Music
It’s the most wonderful time…
Making and sharing music is one of the richest experiences life can offer us. It requires dedication, collaboration, confidence, teachability and often vulnerability, but the payoff is extraordinary with dividends in social connectedness, relationships and wellbeing (not to mention the cognitive benefits in the brain development of school aged children). One scientific study showed that the corpus callosum in the brains of students who engaged in quality music-making activities before the age of 7 was significantly larger than their non-musician counterparts. Just the same, we don’t need science to tell us what we already know and that is, simply – Music makes life better. With two semesters of diligent practice and growth under their belts, the music resounding across our campuses at the moment cements that this really is the most wonderful time of the year.
We can’t wait to share our work with the community in the weeks ahead.
Amy Richardson
Director of Music P-12
Curricular Music
JUNIOR CAMPUS CURRICULAR MUSIC
Spotlight on…Redlands House & Transition Gold
Redlands House Orange Juniors performed a fabulous ‘singalong’ on Monday, with parents and guests in awe of our youngest learners! The children sang and moved to their favourite songs, including ‘Jack in the Box’, ‘Larry the Lobster’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ with Ms Moses. (Click image below for a bit of Christmas cheer!) It was a joyous afternoon of music making and we can’t wait for Yellow Class and Blue Class to share their singalong performances tomorrow with Mrs Anderson.
Redlands House Seniors and TG also have an exciting performance coming up – The Redlands House & TG Rainbow Concert! The children had such fun rehearsing on the stage this week in their costumes, and they were also excited to do a mini performance to their Yr 5 buddies in 5W. Yr 5 enjoyed watching their buddies sing and even surprised them with a little performance of their own with a sneak peek at their song for Speech Day.
Transition Gold are looking forward to next week’s concert performing to their parents and friends where they get to take the stage to find all the colours of the rainbow….even Gold! They are all ready to dazzle parents next Wednesday 10am in Dunnet Hall.
Katherine Moses
Head of Junior Campus Music
Nicole Roberts
Head of Performance P-6
SENIOR CAMPUS CURRICULAR MUSIC
Cultivating rich learning to the very end!
The year may be winding up, but our Senior Music students are enthusiastically packing as much learning and exploration as they can into the remaining weeks! Yr 7 had a fantastic exploration of Gamelan Music this week as part of their ‘around the world’ musical adventures. Yr 8 are wrapping up their ‘Subject Mash’ project (Music plus another of their favourite subjects) with some dynamic cross-curricular applications happening. Yr 9 are creating short trop-fest style Australian Films and then learning about underscoring to create mood and support narrative, while Yr 10 have taken the reins for their collaborative ‘Passion Projects’ in a direction of their choosing! Needless to say – our newest cohort of Yr 12 musicians have launched out of the gate with inspired compositions and performance ideas already emerging. We’re looking forward to the final presentations for the Yr 8-10 projects next week, and to seeing our Yr 12’s run the year ahead with their trademark creative flair and dedication.
Amy Richardson
Director of Music P-12
Cocurricular Music
SENIOR CAMPUS: Rock in the Quad!
We are excited to present the return of the mighty Rock in the Quad on Thursday 1 December! Our Senior Campus extracurricular Rock bands will perform their favourite tunes for parents, friends and teachers. We are delighted to be able to accommodate parents for the Senior Campus event, and kindly ask guests to bypass the Secondary School Office to sign in at the Quad directly with the provided QR Code signage.
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RECESS |
Rise of the Masses |
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LUNCH |
Boss Ladies |
JUNIOR CAMPUS: Rock in the Garden!
Just like their senior counterparts, Rock in the Garden will fire up for our Juniors during lunchtime on Thursday 1 December 2022! Our two extracurricular Rock Bands from the Junior School will perform some favourite tunes for their school friends and teachers!
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LUNCH |
The Flaming Falcons |
It’s beginning to look a lot like…..Christmas!
Christmas Carols can be heard across Redlands with the Junior Campus Carols Service on Tuesday 29 November in Dunnet Hall and the Secondary School Carols Service on Friday 2 December in the Fahl Garden. From the delights of ‘Joy to the World’ to the slumber of ‘Away in a Manger’ and a few other surprises in between, both Carols services – accompanied by Concert Bands, String Ensembles and Tutor bands will prove to be a fun moment for our student community as they focus on the true meaning of Christmas. Whilst one day, we would like to open these events up for families to join us, we thank you for understanding the current climate that sees these events as student-only gatherings.
Joe Montz
Head of Bands & Small Ensembles
Nicole Roberts
Head of Choral
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Speech Day!
Rehearsals
Whilst Prep and Junior School rehearsals will be managed by teachers during school hours, students in our Senior Campus Bands, Choirs & String Ensembles are reminded to check in with Pulse & iLearn to manage their prompt attendance at additional rehearsals and call times, ahead of both Carols and Speech Day performances.
On the Day – 7 December
All performers must be in immaculate Full Summer uniform with blazer and polished shoes, neatly styled hair and with instrument and sheet music under arm! Morning and Afternoon Tea snacks and bottled water may be brought to the venue in clearly labelled containers.
A reminder as per communications from the school office, Junior Strings and Junior Concert Band Ensembles are to arrive at Luna Park Big Top by 8.00am and Junior Choir to arrive by 8.45am and report to Music Staff. Further information for school families is in Mr Guha’s and Ms Van de Peer’s respective letters to their sections, distributed earlier this week. Secondary School musicians featuring at Speech Day are to arrive and report to Music Staff at Luna Park Big Top by 2pm in immaculate Summer Uniform with Polished shoes and neat hair.
Amy Richardson
Director of Music P-12
Katherine Moses
Head of Junior Campus Music P-6
Extracurricular Music
2023 Private Tuition
All Private Tuition rolls over automatically from year to year. Should your child wish to discontinue their Private Instrumental lessons, please complete the Notice of Change Form on the Music Pulse pages by the end of term, Wednesday 7 December to avoid late notice charges in the new year. This greatly assists us in supporting our casual workforce with work and income guarantees, and we thank you for your assistance to this end.
If interested to know more about Private Tuition, or if you think 2023 might be the year that you explore one of our Bands, Choirs, Ensembles and enrichment classes, we encourage you to reach out to your respective Music Office and we will be happy to assist you.
Jacqueline McGlade
Junior Campus Music Administrator
juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Kirsty Hales
Senior CampusMusic Administrator
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
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