Music
Jazz in the Garden
Music Department Launch Event
Saturday 9 March (6.00-8.00pm). Table bookings are now open online. Book here.
Come join us for an evening of Jazz music as the Friends of Music host our launch event, Jazz in the Gardens on Saturday 9 March at 6.00 pm. As part of this concert, the first-ever Redlands EP of Original Compositions will be released. Enjoy performances from the Junior and Intermediate Jazz Bands, Stage Band and the Jazz Vocal Ensemble, hosted by the 2019 Arts and Music Captains.
Music Community Working Bee
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), 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: John Roberts Music Centre
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
Attire: Casual Clothes
RSVP: Mrs Emma McLaren g_e_mclaren@hotmail.com
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 March – Friday 15 March). This event supports our budding young rock and contemporary musicians through a fundraising venture for the Redlands Cambodia 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.
Piano Competition (Yrs 3-12)
Enrolments are now open for the Junior and Senior Piano Competitions auditions which will be held in Week 10 (Monday 1 April and Wednesday 3 April) for Secondary School students and in Week 11 (Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 April) for Junior School students. Audition forms are now available on Redlands Pulse.
Senior Campus
Meet the Music Series 1
As part of the Curriculum Music Program, last Thursday evening Yr 9 and 10 students had the unique opportunity to attend Meet the Music Series 1, presented by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This concert showcased two significant orchestral works, Amériques (1929) by Varèse and the Australian premiere of Marsalis The Jungle, Symphony No. 4 composed by Marsalis. As a Parisian in America, Edgard Varèse was entranced by the tumultuous soundscape of New York and his composition Amériques is a portrait of the city in all its thrilling chaos. In matching the intensity of city life, Wynton Marsalis, presented his modern symphony, where Jazz Band meets orchestra, as musicians explored the exciting sounds of New York, from Spanish Harlem to Wall Street. Marsalis, who performed alongside his orchestra in this concert is regarded as the epitome of American creativity and modern music.
Junior Campus
RedFactor
Entry into RedFactor has now closed and auditions will be taking place next week. Families of auditionees will be contacted by email advising of audition time and location.
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