.co.uk w www.rishworth-school.co.uk Contact: RA Baker, head; SJ Stamp, dir of mktg & registrar; PI Lynch, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships available, subject to satisfactory academic perf. Scarborough College Filey Rd, Scarborough YO11 3BA t 01723 360620 f 01723 377265 e admin@ scarboroughcollege.co.uk w www. scarboroughcollege.co.uk Contact: I Nixon, head; A Roberts, dir of mus; S Abram, admissions. Music awards: Discretionary awards and bursaries available. Sheffield High School 10 Rutland Park, Sheffield S10 2PE t 0114 266 0324 f 0114 267 8520 e enquiries@ she.gdst.net w www.sheffieldhighschool. org.uk Music awards: Music scholarships available at yr 7 with max value, if combined with a Founders’ Award, of 50% of annual fees. Means-tested bursaries available. Silcoates School Wrenthorpe, Wakefield WF2 0PD t 01924 291614 f 01924 368693 e head@ silcoates.org.uk w www.silcoates.co.uk Contact: Darryl Wideman, head; HL Ward, dir of mus Music awards: Music scholarships offered at 11+, 13+ and 16+ and are discretionary awards normally amounting to 10-20% of fees; bursaries also available. St Peter’s School Clifton, York YO30 6AB t 01904 527300 f 01904 527302 e enquiries@st-peters. york.sch.uk w www.st-peters.york.sch.uk Contact: L Winkley, head; Paul MilesKingston, dir of mus. Music awards: Several music bursaries offering part fees or free tuition in 1 or more insts. Woodhouse Grove School Apperley Bridge BD10 0NR t 0113 250 2477 f 0113 250 5290 e enquiries@ woodhousegrove.co.uk w www. woodhousegrove.co.uk Contact: DC Humphreys, head; Philip Tedd, dir of mus; Tara Gilkes, registrar. Music awards: Music scholarships and exhibitions with free inst

tuition. Age 11, 13, or 6th form entry; gr 5 on 1st inst with 2nd inst/voice expected. Other special awards also available to pupils over age limit, especially 6th form entrants.

Scotland Albyn School 17-23 Queen’s Rd, Aberdeen AB15 4PB t 01224 322408 f 01224 209173 e admissions@albynschool.co.uk w www. albynschool.co.uk Contact: Ian Long, head; Laura Jarret, head of mus. Music awards: Awards worth up to 5% of fees may be offered on entry to the senior school and are tenable throughout a pupil’s time there. Beaconhurst School 52 Kenilworth Rd, Bridge of Allan FK9 4RR t 01786 832146 f 01786 833415 e secretary@beaconhurst.stirling.sch.uk w www.beaconhurst.com Contact: Iain Kilpatrick, head. Belmont House School Sandringham Ave, Newton Mairns, Glasgow G77 5DU t 0141 639 2922 f 0141 639 9860 e admin@belmontschool. co.uk w www.belmontschool.co.uk Contact: Melvyn D Shanks, principal. Clifton Hall School Clifton Hall School, Newbridge, Edinburgh EH28 8LQ t 0131 333 1359 f 0131 333 4609 e rodgrant@cliftonhall. org.uk w www.cliftonhall.org.uk Contact: Rod Grant, head. Music awards: 3 bursaryassisted places are available in each year group. Craigholme School 72 St Andrew’s Dr, Glasgow G41 4HS t 0141 427 0375 f 0141 427 6396 e admissions@craigholme.co.uk w www. craigholme.co.uk Contact: Gillian Stobo, principal; Emma Hecht, admissions. Music awards: A number of means-tested bursaries are offered, predominantly for entry into the senior school. Dollar Academy Dollar, Clackmannanshire FK14 7DU t 01259 742511 f 01259 742867 e rector@dollaracademy.org.uk w www. dollaracademy.org.uk The Edinburgh Academy 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh EH3 5BL t 0131 556 4603 f 0131 624 4994 e admissions@edinburghacademy.org.uk w www.edinburghacademy.org.uk Contact: Marco Longmore, rector. Music awards: Scholarships awarded at S1, S3 and S5 and

