Music at Mougins Private School
At Mougins British School music forms an important part of daily life. Music classes and appreciation begins in our Nursery Class, and from the age of four, children can choose to take private lessons in a particular instrument.
Our music department is led by professional musician Mary Garvey who combines a love of music with her wide professional experience to every lesson. Mary is joined by Valentina Deidda, who has a wealth of musical and teaching experience in the UK.
About our music professionals at Mougins British School
About Mary Garvey
Mary Garvey is an accomplished music educator with an extensive background in both performance and music education. She began her musical journey at the prestigious Chetham's School of Music before advancing to study Music at York University, specializing in Music in Education, World Music, and Gesture. Mary further honed her expertise by completing an exceptional school-centered teaching training course in music education, where she was honored with the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.
Prior to Mougins school, Mary had 16 years of experience leading music departments and teaching and learning initiatives, at renowned institutions around the world. Her career includes serving as Head of Music in Girona, Dubai and at The Mount School in York.
About Valentina Deidda
After studying classical music at the Pierluigi Da Palestrina Conservatory of Music in Cagliari and obtaining the status of qualified teacher in piano performance, Valentina continued her professional studies with a Master of Arts in Music Education at the UCL Institute of Education in London.
Prior to joining Mougins School as a primary school music teacher, Valentina was Head of Music for KS1 and KS2 and Head of Reception, achieving ‘Good’ under the New Ofsted Inspection Framework in London.
Read more on Valentina here.
The music programme at Mougins School
The school has three different choirs and two music ensembles that students can join depending on their year group.
As well as having two full time music teachers, Mougins school welcomes a team of excellent visiting tutors, teaching both vocal and instrumental lessons. During the academic year, they keep their students motivated through external music examination programmes such as the well-respected ABRSM music grades and examinations with the School of Rock as well as LAMDA voice and music exams.
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Our music instructors at our private British School
The extracurricular music that we study at Mougins School:
NEW: String Sessions
VIOLIN | CELLO
PIANO
DRUM KIT | ROCK | JAZZ
GUITAR | BASS GUITAR
UKULELE
BAND LESSONS
VOICE
Orchestra Instruments
Strings: VIOLIN | CELLO
Brass: TRUMPET | TROMBONE | EUPHONIUM