Music at Gioia House (Curricular)

Gioia House Choir

Gioia House Choir continues to shine each week, bringing vibrant energy and beautiful singing to their Tuesday rehearsals. The students have been working with great focus on developing tone, blend and intonation and they are consistently quick to sit tall and produce a resonant, unified sound. This ensemble shows wonderful promise and we are delighted by their positive attitude and commitment to growth.

In addition to exploring folk songs, rounds and canons, the choir has been engaging with repertoire from a range of musical traditions and revisiting pieces from our Mass program. They have also begun preparing for this year’s Gala Concert. Without revealing too much, the students have started learning Over My Head, a traditional spiritual that will be performed as a combined item with Del Monte. This week, they also began working on the French piece Vois Sur Ton Chemin by Bruno Coulais from the film Les Choristes.

We look forward to the musical development these works will inspire and are excited to share the ensemble’s progress and achievements as the year unfolds.

Gioia House Instrumental

Our Gioia House instrumental students have made a wonderful start to their musical learning, showing enthusiasm, focus and a genuine love of making music.

Year 6 Mini Maestros have settled confidently back into their routine, working closely with their tutors as they begin learning Creatures in the Attic by Brian Balmages. Our Gioia House Strings ensemble has also launched into rehearsals with great energy, preparing two exciting works: The Lazy Wombat and Ballad of the Burning Sky.

Meanwhile, Year 5 Mini Maestros are fully immersed in their instrumental lessons. They are eager, attentive and making excellent use of their time with their instrumental teachers. Students are learning how to care for their instruments, assemble them correctly, produce their first sounds and read their first five notes. Over the coming weeks, they will continue to build confidence as beginners and will soon come together as a full year group to play their first ensemble pieces. Year 5 Gioia House Strings have also begun rehearsals and are approaching The Lazy Wombat and Ballad of the Burning Sky with impressive enthusiasm.

We look forward to seeing both year groups continue to grow in skill, confidence and musical expression as the year unfolds.

Private Tuition on all Instruments

We would like to remind students in the Gioia House instrumental program that private tuition is available, and a great way to help ensure momentum in these formative experiences! If you’d like some extra support, remember we have a ‘4‑Week Booster’ tuition offering available for $228.00. (Four one-on-one lessons to help you quickly lock in!)

Register for 4 ‘Booster’ Lessons

Register for Private Lessons (Ongoing)

We are already hearing wonderful progress and cannot wait to see how their musicianship continues to grow throughout the year.

Froukje Werlemann-Godfrey
Head of Music 5-12

Alana Thorne
Facilitator GH Instrumental ‘Mini Maestros’

Victoria Jacono-Gilmovich
Facilitator GH Instrumental ‘Strings’

Cecilia Pensini
Curriculum Music Teacher P-6