Music

“I believe that every person is born with talent.” Maya Angelou

Overview

At the heart of Music at Harris Academy Tottenham is the belief that ‘Music is for Everyone’. Our Music curriculum has been uniquely designed to offer every student the opportunity to find and develop their individual musical talents to the full. While exploring new styles of music, pupils will work on a wide range of practical activities that immerse them in authentic musical experiences to develop their performance, composition and listening/appraising skills. This will support their development into well-rounded young musicians equipped for making music in the 21^st Century. Music is a compulsory subject at KS3 with all classes receiving one hour of curricular Music per week. Pupils in Year 10 and Year 11 study GCSE Music; this is taught across three lessons per week at Year 10 and four lessons per week at Year 11. Primary students also receive one hour of curricular Music per week and well as weekly singing assemblies. 

Mission statement

Our students will be creative learners who enjoy exploring, performing, devising and appreciating music from a wide variety of genres. We very much pride ourselves on providing an authentic Music curriculum where students consistently engage with expertly designed lessons with practical activity at the core of each lesson. A variety of musical styles are explored and serve as the vessels for incremental skill development ensuring when students end KS3 they have the option to choose the GCSE in keeping with our vision/value ‘Music is for Everyone’. As well as being exposed to a wide variety of genres to develop instrumental skills, students are engaging with musical analysis every lesson using the interrelated dimensions of music to evaluate their own performance, analyse what they are playing and compare/contrast musical features found within different genres. Complementing our curriculum, we have extensive peripatetic and co-curricular programmes open to both Primary and Secondary students. 

Staff

Mr O Bailey-Green – Director of Music
Ms E Harwood - Teacher of Music