Music
All pupils at St John’s College are warmly encouraged to take part in music making. The School has a rich musical tradition and provides outstanding opportunities for pupils to enjoy and excel in solo and group performance. The School has a number of ensembles including:
- Boys’ & Girls’ Cathedral Choir
- Junior Girls’ Choir
- Close Harmony Group
- Percussion Group
- Training Orchestra
- Concert Orchestra
- Flute Choir
- Brass Ensemble
- Ukulele Group
- Junior and Senior Big Bands
Music plays a central role in a child’s intellectual, social, moral and spiritual development and pupils at St John’s College, Cardiff enjoy a broad and fulfilling repertoire. Music enables pupils to develop invaluable personal attributes such as self-discipline, self-reliance, concentration, initiative, imagination, an attention to detail, sensitivity, and aesthetic judgement, as well as linguistic, interpretative and cognitive skills. Furthermore, on a social level, singing in a choir or playing in an ensemble fosters friendship, team-work and communication skills, interdependence and leadership. All in all, this paves the way for a very bright and successful future.