Music Matters
Calling all ensemble and choir members
Please check out Stile and Reshet!
We are still sadly missing our weekly rehearsals and hearing our ensembles’ and choirs’ lovely (and not so lovely) sounds in person. However, we want to ensure that we use this lockdown for some fun and odd activities that are musically very useful and interesting but that we don’t usually have time for.
Each week on Wednesdays, we update your Reshet and Stile pages with new activities for ensemble and choir members to try, in their own time, whenever they like, and in whatever order they like. Some activities are short and useful things you may not know (e.g. Mr Owen’s tutorial on overtones), some require longer practice (e.g. Mr Caroleo’s introduction to beat displacement for percussionists). If you are unable to see the content, you might not be on the ensemble/choir roll, so please email your conductor.
On Reshet, for High School, we have the following courses:
- Concert Band instrumentalists
- Singers
- String Players
- Rock Band musicians
- Jazz Band musicians
- Guitar Ensemble members
- Stage Band & Big Band members
On Stile, for Primary School, we have the following courses:
- Singers
- String Players
- Concert Band Musicians
- Stage Band members
Auditions
Sydney Youth Orchestra (SYO) Auditions for the SYO 2022 program are open. Applications close on Wednesday 1 September. The SYO is the leading orchestral training and education programs provider in New South Wales. This is a comprehensive system that ensures musicians progress through the orchestras, developing individual and ensemble skills under the careful guidance of SYO’s artistic staff. For more information, please visit the Sydney Youth Orchestra.
The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) holds a reputation for being one of the world’s most prestigious and innovative training organisations for young musicians. Applications for Australian Youth Orchestra’s 2022 programs opened on Tuesday 20 July 2021. Their specialised training pathway has been specifically created to nurture the musical development of the most gifted young instrumentalists across metropolitan and regional Australia: from exceptional school-aged musicians, to emerging young practitioners, to those on the verge of a professional career. AYO presents tailored training and performance programs each year for aspiring musicians, composers, arts administrators, and music journalists aged 12 to 30 to help them achieve their goals. For more information, see their e-Flyer.
Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program
Schedules for Private Music Tuition and ISP have been emailed to parents, using the same link as previous terms, so you should all be able to access and bookmark your schedules on your device. Tutor Zoom ID codes are embedded at the top right of each Private Tuition Schedule.
A note about new enrolments into the K-2 Infant Strings Program: we are regrettably unable to add new enrolments into ISP during this period of online learning. As soon as the situation changes, we will let you know.
A note about new enrolments to Private Music Tuition: new applications to enrol into private instrumental or voice tuition will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, giving priority to students who have the instrument at home and have pre-existing experience of learning with a tutor (e.g. in IP). However, we are open minded, so please ask.
Please contact Matilda Grieve by email if you have any questions about private tuition.
Instrument sundries: for those who need to stock up on replacement reeds, cleaning gear, strings, rosin and other bits and pieces, below are the website details for our local suppliers, who can post items to you or are open for click and collect purchases:
- Sydney Band Instruments
- Irwin Violins
- Sax and Woodwind
- Prestige Musical Instruments
- Sydney String Centre
For Emanuel instruments needing repair: please email Joanne De Araujo with detailed information about the fault.
For announcements and further information, please check our Music Portal Page
You can also find fun news and updates from us on Instagram.