Music
Connections Across the School
In exploring opportunities for students to make connections across the various sections of the school, Choral rehearsals last Friday saw students in the Preparatory School Choir share their singing with the Jazz Vocal Ensemble. As a testament to excellent teaching practices, it was encouraging to see the younger singers incorporate Solfa Hand Signs while singing and demonstrate movement to indicate the melodic shape and phrases within the repertoire: a fine example of Making Thinking Visible. It was wonderful to observe the positive interactions between the Year 11 Choristers and our youngest singers from Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2.
Music Festival Season
As we approach the Winter Season, students on the Junior Campus and Secondary Campus, will be honing their musical skills and preparing a wide range of repertoire in readiness for the Junior Music Festival (August), Senior Music Festival (June) and HICES Music Festival (August). We welcome the School community to be part of these wonderful concerts, so please place the dates into your diaries, as listed on Redlands Pulse.
Senior Music Festival
Bach to the Beatles
Redlands has the pleasure in announcing the annual Senior Music Festival Bach to the Beatles, a concert showcasing the talents of various soloists, instrumental and choral ensembles. As a thematic feature of the 2018 Senior Music Festival, students have been exploring the melodious and harmonious music of The Beatles. With Popular Music of the 1960’s representing new and exciting sounds, undoubtedly, The Beatles were innovators in changing the face of Rock Music, producing music that was not only influential within its industry, but was also a cultural driving force for social change. As a traditional conclusion to the Festival, all students in the Music Program will perform as part of the Yr 12 Finale in a massed performance, presenting various well-loved Beatles tunes through song and dance.
- Gold $50
- Adult $40
- Junior/Pension/Student/Unemployed $30
- Family (2 adults, 2 children) $110
Junior and Senior Piano Competition
Applications now closed.
Senior Campus
Cocurricular Photos and Senior Music Festival Celebration
Due to unexpected wet weather last term, Cocurricular Photos for the following Music Ensembles will take place on Monday 25 June in conjunction with the Senior Music Festival Celebration Afternoon Tea: Advanced Choir, Redlands Combined Choir, Redlands Orchestra and Redlands Combined Concert Band.
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 in reaching 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 parents contact us if their child is unable to attend any rehearsals.
Junior Campus
Cocurricular Ensembles
All ensembles have hit the ground running this term in preparation for the Junior Music Festival in early Term 3. Parents are asked to please ensure students arrive to rehearsals on time with their instruments.
Curriculum Music
In Music classes this term, students will analyse and perform repertoire based on our STEAM Theme (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics). It will be an action-packed term as students’ study units of inquiry such as ‘the sounds engines make’ and ‘patterns around us.’
Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820