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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987, PAGE 9 BRUCE COURT conducts students who are attending the Whitby Summer School of Music. Court, who has taught music at Whitby Senior Public School (now Leslie MeFarlane) for the past five years, will begin teaching music at O'Neill High School in Oshawa in September. Free Press photo Musical summer school now in its fourth year By MIKE JOHNSTON While some students take sum- mer school to improve their academic grades others in Whitby are at summer school to improve their musical abilities. Whitby Summer School of Music, operated by Bruce Court, now has 55 stu dents in' its fourth year of operation. Over these four years the kids are better musically prepared," says Court. who for the past five years has taught music at Whitby Senir. Next year Court will teach music at O'Neill High School in Oshawa. The students start their day at West Lynde School at 8:30 a.m. From 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. they receive individual instruction with their in- strument from one of 10 teachers (five faculty and five assistants.) From 9:15 to 10 a.m., the students are taught the theory of music, then from 10:15 to il a.m. the brass sec- tions and the flute sections, etc. get together. At 11 a.m. all 55 students come together until noon to rehearse as a band under the guidance of Court. "They have to get eight pieces together in three weeks. That is not easy," he says. The three-week course costs $135 with the only requirement being the student have one year of in- strumental music. . "We get things done here because the students that want to be here are here. It is also a good discipline for the kids during summer," says Court. "They put in a steady 3½-hour pace. There were a lot of sore lips after the first couple of days." The students will get a chance to show what theyliave learned when they give two concerts on Thur- sday, July 23. At 10:30 a.m., there will be a con- cert for seniors in the gazebo at Centennial Park. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the students will hold a con- cert at the school. After five years at Whitby Senior, Court is moving to O'Neill "I'm not jumping ship., This is a good time for me to take the next step in my own career develop- ment," he says. Court says the vacancy was posted on the last day of school and he was informed he had been ac- cepted two weeks ago. "O'Neill has a class program without a doubt," he says, adding he is disappointed he was unable to tell the senior students about the move. He says the youth band he started in Whitby will continue and the trips to the Calgary Winter Olym- pics and Bristol, England, both in 1988, are still planned. STUDENTS OF THE Whitby Summer School of Music come together every day at 11 a.m. during school to perform as a band. The students will present a concert for seniors in the gazebo at Centennial Park on Thursday, July 23. Free Press photo