Music
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Junior Music Festival – Thursday 1 August
Music Through the Decades
The Junior Music Festival will be held next Thursday 1 August (Week 2) in Robert Dunnet Hall and all students in the Junior School will be performing. Our Cocurricular ensembles and curriculum classes have been eagerly rehearsing and will perform a variety of repertoire including The Beatles, Disco Music, Australian Rock Classics and Latin-Pop Music, exploring the theme of Music Through the Decades. Reserve your seats now, each family is able to book two tickets ONLY.
On the day, students will remain at school for afternoon tea and the concert, which commences at 4.30pm and is expected to finish at approximately 6.00pm. All students will need to bring afternoon tea and a water bottle. All students involved in the performance will be in designated holding rooms and will be supervised by Redlands staff. Students will be dismissed from their classrooms at the conclusion of the concert. Please note that before school, after school and lunchtime Cocurricular Music Ensemble rehearsals will be cancelled in Week 2 in order to facilitate preparation for the concert.
HICES Music Festival
Thank you to all students who applied and auditioned for the HICES Music Festival in Semester 1, where an external adjudication panel considered state-wide applicants from Independent Coeducational Schools across NSW. As part of the selection process, along with an incredibly high standard of musical ability and an overwhelming number of applicants across all schools this year, places had to be capped and, unfortunately, not all students were offered a place at the HICES Festival for Years 5-8. Congratulations to the following students who were selected to represent Redlands at the HICES Music Festival this year.
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Vocal Ensemble |
Phoebe Barnett (Yr 8), Phoebe Cunningham (Yr 8), Olivia Everingham (Yr 7), Tara Gold (Yr 7), Aneke Golowenko (Yr 6), Hallie Hunt (Yr 7), Poppy Justice (Yr 8), Charlotte Kwintner (Yr 6), Anneka Steele (7), Georgia Verschoor (Yr 8) |
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Concert Band |
Finlay Meijer (Yr 5), Scarlett Meijer (Yr 7), John Natilli (Yr 5), Elena Parker (Yr 8), Celine Patel (Yr 7) |
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Symphonic Wind Ensemble |
Alana Mansfield (Yr 8), Sophia Natilli (Yr 6), Ava Taylor (Yr 7), Scarlett Thorp (Yr 7), Jess Van Extel (Yr 7), Oscar Whatmough (Yr 8), Lara Wilson (Yr 7) |
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Male Vocal Ensemble |
Leonardo Vaccarezza (Yr 6) |
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String Ensemble |
Joel Daily (Yr 5), Marlon Giacco (Yr 5), Lily Wainberg (Yr 6), Melinda Wright (Yr 7) |
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String Orchestra |
Tahlia Daily (Yr 7) |
Music Community Working Bee
The Music Department would like to thank the following parents who gave up their time in the holidays to participate in our major cataloging project. This ongoing project has seen volunteers cleansing, organising and reviewing Music Ensemble scores and combining them into a spreadsheet collating all departmental resources. Particular thanks to the following parents who gathered together in the Music Centre on this day, including Emma McLaren (FOM President), Kristina Green, Melissa Keller, Carys Wardman-Browne, Michelle Allen and Vicky Page.
Music Awards Dinner
Friday 23 August
The Music Department and the Friends of Music Committee presents the Annual Music Awards Dinner at the Manly Golf Club on Friday 23 August. This event acknowledges the outstanding musical achievements and contributions of students, while also reflecting on the dedication of Redlands Music staff who play a significant role in building enriching music learning experiences for our learners. This celebration dinner includes a wide variety of entertainment and performances, culminating with achievement awards that are presented to students who have demonstrated leadership skills, musical excellence, service and overall dedication to the Music program. All students in Yr 7 are presented with a Participation Certificate at the dinner while Yr 12 musicians are presented with a Music graduation gift. As part of the Term 3 Small Ensembles program, students presented repertoire for selection in a variety of Semester 2 events. Notification of ensembles who will be performing at the Music Awards Dinner will communicated to the Music community on Friday 9 August.
Bookings open next week.
Senior Campus
Music Ensemble Rehearsals
All Cocurricular Ensembles commenced from Tuesday 23 July (Week 1 Term 3). Continuing throughout Weeks 1-5 students will be rehearsing in Small Ensembles and preparing repertoire for consideration and selection of performers at the annual Music Awards Dinner on Friday 23 August (Week 5). Students will receive the opportunity to work with Music specialists in developing skills for performance in small ensembles.
Redlands Composition Competition
Entry submissions close this week for the 2019 Music Composition competition. Over the next fortnight, the adjudication panel will be determining which students are selected to move into the recording process.
Junior School
Junior Campus Music Ensemble Rehearsals
All Junior School Music Ensembles are cancelled in Week 2 due to the Junior Music Festival. Please note that Preparatory Strings and Preparatory Choir will still take place next week.
Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820