Musical Achievements
The music department of the school has a wide variety of groups, from two orchestras to a swing band, a brass band, and numerous choirs. The senior orchestra played at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the Schools Proms in 2005, and the Senior Choir has sung across the country in such places as Manchester Cathedral, York Minster, and Liverpool Cathedral. More recently the choir has sung evensong in Westminster Abbey in London, and the Boys' Choir has sung in St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales. On 2 July 2010, the school orchestra, brass band and all choirs combined their talents to perform Karl Jenkin's The Armed Man at a concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
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