General Information
There are three teaching terms per year, each of eleven weeks, corresponding with normal school terms. Ten Principal Study and Second Study lessons are given each term, other activities taking place on every Saturday during term.
Autumn term 2011
17th Sept-3rd December
Half term 29th October
Spring term 2012
7th Jan-24th March
Half term 18th February
Summer term 2012
21st April-7th July
Half term 2nd June
Lessons and other activities are timetabled on Saturdays from 9am, although flexibility is possible for students with lengthy journeys to undertake. Lessons, rehearsals, concerts and other activities continue into the middle of the afternoon.
We recognise the valuable role that parents play in the success of Junior Academy, particularly by supporting and organising thorough daily practice schedules at home. We encourage contact between parents and individual teachers, and there is a Parents’ Association. This group runs the Junior Academy canteen on Saturdays, which provides not only a social focus for students but also an additional source of bursary funds for those in financial need.
The Junior Academy holds an Open Day on one Saturday each year in February, on which prospective students and their parents can visit the Academy.
All concerts are open to the public.
We build your Saturday timetable around your individual needs with an emphasis on the musical training and music-making which we feel are of fundamental importance to all young musicians.
Principal Study and Second Study tuition are offered in: piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, recorder, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, guitar, harp, voice, classical accordian, percussion and composition.
Additionally, Second-Study tuition is available in organ and saxophone.
Full details appear in our Prospectus.
