Volume 31 Issue 20 30 Jun 2022 1 Tammuz 5782

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Head of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Mazal tov to all students, staff and parents for their combined efforts in achieving another memorable Music Camp. We will make a link available to the video of the concert to the parents and carers of performers in due course. There will be photographs and articles written by students in our Ma Nishma page at the start of Term 3. 

Save the Date – Night of Instrumental Music
Wednesday 24 August 2022 at 6.00 pm

Our instrumental ensembles are working hard to prepare for the annual Night of Instrumental Music (NOIM) in Week 6 next term. This wonderful concert showcases the skills of hundreds of young instrumentalists performing in a range of ensembles, from concert bands to string orchestras and small ensembles. Parents will be receiving a permission note early next term.

It is important that all members of participating ensembles perform in this event. K-2 students in the Infant Strings Program will be performing. NOIM is also a compulsory component of the Primary School Instrumental Program. All students from Year 3 to Year 6 will perform at the concert in their Year Group ensembles. Please encourage students to practise their parts at home to ensure the event is satisfying and enjoyable for them.  

Term 3 dates 

Weekly ensemble rehearsals and Private Music Tuition resume on the first day of Term 3, Tuesday 19 July 2022. Years 3 and 5 Instrumental Program (IP) will commence on the first day of term, while Years 4 and 6 will have IP as normal on Wednesday 20 July 2022. Please remember to bring your instrument and music.

Extra-Curricular Music Program

You may be thinking about extra-curricular activities for Term 3. Memberships from Term 2 will rollover automatically. Please email Ms Springford  if you are not currently a member of an ensemble and are interested in signing up. You will find the rehearsal schedule here describing ensembles in more detail on a second tab. Those interested in playing their instrument or singing as part of a group should get involved, especially if you want to be eligible for Music Camp in June. 

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 (ISP) enrolments for next term via the online forms on our  Music Portal Page. The deadline for new enrolments or intention to discontinue for Term 3, has now passed. All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in the K-2 Infant Strings Program will be automatically re-enrolled 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 3 will be created at the end of term and emailed during July 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