Junior Academy of Music

Group Activities and Optional Classes

Group Activities

All Junior Academy students, in addition to their lessons and classes, will participate in one or more of the following group activities:

First Orchestra (a symphony orchestra of about 80 players)

Chamber Orchestra

Second Orchestra

Wind Orchestra

Big Band

Brass Band

Junior Choir

Senior Choir

Chamber Choir

Chamber Music Groups

Scottish Traditional Music Groups

Both the junior and senior choirs are held in the morning, while the orchestral rehearsals are held in the late morning and the early afternoon. Many different chamber music groups rehearse towards the end of the afternoon including string quartets, piano trios, wind quintets, flute quartet, saxophone quartet, saxophone ensemble, brass quintets, guitar ensembles and percussion ensemble.

Optional Classes

There are many optional classes that will provide the opportunity to explore forms of music making that may be quite different from your regular studies. Visiting musicians give workshops including jazz, pop, baroque, percussion, improvisation, Scottish traditional music and music from other cultures. As well as the students who take composition as a principal study, a number take it as a class option and can hear their works performed at the composers’ concerts and workshops.