About 

Our thriving music department is a home-away-from-home for many SKSS students. It is a place where students can shine with creativity while immersed in our musically diverse repertoire. Whether enrolled in one of our various concert bands, or our reputable jazz band, students take part in performance opportunities that will help contribute to community and their personal growth as young musicians. 

Rehearsals are held in our modern and spacious music room, while performances are most often onstage at the beautiful Sagebrush Theatre, which is connected to our school. Professional lighting and sound technicians are hired for all theatre shows. Our music department welcomes band students of all levels and offers students a place where they can express themselves creatively and gain a deep musical and social connection with others.

My name is Michelle McRae, and I am the music director at South Kamloops Secondary School, one of the largest high schools in School District 73. 

During the course of my thirty-year teaching career, I have built several music programs (many from scratch), served as a concert band guest director, taught saxophone masterclasses and jazz improvization clinics, brought jazz groups to the national level, co-organized district-wide music retreats, and had the pleasure of working at the Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music in several different teaching capacities. 

I am a strong music education advocate, and I am passionate about running a music program where students feel safe to explore their musical creativity in an inclusive, music-family environment. I feel extremely grateful to work with amazing students, parents, and staff in a school where music is appreciated and supported as much as it is at South Kamloops Secondary School.