David William – Head of Music

Night of Instrumental Music

On Tuesday evening, we held our annual Night of Instrumental Music (NOIM). This wonderful concert showcased the skills of hundreds of young musicians, performing in concert bands, jazz ensembles and string orchestras. The evening provides an important performance and concert experience for many of our younger musicians who are just starting to learn an instrument. NOIM performers ranged from our youngest Kindergarten members of the Infant Strings program, through our Years 3-6 Instrumental Program (IP) ensembles, and scaled the dizzy heights of our most accomplished High School extra-curricular ensembles.

Our Years 3-6 students who are learning to play a wind, percussion or string instrument as part of our compulsory IP, performed in ensembles comprised of their Year Group. It was impressive to see the progression in skill level achieved by each successive year of tuition and practice. We congratulate all performers and thank parents for their ongoing support of their musical endeavours.

These large concerts cannot happen without a great deal of organisation behind the scenes by our music staff and colleagues. Diana Springford was primarily responsible for all aspects of this event, assisted by Joanne De Araujo. We are indebted to Diana for her great dedication to making the Night of Instrumental Music such a success and we thank all our music tutors and conductors, as well as Ben Marshall for sound reinforcement, and all the teachers who volunteered to supervise and assist on the night.  

Here are some of some of the many stunning photographs of the first half of the evening taken by Ofer Levy.  A link to Ofer’s website will be emailed to all parents of performers with instructions about how to access these beautiful photos.  

Remembrance Day ceremonies

We are very grateful to Aron Jaffe (Year 12) and Max Salamon (Year 4) who performed the Last Post and the Reveille at Remembrance Day ceremonies last week. Aron attended the service at Sir Moses Montefiore Home in Randwick. His contribution was much appreciated by the residents and we thank Maxine Chopard for accompanying him to this community event. Meanwhile, Max gave a very moving rendition at our own Emanuel School ceremony, which was co-ordinated by Max Friend.  

Private music tuition

Please note that from 2018, the cost of individual private music lessons will be charged at a rate of $42 per half-hour lesson (plus GST, if the tutor is registered to pay GST). Lessons shared in pairs will cost $22 per student per half-hour lesson (plus GST where applicable).  

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infants String program enrolments for next year. The due date for notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 1, 2018 is Friday 24 November. Please notify David Gwilliam, Head of Music, by email to music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au of any changes to lessons or if your child intends to discontinue. The schedules for Term 1, 2018 will be created before the end of this term. If written notification regarding discontinuation is not received by the end of term, parents will be liable for fees for next term and all students will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for 2018 along with students commencing lessons for the first time.

Links to online forms  

New enrolment requests for private tuition: http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionEnrolment

To discontinue private tuition at the end of Term 4: http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionDiscontinuation

To enrol into the Infant Strings program for 2018: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsEnrolment

To discontinue Infant Strings program at the end of Term 4: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsDiscontinuations