{"id":15986,"date":"2024-02-14T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/?post_type=article&#038;p=15986"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T04:00:44","slug":"from-the-music-department-46","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/article\/from-the-music-department-46\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Music Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of singing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Melbourne University has studied the benefits of singing, and a summary can be found using the link below. Essentially, the study found that singing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases oxytocin levels (aiding bonding) and decreases cortisol (lowering stress).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributes to the development of our thinking and language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is good for our wellbeing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can improve our physical health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can enhance feelings of empathy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If any student would like to join Shore Choir, then please contact the Director of Choirs, Mr Lachie Massey, at <a href=\"mailto:lmassey@shore.nsw.edu.au\">lmassey@shore.nsw.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pursuit-unimelb-edu-au.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/pursuit.unimelb.edu.au\/articles\/5-ways-singing-helps-humanity.amp\">5 ways singing helps humanity | Pursuit by The University of Melbourne (ampproject.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Camps<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several Music Camps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strings Camp is on Tuesday 27 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Band Camp is on Thursday 7 March and Friday 8 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choir Camp is Wednesday 7 August and Thursday 8 August.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Details will be emailed to parents. For more information please contact Head of Strings: <a href=\"mailto:awentzel@shore.nsw.edu.au\">awentzel@shore.nsw.edu.au<\/a>; Coordinator of Bands: <a href=\"mailto:pdorich@shore.nsw.edu.au\">pdorich@shore.nsw.edu.au<\/a>; or for Choir Camp: Director of Choirs: <a href=\"mailto:lmassey@shore.nsw.edu.au\">lmassey@shore.nsw.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Private Music Tuition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Lessons have begun for students learning instruments at Shore. The School offers lessons on all brass instruments including euphonium, woodwind instruments, including saxophone, string instruments including guitar, musicianship\/theory and drum kit. You can complete a form to sign up for lessons. Form can be found here: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shore.nsw.edu.au\/co-curricular\/performing-arts\/music\">www.shore.nsw.edu.au\/co-curricular\/performing-arts\/music<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions regarding private music lessons, please contact <a href=\"mailto:privatemusiclessons@shore.nsw.edu.au\">privatemusiclessons@shore.nsw.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-swr-span-all\">Upcoming Dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-swr-span-all\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Tue 27 Feb<\/td><td>Strings Camp<\/td><td>Orchestra Room<\/td><td>All Day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thur 29 Feb<\/td><td>Concert Group: OA \u2013 <em>The Magic Flute<\/em><\/td><td>Sydney Opera House<\/td><td>7.30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thur 7 \u2013 Fri 8 Mar<\/td><td>Band Camp<\/td><td>Smith Auditorium<\/td><td>All Day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mon 4 Mar<\/td><td>ENCORE excursion for Elective Music students.<\/td><td>Sydney Opera House<\/td><td>1.00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wed 20 Mar<\/td><td>Concert Group: SSO Meet the Music \u2013 <em>Beethoven\u2019s Third Symphony<\/em><\/td><td>Sydney Opera House<\/td><td>7.00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thurs 23 Mar \u2013 Sat 25 Mar<\/td><td>School Musical: <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em><\/td><td>Smith Auditorium<\/td><td>7.00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wed 29 Mar \u2013 Sat 1 Apr<\/td><td>School Musical: <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em><\/td><td>Smith Auditorium<\/td><td>7.00pm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-swr-span-all\"><strong>Mrs K Barber<\/strong><br>Head of Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of singing &#8211; Melbourne University has studied the benefits of singing,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[25],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15986","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-co-curricular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/15986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=15986"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=15986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}