Music Matters
Diana Springford – Head of Music P-12
HSC Music Showcase and Practical Examination
Six of our Year 12 students are breathing a sigh of relief with the performance component of their Music HSC now completed. On Monday evening we held our annual HSC Music Showcase, streamed via Zoom, followed by the HSC performance examinations over the following two days. Congratulations to Jemma Bennett, Amber Langman, Talia Blackman, Rebekah Goldsworthy, Miriam Itzkowitz and Nathaniel Spielman for their hard work and high-quality performances. I would like to thank our regular private music tutors whose expertise has over the years prepared the students for their HSC performances. Having completed the practical component of their Music HSC, including Viva Voce, and having submitted their compositions, these students now have only a written examination to complete during the normal HSC examination period. Good luck to you all!
Private Tuition and Infant Strings Program
Links to online forms for Term 4 enrolments and discontinuations:
- New enrolment requests for private tuition
- To discontinue private tuition
- To enrol into the Infant Strings Program (ISP)
- To discontinue Infant Strings Program (ISP)
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 4 has now passed. All students currently receiving private music tuition and ISP will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for next term along with students commencing lessons for the first time. If your child intends to discontinue, please act swiftly to provide formal notification in advance to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.
Please contact Matilda Grieve: music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions about private music tuition.
The schedules for Term 4 2020 will be created at the end of term and emailed in October.
Bring your own mask to Music, please!
We are asking all our Music students in the following groups to please bring their own reusable masks. To make our practices as COVID safe as possible, we are ensuring that, if there is a person singing or playing a wind instrument in a room, that they are behind one of our fabulous Perspex screens and everyone else in the room is wearing a face mask. If you bring your own it’s more comfortable, stylish, and there is less environmental waste.
- IP wind groups
- Years 7 – 8 Music classes
- Years 9 – 12 Elective Music Classes
Bring your own ear-pods or headphones to Music, please!
We are asking all of the following Music students to please keep a set of their own ear-pods or headphones in your laptop cases. We would prefer them to be wired rather than wireless (Bluetooth) as the lag with the wireless option is difficult with music. We want to be extra COVID-safe by avoiding the sharing of headphones.
- Years 7 – 8 Music Students
- Years 9 – 12 Elective Music Students