Music
Music Forms and Events can be found on Redlands Pulse
Senior Music Festival
Friday 14 June, 6.30pm
The Concourse Concert Hall
Tickets: Gold $50, Adult $40, Junior/Pension/Student/Unemployed 30, Family (2 adults, 2 children) $110.
Private Music Studio Concerts
Congratulations to all students who participated in the recent Studio Concerts across the Junior and Senior Campuses. Our thanks and appreciation is extended to Ms Julia Booth, Mrs Anne Marie Braid, Ms Emma Cooperthwaite, Mrs Annette Houghton, Mr Diego Idarraga, Ms Andy Kent, Mr Nathan Milliner, Ms Suellen Monaghan, Ms Sandy Sin and Mr Nick Russoniello, Ms Mar’yana Sywak and Mr Jason Xu for preparing students for these lunchtime performances.
Extra Subjects Music Group Tuition
This program offers lessons in Musicianship, Sound Engineering, Rock Bands and Composition for Yrs 3-12. These various classes meet throughout the week before and after school, providing students with opportunities in building music theory skills, sound production techniques, contemporary performance and song writing. Any Secondary students who would like to form a rock band, please email at Seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Music Community Working Bee
The Friends of Music Committee would like to invite members of the School community to a Working Bee on Tuesday 2 July (9.00am-3.00pm), assisting the Music Department in the final stages of preparing scores for relocation into the new Music Library storage units. The focus of this community morning is to assist with the sorting, organising, cataloguing and shelving of all Music Ensemble scores and ongoing data entry in updating our Music Library spreadsheets across the Junior and Senior Campuses. This working bee will also be a wonderful time for parents to meet the 2019 Friends of Music Committee. Morning tea and refreshments will be coordinated by the FOM Committee. If you would like to join us for the full time or even part thereof, please RSVP the Friends of Music President Mrs Emma McLaren (details below).
Location: The Edwards Auditorium (John Roberts Centre)
Time: 9.00am-3.00pm
Attire: Casual clothes
RSVP: Mrs Emma McLaren g_e_mclaren@hotmail.com
Senior Campus
Redlands Composition Competition
The Music Department is pleased to announce the 2019 Music Composition Competition. This creative opportunity is designed for any aspiring young composer in Yrs 7-12 who is currently enrolled in the either the Academic Music program, Cocurricular Music Ensembles program or Extra Subjects program. Students are encouraged to continue developing original works for submission at the end of Term 2. Application forms are available from Music Reception.
Senior Campus Ensemble Rehearsal Attendance
Students are reminded about the importance of regular attendance to all Music Ensemble rehearsals and in meeting goals set at the start of the year in reaching a high standard of performance excellence. Morning rehearsals commence 7.15am and students should be moving to rehearsal rooms by 7.10am. Absence due to camp and/or illness will be the only accepted reason for non-attendance. It is essential that you contact seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if you are unable to attend any rehearsals.
Junior Campus
Junior Music Festival – Thursday 1 August
Music Through the Decades
Students in the Junior School are well-underway with their preparations for the annual Junior Music Festival in August. Students have been exploring music through the decades, in learning about The Beatles, Disco Music, Australian Rock Classics and Latin-Pop Music. Tickets will be on sale from Monday 24 June through Trybooking. More details to be provided at the end of the term.
Congratulations – Aneke Golowenke
The Music Department would like to congratulate Aneke who received a Highly Commended for Vocal Performance at the Sydney Eisteddfod over the weekend. This was her first singing Eisteddfod and she sang Bel Piacere by Handel.
Junior Campus Ensemble Rehearsal Attendance
A reminder that punctual attendance at all ensembles is an expectation of all students enrolled in Cocurricular Ensembles. Prep Ensembles commence at 7.45am, with supervision from 7.35am and Junior School Ensembles commence at 7.15am with supervision from 7.05am. The exception to these times are Junior Voices, Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Band which all commence promptly at 7.30am. Attendance is integral as all ensembles have begun rehearsing for upcoming events.
Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820