Music

Redlands Composition Competition

The Music Department is pleased to announce its first ever Music Composition Competition. This creative opportunity is designed for any aspiring young composer in Yrs 7-12 who is currently enrolled in either the Academic Music Program, CoCurricular Music Ensembles Program or Extra Subjects Program. The department has selected talented young Australian composer and Redlander, Greta Argyropoulos (Class of 2017), as the ambassador in launching this creative initiative. For more information on the competition, all students are invited to come along to the launch event on Tuesday 12 June in MH1.

Senior Music Festival 

Bach to the Beatles 

Tickets Now On Sale

• 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.

Senior Campus

Senior Music Festival

Sunday Rehearsal

Congratulations to students and staff for a brilliant Sunday rehearsal in piecing together the combined massed repertoire for the Senior Music Festival. We look forward to celebrating in the achievements of all students at the concert on Friday 22 June.

Production Week Rehearsals

Please note that all students involved in CoCurricular Music Ensembles will be required for a rehearsal and production meeting on Wednesday 20 June 7.45-8.15am in the Music Centre (MH1). With every student from Yrs 7-12 performing in the Finale, attendance at this rehearsal session is essential. Please see below for details of these additional rehearsals during the Senior Music Festival Production Week. More detailed rehearsal schedules will be issued in Week 6.

• Wednesday 20 June (Finale Rehearsal Yrs 7-12 students) – 3.30-5.00pm in the Music Centre
• Thursday 21 June (Festival Technical Rehearsals Yrs 7-12 students) – 7.00am-2.00pm at The Concourse
• Friday 22 June (Festival Technical Rehearsals Yrs 7-12 students) – 7.00am-5.45pm at The Concourse

Senior Piano Competition

The Music Department would like to congratulate all finalists who competed in the annual Redlands Senior Piano Competition on Monday night. All students presented highly polished performances and demonstrated outstanding levels of technical skill, stylistic interpretation and personal expression at the piano.

The school was privileged to work in association with guest adjudicator Ms Tonya Lemoh, who was particularly impressed with the outstanding standard of piano playing from students in Yrs 3-12, and commended students on their overall musicality and interpretation of repertoire.

At the conclusion of the competition students were presented with their awards by Head of Secondary School, Mr Sean Corcoran. Special thanks to Mr Darren Kuilenburg and Ms Arienne Brodie for their assistance in selecting finalists throughout the auditions and in mentoring these young pianists in order to achieve a high level of performance. More photos can be viewed on Redlands Pulse.

Junior Campus

Junior Piano Competition

The Music Department would like to congratulate all finalists who competed in the annual Redlands Senior Piano Competition on Wednesday night. All students presented highly polished performances and demonstrated outstanding levels of technical skill, stylistic interpretation and personal expression at the piano.

The school was privileged to work in association with guest adjudicator, Ms Tonya Lemoh, who was particularly impressed with the outstanding standard of piano playing from students in Yrs 3-12, and commended students on their overall musicality and interpretation of repertoire.

At the conclusion of the competition, students were presented with their awards by Head of Junior School, Mr Ari Guha. Special thanks to Mr Darren Kuilenburg and Ms Arienne Brodie for their assistance in selecting finalists throughout the auditions and in mentoring these young pianists in order to achieve a high level of performance. More photos can be viewed on Redlands Pulse. The Competition showcased the outstanding performances of the following Junior School students:

Yr 3: Andy Guan, Evangelina Krallis, Jaxon Black, Zetong Shen
Yr 4: Toby Anderson, Zoe Kerf, Nicholas Wright, Qi Liu (Keith)
Yr 5: Aneke Golowenko, Amber Hosker, Lachlan Svensson, Leonardo Vaccarezza
Yr 6: Ahnu Guan, Lara Wilson, Jasmine Black, Melinda Wright

Congratulations to the following division winners and overall winner:

Junior Music Festival

STEAM Theme (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.

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