IB Music is the academic pinnacle of our school, its course-work-based approach means that boys can research, compose, perform, and write about their musical enthusiasms. Recent work has ranged from composition in the style of Messiaen, through Latin American baroque music, through Bill Evans and Miles Davis, to John Adams, and Bela Bartók. The IB course is an excellent vehicle to obtain academic accreditation for musical skills and is a thorough preparation for boys who wish to study the subject at university or a conservative. After undertaking a Music degree, boys pursue careers as performers and composers, as academic musicians and band members, or to undertake further study – in Britain and further afield. IB Music and degrees in Music or with a musical component are increasingly taken by employers to mean that potential employees are creative, collaborative, as well as highly-organised and capable of working independently.