Music
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The music department has over 38 ensembles. The college has an outstanding orchestra with over 110 musicians and a fabulous choir with over 70 singers. There are also a vast number of impressive chamber ensembles e.g. Contemporary choir, funk collective, Big Band, flute group, clarinet group, saxophone group, string group, wind ensemble, brass group, brass quartet, jazz band, swing band, jazz trio, girls’ choir, chamber choir, percussion group, gypsy band and rock bands.
Students are encouraged to take an active role in these musical activities and to form and direct their own ensembles. Students will develop the ability to rehearse and direct their very own groups.
New Facilities
- The music department boasts a new state of the art building; facilities second to none.
- An industry standard recording studio with 3 live rooms.
- A Studio with an 8 core MacPro, 2 iMacs, 1 Macbook Pro. (Software includes Logic Pro 9, Sibelius 7 and Melodyen).
- 1 teaching room.
- 2 recital/concert rooms.
- 12 practice rooms (including mirrors, pianos, and sound proofing).
- 7 recording rooms.
- Computer suite with 20 apple computers, logic pro x and Sibelius 6.
- A percussion room.
- 4 drum kit rooms
- All rooms have pianos, stands and amps.
- The department also record professional visiting ensembles/soloists and run recording projects with musicians from local secondary schools and music services.
The Music Staff at Xaverian College
Music Support Staff
Performances Concerts
The music department performs 6 major concerts and 7 recitals during the academic year. This includes a “Xaverian College Young Musician of the Year Competition”.
Workshops/Master Classes
- Master classes are undertaken by the peripatetic music teachers and Mr Levendis on a weekly basis. These include Jazz workshops by Callum Dewar, vocal workshops by Stuart Overington, string quartet writing directed by Matthew Sergeant, Michael Doherty, Callum Dewar and the Trafford Music Service String Quartet.
- The Xaverian College music department employ leading professional international musicians to put on workshops. For example jazz workshops by Mike Hall (Head of Jazz Studies RNCM) and Geth Griffith (RNCM), composition workshops by Dr David Horne (Professor of composition RNCM), Adam Gorb (Head of Composition RNCM), and vocal workshops by Maureen Brathwaite and Ronald Samm.
- The music department works in partnership with the RNCM; this work includes string quartet writing, jazz workshops, Gamelan master classes, joint concerts, musical theatre productions, a mentoring scheme, 6th form teaching experience for RNCM students, and teacher training.
- RNCM composition students write commissioned works for Xaverian ensembles, premiered in concerts and recitals at the RNCM on a yearly basis.
Mr Levendis mentors and tutors RNCM students, who in turn come into college to mentor/tutor Xaverian students. The RNCM students are both 2nd year and 3rd year undergraduates.
All these activities help the musicians at Xaverian to develop and blossom; they are devised to also create an enjoyable musical environment and to help students in their AS and A2 examinations.
Enrichment
We have an extensive enrichment programme giving you the opportunity to do more than study and sit exams.

Art
As well as studying Art through Advanced Level courses there are a variety of extra-curricular opportunites on offer

Sport
At Xaverian there are many opportunities for both competitive Sport teams, or Sport for fun and relaxation
