Amadeus Music Education Program

This week Sydney Catholic Schools launched its ground-breaking Amadeus Music Education Program, the biggest and most ambitious investment in music education ever undertaken in Sydney schools.

Amadeus is being rolled out to all 150 Sydney Catholic Schools after a successful pilot in 2021 and we are thrilled to announce that our Years 7 and 8 students will get to experience this high-quality music program from 2024. Amadeus will provide students in Years 7 and 8 with a string, woodwind or brass instrument to learn, as well as classroom music lessons. This program will be delivered by specialist music tutors, as well as classroom teachers.

Amadeus enables access and equity to music education for our students, regardless of abilities and music backgrounds. It is underpinned by research that proves that learning an instrument and playing in a musical ensemble strengthens neural pathways in the brain and can significantly improve academic success and student engagement. 

The scale of Amadeus is enormous and the numbers tell the story: 52,000 instruments, 270 specialist music tutors and 33,000 students across 150 schools. It is a monumental project to roll out a program of this scale, which is why it is being launched in stages across the Sydney Catholic Schools’ network. We are so excited that Amadeus will be coming to our school and we will be able to provide you with more detailed information about the program, how it will run and the specific instrumental opportunities for our students next year.

In the meantime, you can find further information about the scale and ambition of this innovative program on the Amadeus page of the Sydney Catholic Schools’ website where you will find a brochure and other details on the program.