Primary and Secondary Music

We have an incredibly exciting term ahead with hundreds of students in Years 3 – 12 preparing for the:

SCEGGS 130^th Anniversary Concert on Monday 23 June at 6pm in the Sydney Town Hall.

Performances

Primary	Secondary
Year 3-6 Choir	Year 7 Choir
Cantare	Choir
Training Band	Madrigal Ensemble
Bugles	Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Sinfonietta (Years 3 & 4 students only)	Clarion Concert Band
Chamber Strings	Holst Wind Ensemble
Primary Percussion Ensemble	Basie Jazz Band
	Year 12 Rock Band
	Cremona Strings
	Amati Strings
	Glennie Percussion Ensemble
	SCEGGS Orchestra

Sunday Rehearsals

To prepare for this important event, we have scheduled two Sunday rehearsals:

Sunday 1 June

Time	Great Hall	Old Gym	Lecture Theatre
9.45am to 10.45am	Basie Jazz Band	Primary – Cantare Primary Percussion Ensemble
10.45am to 11.45am		Primary – Sinfonietta & Chamber Strings	Choir, Mads, CVE – Sacred Stepping Stones
11.45am to 12pm	Break
12pm to 1pm	Orchestra – Trailblazer + School Song		Choir, Mads, CVE – Trailblazer
1pm to 2pm	Orchestra – Hope for Orchestra
2pm to 2.15pm	Break
2pm to 3pm			CVE (students in Clarion, Holst, Cremona & Amati to prioritise those rehearsals)
2.15pm to 3.15pm	Clarion & Holst	Cremona & Amati
3.15pm to 4.15pm	Glennie

Sunday 15 June

Time	Great Hall	Old Gym	Lecture Theatre
9.45am to 10.45am	Basie Jazz Band	Primary – Cantare Primary Percussion Ensemble
10.45am to 11.45am	Primary – Bugles	Primary – Sinfonietta & Chamber Strings	Choir, Mads, CVE – Sacred Stepping Stones
11.45am to 12pm	Break
12pm to 1pm	Orchestra – Trailblazer + School Song		Choir, Mads, CVE – Trailblazer
1pm to 2pm	Orchestra – Hope for Orchestra
2pm to 2.15pm	Break
2.15pm to 3.15pm	Clarion & Holst	Cremona & Amati
3.15pm to 4.15pm	Glennie

If your daughter is unable to attend a Sunday rehearsal, please communicate directly with the Ensemble Director (Miss Harrigan, Ms Holmes, Mrs Sweeney or Mr Tierney).

Commitment to Co-curricular Music Ensembles

A reminder to all students and families:

Full attendance at rehearsals is essential in Term 2.
Please review the Music Department’s Commitment Policy (Secondary students) on page 34 of the school diary.

Check Clipboard regularly for updates. (For help with Clipboard access, please contact Alice Kotowicz).

Additional Performance Highlights

Alongside preparations for the 130^th Concert, we have many other exciting events across our Primary and Secondary programs, including Assembly performances, a Rock Showcase, and community performances at St Vincent’s Hospital.

Click below to read the Term 2 Overview for each of our programs:

Thank you for your ongoing support. We can’t wait to share these performances with you!

ANZAC Day Service

Thank you to the Holst Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Mr Tierney for their involvement in the ANZAC Day Service on Tuesday. A special thanks to Jemima Lowe (Year 11) for playing The Last Post and Rouse.

Gondwana Voices ABC Recording

Congratulations to Josie Grayden (Year 10) for her involvement in a very special recording project during the Easter school holidays. Josie sang with Gondwana Voices under the artistic direction of Lyn Williams AM and Mark O’Leary to record a new album which will be released on ABC Classics later this year. Brava Josie!

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)