Continuing our series on Careers in the Music Industry: a big thank you to live sound engineer Chris Caton and producer John Doe for delivering two excellent sessions giving our musicians an insight into the day in the life of the Music Industry. Highcliffe Music

Rotary Young Musician Competition Highcliffe School hosted the Local Heats for the competition last Wednesday where twenty-three musicians from local schools competed for a range of awards and the chance to advance to the next round of the national competition. Highcliffe Music

Chip Friday lunchtime concerts 2025 spring series

BandStorm 2025 Congratulations to finalists Aether on their performance at the BandStorm 2025 heat last Saturday. The finals take place at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth later next month. We would like to wish Aether best of luck. Highcliffe Music

The Primary Schools Music Tour saw the Woodwind Ensemble, Jazz Band and Brass Ensemble perform for the next generation of musicians. Thank you to Highcliffe St Mark, Hordle, Brockenhurst and Bransgore Primary School for hosting. Highcliffe Music

Rotary Young Musicians 2025 District Finals Well done to Raffaele (y12) and Pearl (y10) for representing Highcliffe School at the District Finals in Salisbury last Sunday. Highcliffe Music

BandStorm 2025 Well done to finalists Hannah, James, Trinity, Eva & Oscar B and their band Aether for coming 2nd in the SoundStorm battle of the bands competition. Well done also to Highcliffe’s Oscar D & his band Head On The Door for achieving 3rd place. Highcliffe Music

Congratulations to pianists Lenni & Leo for their achievements during the first weekend of the New Milton Music Festival. Lenni won the piano Grade 4 category, earning Honours, while Leo won the piano Grade 7 category & was also awarded the Piano Agency Trophy. Highcliffe Music

Chip Friday Lunchtime Concerts 🍟🎼🎶🎵 This week it was the turn of our Year 9 musicians to showcase their hard work and talent. Highcliffe Music

Chip Friday Lunchtime Concerts This week it was the turn of our Year 10 GCSE musicians to showcase their hard work and talent in preparation for their ensemble coursework performances next week. Highcliffe Music

New Milton Music Festival Congratulations to all Highcliffe ensembles for achieving success in every class entered. Well done to all our musicians for representing Highcliffe School and for their exemplary conduct and focus throughout the weekend. Highcliffe Music

Regent Centre Community Project Thank you to our family of primary schools for joining us on stage at this year’s Community Project. It was amazing to perform together and encouraging to see all the music-making opportunities provided in our local schools. Highcliffe Music

Bournemouth Music Competitions Festival Congratulations to the Highcliffe Senior Singers for their performance in the Choral competition held at Christchurch Priory last Friday: 2nd place overall and awarded a commendation - well done! Highcliffe Music

GCSE Music Performance Evening Well done to the GCSE Music students who performed the ensemble component of their performance coursework to an impressed audience. Highcliffe Music

Samba Drumming Workshop As part of the GCSE Music course, Year 10 engaged in a Samba Drumming Workshop where they composed and performed their own Samba piece to the rest of the school. Highcliffe Music

Secondary Schools’ Music Festival Well done to the Woodwind Ensemble and the Jazz Band who represented Highcliffe School at the Secondary Schools’ Music Festival this weekend. Highcliffe Music

Thank you to all our amazing musicians who performed this weekend at the Highcliffe Food Festival. Highcliffe Music

Thank you for voting with your Tesco blue tokens. Highcliffe School were delighted to receive £1,000 from the Tesco Blue Token Scheme which goes towards supplying music stands for our young musicians to experience performing in local community events. Highcliffe Music

The Summer Concert 2025 was a resounding success, showcasing the incredible talent and dedication of students from across all year groups in a true celebration of musical collaboration. Photo gallery: highcliffe.school/3912-Summer-Co… Highcliffe Music

Summer Festival 2025 Well done to the Student Leadership and the Highcliffe Music students for another successful and sunny festival event. Highcliffe Music