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

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Here and on our portal page, you will find announcements about our busy Music Program, so please check in regularly. 

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an entry for the Years K-12 Music Competition. submissions have now closed.

We will soon be in touch with everyone who submitted, to provide feedback from the selection committee, advise the outcome and to notify those who will be invited to perform at the Showcase Concert on the evening of Wednesday 10 April 2024 (Week 11). 

For your diaries!
Music Camp at 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 in Terms 1 and 2 and their pro-active and attentive focus at 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 coming weeks. Monday and Tuesday are 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, to 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 contact music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 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