Primary and Secondary Music

Primary and Secondary Music

Basie Jazz Band at the P&F Cocktail Party

Thank you to Mr Gresham and the Basie Jazz Band for their fantastic performance at the P&F Cocktail Party.

Eisteddfod

Good luck to all students performing in the eisteddfod heats next week.

Primary Timetable
Monday 10 March Wednesday 12 March Thursday 13 March Friday 14 March
All Year 5 Pianists All Percussion heats 1L K
6S   2W 4P
Year 6 Vocal heats   3J 5R
    3LS 5JW
    4W 6GT
    All Year 4 pianists  

 

Secondary timetable
Monday 10 March Tuesday 11 March Wednesday 12 March Thursday 13 March
Vocal heats 7MUB 9MU 7MUA
7MUC Year 9 students Percussion heats* Year 8 students
7MUD Year 10 students    
8MU 10MU    
  Year 11 students    
  11MU    
  12MU    

 

Year 7 and Elective Music students will have their performance heats scheduled during their regular Music class. If your heat is scheduled during a different subject, please inform your teacher in advance, as you will need to leave class briefly to perform.

The Highlights Concerts will take place on Friday 21 March in the Great Hall. A selection of performances, representing a variety of year groups, instruments, and voices, will be chosen by the adjudicators for inclusion in these concerts.

Primary Highlights Concert Friday 21 March 4.30 – 5.30pm
Secondary Highlights Concert Friday 21 March 6.00 – 7.30pm

 

Practice-a-thon

Earn stickers and a certificate for completing goals during the Practice-a-thon!

This is a great way to prepare for the SCEGGS Eisteddfod.

Practice record sheets are available from tutors.

Try to follow the ‘tip of the week’ when you practise!

This week’s tip is “CHUNKING”! Breaking the music down into smaller chunks increase the capacity of the short-term memory by allowing us to recognise patterns.

 

Musicale 1

Musicale 1 will be held on Wednesday 2 April in the SCEGGS Great Hall. The following ensembles are performing:

Primary Ensembles:

Training Band, Bugles’ Band, Primary Percussion Ensemble, Cantare, Sinfonietta, Chamber Strings and Primary String Octet.

Secondary Ensembles:

Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (Years 7-10 only), Madrigal Ensemble (Years 7-10 only), Clarion Concert Band, Edwardes Percussion Ensemble, Cremona Strings

Further information may be found in this note.

 

SCEGGS’ 130th Anniversary Concert ‘Hope’

 

Save the date:

SCEGGS’ 130th Anniversary Concert ‘Hope’

Monday 23 June, 6.00pm, Sydney Town Hall.

 

 

Sunday rehearsals for ensembles – 1 June & 15 June

Please note, Year 3-6 Choir and Year 7 Choir will not be involved in Sunday rehearsals.

 

Ensembles involved in the 130 Concert:
Primary
  • Year 3-6 Choir
  • Bugles
  • Sinfonietta
  • Chamber Strings

 
Secondary
  • Year 7 Choir
  • Choir
  • Madrigal Ensemble
  • Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
  • Clarion Concert Band
  • Holst Wind Ensemble
  • Basie Jazz Band
  • Year 12 Rock Band
  • Cremona Strings
  • Amati Strings
  • Glennie Percussion Ensemble
  • SCEGGS Orchestra

 

Young Mannheim Symphonists (YMS) 2025

Do you play the oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, timpani, violin, viola or double bass?

AUDITION FOR Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025, a program that will be held at SCEGGS during the July school holiday.  

YMS is Australia’s national youth orchestra for HIP (Historically Informed Performance). Taught by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, it offers a week of bringing 18th– and 19th-century music to life in the way it was originally heard. This includes historical instruments and strings, techniques, creative interpretation and a final public concert.

Here’s a video from a YMS concert last year!

 

YMS 2025 NSW State Academy | 8-12 July | Sydney
Deadline: 30 March (12am – midnight)
Repertoire: Beethoven Symphony No.1 and Haydn Symphony No.103 ‘Drumroll’
Faculty: Conducted by Rachael Beesley with ARCO principal faculty
Cost:  $450 (bursaries available)

 

How to apply:
  1. Click on the program to learn more:  YMS NSW
  2. Download these audition excerpts
  3. Fill in this application form
  4. Record your audition video and upload here by 30 March

 

“I absolutely loved it. This program has been so amazing, better than any I’ve done. Definitely a unique experience.” – YMS 2024 participant

 

Sydney Youth Orchestra Winter School

Join Sydney Youth Orchestra for five fun and intensive days of rehearsals and tutorials with Sydney’s best educators, culminating in a concert at Sydney Conservatorium of Music to showcase your week of work. Receive expert guidance from tutors and conductors who will challenge and support your musical understanding.

SYO Winter School is suitable for any student in primary or high school who plays an orchestral instrument; from those in their first year of playing through to AMEB Grade 7 or equivalent. Students will be placed in ensembles with peers of similar experience level.

SYO Winter School is open to all – you don’t need to submit an audition or be enrolled in SYO’s weekly program to attend! Click here for more information.

 

Beyond the Green Gate

We love hearing about ways our musicians are involved in music-making outside of school. Please send details to Heidi Jones.

 

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow the provided instructions. For any issues with Clipboard set-up, contact our Music Administration Assistant, Miss Alice Kotowicz.

 

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)