Instrumental Music Program

Instrumental Music Program

Return & Annual Servicing of Hire Instruments

If you hire an instrument and are planning to purchase your own, please return your instrument to Mr Manchester by the end of this week. This will allow us to plan for the new intake of Year 7 students. Please remember that all hire instruments need to be serviced annually. Please see the IMP Membership Handbook for a list of repairers.

2019 IMP Calendar

Please check the IMP Google Calendar for 2019 performance dates. The majority of performance dates for next year are already on the calendar. Please make sure the relevant dates are in your diary, to avoid clashes with your other activities. The link to the calendar is https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fortstreetimp@gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Sydney&pli=1​

This link is also available form the IMP Webpage.

Ensemble Progression

A reminder that many of you will be progressing to new ensembles at the start of 2019. Please make sure you have planned your diaries accordingly. Information about progression, ensemble membership, and rehearsal timetables can be found in the IMP Membership Handbook.

Please note:

* Current Training Band members in Yr7 will join Concert Band in 2019. Older Training Band members have the option to join Wind Orchestra.

* Current Year 8 Concert Band members will join Wind Orchestra in 2019.

* Current Year 9 Philharmonic Orchestra Members will join Symphony Orchestra in 2019.

* There will be an audition round for auditioned ensembles in June/July 2019.

If you have any questions, please chat to Mr Manchester, or your ensemble conductor.

2018 Composition Competition

Congratulations to Ivy Johnston, who is the winner of the 2018 IMP Composition Competition. This year’s entrants were asked to set the text from a movement from the Requiem Mass for the Chamber Choir. All entrants were part of an extensive workshop process, where they heard their piece sung by the Chamber Choir, discussed potential problems with the singers, and received feedback from Alex Pringle & Matt Manchester. Ivy composed a truly outstanding setting of the Kyrie, in near perfect sixteenth-century polyphony. We hope to post a link to a recording of Ivy’s piece in a future Mercurius.