Moi’s love for music turned school into an entertainment powerhouse

Maxwell Muttai plays violin at Moi High School-Kabarak in 2016. [File, Standard]

An electric piano stands boldly on the far end of the music laboratory. On the wall shelves is an array of neatly organised music instruments, all carefully tucked. The piano is the latest addition to the collection. The four corners of the laboratory too, and by the windows, display sets of much heavier, richer and bulky instruments that would make any music of connoisseur excited. This, however, is not a school of music, this is a simple yet tastefully equipped music laboratory.

The neatly organised trumpets, violins, saxophones, clarinets, drums among other instruments, sourced both locally and internationally, have propelled the music department to the top over the years. “At one time, we topped the nationals for six years in a row as the best in music. We often register the highest candidates in music and still emerge the top,” says Dorothy Zalo, the music teacher.