Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Copland Concert Band
At Australian Schools Band and Orchestra Festival

On Sunday 23 July 2023, the Copland Concert Band performed in the very prestigious Australian Schools Band and Orchestra Festival held at the University of New South Wales’ Sir John Clancy Auditorium. Students performed in the David Stanhope event, with four other schools. The performance was adjudicated by Paul Vickers and the students will be receiving official feedback soon. They performed at a very high level, presenting three pieces for adjudication, making their families, conductor, and school very proud. For their performance, the students were awarded a Bronze Award, a significant achievement. The ensemble looks forward to more of these types of educational performance opportunities. A big thank you to ensemble director, Remington Owen, and to Julian McKay for preparing the students for this event and to parents for supporting the students and taking them to UNSW. 

Copland Concert Band at Australian Schools Band and Orchestra Festival

Copland Concert Band at ASBOF 2

Painting with Sound – ‘Colours of Home’

On Monday, we were very fortunate to enjoy a visit by two talented musicians from Musica Viva ensemble Colours of Home, who performed three live, interactive and educational sessions for Years K-2, 3-4 and 5-6. Over the course of an hour, students were inspired to learn how colour and mood can interact with each other to influence our experience of music.

Using tailored resources, the students were introduced to these concepts in advance to get the most benefit from the visit. Oboist Celia experiences Chromesthesia – where sound evokes an involuntary experience of colour. She and guitarist Caspar deepened students’ understanding of music through an exploration of colour and mood.

Thank you to our students and supervising teachers for their support and participation. 

Music Events coming up in Term 3

• Primary School Music AssemblyYear 6 Rock Band, Year 5 Rock Band, PS Guitar Ensemble and Rubinstein Strings will perform – Friday 4 August 2023, Period 7.
• Twilight Concerts (tutor-nominated performances) – Wednesday 9 August 2023.
• HICES Music Festival (select High School participants) – Sunday 13 August 2023  – Wednesday 16 August 2023, with the Showcase Concert, Sydney Town Hall. 
• IPSHA Performing Arts Festival (Years 3-6 Junior Choir members plus select Years 5-6 instrumentalists) daytime rehearsal and evening performance – Monday 21 August 2023, Sydney Town Hall.
• Night of Song (all choirs from K-2, plus some soloists) – Monday 28 August 2023.
• Years 10-11 Elective Music to Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra – Wednesday 30 August 2023, 12.00 pm, Sydney Opera House.
• Year 10 Elective Music to the Burger Centre – Thursday 7 September 2023.
• Copland Concert Band Tour Day – Thursday 21 September 2023.