Lisa McCowage – Assistant Director of Music (Extra Curricular) K-12

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

You will find announcements about our busy Music Program here and on our portal page, so please check in regularly. Now is the time to get involved in our Years K-12 Music Competition. Anyone who sings or plays an instrument is eligible for the performance component.

For anyone who composes music or writes songs, you can enter the composition component. All entrants get Primary School or High School house points. Please see the separate article in this edition for more details. 

For your diaries!
Music Camp @ Lake Macquarie
Monday 24 June 2024 – Thursday 27 June 2024

All committed members of Emanuel instrumental and vocal ensembles are eligible for Music Camp. Commitment is measured by a student’s attendance at rehearsals for Terms 1 and 2 and their proactive and attentive focus in rehearsals.

Information about Music Camp and how to sign up will be emailed directly to parents of members of core ensembles and choirs. Please look out for that email (and some announcements on the Music Department pinboards) in the coming weeks. Monday and Tuesday are spent overnight in Lake Macquarie, Wednesday night is at home and camp continues at school on the Thursday with a full day of rehearsals for the Music Camp Showcase Concert. This will be held in the evening on Thursday 27 June 2024. The cost is to be confirmed, but will be approximately $600.

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 enrolments for next term via the online forms on our Music Portal Page.  The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 2, is Friday 15 March 2024 (end of Week 7). All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in Years K-2 who are currently participating in the Infant Strings Program will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for Term 2 along with students commencing lessons for the first time.

Please email the music department if you have any questions.  

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.