Choir – 40 strong mixed choir

Specialist Music Programme – programme for the musically passionate

Numerous rock bands – all have frequent opportunities to perform

BandWorks – Rock Band Mentoring Programme

Chamber music groups – small instrumental groups

Solo performers

Itinerant music lessons in a wide range of instruments

Class music lessons at all levels

Shakespeare Festival
Stage Challenge (bi-annually)
School Show (bi-annually)
Community drama activities
 

These initiatives are fuelled by a drive to participate in the following musical opportunities. These events enable students to focus their efforts and set clear, achievable but challenging goals. A run down of a typical year is as follows:

Tauhara has Talent –  Internal School Talent quest

Vibe Fashion show – biannual

Large scale School Musical – biannual

Taupo Arts Festival – biannual

Specialist Music Programme

Roadshow around feeder schools

RockQuest – National Rock band competition

PlayItStrange Song writing competition

The Big Sing – National Choir competition

Chamber Music Competion – National Chamber music competition

Rhapsody Rotorua

Intercanoe Performing Arts Competition.

Taupo Talent Quest

Big Music Day – Taupo schools music festival

Summer Rockfest – school bands rock it out on stage.

Taupo Combined Schools Wind Band

Wide range of community based performance opportunities, especially for rock bands and solo artists.

Stage Challenge - every second two years

Although there are a large number of competitions listed, the focus is not on competition, rather on participation and each student is encouraged to aim high within themselves.

The Music Faculty is well resourced with professional live sound reinforcement and recording capabilities. We have good rock band instruments for students to use in school and have recently bought an RD-700GX stage piano – second to none in stage pianos. We are currently fundraising for 20 iMac computers to place in the classroom with long term plans to raise $4 million to build a state-of-the-art performing arts complex.

For dance and drama we have the facility of a drama room with stage, dance studio and, of course, the school hall which is able to stage a full school musical. We run full programmes in these areas.