Diana Springford – Head of Music

Recent Music Performances

Kol Hakavod to the Guitar Ensemble who performed Pumped Up Kicks (by Foster the People) at High School Assembly this week. Many thanks to Alexander Hone and the following students in Year 7: Alice Milner, Eitan Hamilton, Elise Kitchener and Milla Silberman, for their hard work and dedication in preparing this highly enjoyable piece.

Instrument Maintenance Check Day

If you are borrowing any school instrument (for IP, for ISP, or for your ensemble playing) please bring it into the Music Department on Tuesday 3 December 2019 (Week 8) to have it checked and serviced by our team. Please pick it up on Thursday 5 December 2019 unless you get an email from us. Instruments should be clean and have a student name tag attached with the instrument barcode on the reverse. If this name tag is missing, please ask Mrs De Araujo in the music staffroom to label it for you.

End of Year 6 IP (Instrumental Program) and continuing Music Tuition in High School

For parents of Year 6 students who are coming to the end of their compulsory Instrumental Program, you will have received an email about the return of your school-loaned instrument in Week 8 and your intentions regarding private music tuition in High School. Thank you to all those parents who have responded.  If you haven’t yet done so, please reply to: jdearaujo@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Thanks for your support of music at Emanuel this year. Here is some important information for Term 1 2020:  

Extra-curricular Music Ensemble Rehearsals for Bands and Choirs resume in Week 3.

Auditions (for new members or to change ensembles) will be held in Week 2 – details about the process will be published in early 2020.

Ensemble/Choir Changes for 2020

Korngold Strings – Ezmi Pepper – Wednesday 7.10 am – 8.00 am

Mendelssohn Chamber Strings – Leo Novikov – Friday 7.20 am – 8.10 am

Junior Brass Ensemble (new) – Jy-Perry Banks – Wednesday 7.30 am – 8.10 am

Infant Strings Program (ISP) for 2020

Violin/Viola –  Monique Mezzatesta

Cello – Ezmi Pepper

First Days of IP are in Week 3 2020

Years 3 and 6: The first day of IP in 2019 is Tuesday 11 February 2020

Years 4 and 5: The first day of IP in 2019 is Wednesday 12 February 2020

 Primary Tutors for 2020

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program for 2020

Please note that from 2020, the cost of individual private music lessons will be charged at a rate of $45.00 per half-hour lesson (plus GST, if the tutor is registered to pay GST). This is the rate advised by the NSW Music Teachers Association. Lessons shared in pairs are only available in special circumstances and would cost $24.00 per student per half-hour lesson (plus GST where applicable). The Infant Strings Program (ISP) for students in Years K-2 will be charged at $257 per term on school fees, which includes the loan of an instrument.

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program enrolments for next year. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 1, 2020 was last week. All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in Years K-1 who are currently participating in the Infant Strings Program will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for 2020 ,along with students commencing lessons for the first time. Parents should enrol or discontinue using one of the online forms accessed from the links below. If your child intends to discontinue, formal notification in advance must be received by the end of term to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees. If you have any questions lease contact Matilda Grieve: music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 

The schedules for Term 1, 2020 will be created at the end of term and emailed in late January.

Links to online forms  

New enrolment requests for private tuition tinyurl.com/NewPrivateTuitionEnrolment

To discontinue private tuition for 2020: tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionDiscontinuation

To enrol into the Infant Strings Program: tinyurl.com/InfantStringsEnrolment

To discontinue Infant Strings Program for 2020:/tinyurl.com/InfantStringsDiscontinuations