Music
A team of 20–30 Music Scholars and award holders strengthens and supports the work of this most diverse of Music Schools. Opportunities for Lancing musicians to develop and flourish are second to none, and are as many and varied as one would find at any non-specialist music school.
We encourage all pupils to make music. For the really keen and the casual musician, there is as much music being taught, rehearsed, workshopped and performed as could be imagined. From Lancing’s well-established Rock Music Workshops to the remarkable Choral Evensong excursions by its choir to many of Britain’s finest cathedrals, there is something for everyone – and many try everything!
A busy programme of co-curricular activities supports the work of the individual student. These include three orchestras, two choirs, A Cappella Club, Big Band, Symphonic Windband, rock music workshops, conducting classes, improvisation workshops, composition lessons, and a full programme of chamber music coaching. The Music School presents between 30 and 40 concerts each year, in and out of College, presenting pupil-musicians with many opportunities to perform as soloists and in ensembles.
A range of masterclasses is available to Lancing musicians. Recent visitors have included The Atalanta Piano Quartet, clarinettist Joseph Shiner, drum’n’brass 10-piece Old Dirty Brasstards, pianist Ronan O’Hora and horn player Sam Pearce. An occasional social classical music society provides a warm and friendly environment for further listening, with sessions led by pupils and staff, while sitting around in garden chairs with drinks and nibbles. Visits to concerts, operas and services are organised each year.
The Chapel Choir and Choral Scholars sing Evensong at major cathedrals across the country.
We encourage all pupils to make music. For the really keen and the casual musician, there is as much music being taught, rehearsed, workshopped and performed as could be imagined. From Lancing’s well-established Rock Music Workshops to the remarkable Choral Evensong excursions by its choir to many of Britain’s finest cathedrals, there is something for everyone – and many try everything!
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Music News
Junior Concert 2026
On 18 May, we were treated to an enjoyable and varied Junior Concert featuring an impressive range of performers from the Third and Fourth Forms. Sinfonia, directed by Miss Emilie Harlow, opened the evening with two entertaining orchestral works. Johann Strauss’s Radetsky March provided a lively start, followed by a medley of tunes from the popular musical Wicked, […]
Arabian Nights – The 2026 Junior Play
No fewer than 34 – yes, you read that right, thirty-four – Third and Fourth (see what they did there?) Form pupils created and delivered a powerful and memorable retelling of the timeless Arabian Nights for this year’s Junior Play. A vivid array of tales was told with precision, clarity and variety of voice, drawing […]
Mozart Requiem Review
On Friday 1 May an audience of over 300 gathered in Chapel to hear Mozart’s Requiem. Over the years this choral concert has become regular fixture in the Lancing calendar just before the early May Bank Holiday and the onset of public exams. The combined chorus of over 100 singers was formed of the College […]
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