Diana Springford – Head of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Thanks so much for your support of music at Emanuel this year.  Here’s some important information for Term 1 2023.  

IP classes and Extra-curricular Music Ensemble Rehearsals both resume in Week 3 in 2023.

Year 3 & Year 5: The first day of IP in 2023 is Tuesday 14 February 2022
Year 4 & Year 6: The first day of IP in 2023 is Wednesday 15 February 2022

K-2 Infant Strings Program classes will resume from Week 2 in 2023

End of Year Music Performances

Please look out for these ensembles and choirs who will be beautifully presented in next week’s end-of-year presentation ceremonies: 

• Infants Choir
• Junior Choir
• Gershwin Concert Band
• Bernstein Concert Band
• Senior Choir
• Stage 3 Rock Band
• Stage 4 Rock Band
• Korngold String Ensemble (Primary School only)
• Emanuel Big Band
• Rubinstein Junior String Ensemble
• Mendelssohn Chamber String Ensemble
• Perlman Strings
• Copland Concert Band
• Klezmer Band

Updated Ensembles and Choirs Rehearsal Schedule for 2023 
Please check new schedule

Here is our weekly Ensemble Rehearsal Schedule for 2023 which we will continue to update as necessary.

Auditions for all relevant ensembles and choirs will be held in Week 3 of Term 1 and advertised in Ma Nishma as appropriate. Auditions always involve a student playing or singing a piece of their choice, and usually involve some sight reading and/or vocal exercises, and sometimes a couple of scales for instrumentalists but the details of requirements for auditions are announced when the auditions are first advertised.

Instruments checked and ready for collection 

Thank you to students for bringing in any school instruments this week for our annual stocktake and maintenance check. They have been serviced and are ready for collection from the cabinets in the Music Department. A few will need to go offsite for repairs and Joanne De Araujo will have emailed you about those. If you haven’t already collected your instrument (or replacement instrument) please do so before the end of term. No students should leave their instruments here over term break.

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 the term and emailed in late January.