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 – please check in regularly.

For your diaries!

• Music Competition Finals Concerts: Wednesday 10 April 2024 
  Years K-6 at 4.15 pm – 5.20 pm
  Years 7-12 at 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
• Twilight Concerts (tutor-nominated performances): Monday 27 March 2024
• Music Camp: Monday 24 June 2024 – Thursday 27 June 2024.

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 for Terms 1 and 2 and their pro-active 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 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 in the evening on Thursday 27 June 2024. The cost is to be confirmed but will be approximately $600.

Term 2 dates 

Weekly ensemble rehearsals and Private Music Tuition resume as normal on the first day of Term 2, Thursday 2 May 2024. This is especially important for those whose weekly rehearsals are on a Thursday, including Mendelssohn Senior String Ensemble and Perlman Strings which resume bright and early (before school) on that day.

The Instrumental Program (IP) for Years 3-6 will resume on these dates:

• Tuesday: Year 3 and Year 5. Their first IP day is Tuesday 7 May 2024 (Week 2).
• Wednesday: Year 4 and Year 6. Their first IP day is Wednesday 8 May 2024 (Week 2).

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.  The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 2, has now passed. 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 along with students commencing lessons for the first time. Please contact music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au  if you have any questions.  

The schedules for Term 2 will be created at the end of term and emailed during 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