Diana Springford – Head of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

We are so very proud of our musicians of all ages for their Aladdin Junior performances (including the grown ups). Please see the other articles in the newsletter to see how well it went.

Instrument Maintenance Check Day 
(Tuesday 29 November – Wednesday 30 November)

K-12 students, if you are borrowing any school instrument, please bring it into the Music Department by 8.00 am on Tuesday 29 November (or on Wednesday 30 November, if you do IP on that day) to be checked and serviced by our team. Instruments on loan to K-2 strings players in ISP would have been kept here after their lesson this week for checking next week, but their Week 8 ISP lessons will proceed as normal. Regrettably, any instruments which are not serviced in our maintenance check will need to be taken by parents to be serviced at a music shop at their own expense. Students should pick up their instruments on Thursday unless they get an email from us or are returning them permanently. 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.

Changes to routine weekly music ensembles for the rest of term

The following ensembles and choirs will have rehearsals in Week 8 because they are performing in the presentation events:

• Infants Choir
• Junior Choir
• Gershwin Concert Band
• Bernstein Concert Band
• Senior Choir
• Stage 3 Rock Band
• Stage 4 Rock Band
• Korngold String Ensemble (PS members only) will rehearse with Rubinstein Strings at 8.00 am on Wednesday
• Emanuel Big Band
• Rubinstein Junior String Ensemble
• Mendelssohn Chamber String Ensemble
• Perlman Strings
• Copland Concert Band
• Klezmer Band

The following ensembles and choirs have finished their rehearsals for the year.

• Junior Chamber Choir
• Senior Jazz Ensemble
• HS members of Korngold Strings
• Junior Jazz Combo
• Brass Ensemble
• Woodwind Ensemble
• Senior Chamber Choir
• Junior Stage Band
• Guitar Ensemble
• Stage 5 Rock Band

Well done to all members of our ensembles for your commitment to rehearsals and achievements this year!

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program for 2023

Please note that from 2023, the cost of individual private music lessons will be charged at a rate of $49.00 per half-hour lesson (plus GST, if the tutor is registered to pay GST). The Infants Strings Program (ISP) for students in Years K-2 will be charged at $270.00 per term on school fees.

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program (ISP) enrolments for next year  via the online forms on our MusicPortal Page. The deadline for new enrolments or intention to discontinue for Term 1 has now passed.  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 along with students commencing lessons for the first time. Formal discontinuation notice must be received to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.  Please contact music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions.  

The schedules for Term 1, 2023 will be created at the end of term and emailed in late January.