Primary and Secondary Music

Pedestrian Safety in St Peters Street!

When dropping off and picking up your daughter in St Peters Street, please help us keep everyone safe particularly around the pedestrian crossing, by remembering the following rules:

• Pedestrian Crossings: You must not stop or park on a pedestrian crossing, or within 20m before and 10m after a pedestrian crossing.
• ‘No stopping’ signs: mean you must not stop at any point on the road or kerb. This includes the entire left-hand side of the street.
• ‘No Parking’ signs: There is a small “No Parking” section on the right-hand side of the road AFTER the pedestrian crossing. The “no parking” sign indicates that you can stop for less than 2 minutes if you stay within 3m of your vehicle if you are dropping off/picking up passengers or unloading items.

Do NOT stop or park:

• before the pedestrian crossing
• on the pedestrian crossing
• after the crossing on the left hand side of the road.

Please help us keep everyone safe in St Peters Street by following these important safety signs.

Year 3 Band and String Discovery Programs

Music brings joy. Learning an instrument gives you fine motor control, focus, concentration, teamwork and the emotional joy of playing music with each other. The results are life-changing.

~Richard Tognetti, Concertmaster of the Australian Chamber Orchestra

The halls were alive with the sound of music this week in the Primary School – with classes for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, French Horn, viola and double bass – for the start of the Year 3 Band and String Discovery Program. Students are learning these instruments in small groups with an expert tutor and will take their instruments home in their next lesson.

Families are reminded to label their child’s instrument with a keytag, stating their name and class, and attach it next to the SCEGGS keytag. Playing a musical instrument is like a fitness level and students are encouraged to play their instrument every day for 5-10 minutes at home. We look forward to hearing the new beginners perform as they progress and develop their skills. It is lovely to see the students having fun, both musically and socially, in their group lessons together!

Upcoming performances

Eisteddfod

Our Annual SCEGGS Eisteddfod will be held this term with heats during Week 7 and two Highlights concerts at the end of Week 8.

Entry is FREE and open to all students.

Get ready to enter in Week 4.

In the meantime, practise, practise, practise!

Further information will be shared by Classroom teachers and Music tutors.

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 being handed out this week.

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

This week’s tip is “PRACTISE LITTLE AND OFTEN”, rather than in one big session once a week.

Theory

Secondary

Please contact Alice Kotowicz if you would like to attend these lessons.

Song Writing

Free song writing classes will be taking place again in 2025 with Benny Davis.

Lessons are on Thursday afternoons from 3.30pm-5pm in DB2.

Please contact  David Gresham if you are interested.

Please enjoy one of our pieces from 2024, Keeping It Quiet by Josie Grayden (Year 10)

Music in Action – Primary & Secondary classrooms and co-curricular activities

Sydney Youth Orchestra (SYO)

Four primary string players were successful in auditions held last year to be part of the Sydney Youth Orchestra in 2025. SYO programs inspire a lifelong love of orchestral music by forging dynamic partnerships with leading musicians and conductors. SYO supports the musical and creative development of young musicians from their very first ensemble experience to pre-professional orchestra playing.

Congratulations to:

Sensory Concerts

“Everyone deserves access to high-quality classical music, no matter their age, abilities or background.” ~ Grace Kim

Sensory Concerts is a series of high-quality classical concerts for neurodivergent families and communities. Internationally respected concert pianist and music educator Grace Kim and her colleagues perform to small audiences in accommodating spaces, giving children and adults the opportunity to hear and see quality live music without feeling overwhelmed.

With various seating options, retreat areas and onsite therapist support, Sensory Concerts are a safe and accepting place to enjoy classical music.

For more information on the upcoming concert on Sunday 13 April, click here.

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)