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Mathematics and Physics
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Thornhill College
Girls' Grammar School
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"Educating concerned, informed, adaptable members of the world community"
Thornhill College,
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Music at Thornhill College Music Dept Staff:
Introduction Thornhill College has a long tradition of producing young musicians who continue their music studies at universities and music colleges both north and south of Ireland and in the UK. Our school offers Music at Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-Level. Extra curricular activities have always played an important part in the life of music in the school. These activities include: |
Winners of the Sligo International Choral Festival |
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 Getting Ready for the Spring Recital |
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Instrument Tuition As well as three full time music teachers the Music Department also has various instrumental teachers who between them cover all brass, woodwind, string, traditional, recorder instruments and voice. |
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Lessons take place once per week at Thornhill College during school
hours.
If you would like further information, please consult the WELBs own
website. The facilities in our school are first class. As well as three well-equipped classrooms there are five ensemble rooms each with a practice piano. The music dept has two grand pianos. All of our classrooms are equipped with internet access and we have a hi-tech recording suite. |
 Pupils do not necessarily require their own instruments as these can be loaned from WELB. There is also an assisted purchase scheme operated by the board. |
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The Musical Life of the School
Our various choirs,
instrumental ensembles and individual performers provide the
music for all school functions (e.g. religious services,
concerts and the annual Prize-Giving Ceremony), as well as
competing in national and international competitions and local
Feiseanna. The School Choirs We are proud of our rich musical history at Thornhill College which has been graced over the years by our school choirs. We have two main school choirs, for junior and senior pupils. Our Senior Choir has achieved a fantastic reputation due to major successes in both national and international competitions. |
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The School Orchestras The School Orchestras include brass, woodwind, strings, piano, harp and percussion. They rehearse and perform regularly each year both in the school and at outside events. The orchestras provide a fabulous opportunity for musicians to play together and all instrumentalists are encouraged to join. |
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Musical Ensembles We have a
number of smaller musical ensembles, including a string quartet and a
recorder group. All rehearse and perform regularly. The Derry Feis
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Thornhill College Junior Choir At Rehearsal |
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The School Musical Every two
years Thornhill College stages a major musical production.
Other Events |
Elizabeth Quigley, Conductor of the Senior Choir Accepting the UTV Choir of the Year Award |
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KS3 Music
Each pupil in
Years 8, 9 and 10 is timetabled for Music lessons every week. Our
philosophy is that all pupils are potentially musical and we wish to
foster the musical abilities of all whilst also nurturing a lifelong
appreciation of music. All our pupils have experiences in both making
and responding to music. At Key Stage
3 our pupils are encouraged to develop their musicianship and
self-confidence through a wide range of individual and group
music-making activities. All pupils
are given opportunities to develop their composing, performing and
listening skills. They are also encouraged to express, through the music
they compose and perform, their ideas and feelings about themselves and
the world around them. |
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GCSE Music
This course incorporates the fundamental musical activities of
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GCSE Assessment
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A-level Music |
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Route 1 : AS-level |
Route 2 : AS-level |
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