Primary Music

Musicale 1 – Thursday 11 April 6.00pm, Great Hall

The following ensembles will be performing at Musicale 1:

• Sinfonietta
• Chamber Strings
• Primary String Octet
• Bugles’ Band
• Primary Percussion Ensemble
• Cantare
• Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4) Choir

Further details can be found in this note.

String Program

“Ah music! A magic far beyond what we do here” Albus Dumbledore

The K-12 String Program has hit the ground running this year, with 11 string players being selected to perform in the Eisteddfod Highlights Concerts for Primary and Secondary in Week 8. Congratulations to Alice Zhang (Year 1), Lauren Lee (Year 2), Lark Xiao (Year 2), Emily Yeung (Year 3), Amelia Chow (Year 4), Cynthia Cai (Year 7), Miranda Lin (Year 8), Natalie Assaad (Year 10), Amber Jarman (Year 11) (Violin), Bronte Lusted (Year 3) (Cello) and Chloe Anderson (Year 4) (Double Bass). Special thanks to Ms Stephanie Holmes for accompanying the string players at the Highlights Concerts.

Next Thursday, we look forward to performances by four string ensembles at Musicale 1. The concert will start with Contemporary Strings joining Primary and Secondary choristers in a musical Acknowledgement of Country Tarimi Nulay: Long Time Living Here written by Australian composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, a proud Yorta Yorta woman and one of Australia’s leading sopranos. In this piece, choristers sing in both English and Gadigal language, with the string parts supporting and complementing the vocal lines. It is wonderful to perform music by a living female composer, whilst honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past present, and future. We will acknowledge the sharing of traditional stories of First Nations peoples on this land through song at Musicale 1 with Tarimi Nulay.

The theme of Musicale 1 is film music and string students have been working hard this term to prepare repertoire to fit the bill:

• Sinfonietta – Feather Theme from Forrest Gump
• Chamber Strings – The Ludlows from Legends of the Fall
• Primary String Octet + percussion – Theme from Mission Impossible
• Contemporary Strings + percussion – Music from La La Land

Performance opportunities as a soloist with piano accompaniment and as an ensemble member are vital for a musician’s development. We learn so many skills in the study of a musical instrument that transfer to all walks of life – commitment, teamwork, grit, perseverance, listening and adjusting, celebrating others’ moment in the spotlight and the joy of making something beautiful together. I am so privileged to be alongside string players from K-12 on their musical journey every day at SCEGGS. I look forward to sharing our upcoming performances with the school community this term.

Anne Sweeney
Director of Strings

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.

Important Dates

Term 1

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)