Music at the Academy

Music tuition at the Academy follows a method known as ‘Colourstrings’, a Finnish approach to teaching music that has evolved from the teachings of Zoltán Kodály.

Colourstrings is based on the same principles as all the learning at the Academy. It is based on the understanding that every child is musical, and will learn to sing (and eventually play) in tune, in the same way in which every child is able to learn to walk, read and write, provided it is taught in an appropriate child-centered way. It provides children with a strong musical sense whilst they are unaware that they are learning. Musicianship grows from within, it is not imposed on them.