Gordonstoun - Arts

Arts

The Music Department is one of the largest departments in the school with music as a subject being taught up to A Level standard. The department has many facilities at its disposal: aside from the standard practice/teaching rooms it also has two large rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, drum studio and a computer cluster. 40% of students learn an instrument.

The Drama Department hosts plays, musicals and productions all year round, some of them taking place in the main chapel but most in the drama theatre which has a capacity for an audience of 200. Theatre Studies is taught as a subject up to A Level standard and Dance to GCSE standard, Gordonstoun being the only school in Scotland where dance is taught as part of the academic curriculum. In addition to having visits from professional touring companies to teach pupils, performances by the pupils themselves take place frequently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at local schools. The school sets up festivals of its own to showcase the work of the pupils in both drama and dance, and even the staff produce their own play at the end of each year for the enjoyment of the pupils. Like the Music Department, the Drama Department also puts on performances abroad most recently in their tour of the US.