Music

Jazz in the Garden

Music Department Launch Event

Book now – Saturday 9 March (6.00-8.00pm). Table bookings are now open online. Book here.

Come join us for an evening of Jazz as the Friends of Music host our launch event, Jazz in the Gardens on Saturday 9 March. As part of this event, the first-ever Redlands EP of Original Compositions will be released. Please mark this event in your calendar. Enjoy performances from the Junior and Intermediate Jazz Bands, Stage Band and the Jazz Vocal Ensemble, hosted by the Arts and Music Captains.

Battle of the Bands (Yrs 5-12)

Enrolments are now open for Battle of the Bands auditions which will be held in Week 7 (Monday 11 – Friday 15 March). This event supports our budding young rock and contemporary musicians through a fundraising venture for the Redlands Cambodia Service trip. The competition is open to students in Yrs 7-12 with guest performances from our Junior School Rock Band Program. Competition audition forms are now available on Redlands Pulse.

Extra Subjects Music Group Tuition

This program offers lessons in Musicianship, Sound Engineering, Rock Bands and Composition. 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. Signing up for classes closes Friday 22 February.

Music Community Working Bee – Saturday 6 April

The Friends of Music Committee would like to invite members of the school community to a Working Bee on Saturday 6 April (9.00am – 1.00pm). In assisting the Music Department as they prepare 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.

Morning tea and refreshments will be provided at approximately 11.00am and this event will also be a wonderful time for parents to meet the 2019 Friends of Music Committee. If you would like to join us for the full four hours or even part thereof, please RSVP the Friends of Music President Mrs Emma McLaren: 

Location: The Music Centre
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
Attire: Casual clothes
RSVP: Mrs Emma McLaren g_e_mclaren@hotmail.com

Senior Campus

Encore

On Monday afternoon, Yrs 11 and 12 attended the Encore Concert at the Sydney Opera House. Encore is a program of outstanding performances and compositions by students of the Higher School Certificate music examinations. Music syllabuses for the Higher School Certificate offer students opportunities to develop musical knowledge, skill and understanding and to become adept at performing and composing in a variety of styles and genres. Encore also recognises the exemplary work in Musicology electives.

Junior Campus

Junior Campus Music Ensembles Supervision

For ensembles that rehearse before school, please be reminded that there is no supervision for students prior to 7.10am. Please ensure that students are not left unsupervised by parents outside the Parkes Building before this time. On Monday, supervision for Junior Guitar Ensemble and Junior Voices is provided from 7.25am and on Friday for Preparatory Choir from 7.40am.

Instrument Insurance

School hired instruments must be included on personal home and contents insurance as Redlands cannot be held responsible for instruments which are lost, stolen or damaged. As all instruments are very fragile, we ask for your assistance in ensuring that students do not let other children play with their instrument, instruments are kept in a safe place and out of extreme temperatures (ie. hot car) and are not left out of their case when not in use.

Daily Instrument Storage Arrangements

Monday

On a Monday morning cello (only) students are to bring their instruments for storage in the purpose-built cupboards in the Parkes Building corridor. For the security and safety of all resources, instruments are not to be left at school overnight as they are needed at home for regular practice sessions. Violins and violas are to be stored safely within the child’s classroom.

Thursday

On a Thursday morning, cello, trombone, baritone and violin (only) students are to bring their instruments for storage in the purpose-built cupboards in the Parkes Building corridor. For the security and safety of all resources, instruments are not to be left at school overnight as they are needed at home for regular practice sessions. Flutes and clarinets are to be stored in school bags on Thursday and all other instruments are to be stored safely within the child’s classroom. For student safety, instruments are not to be left outside classrooms in corridors or on the ground.

Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820