Diana Springford – Head of Music

Coming soon in 2021!
Emanuel School Music Camp with Mt Sinai College

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. 

I’m delighted to announce the exciting news that 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.

Music Camp is a four-day camp from Monday 7 June 2021 to Thursday 10 June 2021. The first three days are held at Lake Macquarie Outdoor Recreation Centre in Balcolyn and the final day is held at School. Students return to Emanuel on the evening of Wednesday 9 June 2021, to be collected by parents in the early evening. Camp continues on Thursday 10 June 2021 with an all-day rehearsal, a BBQ dinner for students and our Music Camp Showcase Concert in the MPH on the Thursday evening.

All members of participating ensembles in Years 4-11 are expected to attend Music Camp at a cost of approximately $580. Payment can be made in full or in two instalments, the first of which would be payable ono later than Friday 23 April 2021. 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 has be sent to parents of eligible students this week, including the cost and procedure for registering to attend.

For the purposes of Music Camp, every music camper must be a member of a core ensemble: Junior or Senior Choir; Gershwin, Bernstein or Copland Concert Band; Rubinstein, Korngold or Mendelssohn Strings. For smaller ensembles such as Rock Bands, if the whole extension ensemble is at Music Camp, we will do our best to allocate rehearsal time for them to work on repertoire for their extension ensemble as well as the large camp ensembles.