Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Recent Student Performances and achievements

On the afternoon and evening of Sunday 28 May 2023, the JCA 2023 Community Even took place at Royal Randwick Racecourse,featuring select ‘busker’ musicians who were invited to play welcoming music as guests arrived, mingled and viewed the exhibition. Thank you to Daniel Zipser (Year 9) and Leah Doust (Year 10) who alternated 15-minute ‘sets’ of charming piano classics while elsewhere Ella Bortz and Maya Hersch (both Year 9) performed their vocal and guitar duet at intervals throughout the event. Thank you to their families for agreeing to transport various items of equipment and Mazal Tov to the students for being wonderful representatives of our school!

Thank you to Brass Ensemble for their superb rendition of Au Clair de la Lune at High School Assembly on Tuesday. Kol Hakavod to Noah Dusheiko, Lara Isenberg, Eve Knopman, Daniel Millner, Cy Sherman (all Year 7), Ethan Garfinkel (Year 8), Oliver Allen and Rory Nathan (Year 9) for the beautiful tone you are producing and many thanks to Ms Yendell for rehearsing and preparing them so well.

Congratulations to Ethan Garfinkel, Leah Joshua (Year 8), Mirabella Marshall and Olivia Byrne (Year 7) who auditioned for and were accepted into HICES Music Festival 2023, which will bring together over 400 musicians from across HICES schools in NSW in August. 

Music Camp 

The anticipation is mounting for our annual Music Camp in Week 9. This week, a detailed information letter with a packing list was emailed to all parents of participant. Please take careful note of the process for dropping off students and luggage for the outbound journey on Monday morning, as that is new and different this year.

For parents who opted to pay by instalments, you are reminded that the second (final) instalment is due by today and two reminder emails with the link for payment via our Humanitix site have been emailed.

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 our 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