Music

• Strings: violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
• Woodwind: flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bassoon. 
• Brass : trumpet, french horn, trombone, euphonium, tenor horn
• Percussion: drum Kit, orchestral percussion
• Voice: classical singing, music theatre singing, pop singing
• Theory: ABRSM, grade preparation
• Keyboard:- piano

Street Band is open to all budding trumpet, trombone, tuba, sousaphone, and saxophone players. This energetic ensemble plays well-known contemporary pop/rock tracks, but in the style of a New Orleans funk group, much like you would find marching the streets at Mardi Gras. Plenty of noise and bundles of fun guaranteed!

Show Choir is for enthusiastic singers of all ages and abilities to join together and learn a wide-ranging repertoire of songs from West End productions, Disney classics, pop, gospel and jazz style songs. The choir performs regularly at concerts and also performs large ensemble numbers with professional choreography, costumes, hair and make-up at the school's Cabaret Night.

Electric Guitar Group This school ensemble can be heard rehearsing from the opposite side of the playing fields! The Guitar Ensemble is a group open to all students who love playing electric and bass guitar. They perform group numbers of a rock/heavy metal/funk style and hone both their improvisation and performance skills. Arrangements for the group are often written by Mr Scott himself, our superb guitar teacher, to ensure that all parts stretch and push the individual guitarists. Solos are available for all if desired. The performance at ‘Rock and Jazz Night’ is the highlight of their year!

Acoustic Guitar Group is for all the budding acoustic and classical guitar players within the school who enjoy playing a wide variety of styles ranging from contemporary pop arrangements through to jazz and blues. Acoustic guitarists of Grade 1 level and upwards are welcome!

Lingfield College Jazz Band is a traditional 1940s swing band that covers tracks by artists such as Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Herbie Hancock and the Rat Pack classics. The band performs at both school and community events of all sizes and has completed several European tours to countries such as Germany and Belgium in recent years. 

The String Ensemble is a wonderful opportunity for string players of all abilities and year groups to play both a classical and modern repertoire. The group seeks to hone our string players' ensemble skills in a smaller, chamber-style environment in comparison to the larger orchestra. The group plays a varied repertoire and looks to encourage the skills of all budding string players.

Piano Club is a lunchtime activity open to pianists of all abilities in all year groups. The club looks to bring the pianists in the school together. Great fun is had honing their keyboard skills and preparing duets to perform at school concerts and the Piano Recital Evening.

Cabaret Club runs through the Autumn and Spring terms and is by invitation only for the smaller ensembles preparing for the Cabaret Night production. Miss Brack and Miss Redfern help students prepare their harmonies and choreography, ready for the big night.

The Symphony Orchestra is the elite and flagship orchestra in the school for the more advanced musicians of Grade 4/5 upwards. The orchestra rehearses weekly and performs a wide repertoire of classical works such as Beethoven's 2^nd Symphony, Dvorak's 4^th Symphony, Overture from Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' and Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty' in addition to exciting medley works from film soundtracks such as 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Gladiator. 

Concert Orchestra is open to all students without audition and is the perfect place for musicians of Grade 1-4 standard to hone their ensemble and orchestral skills. Weekly rehearsals take place after school and the orchestra plays a variety of fun and recognisable pieces from film scores and pop songs. 

Ukulele Band is a hugely popular ensemble at Lingfield and a fantastic opportunity for all students who enjoy playing the ukulele. The group performs a mixed repertoire of upbeat pop standards and crowd pleasers! Students of all ages and abilities are welcome, and fun, hilarity and enthusiasm are guaranteed! 

Music Theory Club is for all students wishing to further their confidence in reading music and gaining their ABRSM theory grades. For the vast majority of students, Grade 5 is the focus as they prepare to move to Grade 6 for their instrument practical exams. The club provides one-to-one teaching and students work their way through practice papers. Once ready, the department enters students for the exams, and students can simply take their exam at school, as we are a centre.

Woodwind Orchestra is a chamber ensemble, encompassing students of all standards on flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. The ensemble performs regularly at school concerts and includes a repertoire of both classical and modern contemporary music.

Audio Lounge is a club for Year 9 students considering taking Music GCSE in Year 10 and wanting to start honing their listening and appraising skills in preparation. The club after school helps pupils aurally identify instruments, intervals and cadences as well as begin the process of learning the various elements of music and genres that are contained within the GCSE syllabus.

Rock Band Club Every Friday after school the Music Department is handed over to the ever-growing number of Rock/Pop bands that the students have formed themselves. Some bands arrive at the school fully formed, others who are interested come along and staff will put pupils together to create new bands. Pupils playing electric guitar, bass, keyboard, trumpet / saxophone and singers are taught band skills such as how to work as a team and rehearse effectively, as well as how to use various pieces of music equipment and learn a repertoire of their choice. Attendance at this club means all pupils are signing up to perform at the annual ‘Rock & Jazz Night’, the largest production at the school. Previous performances by bands have included songs by Queen, Stereophonics, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pink, Coldplay, Stevie Wonder, Dua Lipa and Green Day.

A highlight for Lingfield musicians, our European Music tours have taken our Jazz Band and Chamber Choir tour to Belgium and Germany.