Music
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)
We are pleased to announce that the adjudicators for Battle of the Bands this year will be Iseult Sheehy and James Nash.
Iseult is a dynamic and creative vocalist and works professionally as a musician in Europe and Australia. At the age of 17 she moved from her home town of Dublin, Ireland to study music at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney where she attained a Degree in Contemporary Music with a major in vocal performance. Iseult fronts two highly sought-after bands, The Goods and Like a Version and has toured extensively around China and North America with large scale theatre shows Riverdance and Heartbeat of Home. Iseult is a spoken poet and has written, produced and performed a solo show. She is a passionate environmentalist, diver and meditator and lives between Dublin and Sydney.
James is originally from Southern NSW and moved to Sydney where he gained a Bachelor’s Degree from the Australian Institute of Music while working as a session musician on The Footy Show. Since moving to Dublin, James has toured extensively throughout Ireland, Europe, Asia and North America and gained a Masters in Music Technology from Trinity College. Working as a session musician, he has played on many recordings for film, television and Eurovision and has been a featured soloist with the RTE National Concert Orchestra, the Irish Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra performing at BBC Proms.
HICES Music Festival – 18 – 21 August
Sunday 18 – Wednesday 21 August – online student applications extended to Wednesday 10 April
Interested parties are invited to submit their initial application online.
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
Senior Campus Ensemble Attendance
Students are reminded about the importance of regular attendance to all Music Ensemble rehearsals and in meeting goals set at the start of the year to reach a high standard of performance excellence. Morning rehearsals commence at 7.15am and students should be moving to rehearsal rooms by 7.10am. Absence due to camp and/or illness will be the only accepted reason for non-attendance. It is essential that you contact seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if you are unable to attend any rehearsals.
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.
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.
Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820