The Performing Arts
At The Grantham Preparatory School, the performing arts are regarded as an important opportunity for children to have fun, gain confidence and achieve success, whether working together or as individuals. While all children are included in school dramatic performances, and receive class music lessons, the majority, from Year One up, also choose to receive individual instrumental tuition. We are proud that we can cater for children with a wide variety of tastes, be it rock and pop, in which we offer guitar, bass and drum lessons, or jazz and Western classical, with tuition available on piano, violin, trumpet, saxophone, flute, clarinet and recorder. Thanks to our excellent teachers, children here achieve high levels in Associated Board Examinations, with musicians currently working up to Grade V.
In addition to their individual success, our children enjoy making music together. Musicians at The Grantham Preparatory School take great pride in selection for one of our many instrumental groups and while the school is extremely proud of our excellent windband, opportunities for ensemble playing also include a recorder group, rock band, samba band, string group and clarinet choir. For our most accomplished children, opportunities also exist to join a more senior, external windband, and to play with talented children from other Prep. Schools.
More than half of the children in classes 4 to 6 elect to sing with the choir, and their joy in joining voices is evident whenever they perform. The choir regularly achieves success in music festivals and sings in concerts throughout the year, both at school and with other Prep. schools and choral societies.
Dance and drama are also valued at The Grantham Preparatory School, with lessons taught by professional dance teachers, and the opportunity to take LAMDA speech and drama examinations. A highlight of the year is the Junior Production at the Guildhall Theatre, Grantham. This is always a highly professional show, in which the whole of the Junior School participates and the standards of acting and singing were highly praised last year by the publishers of the musical we performed, In 2011 Alice in Wonderland will take to the stage on Thursday 23rd June and Friday 24th June 2011; tickets will be available from the school office closer to the date.