Primary Music

Co-curricular Music Overview

There are a wealth of performance opportunities within the Co-curricular Music program this term.

Please read the term overview for each program.

• Band
• Choral 
• Strings

Musicale 2 

We are excited to announce that Musicale 2 will be taking place on Wednesday 5 June, with Katie Noonan as our guest artist. There will be many opportunities for our students to be involved and celebrate the musical talents of our community.

The Primary Ensembles that will be performing are Cantare, Stage 3 Choir (all students in Years 5 and 6).

Further details can be found in this note.

Term 2 Primary Piano Concert

Thursday 13 June at 3.30pm in the Great Hall.

All pianists are invited to perform a short, well-prepared solo. Pieces that exceed 4 minutes will be cut.

Please Click here to complete the form and note the closing date carefully as no late entries will be accepted.

Family and friends are most welcome to attend.

Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival

Several SCEGGS ensembles have been enrolled to perform in the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival (ASBOF) this year. The Festival is a non-competitive event and rather than being ranked, all ensembles received a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating which reflects their level of achievement for the particular event level in which they have performed. All events are adjudicated by professional musicians and music educators. ASBOF is a wonderful opportunity for our SCEGGS ensembles to perform on stage, to hear ensembles from other schools and receive inspirational advice and performance tips from the adjudicators.

30 Years of SCEGGS – Hope Concert 2025

In 2025, SCEGGS will celebrate 130 years. The Music Department has the privilege of creating a concert to celebrate this milestone.

The concert will be held in the Sydney Town Hall on Monday 23 June 2025 and the theme for the concert is ‘Hope’. 

Hope involves optimistic thinking and focusing on good things to come. We will collect and commission works that reflect the theme of hope.

But we want you to be involved. We want to know what it is you – the students, staff, parents, and old girls of SCEGGS – are hoping for.

Some examples might include equality, reconciliation, better care of the environment, and peace. Your responses will be shared with composers, and commissioned works will be created that reflect the things that the SCEGGS community is hoping for. You have 140 characters to let us know what it is you are hoping for. Go!

100 Day Practice Challenge

String players are encouraged to take up the challenge to practice their instrument every day for 100 days starting this week. Mrs Sweeney has given out 100 Day Practice Challenge sheets in both primary and secondary string ensemble rehearsals. Girls are encouraged to play their instrument every day, even for just a few minutes. “Little and Often” is the best strategy to become proficient on a musical instrument. Short daily practice sessions are far more beneficial than longer practices on fewer days of the week. Please encourage your daughter to play her instrument every day at home, even on busy days. A few minutes is better than nothing!

Young Instrumentalist Festival 2024

The Metropolitan Orchestra is hosting the Young Instrumentalist Festival on Sunday 16 June.

Primary and secondary students of all standards playing Wind, Brass, Strings and Piano are invited to perform a short solo. Entries close on Friday 17 May.

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow these instructions.

If you are having any issues with Clipboard set-up, please contact our Music Administration Assistant, Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Beyond the Green Gate

We are always happy to hear about ways our primary musicians are involved in music-making outside the school. Please send details to Heidi Jones.

Dates for your Diary

Term 2

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)