School’s Music Program
All classes receive one Music lesson per week from Lorna Van der Merwe. The focus of these lessons is to teach children basic knowledge and understanding of musical elements such as rhythm and metre, tone, pitch and melody, and form and structure as well as music appreciation.
Choir
The
Choirs are open to anyone in the relevant grades (not audition based), as long
as students commit to coming to all rehearsals and performances. There is no
cost involved, unless an excursion is arranged.
Junior
Choir is for Prep to Year 2:
- Rehearsals are on Tuesday mornings at 8 am – 8:30 am in the Music Room.
Senior
Choir is for Grades 3-6:
- Rehearsals are on
Thursday mornings at 8am – 8:30 am in the Music Room.
Instrumental
Music – Strings
Students
can learn violin, viola or cello
A recruitment and selection
process occurs in Term 3 and 4 of Grade 2, to select students to begin in the
strings program for the following year. String lessons commence in Grade 3 for
the selected students.
30 min String lessons are
timetabled during class time on Tuesdays
and Thursday mornings.
String students in Grades
4-6 are also in the String Ensemble which rehearses
on Tuesday mornings from 7:50 to 8:30 am in H Block.
Strings levy $20
Band
Students
can learn brass, woodwind,
bass guitar and percussion.
Lessons
available to selected
students from Year 4-6
A
recruitment and selection process occurs in Term 3 and 4 of Grade 3, to select
students to begin in the band program for the following year. Instrumental
lessons commence in Grade 4 for the selected students.
30
min Instrumental lessons are timetabled during class time on Thursdays and
Friday mornings.
Band rehearsal – Senior Band – Thursday
morning 7:40-8:30am
Junior Band – Friday morning 7:40 –
8:30am
Band levy $20