Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Recent student performances

Mazal tov to the Mendelssohn Senior String Ensemble for their beautiful performance at High School Assembly this week.

Oren Levin-Kahn (Year 11), Aaron Berkowitz, Leah Doust, Sarah Manoy, Josh Ottaviano, Max Salamon and Sam Salamon (all Year 10) performed Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, conducted by Ezmi Pepper. 

Music Camp (Week 9)

We’ve had a wonderful response and a huge group of talented students from Years 4 -12 are registered to attend. Bookings for Music Camp have closed. 

Last Monday, parents of all participants received an important email about dietary requirements, with a link to the venue catering survey. Very detailed information was provided in the cover email, and you were asked to confirm whether the vegetarian menu we have chosen, which includes fish, will be suitable for your child, and/or whether your child has additional special dietary requirements. A response is required for each child. Thank you to those who have submitted their response. The deadline is today.

For parents who opted to pay by instalments, you are reminded that the second (final) instalment is due by Friday 2 June 2023. A reminder email with the link for payment via our Humanitix site has been emailed.

A detailed packing list will be sent to attendees next week.   

Music Campers …. show off your secret, or not so secret, talent at our Music Camp Student Concert on the Tuesday evening during camp. Students who wish to participate should have a well-prepared act that is appropriate for Music Camp students from ages 9-18. It could be serious or funny. Mr Burley will be looking for a variety of items, from both Emanuel School and Mount Sinai College students from Years 4-12.  

• Students who would like to participate register their interest at this link with Mr Burley by Friday 9 June 2023 (latest). 
• Not everyone who fills out a form is guaranteed a spot, as we have lots of students.
• Please don’t miss the deadline as there’s no chance of being in the concert if you don’t not submit your form.
• You can only submit one entry. 
• If using a backing track, students would need to have it fully downloaded to email to Mr Burley – once notified that your item has been selected.
• Performers would need to bring whatever gear they need to camp.

Music Camp Showcase Concert

Parents and carers, please remember to put the Music Camp Showcase Concert in your diary for Thursday 22 June 2023, from 5.45 pm – 8.00 pm. Please note that we have such a large group of campers who will be performing in the concert, that we will need to limit the audience to two persons per student.

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program (ISP) enrolments for next term. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 3, is Friday 9 June 2023. All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in Years K-2 who are currently participating in the ISP will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules along with students commencing for the first time. To enrol or discontinue please visit our Music Portal Page and use the links to the relevant online forms. Formal notification of intention to discontinue must be received now to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees. 

Please contact music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions.  

The schedules for Term 3 will be created at the end of term and emailed during July term break.

Please visit the Music Portal Page for information about:

• Private Music Tuition (beginning and discontinuing)
• Ensemble and Choir membership for K-12 students
• Infant Strings Program (ISP) for K-2
• Performance opportunities
• Borrowing an orchestral instrument