Music at the Portsmouth Abbey School is a highly varied and multi-faceted program. Our Music Director, Joshua Horsch, is an international performer as a conductor and pianist and has taught and conducted extensively with high schools and professional/community/youth ensembles throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Our music program offers students the chance to engage in one-on-one private lessons with experienced teachers as well as the opportunity to partake in one of our many ensembles:  Pro Deo, our talented orchestra; Abbey Singers, our co-ed chorus; or our Chamber Ensemble, which focuses on smaller, classical works.  Additional musical opportunities at Portsmouth Abbey include participation in a cappella groups, rock bands and jazz combos. 

One of the many benefits our music students receive is working with highly skilled and professional musicians during our choral and orchestral collaborations.  Musicians from the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the United States Coast Guard and Naval Bands, are regular guest collaborators and teachers at the Abbey.  Students at Portsmouth Abbey also have the unique opportunity during our annual winter musical to be accompanied by a professional orchestra.  Singers and intrumentalists will find a wealth of experience and rewarding music-making here at the Abbey.