Music
Time Flies When You’re… Making Music!
It’s hard to imagine that 14 weeks from now will see us wrapping up our school year for 2021! Though Semester Two’s usual rhythms have started off a little syncopated, our students from P-12 have shown extraordinary resilience and improvisation skills as they have found new and creative ways to innovate, adapt and keep growing in their musical abilities even within new learning frames and routines.
We’ve been thrilled to hear from families who (in an effort to keep their kids stimulated and entertained while at home) have decided that the current chapter is the perfect chance for their child to start learning an instrument! Several new Redlands students have connected with our expert Music Tutors for the first time over Zoom and are enjoying this new creative diversion while learning from home.
Should your child be similarly be interested in exploring a new activity at this time, we have places for Zoom music tuition available in the following instruments:
Piano*, Flute*, Violin*, ‘Cello*, Viola, Double Bass, Voice, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Orchestral Percussion, Clarinet, Saxophone, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Euphonium, and Trumpet *Preparatory student recommendations
Simply reach out to juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au or seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au and we’ll be happy to get you started!
Learning Music from Home
All extracurricular and cocurricular Music Lessons, Classes and Ensembles continue in their now established home-learning patterns. Conductors communicate directly with ensembles when they wish for a Zoom session be scheduled in support of the weekly resource uploads to our stage-specific learning platforms (See Saw, Google Classroom & iLearn).
Redlands Composition Competition – announcement NEXT WEEK!
It’s a great problem to have! We were overwhelmed by the number of entries for this year’s Composition Competition – and plans for the Redlands EP for next year are shaping up beautifully! Our apologies that our panel are still reviewing these high quality submissions and are considering production timelines as the final selection is made. Once again, we would like to congratulate all students for their thoughtful submissions that have made this process challenging! Finalists will be announced in Note Day next week.
Other Date Changes
Please keep your eye on the Music Events dates on Pulse in case of adjustments in the term ahead, in light of our rapidly changing context.
AMEB Exams
Parents and students received communication from our office yesterday about the latest revision to our AMEB submission strategy for the current round of examinations. Redlands and the AMEB will provide an outline to guide students through the filming and submission of video exams, for which students have been working so diligently! We wish our many candidates all the best as they prepare these videos and performances from home in the next little while!
Music Administration
If there is anything that we might assist you with, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Music Administrators Mr James Olds seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au and Mrs Jacqueline McGlade juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Happy Music-making!
Amy Richardson
Director of Music P-12 (Acting)
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820