Head of Performance Music

About the job

Bloxham School seeks to appoint a knowledgeable, positive and energetic Head of Performance Music to join a well established and successful department. Playing a full and active role, the candidate would be a team player who has a proven track record in directing and establishing choirs and ensembles as well as organizing and leading concerts to the highest standards across all ages and abilities. This role would suit a more experienced teacher of music who has aspirations for excellence in performance and or to go on and become a Director of Music.

The department understands the power of music as a force for good and fosters a love of all music by creating opportunities for all pupils to experience top quality musicianship firsthand.

A series of visiting professionals run workshops and adjudicate competitions throughout the year whilst every first former learns an instrument and sings in a choir within the first six weeks of joining the school. 210 music lessons are taught every week by a team of 20 experienced Visiting Music Teachers, who have high aspirations for their pupils.

A series of 27 concerts for all ages and abilities enable musicians to be celebrated from Award Holder Recitals to Faculty Concerts. House Music is the biggest musical event of the year when the whole community comes together in a terrific evening centered around quality performances. Alongside Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Show Choir, String Band, String Trio and multiple Jazz Bands, there are also weekly coaching sessions and scheduled practice times for musicians to progress.

The Chapel Choir has gone from strength to strength with tours to Vienna and Rome in the past five years alongside its annual engagement at St Johns, Hyde Park. The classroom curriculum enables pupils to broaden their musical horizons and interests whilst developing key skills to access the joy of music. GCSE and A-Level numbers are well above the national average with recent A-Level students going on to study music at the Birmingham Conservatoire (2020), York University (2021) British Institute of Modern Music (2022), Liverpool and Durham (2023).