Becoming a Musician at DCPS

Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able:

• Sing and/or play confidently on my own or in a group
• Compose imaginatively using voices and instruments
• Use different musical devices including melody, rhythms, chords and structures
• Have a range of musical vocabulary and the ability to use it to compare and describe a range of music
• Understand the relationship between lyrics and melody
• Listen carefully to, appreciate and appraise a range of music
• Have an understanding of the history of music

Our children develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising and composing music and listening and responding to music. They develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn how music can be written down. Through music, our curriculum helps children to develop transferable skills such as team-working leadership, creative thinking, problem-solving, decision making and presentation and performance skills. These skills are vital to children’s development as learners and have a wider application in their general lives outside and beyond school.

Music Lessons

In addition to music that is covered through singing assemblies and the school's music curriculum, as is usual in primary schools, there are 1-2-1 and small group lessons available from private teachers or companies that come into school.  As they are not school employees, all enquiries about lessons should be made directly with them.  Below are some contact details of the musical instrument lessons currently on offer.

Leicestershire Music 

Leicestershire Music have a skilled team of musicians who will be offering weekly Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Cornet, and Trombone lessons in Desford Primary School starting in Autumn term 2023. Lessons can be one-to-one or in a group.  If you are interested in any of these lessons, please open the document below and follow the link for the instrument you are interested in learning

Rocksteady 

Children can also take part in weekly Rocksteady lesson as part of a band, choosing to play the drums, guitar, keyboard, bass or to sing: