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Students study a core course in music in Year 7 and can take music as an option from Year 8. From Years 11-13, students have the option of studying NCEA Music (Classical and Jazz) or Music Projects (Rock and Contemporary) or International Baccalaureate Music.
We offer lessons in the following:
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Bassoon |
Euphonium |
Pipes & Drums |
Trumpet |
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Cello |
Flute |
Percussion |
Tuba |
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Clarinet |
French Horn |
Piano |
Viola |
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Double Bass |
Guitar |
Saxophone |
Violin |
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Drum Kit |
Oboe |
Trombone |
Voice |
Audition Information
Cut-off Date Friday 11 October
(Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Sinfonia)
Cut-off Date Friday 11 October
(Chamber Orchestra, Servanda Strings and MacFarlan Strings)
Cut-off Date Friday 11 October
String Programme Audition Form
(Big Band, Jazz Orchestra, Junior Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Combos)
Cut-off Date Friday 27 September
Jazz Programme Audition application and info
Cut-off Date Friday 11 October
Closes middle of Term 4
(Chamber Orchestra, Servanda Strings and MacFarlan Strings)
Cut-off Date Friday 11 October
String Programme Audition Form
Cut-off Date 18 October. Auditions 24 & 31 October.
Chamber Audition application and info
2025 Private Music Lesson Enrolment Form is available here:
Please contact Music Administrator Michelle Childers michelle.childers@saintkentigern.com for any questions or issues.
We host biannual and annual events for our music students and welcome their friends and families to come along and enjoy.
With some of the best music directors in Auckland, our premier ensembles have achieved the following results:
Our annual, sell-out House Music Evening brings seven large House Choirs and one from the boarding house with over 200 students per choir, together to the stage, all vying for the coveted House Music Cup.
Each House also showcases their most talented musicians in the ‘band’ competition. This is always a fun evening for students and parents alike - in honour of their love of singing and the thrill of performing in a professional venue.
Saint Kentigern Pipes and Drums have taken on the role of cultural ambassadors for Saint Kentigern since 1958; performing at ceremonial occasions on all campuses, welcoming guests to the College and lending support to our top sporting teams at important events.
The band regularly appears in public in and around the Auckland area. Also travelling much further afield to compete, they make their pilgrimage to Scotland to tour, perform and take part in Scottish competitions and Tattoos and more recently, the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland.
Wearing the Hunting McFarlan tartan in honour of our founding Headmaster, the Pipes and Drums are a special cultural feature and a proud tradition at the College. Saint Kentigern is one of only three Colleges in New Zealand to offer tuition in both Piping and drumming.
