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Music Forms and Events can be found on Redlands Pulse

Battle of the Bands Yrs 5-12

Friday 5 April at 6.00pm in Redlands Hall, raising funds for Cambodia (Adults $10 Students $5)

Join us for an evening of 70’s Rock Classics with students presenting works by The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, the Electric Light Orchestra, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Earth Wind and Fire, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Johny Nash, Bob Seger and Dolly Parton.

Tickets will be sold during Week 10 lunchtimes in the Quad or available through the Secondary Music Office from Monday 1 April. The evening is a competition showcasing Rock Bands from Yrs 5-12 and raises funds to support communities in Cambodia. The competition commences at 6.00pm with the Cambodia team serving a BBQ and various other food stalls at intermission (approx. 7.00pm). The Battle of the Bands also looks forward to welcoming our Junior School Rock Bands who will perform as special guests at this fundraising event for the Redlands Cambodia trip and a closing performance by the Redlands Staff Band.

Junior and Senior Piano Competition

Applications are now closed. The audition schedule has now been posted on the digital noticeboard and emailed to all students for auditions on Monday 1 April.

HICES Music Festival – 18 – 21 August

Sunday 18 – Wednesday 21 August – online student applications now open

Student applications are now open for both the 2019 HICES Music Festival Yrs 5-8, and the Jazz Academy. Applicants must be part of the Redlands Music Ensemble program to apply. Interested parties are invited to submit their initial application online.

There will be seven combined school ensembles at the HICES Music Festival Yrs 5-8. This includes Male Vocal Ensemble, which is open to male students Yrs 7-12, with Changed Voices. This includes Concert Band, Symphonic Winds, String Ensemble, String Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble and Male Vocal Ensemble. All students will be involved in the Festival Finale (Massed Choir) item. Allocation to ensembles will be made by the HICES Music Festival organisers, based on application, audition, and school feedback.

The HICES Music Festival Yrs 9-12 Jazz Academy will run concurrently with the Yrs 5-8 Festival. The Jazz Academy curriculum includes master classes, ensemble playing and performance, as well as music theory, history and improvisation. Emphasis will be placed upon developing participants’ jazz skills and techniques. In 2019, Jazz Academy will be for instrumentalists only.

Musicianship Lessons

Redlands students are able to participate in Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) Musicianship lessons on either the Junior Campus or Senior Campus. Classes for Junior School students are on Tuesday (7.30-8.15am) and Secondary School students on Tuesday and Thursday (7.30-8.15am). We encourage all students interested in pursuing theoretical examinations to commence these lessons with our Music Theory tutors. Please contact juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if you are interested in joining these classes.

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 Centre
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
Attire: Casual Clothes
RSVP: Mrs Emma McLaren g_e_mclaren@hotmail.com

Senior Campus

Please check Redlands Pulse for upcoming events.

Junior Campus

Yr 2 Strings Presentation

On Monday 8 April (Week 11), an informal performance will take place in Dunnet Hall for the parents of Yr 2 students. This performance will provide an opportunity for the students to showcase their instrumental learning this term. The performance will commence at 2.30pm and will run for approximately ten minutes. All parents of Yr 2 students are invited to celebrate in their child’s achievement in Yr 2 Curriculum Strings.

Instrumental Extension Opportunity

Junior Chamber Music Ensemble Auditions close Friday 29 March

Please note that lunchtime auditions will be held this Monday 1 April at 1.20pm in P1.1.

Redlands Music Department invites students to audition for selection in the Junior Chamber Ensembles Extension program. Forms are to be submitted to the Junior Music Office. Instrumental positions are available for Strings (Violin and Cello), Traditional Woodwind instruments (Flute and Clarinet) and pianists who demonstrate the following skills:

• Grade 2 AMEB or above
• Currently a member of a Redlands Cocurricular Music Ensemble
• Superior Ensemble skills
• Excellent sight-reading skills

RedFactor

The Music Department was impressed with the number of outstanding auditions held over the past fortnight for the upcoming RedFactor. Unfortunately, we are unable to have all students in the event but would like to let all students who auditioned know that we were appreciative of the wide variety of performances presented. There are a number of factors which are taken into consideration when choosing performances for this event as we always ensure that the selection process is fair and equitable. Students who were not selected for the final event will be given an opportunity to perform at an upcoming Year Assembly and this information will be distributed by the Year Coordinators.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to perform in the upcoming event:

Attendance at Ensembles

A reminder that punctual attendance at all ensembles is an expectation of all students enrolled in Cocurricular ensembles. Prep Ensembles commence at 7.45am, with supervision from 7.35am, and Junior School Ensembles commence at 7.15am with supervision from 7.05am. The exception to these times are Junior Voices, Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Band which all commence promptly at 7.30am. Attendance is integral as all ensembles have begun rehearsing for upcoming events.

JAM on Toast

Redlands House and Transition Gold students were entertained by an incursion by James Madsen from JAM on Toast on Thursday. The students have been learning songs by James during Music classes and enjoyed the opportunity to move and groove with the guest artist. Students were exposed to a variety of genres of music as well as learning about the musical concepts.

Piano Competition

Entries for the Piano Competition are due Wednesday 3 April to the Junior Music Office. Forms can be downloaded from Redlands Pulse and auditions will take place in Week 11 of this term.

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