David William – Head of Music

Welcome back to Term 1.  Here are some useful notices and dates for you:

• Instrumental Program (IP) – please see Diana Springford’s update on the separate Instrumental Program page 
• Infant Strings Program resumes in Week 3 (Thursday 16 February)
• Private Music Tuition resumes either in Week 2 or Week 3 (please check your online schedule)
• Ensemble rehearsals resume in either Week 2 or 3 (please refer to the Music Routine section of the Calendar Digest accessible via the parent portal).  

The weekly Ensemble rehearsal schedule can be viewed at the following link:  http://tinyurl.com/EnsembleRehearsalSchedule  

Instrumental Ensemble Auditions

Instrumental Ensemble auditions will be held in Week 2 at various times. Students who are interested should sign on for an audition time on the appropriate sheet. Ensembles open to audition are:

•      Bernstein Concert Band
•      Copland Concert Bad
•      Intermediate Strings
•      Chamber Strings
•      Junior Stage Band
•      Senior Stage Band
•      Junior, Intermediate and Advanced Jazz Ensembles

Audition requirements for Instrumental Ensembles as follows:

• Play one piece, or a large section of a piece, that shows you at your best (preferably a solo piece)
• Choose your own major and minor scale and a chromatic scale (choose your best and most interesting scales, and the widest pitch range you can manage smoothly)
• You will be given sight reading, which means you will be asked to play an unknown piece that is of the level of the ensemble for which you are auditioning
• Success depends upon a) availability of positions in the ensemble, b) audition performance c) ensemble citizenship of current ensemble (punctuality, behaviour, preparedness, practice of parts).

Links to online forms

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