Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Extra-Curricular Music Ensembles and Choirs – auditions for new members

Join us and play music – we have lots of inclusive ensembles!

• You will find the rehearsal schedule here for all our ensembles and choirs, which we will continue to update as necessary. On the second tab of the spreadsheet, you will find ensemble descriptions and the level expected to join.
• Most ensembles started rehearsing this week.
• If you are already in an ensemble or choir you don’t need to audition again, just turn up. 

For new members, please read the instructions below and check the table here for how you can join. Be aware that some ensembles require auditions. These auditions are in Week 3 and have already been scheduled.

• Those keen to be new members of core ensembles (those in green on the table) should email Ms Springford or turn up (depending upon the ensemble/choir)
  Applications for new members of core ensembles will be taken in Week 2. Interested High School musicians should write to Ms Springford to express interest in joining a core ensemble. For those who would like to audition for a more senior core ensemble, they too should email Ms Springford to express interest. Parents of interested Primary musicians should email Ms Springford to express their child’s interest in joining a core ensemble or auditioning for a more senior core ensemble.
• Current members of core ensembles who would like to join an extension ensemble/choir or small ensemble should add their name to the sign on sheets on the glass wall of M18.
• Only committed core ensemble/choir members are eligible to audition for small/extension ensembles and choirs.
  • Auditions for new members of the extension and small ensembles will be held in Week 3. Those keen to join should personally sign up on the sheets on the glass wall of M18 by 27 July 2023. Auditions are held at the same time that the ensemble/choir rehearses, with the exception of Rock Band auditions, which will be on Friday at lunch (though their bands don’t rehearse then).
  • There is limited availability in all cases and acceptance into an extension/small ensemble/choir will be based not only on the level of playing/singing shown in the audition but also on the level of commitment shown in the core ensemble/choir, and the required balance of instruments/voices in an ensemble/choir of that genre.