Music & Sports

At Abbey College Cambridge we offer a range of musical activities designed to suit both experienced musicians and students who may never have picked up an instrument before. We also organise individual music lessons for students. We believe that playing music, being part of a band or singing helps to develop confidence, make new friends and challenge yourself personally whilst learning a new skill and having a lot of fun! Music clubs are part of our Abbey College Cambridge extra-curricular activity programme. By taking part in our music clubs students receive a certification that will enhance their university application.

Our music clubs

Student bands and singing groups play regularly at concerts and social events throughout the year.

Abbey Pop and Rock Bands

If you like rock or pop music and can already play, or would like to learn how to play an instrument, then join our bands. You’ll get the opportunity to enjoy an exciting and loud club, and perform at school events.

Glee Club

Learn to sing if you’ve never sung before, or if you’re already a good singer learn to sing better, including complex parts and harmony.

Abbey Classical Band

Piano players, violinists, guitarists and singers with a shared passion for classical music come together regularly to practice and perform in our student led classical band.

Ukelele Club

Have fun learning the world’s most popular instrument! Students in Ukelele Club reach a good performance standard in two months.

Music Production Club

Learn how to make music with a computer using the latest production techniques.

Drum Workshop

Work on your percussion skills with a professional drummer. Great fun and no experience necessary.

Other

We encourage our students to create their own music clubs and societies. If you are passionate about a particular style of music we can help you set up a club dedicated to it.

Visit our YouTube Channel to view all the entries in the 2021 House Music Competition.

SPORTS AT ABBEY CAMBRIDGE

At Abbey College Cambridge we actively encourage all our students to participate in sports to help their physical development and improve their ability to concentrate and work hard in class.

Our Head of Physical Education Philip White organises a wide range of sports from Basketball and Football to Table Tennis and even Chess. We also provide our students access to more unique sports such as Horse Riding, Golf and Martial Arts. We have a dance club and annual college sports day.

We aim to create a healthy community for our students to learn and socialise in, and college sports are a very important part of this.

To compliment the excellent sports provision available at Abbey College Cambridge, branded Sports Kit is available to purchase via Playerlayer and can be viewed by clicking here.

Compulsory School Age (under 16 years old) students are required to purchase a selection of this kit to wear during their PE lessons. This is the only sportswear that will be allowed to be worn during PE lessons. All other students can purchase the new Sports kit range to wear at their leisure and during sporting extra-curricular activities.

Sports available at Abbey College Cambridge include:

Badminton

Basketball

Chess

Dance

Fitness

Football

Horse Riding

Self Defence

Swimming

Table Tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Yoga

Yo-Yo

We encourage our students to start their own sports clubs and societies. If you are passionate about a particular sport that we don’t currently offer, tell us. We will help you to set up a club for it and get other students involved.

Sports clubs are part of our extra-curricular activity programme.