On Thursday, 13 March, our biennial Higher Education and Careers Fair took place to inspire our pupils as they explored the many pathways available beyond school. 

Once again at Warwick, we celebrated British Science Week, focusing on the theme "Growth and Change". Students participated in a range of exciting activities that sparked curiosity and creativity.

Rockademy is back for its twelfth outing! The week-long course provides an environment for guitarists, keyboardists, bass guitarists, drummers, singers and blowers to come together with the intention of making great music that quite simply rocks.

Each band, of up to six members, will be supervised by an expert tutor, under whose guidance students will be coached in the performance of classic rock songs, compose their own masterpiece, offered rehearsal and performance advice, encouraged to try their hand at an instrument other than their own, and generally have great fun making music. There will also be sessions for all students to come together and share their love of music. The course tutors are all professional musicians, schooled in rock and pop, CRB-checked, and keen to share their knowledge and experience with aspiring young rockers.

The course will run from 14-18 July, 9.30–3.30pm, with a concert on the Friday evening at 7pm. Students should bring a packed lunch with them as school catering will not be provided. The cost for the week will be £305 per student, payable by BACS four weeks in advance of the course.

There are places for up to twenty-five students of the following instruments: Electric Guitar, Keyboard/Piano, Bass Guitar, Drums, Voice, Trumpet, Saxophone and Trombone.

If you would like to reserve a place, please complete the application form and email it to m.lloyd@warwickschools.co.uk. The course is most effective when bands are formed with friends, so please spread the word. 

Our music department is busy this term with lots of performances and concerts to celebrate the hard work and talent of our boys. 

This year’s annual Warwick School Music Scholars’ Showcase is taking place on Monday, 24 March at 6.30pm in the Warwick Hall.

It was a real highlight of the school calendar last year and, given the outstanding strength and depth within the department, this one promises to be just as special. The boys are working extremely hard in preparation for the concert and I can promise a wonderfully varied, inspiring evening full of the highest musical quality. Please save the date, invite friends and family and spread the word far and wide.

Whilst the event will be un-ticketed, to get an idea of numbers, please could you email Miss Emily Hooker to reserve any seats by Friday, 14 March.

Our chapel choir returned to Exeter College on Friday, 14 February, to sing a joint evensong with Exeter College choir. En route we stopped to climb the Saxon Tower – the oldest building in Oxford. The group of pupils met up with an OW, and former member of the chapel choir, now majoring in classical Greek in the USA, studying in Oxford. For the college evensong, they performed Brewer’s canticles in F and Durufflé’s Ubi caritas.