Music
Music Festival Season
As we approach the Winter season, students on the Junior and Secondary Campuses 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 mark these dates, as listed on Redlands Pulse, into your diaries.
Senior Music Festival
Bach to the Beatles
- Gold $50
- Adult $40
- Junior/Pension/Student/Unemployed $30
- Family (2 adults, 2 children) $110
Students are encouraged to participate in the Ticket Selling Competition for winning some incredible prizes. Please refer to Senior Music Festival Letter 2 for the process in registering tickets through Ticketek.
Junior Music Festival
STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics)
Tickets to the Junior Music Festival on Thursday 2 August will be released through TryBooking in the last week of Term 2. Please place this date in your diaries.
Senior Music Festival Finale
Last week, Yr 12 students commenced learning the choreography for the Year 12 Finale, with Dance specialist Shannon Clark from the Redlands Ballet & Dance Academy. Filled with stylistic dancing from Contemporary to Lyrical styles, the Yr 12 Graduation piece will certainly be one spectacular finale.
Senior Music Festival Sunday Rehearsal
All Cocurricular Music Ensemble students are reminded of the upcoming Sunday 3 June Senior Music Festival Rehearsal (10.00am-4.00pm). As notified in the Senior Music Festival at the start of the term, students are required to attend various additional rehearsals in preparation for the Senior Music Festival. Please click here for rehearsal arrangements.
Senior Music
Meet the Music Series 2
The Bernstein Songbook
Last Thursday, Yr 11 and 12 classes attended a performance at the Sydney Opera House to listen to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Choirs present a concert titled The Bernstein Songbook. Leonard Bernstein was one of the most versatile musicians of the 20th century: conductor, pianist, inspiring TV presenter and a composer whose creations ranged from symphonies for the concert hall to one of the greatest musicals of all time, West Side Story. In celebrating the centenary of his birth, this concert represented an inspiring account of his music for stage and screen. New York, New York from On the Town set the scene and then followed on exhilarating program with guest soloist Australian soprano Lorina Gore and two stars of Broadway, Kim Criswell and Julian Ovenden. All the favourites, including Glitter and be Gay (Candide), Maria (West Side Story), as well as some beautiful and surprising rarities were experienced as part of this concert.
Cocurricular Photos and Senior Music Festival Celebration – Monday 25 June
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. After the presentation of prizes to the winners of the Senior Music Festival Ticket Selling Competition, photos will be held for Advanced Choir, Redlands Combined Choir, Redlands Orchestra and Redlands Combined Concert Band.
Secondary Campus Ensemble Attendance and Punctuality
Morning, Lunchtime and Afternoon Sessions
With the Senior Music Festival fast approaching, students are reminded about the importance of regular attendance to all Music Ensemble rehearsals, in meeting goals set at the start of the year in reaching a high standard of performance excellence. Morning rehearsals commence 7.15am and students should be moving into rehearsals by 7.10am. Lunchtime rehearsals commence promptly at 1.00pm. Afternoon Rehearsals commence at 3.30pm and students should be moving into rehearsals by 3.25pm. Absence due to camp and/or illness will be the only accepted reason for non-attendance. It is essential that parents contact seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if their child is unable to attend any rehearsals.
Junior Music
Junior Campus Ensemble Attendance and Punctuality
Morning and Lunchtime Sessions
With the Junior Music Festival fast approaching, students are reminded about the importance of regular attendance to all Music Ensemble rehearsals in reaching a high standard of performance excellence. Parents are asked to please ensure students arrive to rehearsals on time with their instruments and all other required resources. Absence due to camp and/or illness will be the only accepted reason for non-attendance. It is essential that parents contact juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au if their child is unable to attend any rehearsals.
Junior School 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