are made initially for two years; their continuation is based on satisfactory progress and commitment shown to music in curricular or co-curricular activities. Fernhill School Fernbrae Ave, Burnside, Rutherglen G73 4SG t 0141 634 2674 e info@ fernhillschool.co.uk w www.fernhillschool. co.uk Contact: Jacqueline Sexton, head; Christine Forshaw, principal mus teacher. Fettes College Carrington Rd, Edinburgh EH4 1QX t 0131 311 6744 f 0131 311 6714 e admissions@fettes.com w www.fettes. com Contact: David Goodenough, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships available from age 10 in the prep school through auditions. Scholarships at Fettes College available from 13-16; scholarships cover up to 10% of fees but with meanstested bursaries it is possible to cover 100% of fees. Standard requirement gr 5+ on main inst for snr musicians. Auditions Jan annually. George Heriot’s School Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EQ t 0131 229 7263 f 0131 229 6363 e admissions@george-heriots.com w www. george-heriots.com Music awards: Application may be made for special skills awards in music; these are available to pupils from S1 onwards who meet the relevant criteria. Awards will be of £1,000, and a maximum of one award will be made each year. George Watson’s College Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5EG t 0131 446 6000; 0131 446 6031 (dir of mus) f 0131 446 6090 e d.elliott@gwc.org. uk w www.gwc.org.uk Contact: Gareth Edwards, principal; David Elliott, dir of mus; Heather Wilson, head of snr school/ admissions; Linda Fleming, head of jnr school/admissions. Music awards: 2 music scholarships with free tuition on 2 insts offered annually for entrants to form 1; exams in Jan. Possible assistance with fees through the Watson’s Family Foundation. Also a number of inst tuition bursaries available each session. The Glasgow Academy Colebrooke St, GlasgowG12 8HE t 0141 334 8558 f 0141 337 3473 e retor@theglasgowacademy.org.uk w www.theglasgowacademy.org.uk Contact: Peter Brodie, rector.

Glenalmond College Perth PH1 3RY t 01738 842056 f 01738 842063 e registrar@glenalmondcollege. co.uk w www.glenalmondcollege.co.uk Contact: Gordon C Woods, warden; Tim Ridley, dir of mus. Music awards: Normally 10% fees; potential for further financial assistance up to 100% of fees. Applications possible at any stage; all insts welcome. Choral exhibitions and org scholarships available. Gordonstoun School Elgin, IV30 2RF t 01343 837894/5 (mus dept) f 01343 837838 e burburys@ gordonstoun.org.uk w www.gordonstoun. org.uk Contact: MCS-R Pyper, head; Simon Burbury, dir of mus. Music awards: 2 or 3 jnr and snr awards pa. Age 13+, 16+; gr 5-8 on 1 or more insts expected. Inst bursaries also available. Hamilton College Bothwell Rd, Hamilton ML3 0AY t 01698 282700 f 01698 281589 w www. hamiltoncollege.co.uk High School of Dundee Euclid Cres, Dundee DD1 1HU t 01382 202921 e enquiries@highschoolofdundee. org.uk w www.highschoolofdundee.org.uk Contact: J Halliday, rector. Hutchesons’ Grammar School 21 Beaton Rd, Glasgow G41 4NW t 0141 423 2933 f 0141 424 0251 e rector@ hutchesons.org w www.hutchesons.org Contact: Kenneth M Greig, rector; Edgar Trotter, dir of mus. Music awards: One music bursary available each year in secondary school. Kelvinside Academy 33 Kirklee Rd, Glasgow G12 0SW t 0141 357 3376 f 0141 357 5401 e registrar@ kelvinsideacademy.org.uk w www. kelvinsideacademy.org.uk Contact: Lesley Douglas, rector. Music awards: Miller Drummond Music Scholarship: up to two music awards each year given to pupils entering S5 or S6; eligibility criteria apply which must continue to be met for the duration of the scholarship. Kilgraston School Kilgraston, Bridge of Earn, Perth PH2 9BQ t 01738 812257 e headoffice@ kilgraston.com w www.kilgraston.com Contact: Michael Farmer, principal; Andrew McGarva, dir of mus; Linda-Anne Drane, pa to principal. Music awards: Scholarship awards are also available to give rhinegold.co.uk scholarships 2012 61

