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pecialist teachers are employed at the school
to conduct classroom music, instrumental music, dance and drama lessons and coordinate
student involvement for the following activities:·
Boys’ Choir - Years 3-6
·
Junior Choir - Years 2
& 3
·
Senior Choir Years 4-6
·
Year 1 & 2 Dance Club
·
Year 3 & 4 Dance Club
·
Year 5 & 6 Senior Dance Club
·
Year 1 Musical
·
Year 2 Musical
· Year 3 Grandparents performance
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Senior Musical
·
Talent Quest
·
Instrumental Music - Strings - Years 3-6
·
Instrumental Music - Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
- Years 4-6
·
Senior String Ensemble - Years 4-6
·
Senior Concert Band - Years 5 & 6
·
Junior Concert Band - Years 4 & 5
· Prep Easter and Christmas concerts.
A Music Support Group operates as a sub-committee of the
Parents and Citizens’ Association to support the students and staff.
String Selection
Process
Each year, 15 students are chosen from all of the Year 2 classes to play a
string instrument in Year 3 through to Year 6. Five for violin, five for viola
and five for cello.
We have 70 string students throughout the school. The
selected students must show a high level of musical aptitude. They must be
reliable and very well organised. They
must be achieving well in all classroom curriculum areas. This is essential
because string lessons are in school time and classroom instruction continues
when these students are at their instrumental lessons. String students must be
independent workers. We expect a commitment of four years to enable us to form
a strong string ensemble. The students cannot change to a woodwind, brass or
percussion instrument in Year 4.
Woodwind, Brass and
Percussion Selection
40 students are chosen from all Year 3 and 4 classes each year. The
students commence in Year 4 or Year 5 and continue to the end of Year 6. The
selected students must show a sound to very high level of musical aptitude.
They must be reliable and very well organised. They must be able to work
independently to enable them to undertake the learning of an instrument. The
students must be competent in all classroom curriculum because instrumental
lessons are in school time. Classroom instruction continues when the students
are having an instrumental lesson. A commitment of two years is expected for
current Year 4 students and three years for current Year 3 students to enable
us to form a concert band. If your child drops out of the program, that
position can never be filled by another student.
Instrumental staff contacts
IM Camp Coordinator
Lana Ward (Thurs)
award271@eq.edu.au
Brass
Tim Lefever (Mon)
tlefe1@eq.edu.au
Woodwind
Julie Boxall (Tues & Wed)
jboxa2@eq.edu.au
Strings
Melinda Munchow (Mon & Wed)
mmunc5@eq.edu.au
Percussion
Alice Emor-Kan (Fri)
aemor0@eq.edu.au
Band rehearsal times
Beginner Band: (from mid Term 2)
Monday 7.45 – 8.30am
Senior Concert Band
Tuesday 7.30 – 8.30am
Beginner String Ensemble (from Term 3)
Wednesday first break
Intermediate String Ensemble
Monday first break
Senior String Ensemble
Monday 7:30 - 8:30 am