classes relate to the modern world. When they
come here, they have learned the fundamentals, so
they can use this new technology to extend it."
the School's first co-ed year--encouraged by the
Music Department's icon, the late Bill Duncan.
remembers. "All the students loved his Band
Camps, and when alumni came back to visit the
School, it was always Bill they wanted to see
because he was such a character and so very kind
and interested in his students. To have this suite
established in his memory is so fitting."
and Concert Bands, and is heavily involved in local
theatre, Mrs. Maule has witnessed the evolution of
performing arts at Saltus and oversees the
department's broadening scope of arts-ed options.
"The support we got from Ted Staunton as soon as
he came on board has changed a lot of things--the
arts just grew and grew," she enthuses. "Now we're
in the situation where we have waiting lists of
students wanting to learn instruments, participate in
school productions and take advantage of opportunities
such as extension ensembles and Performing Arts
Trips. We are so fortunate to have such a highly
skilled team in this department who work together
to produce professional results that would be hard
to match at any other school of this size."
can practise music performance pieces--on piano
or other instruments--and record as they go, with
the benefit of immediate playback. The room can
mimic a wide range of acoustical environments,
from a large recital hall to a small auditorium.
manipulated or edited," says brass teacher and
orchestra director Steve Miles, a Welshman who
joined Saltus in 2011 after touring the globe as a
principal and soloist with some of the world's best-
known brass organisations and later running music
academy programmes in Manchester and New
Zealand. He has driven the Music Department's
fast-paced technological progress using his experience
with school keyboard laboratories in the UK. "The
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