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a discount off school fees available for entry into U3/P7 onwards. Lomond School 10 Stafford St, Helensburgh G84 9JX t 01436 672476 f 01436 678320 e admin@lomond-school.org w www. lomond-school.org Contact: Simon Mills, head; Diane Philips, head of mus; Liz Wylie, admissions. Music awards: Meanstested bursaries up to 100% fees. Loretto School Linkfield Rd, Musselburgh EH21 7RE t 0131 653 4455 f 0131 653 4456 e admissions@loretto.com w www.loretto. com Contact: Peter Hogan, head; Edward Coleman, dir of mus; Sarah Finlayson, admissions dir Music awards: Major music scholarships may be awarded to pupils joining the school from age 12. Various bursaries which could augment scholarships. Major org scholarships tenable at any level. Also piping bursaries and 13+ chanter players. The Mary Erskine School Ravelston, Edinburgh EH4 3NT t 0131 347 5700 f 0131 347 5799 e schoolsecretary@esmgc.com w www.esms. edin.sch.uk Contact: David Gray, principal; Helen Mitchell, dir of mus Music awards: Janie Beeston Scholarship for str players and other awards. Applications by early Jan. Merchiston Castle School Colinton, Edinburgh EH13 0PU t 0131 312 2201 f 0131 441 6060 e admissions@ merchiston.co.uk w www.merchiston.co.uk Contact: A R Hunter, head; Stephen Dennis, head of mus; Anne Rickard, dir of admissions. Music awards: Up to 2 music scholarships available, inc piping exhibition, plus means-tested inst bursaries. Morrison’s Academy Ferntower Rd, Crieff PH7 3AN t 01764 653885 f 01764 655411 e admissions@ morrisonsacademy.org w www. morrisonsacademy.org Contact: GSH Pengelley, rector; Z Fazlic, dir of mus. Music awards: Limited funds are available to support private tuition in a musical inst where a pupil shows particular talent and parental funding is not available. Robert Gordon’s College Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FE t 01224 646346 f 01224 630301 e enquiries@rgc. aberdeen.sch.uk w www.rgc.aberdeen.sch. uk Music awards: Burnett Scholarships offering up to 50% available to pupils in

fifth yr at Scottish schools St Columba’s School Duchal Rd, Kilmacolm PA13 4AU t 01505 872238 f 01505 873995 e secretary@st-columbas.org w www. st-columbas.org St Leonards St Andrews KY16 9QJ t 01334 472126 f 01334 476152 e info@stleonards-fife.org w www.stleonards-fife.org Contact: Michael Carslaw, head; Stuart Whatton, dir of mus Music awards: Meas-tested music scholarships awarded on entry at 12+, 14+, 16+. Stewart’s Melville College Queensferry Rd, Edinburgh EH4 3EZ t 0131 311 1000 f 0131 311 1099 e principal@esmgc.com w www.esms.edin. sch.uk Contact: JND Gray, principal; Jason Orringe, dir of mus. Music awards: Music Award, Music Scholarship, Monihan Organ Scholarship, Janie Beeston Scholarship (strs). Strathallan School Forgandenny, Perthshire PH2 9EG t 01738 812546 f 01738 812549 e admissions@strathallan.co.uk w www. strathallan.co.uk Contact: Bruce Thompson, head; Richard Walmsley, dir of mus. Music awards: Music, choral and piping/drumming scholarships of up to 50% fees. Bursaries available on proof of financial need. Wellington School Carleton Turrets, Craigwell Rd Ayr, KA7 2XH t 01292 269321 f 01292 272161 e info@wellingtonschool.org w www. wellingtonschool.org Contact: RM Parlour, head; Marian Dunlop, admissions sec.

