Music Matters
Diana Springford – Head of Music
Madrichim Induction Ceremony
Kol Hakavod to our student performers at the Madrichim Induction Ceremony this week. How wonderful to be performing live music again for an audience of Years 10 and 11 students and Heads of House, while parents and other High School students were able to view the live-streamed event. The Advanced Jazz Ensemble opened the assembly in the Lehrer Family Multi-Purpose Hall with their superb Jazz version of Hava Nagila. Ben Cohen (Year 10) Guy Rein and Ari Merten (Year 11) were accompanied on bass guitar by their ensemble conductor, George Nikolopoulos, in the absence of Rebekah Goldsworthy who had HSC Trial exams. Their Jazz version of Hava Nagila was composed by Leonie Cohen, a long-standing piano tutor at the school.
Night of Instrumental Music (NOIM) performance recordings in Week 6
Performances for the NOIM virtual concert will be recorded during the day of Wednesday 26 August 2020 and made available for streaming to students and parents, once they are compiled and edited. Please note the date as students must bring their instruments, music and formal uniform to school on that day. Everyone should be practising their parts and attending rehearsals in order for this to be a very positive performance experience. A detailed information letter with the filming schedule will be sent to parents next week.
This big showcase will feature all small, medium and large instrumental ensembles. NOIM is also a compulsory component of the Primary Instrumental Program (IP). All students from Years 3 – 6 will perform at the concert in their year group ensembles and we will also have a performance by our Years K – 2 Infant Strings Program.
Essentially, every student will perform who plays a string instrument (violin, viola or cello), concert band instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba and percussion) or is in one of our Concert Bands, Stage Bands, Jazz Ensembles and small chamber ensembles.
For many of our younger musicians it is their first performance for an audience other than their family. This is also a lovely opportunity to see both younger and older musicians perform in the same event.
Burger Centre and Montefiore Home Virtual concert
We are excited to announce a virtual performance of Emanuel students. It will be recorded in Week 4 and subsequently streamed via Zoom to the clients of the Burger Centre and residents of the Montefiore homes. The Junior Chamber Choir, Senior Girls Vocal Ensemble, Chamber Trio, Senior Choir, Junior Jazz Combo, Advanced Jazz Ensemble, Junior Choir, Green Man Band, Senior Boys Vocal Ensemble and Mendelssohn Chamber Strings will be recorded during their normal weekly rehearsals in Week 4. Full information for the performers has been emailed to parents. The concert recording will also be available to the Emanuel School community, via the Parent Portal, for one month after the ‘concert’ on the 20 August 2020. More details will be published soon.