Director of Music P-12

Coming soon 
Emanuel School Music Camp with Mount Sinai College 2023!

Music Camp is a wonderful celebration of our vibrant music culture and the talents and hard work of our young musicians. Each camp is a special experience for students as they unite in a shared love of music and work together in the pursuit of excellence. Emanuel School music staff join with a team of highly skilled professional musicians to develop and hone students’ musical skills in preparation for an exciting showcase concert.

Music Camp is a four-day camp from Monday 19 June 2023 – Thursday 22 June 2023. The first three days are held at Lake Mac Outdoor Recreation Centre in Balcolyn and the final day is held at School. Students return to Emanuel on the evening of Wednesday 21 June 2023, to be collected by parents in the early evening. Camp continues on Thursday 22 June 2023 with an all-day rehearsal, a BBQ dinner for students and our Music Camp Showcase Concert in the MPH on the Thursday evening.

Students at last year’s Music Camp

All members of participating ensembles and choirs in Years 4 – 11 are expected to attend Music Camp at a cost of approximately $580.00. Payment can be made in full or in two instalments, the first of which would be payable on or by Friday 28 April 2023. Attendance for Year 12 students is encouraged but optional. Year 12 students who are interested in attending should speak to Ms Springford. More details will continue to be rolled out via Ma Nishma and an information note will be sent to parents of eligible students in the coming week, including the procedure for registering to attend.

To be eligible for Music Camp, a student must have been a committed member of a core ensemble for Term 1 and Term 2, 2023 and undertake to continue their commitment for the whole year. Core ensembles include Junior or Senior Choir; Gershwin, Bernstein or Copland Concert Band; Rubinstein, Korngold or Mendelssohn Strings and Junior or Senior Guitar Ensemble. We plan to timetable rehearsal sessions for the extension ensembles of chamber choirs and stage bands. For smaller ensembles such as Rock Bands and Jazz Bands, if the whole small ensemble is at Music Camp, we will do our best to allocate rehearsal time for them to work on repertoire for their small ensemble as well as the large, core, camp ensembles, but this can’t be guaranteed in advance.

I’m delighted to announce the exciting news that once again we will be joined for the full duration of this year’s Music Camp by a group of Primary School musicians and supervising staff from Mount Sinai College.