Music
Redlands Junior and Senior Piano Competitions
The Music Department warmly invites you to the Redlands Piano Competition, to be held in the Music Recital Hall (Senior Campus) on Monday 4 June. The Junior Competition will commence at 4.00pm followed by the Senior Piano Competition at 6.00pm. A light supper will be provided at the conclusion of both competitions.
Tickets for the Junior and Senior Piano Competitions will be available online through TryBooking shortly. Please note there is no charge for this event.
The Redlands Piano Competition will be adjudicated by Ms Tonya Lemoh, an internationally acclaimed pianist. Born in Sydney to an Australian mother and a Sierra-Leonean father, Tonya began her piano lessons at the age of five when her family moved to London. On returning to Australia, she attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the age of seventeen to finish high school and then onto a Bachelor of Music, while furthering her studies by completing a Masters of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Tonya has received numerous international awards, including the Diplôme d’honneur at the International Grieg Piano Competition in Norway (2002) and First Prize in the International Competition of Young Performers in Denmark (2003). As well as an accomplished soloist, Tonya is an avid chamber musician and has performed numerous concerts in Denmark, Belgium and Germany and been enthusiastically received by critics and audiences alike.
Senior Music Festival
Bach to the Beatles
- Gold $50
- Adult $40
- Junior/Pension/Student/Unemployed $30
- Family (2 adults, 2 children) $110
Students are encouraged to participate in the Ticket Selling Competition for winning some incredible prizes. Please refer to Senior Music Festival Letter 2 for the process in registering tickets through Ticketek.
Senior Music
Senior Piano Competition Finalists
Division 1 (Yrs 7-8)
Jaida Gwilliam, Helen He, Marcus Ogden, Jessica Wei, Lauren Zhang
Division 2 (Yrs 9-10)
Piper Allen, Cara Eccleston, Chloe Laverty, Armen Shiraz-Dilanchian
Division 3 (Yrs 11-12)
Michelle Li, Tara Sahagian
Senior Music Festival Production Week Rehearsals
Please note that all Cocurricular Music Ensembles will be required for a rehearsal on Wednesday 20 June 3.30-5.00pm in the Music Centre. With every student from Yrs 7-12 performing in the Finale, attendance at this rehearsal is essential. Please see below for details of these additional rehearsals during the Senior Music Festival Production Week. More detailed rehearsal schedules will be issued in Week 6.
- Wednesday 20 June (Finale Rehearsal Yrs 7-12 students) – 3.30-5.00pm in the Music Centre
- Thursday 21 June (Festival Technical Rehearsals Yrs 7-12 students) – 7.00am-2.00pm at The Concourse
- Friday 22 June (Festival Technical Rehearsals Yrs 7-12 students) – 7.00am-5.45pm at The Concourse
Senior Music Festival Finale
Last week, Yr 12 students commenced learning the choreography for the Year 12 Finale, with Dance specialist Shannon Clark from the Redlands Ballet & Dance Academy. Filled with stylistic dancing from Contemporary to Lyrical styles, the Yr 12 Graduation piece will certainly be one spectacular finale.
Senior Music Festival Sunday Rehearsal
All Cocurricular Music Ensemble students are reminded of the upcoming Sunday 3 June Senior Music Festival Rehearsal (10.00am-4.00pm). As notified in the Senior Music Festival at the start of the term, students are required to attend various additional rehearsals in preparation for the Senior Music Festival. Please click here for rehearsal arrangements.
Cocurricular Photos and Senior Music Festival Celebration – Monday 25 June
Due to unexpected wet weather last term, Cocurricular photos for the following Music Ensembles will take place on Monday 25 June in conjunction with the Senior Music Festival Celebration Afternoon Tea. After the presentation of prizes to the winners of the Senior Music Festival Ticket Selling Competition, photos will be held for Advanced Choir, Redlands Combined Choir, Redlands Orchestra and Redlands Combined Concert Band.
Junior Campus
Junior Piano Competition Finalists
Division 1 (Yr 3)
Jaxon Black, Andy Guan, Evangelina Krallis, Zetong Shen
Division 2 (Yr 4)
Toby Anderson, Zoe Kerf, Keith Liu, Nicholas Wright
Division 3 (Yr 5)
Aneke Golowenko, Amber Hosker, Lachlan Svensson, Leonardo Vaccarezza
Division 4 (Yr 6)
Jasmine Black, Jiaqi (Ahnu) Guan, Lara Wilson, Melinda Wright
Junior Music Festival
STEAM Theme (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics)
Tickets to the Junior Music Festival on Thursday 2 August will be released through TryBooking in the last week of Term 2. Please place this date in your diaries.
Junior Campus Ensemble Attendance and Punctuality
Morning and Lunchtime Sessions
With the Junior Music Festival fast approaching, students are reminded about the importance of regular attendance to all Music Ensemble rehearsals, in reaching a high standard of performance excellence. Parents are asked to please ensure students arrive to rehearsals on time with their instruments and all other required resources. Absence due to camp and/or illness will be the only accepted reason for non-attendance. It is essential that parents contact juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if their child is unable to attend any rehearsals.
Junior School Curriculum Music
In Music classes this term, students will analyse and perform repertoire based on our STEAM Theme (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics). It will be an action-packed term as students’ study units of inquiry such as ‘the sounds engines make’ and ‘patterns around us.’
Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820