Thank you for coming to the website dedicated to the Appeal and plans for the new Music School at Stowe.
On these pages, you will find a wealth of information about the plans for the new Music School, along with downloads and news from the Music Department and up-to-date progress reports on our fundraising activity.
I would particularly urge you to click on the image alongside to go on a 'fly-through' around and into the building itself, with commentary from Simon Dearsley, the Director of Music.
Anthony Wallersteiner - Headmaster
Make adonation
The Senior Housemaster
Tony Lewis
On behalf of all the Housemasters at Stowe, I am delighted to be writing to you from my study in Temple to convey our enthusiastic endorsement of this Appeal for the Music School.
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1st XV & Head Boy
James Blackham
The quality of music here at Stowe has recently risen to a new level. In many cases, students are now performing at a near-professional standard.
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Acoustic Musician & 2nd XV
Andrew Welford
As a guitarist, composer and recording artist...
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Music Scholar & U15 Hockey Captain
Clara Holden
I play the harp, viola as well as being a singer...
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Words of Encouragement
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Anthony Bolton: "I remember my days at Stowe with great fondness. The Roxburgh Hall had a wonderful record library in my day where I listened to for the first time and was inspired by works by composers such as Mahler, Shostakovich, Janacek and Britten."
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Chris Atkinson: "Stowe inspires the development of individual talent and teamwork in so many different forms and it is epitomised as strongly in the breadth and quality of musical activity at Stowe as it is on the games field."
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Orlando Sheppard: "At last the prospect is becoming reality! A new Music School will be invaluable in unifying musicians, whether in singing groups and ensembles, or just simply under one roof. It will allow Stoics to inspire and inform one another."
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Howard Goodall CBE: "When I left Stowe, in 1974, the Roxburgh Theatre was in a somewhat desperate need of refurbishment and it was becoming clear that a purpose-built facility for music was an absolute necessity."
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