Music
Jazz in the Garden – Save the Date
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 Saturday 16 March.
Jazz in the Garden is back bigger and better than before. We’re excited to be including ensembles from both the Junior and Senior Campus to launch our year.
The following ensembles will be performing:
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Junior Jazz Band
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Senior Jazz Combo
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Advanced Guitar Ensemble
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Intermediate Guitar Ensemble
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Junior Voices
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Senior Voices
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Intermediate Stage Band
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Advanced Stage Band
Please keep your eye on Note Day for a link to book tickets in the coming weeks!
Senior Music Auditions
We have many auditions due by Sunday! So many opportunities for both our newest performers to join our extension ensembles, as well as seasoned performers and composers to join in our upcoming competitions.
Make sure you don’t miss out – check out more for Senior Auditions on iLearn.
Music Performance Competition – Sign Up Now!
The Music Performance Competition is now live! The competition is open for all instrumentalists, vocalists and pianists from Yrs 3-12 who are taking private tuition. Registrations are due by 8:00am Monday 24 February Week 5.
Click HERE to learn more and sign-up!
Activities Fair
Our Music and Arts Captains were busy helping students enrol in ensembles and private tuition at the Activities Fair today! Congratulations to .JPEG, Eliza and Emma, and Ollie and Daniel for their great performances to keep the energy buzzing!
Friends of Music Meeting – Thursday 20 February
We are grateful for the enthusiastic support of our Friends of Music who give their time because of their belief in the importance of creativity, community and collaboration. We extend the invitation to all Junior and Secondary School parents to consider becoming one of our Friends of Music (FoM) in 2025! To find out more, feel free to leave your details via the Friends of Music Expression Form.
Our Friends of Music Start-Of-Year Meeting is a great opportunity to see what it’s all about, or more generally find out about our program and ask any burning questions.
Please come along on Thursday 20 February at 6pm. We are excited for another year of music making, and we can’t wait to see you at our many events this year!
K-2 Orientation Music Session
We were thrilled welcome a number of K-2 parents to our music information session last Thursday. It was a wonderful opportunity for the community to meet the music staff, learn more about the music offerings available to Prep and Junior Students, and to connect with other parents. Please find a link to the slideshow here.
What’s on when? Cocurricular Ensembles in Wk 3
Cocurricular ensembles start next week! Please check our Pulse pages for more information.
Meet the Team: Senior Academic Music
As we start out the year, we’re going to do a ‘meet the team!’ focus across our campuses for Music.
To kick off, please meet our Senior Academic Team! Our staff are so excited to help all students, and it doesn’t matter which teacher you have – we’re all available to help students whenever you need. There’s so much variety of expertise and knowledge our Senior team will bring to our curriculum Music students.
Events Term 1
Our Term 1 events are live on our Pulse Music Calendar: We encourage all parents to bookmark this page to keep an eye on what attended events are available throughout the year.
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Friends of Music Meeting |
Thu 20 February |
John Roberts Centre |
6.00pm-7.00pm |
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Music Performance Competition – Preliminary Heats |
Mon 10 March – Wed 19 March |
John Roberts Centre |
Before and After School |
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Jazz in the Garden |
Sat 15 March |
Fahl Garden |
Afternoon |
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Music Performance Competition – Semi-Finals (Senior) |
Mon 31 March |
John Roberts Centre |
Evening |
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Music Performance Competition – Semi-Finals (Junior) |
Tue 1 April |
John Roberts Centre |
Evening |
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Year 2 Strings Open Lesson |
Mon 7 April |
Junior Campus |
2:30pm-2:50pm |
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Battle of the Bands |
Mon 7 April |
John Roberts Centre |
From 5.30pm |
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Red Factor |
Fri 11 April |
Junior School |
2.00-pm-3.00pm |
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ANZAC Day Dawn Service (School Holidays) |
Fri 25 April |
Old Parade Ground, Georges Heights, Mosman |
Dawn (times TBC) |
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
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Ms Kirsty Hales
Senior Music Administrator | seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au | 9968 9820
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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)