Port Perry High School has a long and proud tradition of excellence in Music Education. Offering classes in vocal, instrumental, and guitar music at all grade levels, as well as nine different performance groups and a music council, there are a multitude of ways for students to get involved throughout their high school careers. For more information on performance groups, please click here.

Our groups have competed locally, provincially and nationally at festivals such as Sunderland Lions Music Festival, Ontario Vocal Festival, Southern Ontario Jazz Band Festival, Ontario Band Association Festival, and Musicafest Canada.

The Music Department also travels each year on a spring performance tour, offering incredible memory making experiences for our students. Tour destinations have included places across Canada, the United States and Europe. All senior performance groups participate.

PLEASE NOTE: during these Covid times, the DDSB has instructed us that we may not proceed with bands with wind instruments or with mixed cohort choirs. Until such time as we are able to proceed with regular extra-curricular programming, we are running two percussion ensembles: a Senior Percussion Ensemble (gr 10-12), as well as a Junior Percussion Ensemble (gr 9). We welcome all instrumental and vocal students into these groups. Reading percussion music will be taught, as well as basic rhythmic playing technique. When we are finally able to proceed with our regular groups, announcements will be made on this website, as well as social media and through the school's morning announcements. We look forward to eventually being able to run extra-curricular wind ensembles and vocal ensembles!

Music is a Science.

Music is Mathematical.

Music is a Foreign Language.

Music is History.

Music is Physical Education.

Music Develops Insight and

Demands Research.

Music is all these things,

But most of all,

MUSIC is ART.

That is why we teach Music:

Not because we expect you

to major in Music

Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life…

But so you will be human

So you will recognize beauty

So you will be closer to an

Infinite beyond this world

So you will have something to cling to

So you will have more love,

more compassion, more gentleness, more good—

In short, more LIFE

Grade 9 Instrumental Music (AMI 1O1)

Grade 9 Vocal Music (AMV 1O1)

Grade 9 Guitar Music (AMG 1O1)

Music study at the grade 9 level is intended to develop students’ understanding and appreciation of music through a focus on practical skills and creative work. Our goal is that students will find in Music a source of enjoyment and personal satisfaction and will gain creative problem-solving skills, individual and cooperative work habits, knowledge of themselves and others, a sense of personal responsibility, and connections to their communities and future careers.

For a look at Grade 9 Course Outlines, click here.

Areas of Study in Each Course Include:

Performance and Technique

(full ensemble, small ensemble & solo)

Theory, Listening,

History and Analysis,

Reflection and Response.

PLEASE NOTE: During these Covid times, we ARE permitted to play our wind instruments and sing in class as a cohort, so students will be receiving instruction on their chosen instruments. Appropriate Covid protocol measures will be in place, including professional sanitizing of instruments, no sharing of instruments or mouthpieces, sanitizing in class, as well as appropriate distancing between players.

Courses Offered in Music include:

Instrumental (AMI)

Vocal (AMV)

Guitar (AMG)

AMI /AMV/AMG 1O1—Grade Nine Open Level Instrumental/Vocal/Guitar (no prerequisites)

AMI/AMV/AMG 2O1—Grade Ten Open Level Instrumental/Vocal/Guitar (no prerequisites, although the grade 9 courses in these disciplines are strongly encouraged)

AMI/AMV/AMG 3M1—Grade Eleven University/College Preparation Music (prerequisite AMI/AMV/AMG 1O1 or AMI/AMV/AMG 2O1)

AMI/AMV/AMG 4M1—Grade Twelve University/College Preparation Music (pre-equisite AMI/AMV/AMG 3M1)

AMT 3M1—Music Theatre (prerequisite Grade 9 or 10 AMV, AMI or any ADA course)