Year 9 Music Academy

Year 9 Music Academy is a full year specialist music course catering for experienced musicians who are currently learning a musical instrument (including voice). Students develop ensemble awareness by performing in a class orchestra, vocal ensembles, small chamber groups, and pop rock bands. Music Academy offers an extension level of practical music-making (theory and composition) and musicianship (theory and aural skills). There are performance opportunities at school events, community concerts, and local music festivals and students will attend a live orchestra performance. Year 9 Music Academy replaces Year 9 Core Music and 3 other option subject rotations. Please apply below:

Itinerant Instrumental and Vocal Music Lessons 2026

Expressions of Interest are now open for Instrumental and Vocal Music lessons for 2026.

Please complete the expression of interest form (link below), and you will be emailed the relative information, fees and conditions with a further link to the contract.

Check out Westlake for yourself

If you’d like to experience music at Westlake, our fabulous video is well worth a watch.

SOUNZ – the Centre for New Zealand Music features videos some of Westlake’s performances over the past few years. SOUNZ facilitates recording and promotion of New Zealand orchestral works for school and non-professional orchestras. You can see the videos here.  You can also watch a clip of Cantare performing at the National Finale of The Big Sing in 2019 where they won Gold.