Instrumental Music

The Study offers a comprehensive instrumental music program that features woodwind, percussion and brass instruments as well as the bass guitar. Classes begin in Cycle 3 of the Elementary School and continue as options in the Senior School all the way to Grade 11. In Grades 10 and 11 a jazz band course is the featured option. Students perform at various assemblies and concerts during the school year, culminating in the Celebration of the Arts concert in May. There is also a vibrant Concert Band composed of girls from grades seven to eleven. This group rehearses after school on Friday afternoons. In 2006 the Concert Band performed at the Heritage Music Festival in Boston, where they received a Silver and a Bronze rating and were also given the Spirit of Boston Award. In 2007 the Concert Band traveled to New York City in the spring to perform at the Heritage Music Festival.

Vocal Music

Beginning in Kindergarten, students at The Study learn vocal music and get to experience the thrill of performing in front of others.

In the Elementary School, music classes help develop girls' vocal abilities (pitch and tone) and sense of rhythm. Guided by the music teacher, students progress from a physical awareness of rhythm and melody to an intellectual awareness of music notation.

Through practice and singing together in the Sonic Choir, they get early training in ensemble singing and experience the rewards of singing in a large group. In the Senior School, the focus shifts to instrumental music; but students can continue to study vocal music as an after-school activity.