Music

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• Choral Music

  There’s no better way to find your voice than to sing!

   

  Episcopal’s vocal program is performance based, with opportunities to develop stronger musical skills and healthy vocal technique while exploring a wide variety of repertoire and styles. Students perform throughout the year in beautiful Pendleton Hall and Callaway Chapel, as well as in more intimate settings such as recitals and coffee houses.

  
  OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
  

  • Two curricular choirs: Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
  • Two a cappella groups: The Jack of Hearts (boys) and Episcapellas (girls)
  • Private voice lessons
  • Independent conducting study
  • On-campus performance opportunities, including chapel services, Parents Weekend, Spring Sing, recitals, coffee houses, and an annual Christmas service of Lessons and Carols
  • Off-campus performances, which in the past have included Carnegie Hall, Washington National Cathedral, and St. John's Church Lafayette Square
  • Choir tours
  • Educational tours
  • Attendance at professional performances at the Kennedy Center, as well as other churches and venues throughout the Washington, D.C., area

• Instrumental Music

  Whether giving wings to a new musical interest or furthering their repertoire of musical skills, instrumental musicians have many opportunities to share their talents and passions with the EHS community.

   

  Classically trained cellists, jazz-inspired drummers, rock guitarists, and bluegrass fiddlers all find a home in which to study, explore, and perform. Students have numerous opportunities to work with professional instrumentalists in master-class settings, as well as to pursue private study on the instrument of their choice. There is rarely a moment without music on the EHS campus.
  
  

  Episcopal’s extensive recording and popular music program gives students from all musical backgrounds a chance to study their favorite genres of music. EHS students have written songs; scored films; produced records; remixed songs from popular bands, such as Radiohead; and organized campus-wide concerts. The curriculum is based on three key points: analysis of popular works and the process that goes into creating them; hands-on experience in the state-of-the-art digital recording studio and extensive lab spaces; and careful study of the theory and science behind creating, documenting, and distributing music. Arts classes in recording technology, songwriting, guitar, popular music history, music business, and music theory are taught by faculty members with ample practical experience in their field.

  
  OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
  

  • Full orchestra for strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
  • Jazz Band
  • Student-run "garage-bands"
  • Private study on all instruments
  • Guitar class
  • Recording and songwriting classes
  • Study of American popular music
  • On-campus coffee houses and open-mic concerts, as well as opportunities to perform in chapel and community meetings
  • Extracurricular options
  • Visiting professional musicians from all genres
  • Attendance at performances at the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Birchmere, Blues Alley, and the 9:30 Club, among many others