St Edward's School Oxford and the Great War 1914-1918

T HE S CHOOL O RCHESTRA 1918 Throughout the war the Warden and his Music Master, Dr. Walter Stanton, both highly gifted musicians in their own right, encouraged all forms of singing and music, both to lift the sombre mood of the times and to broaden the education offered at the School. While no School Plays were acted out until after the Armistice, the orchestra performed throughout the war at concerts and sometimes accompanied the Choir in Chapel. The O.T.C. band was also another key area where the School’s best musicians were employed, drilled in the more martial music by Band Masters from the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry!