Music
Welcome to the Highgate School Instrumental Music Program.
For DECD String tuition (violin, viola and cello) please complete the String Application for Tuition form and for all other tuition given by private providers (flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, singing, guitar, piano and drums) please complete the Application for Tuition form.
Instrumental Tuition application forms
- 2020 Editable Application for Private Tuition (243KB, Microsoft Word Document)
- 2020 String Application for Tuition (97KB, Microsoft Word Document)
- Music Information Booklet 2020 (620K, PDF)
Instrumental Music Administrator: Lisa Johnson Phone: (08) 8271 9622
Highgate School offers a diverse Instrumental Music Program where students in Year 1 through to year 7 have the opportunity to learn a variety of instruments and participate in a number of different music groups.
In 2020 there continues to be a record number of enrolments in most instruments. Some instruments, and their current teachers, include:
| IM Violin/Viola/String Orchestra | Anne Rodda |
| IM Cello | Lisi McGowran |
| Piano | Rhonda Parker, Nola Branson, Alyssa Halyburton, Geoff Driver |
| Drum Kit | Chris Neale |
| Clarinet and Saxophone | William Branson |
| Trumpet and Trombone | Benn Blake |
| Flute | Michelle Maddaford |
| Classical Guitar | Emilio Pieroni |
| Modern Guitar | Simon Henderson, Tzaneto Nikolakopoulos |
| Voice | Nola Branson |
| Double Bass | David Schilling |
| Highgate Band | Lisa Johnson |
Most of the instrumental teachers are private providers and invoice families directly, not through the school. Highgate School also offers tuition for violin, viola and cello for students in years 3 – 7 by teachers of the Department for Education free of charge.
The Instrumental Music Program is provided to the students at Highgate School within school hours. To minimize class disruptions, students are permitted to learn only one instrument at school. Lessons are usually conducted individually or in small groups, and avoid clashes with specialist learning areas such as Chinese, French, ICT, Music and P.E.
Highgate School owns a small number of musical instruments that are available for hire if needed.
The ultimate goal of students who learn an ensemble or band instrument is that they participate in one of the school ensembles, eg. the Highgate Concert Band or the String Orchestra. The ensembles are also open to those students who learn an instrument out of school hours.
For more information on fees, instrument hire, school ensembles, tuition etc contact Instrumental Music Administrator Lisa Johnson on 8271 9622, or by email to lisa.johnson451@schools.sa.edu.au.
For more information on extra curricular activities download the following:
Last updated: 11/4/2020
