A guide for parents and guardians Music Lessons
The Music School
The Music School
Music is central to life at Habs, exceptional in both its quality and breadth of opportunity. With over 70 ensembles rehearsing every week, over 20 major concerts per year, and lunchtime performance opportunities every week, our musicians are part of one of the most vibrant and diverse music programmes in the country.
The Music School brings together students from both Habs Boys’ and the Girls’ School, drawing from a breathtaking pool of talent and creativity. We visit concert halls in London several times a year, curate projects through recording (Abbey Road and AIR Studios), collaborate with drama to produce original new work, run music partnership programmes in the community, host a range of dedicated courses through our Holiday Programme, and much more. Alongside our outstanding orchestral provision, the pinnacle being the Habs Elstree Symphony Orchestra, we have an exceptional jazz department, sending students every year to leading conservatoires in London and beyond. Since 2022 we are delighted to offer tuition in Indian Classical Music, on instruments such as Tabla, Dhol, and Harmonium. We have prodigious young songwriters, rock bands, composers, improvisers, one of the largest guitar orchestras in the country - all genres and styles of music are given equal platform. We want our leading musicians to guide our course of study, allowing them to impact the shape of what we offer with each generation that passes through the school.
For any young musician who wants to discover their potential, whilst experiencing a breadth of styles and opportunity through the process, Habs is the perfect place. Together with our talented young students we are immensely excited about what the future holds for Habs music.
We are proud to have an exceptional team of Visiting Music Teachers (VMTs) who provide expert tuition on a wide range of instruments. Whether you would like to continue an instrument you have already started with, or whether you’re curious to try something new, now is the time to get invovled with music at Habs Elstree.
Mr Tom Taylor Director of Performance Music
Choosing an instrument
We are proud to offer a range of instruments at Habs. Tuition is available on the following:
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Drums
French Horn
Flute
Classical Guitar
Electric Guitar
Oboe
Organ
Percussion
Piano Recorder
Saxophone
Jazz Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
Voice
Viola
Violin
Applications
How to apply
All applications for instrumental or vocal lessons should be directed to the Music Administrator via musicschool@habselstree.org.uk.
After submitting the following application form the Music Administrator be in touch with the next steps.
Fees and Agreements
Fees and Agreements
All instrumental teachers at Habs Girls are self-employed. This means that an agreement must be made between you and the teacher directly. Once a request for lessons has been made and assuming that a space is available, the Music Administrator will forward your application form to the appropriate teacher who will contact you to discuss and organise your child’s first lesson.
You will be issued with an agreement to sign and return to the teacher and an invoice for fees for the first series of 10 lessons. The current fees for September 2025 onwards are £290 for a series of 10 lessons of 30 minutes (these fees are subject to review on an annual basis).
The teacher undertakes to teach 30 lessons a year in series of 10 lessons (not always 10 per term due to the varying length of terms). You will be invoiced at the beginning of each series of 10 lessons.
