MUSIC AT RANGI RURU

Music is integrated into the heart of our community at Rangi Ruru, well beyond the confines of the traditional classroom. Students are featured in every facet of school life as soloists, and in small and large ensembles— at assemblies, chapel services, student-initiated events, connections with the Rangi Ruru alumnae and wider whānau.

Performance Opportunities

Our students take part in local and national school-based festivals and competitions, and are frequently invited to feature in a wide range of community events and functions. Through this real-life approach, our musicians gain the skills and dispositions to contribute positively through music to communities they may become involved in beyond school.

Academic Accolades

Studies have shown that students who are involved in extensive musical programmes do very well academically and we see this in our community: Rangi Ruru is consistently one of the top-performing schools in Music in New Zealand.

As a school, we strongly support NCEA as a robust and highly regarded academic qualification, with our results consistently being among the country’s highest. These include Outstanding, Top Scholar, and Premier Scholarship awards, with each category including Rangi Ruru musicians. In Music, our students have achieved a 95% music scholarship success rate in the last eight years, including several Outstanding and Top Music Scholar Awards.