Music
Ensembles
It’s great to hear the excitement through the corridors as the first Band, Strings and Choir rehearsals have begun. Our ensembles are energised and ready to go for a fun and rewarding year ahead!
One of the most rewarding pay-offs for any young musician is when they can join their music-making with the music-making of their peers. Time spent practising scales and parts in disciplined solitude at home, suddenly finds rich reward when their part is layered with another part and another part – creating something bigger and far more exciting than we can ever achieve on our own. Important life lessons are imbued in the ensemble context, and it’s no wonder that wellbeing benefits are proven and extensive, as we learn to take musical risks in a shared way – supporting, stretching and succeeding alongside our peers.
We are so fortunate at Redlands to have such support for the Arts, with rich and diverse opportunities for our students to develop themselves creatively. This week saw beaming smiles on faces, and a fresh, chatty buzz in corridors and classrooms as our ensembles from P-12 launched for 2024.
We’re planning and discussing all our big shows and festivals for 2024 in rehearsal, and can’t wait to share our Music with our community.
Competition Series – Save the Dates!
The Competition Series are our series of events that invite our extraordinary students to display their skills across the year.
Be sure to save the dates of the auditions and competitions below!
Instrumental Competition Auditions – Closing Tomorrow!
The instrumental competition is the first of our Competitions for this year. Auditions close tomorrow – this is a final reminder for those who are yet to join. Throw your hat in the ring, and audition on iLearn!
An important reminder for all entrants to ensure they have not only uploaded their audition video, and attached sheet music, but filled out the form on the iLearn page.
Jazz in the Garden
We’re gearing up for Jazz in the Garden – just over two weeks away! What’s a better way to kick off the year with a “launch-of-season” musical event where you can lie back and enjoy some Jazz? That’s right, Jazz in the Garden is coming on 2 March – book now!
The Friends of Music are holding a sausage sizzle for the event, as well as a Yr 12 Bake Sale. When booking below, you can even pre-purchase your sausage sizzle for $3! It promises to be a wonderful afternoon of music and entertainment.
More information for ensembles involved will be going to parents later this week.
Book your tickets below!
CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET TO JAZZ IN THE GARDEN
Percussion Ensemble
Our Senior Percussion Ensemble started off with a bang this week! We loved seeing our students playing together of all ages and experiences. It’s not too late to enrol!
Senior Music Festival Features
After fierce competition, the results of two of the Senior Music Festival Features are below:
|
FEATURE: IRIDI – ‘To The Rainbow’ |
Sholto Mirrlees-Black |
| FEATURE:
Symphony Orchestra – Piano Solo |
Jocelyn Wang |
We can’t wait to hear these stellar compositions and performances at our Term 2 Senior Music Festival. Congratulations to all who auditioned. Other features will be announced in the coming weeks.
Music Ensemble Auditions
Thank you for all ensemble auditions happening last and this week across both campuses!
We will be getting back to students in the coming week regarding the results of the auditions, if not already! On the Senior School, these results will be released through iLearn.
Friends of Music Meeting – Thursday 22 February
Our first Friends of Music meeting of the year is coming up! It’s a great opportunity to look at the year ahead. We invite anyone in our community, but particularly in a Junior School community, to come join and be part of what we do.
Meet the Team: Junior Academic Music
Meet our Junior Academic Team! Capably led by Ms Moses, the Junior Academic team are dedicated to outstanding music curricular and co-curricular experiences in P-6. They are early education experts who are masters of their craft.
Here to help!
Keep your eye on Pulse and the MUSIC EVENTS page to ensure key dates are all on the family calendar and reach out to your campus Music Office if we can assist in any way.
Mrs Jacqueline McGlade
Junior Music Administrator | juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au | 9908 6495
CLICK FOR PREP & JUNIOR MUSIC PULSE
Ms Kirsty Hales
Senior Music Administrator | seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au | 9968 9820
Ms Katherine Moses
Junior Campus Music Subject Coordinator (P-6)
Ms Victoria Williams
Secondary School Music Subject Coordinator (7-12)
Mr Mathew Owen
Director of Music Performance (P-12)