Wales Christ College Brecon LD3 8AG t 01874 615440 (mus dept) f 01874 615475 e music@ christcollegebrecon.com w www. christcollegebrecon.com Contact: Emma Taylor, head; Richard West, dir of mus; Margaret Stephens, admissions. Music awards: Max value 50% fees with free tuition in 1 inst. Age under 12, under 14 or under 17 on 1 Jun. 6th form choral scholarships in conjunction with Brecon Cathedral also available. Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls Hereford Rd, Monmouth NP25 5XT

t 01600 711100; 01600 711104 (admissions) f 01600 711233 e admissions@hmsg.co.uk w www.habsmonmouth.org Contact: Helen Davy, head; Angela Randles, head of academic & choral mus; Mario Conway, head of inst & mus tech. Music awards: 2 scholarships worth up to 35% fees and 1 hr free inst tuition at 11+ entry. 1 scholarship at 13+ and 16+ as above. Approx gr 5, 6 and 8 standards expected at 11+, 13+ and 16+ respectively. Application by letter to headmistress by 16 Jan. Selection by audition - 2 pieces 1st inst, aural tests, sight reading; late Jan. Howell’s Llandaff Cardiff Rd, Cardiff CF5 2YD t 029 2056 2019 f 029 2057 8879 e mail@how.gdst.net w www.howells-cardiff.gdst.net Contact: Denise Scourfield, snr school admissions. Howell’s School Denbigh LL16 3EN t 01745 813631 f 01745 814443 e enquiries@howells.org w www.howells.org Contact: Rachael Hodgson, principal; Morwen Murray, head of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships awarded every year for entry into lower school and 6th form. Llandovery College Llandovery SA20 0EE t 01550 723000 f 01550 723002 e mail@llandoverycollege. com w www.llandoverycollege.com Contact: Peter A Hogan, head; Emma Lewis, head of mus; Bethan Charles-Davies, admissions. Music awards: Music scholarships (inc free tuition) offered annually for entry at Yr 7 and above. Monmouth School Monmouth NP25 3XP t 01600 713143 f 01600 772701 e admissions@ monmouthschool.org w www.habsmonmouth.org Contact: Steven Connors, head; David Lawson, dir of mus. Music awards: Music scholarships at 11+, 13+ and 16+ with remission on fees and free inst tuition. Rougemont School Llantarnam Hall, Malpas Rd, Newport NP20 6QB t 01633 820811 e registrar@ rsch.co.uk w www.rougemontschool.co.uk Ruthin School Mold Rd, Ruthin LL15 1EE t 01824 702543 f 01824 707141 e office@ ruthinschool.co.uk w www.ruthinschool. co.uk Contact: TJ Belfield, principal; EL Eccles, registrar; O Sammons, music. Rydal Penrhos Senior School

Pwllycrochan Ave, Colwyn Bay LL29 7BT t 01492 530155 f 01492 531872 e info@ rydal-penrhos.com w www.rydal-penrhos. com Contact: Chris Ward, dir of mus. Music awards: Music bursaries for up to 50% of fees offered, based on practical assessment or audition and subject to means test. St David’s College Llandudno LL30 1RD t 01492 875974 f 01492 870383 e hmsec@stdavidscollege. co.uk w www.stdavidscollege.co.uk Contact: Chris Condrup, head; Frances Marshall, head of mus. Music awards: Inst scholarships of up to 25% fees with free inst tuition on 2 insts. Means-tested bursaries also available.

NortHerN IrelaNd Belfast Royal Academy t 02890 740423 e info@bfsra.belfast.ni. sch.uk w www.belfastroyalacademy.com Contact: JMG Dickson, head; M McMullan, dir of mus. Music awards: 24 scholarships per yr worth £187.50 each. 14 gifted and talented, 10 on ‘endangered’ insts (ob, va, vc, fr hn, db, bsn, tuba); also 2 org scholarships (pupils are taught by Philip Stopford, organist at Belfast Cathedral).

cHaNNel IslaNds Elizabeth College The Grange, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2PY t 01481 726544 f 01481 714839 e secretary@elizabethcollege.guernsey.net w www.elizcoll.org Contact: ND Argent, head; PC Harris, dir of mus. Music awards: 1 inst scholarship of free tuition in 1 inst, 1 choral scholarship value £450 pa. Victoria College Le Mont Millais, St Helier, Jersey JE1 4HT t 01534 638200 f 01534 727448 e admin@vcj.sch.je w www.victoriacollege. je Contact: Alun Watkins, head.

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