McKinnonNEWS

MUSIC NEWS

Welcome to the new year! We are excited to embark on this new musical year with all of our students. We are particularly looking forward to LIVE performances this year.

INSTRUMENT ALLOCATION

Years 8 - 12

For all students who hire instruments from McKinnon who are in Year 8 and above, this allocation will be taking place over the next week or so and instrumental lessons will begin for all students in Years 8 - 12 in the next ten school days.  Please keep an eye on Compass for your next lesson.

 

Year 7

For all Year 7 students who indicated that they would like to learn an instrument at school, this process will begin this week.  

 

Band

During the ensemble lesson on Tuesday, band students will go through aural testing, instrument trials etc to ensure that we get the best possible match between student and instrument. We expect that this will take at least three weeks and lessons will begin mid to late February. 

 

Any questions regarding band instrument allocation should be directed to Ms Tracy Videon (vid@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au) who is overseeing this process.

 

Strings

String students will start the allocation this week during the ensemble lesson on Thursday. More advanced students will have time with one of the string teachers to ascertain their level so appropriate grouping can take place. It is expected that this process will take 2 - 3 weeks and again instrumental lessons for beginners will start mid to late February.

 

Any questions regarding string instrument allocation should be directed to Ms Clare Bugeja (cb@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au) who is overseeing this process.

 

Ensembles

All ensembles will be starting in the next few weeks. Any student learning an instrument in Year 9 and above need to be part of an appropriate CORE ensemble.  All rehearsals are in the Auditorium.  

 

Times are as follows:

  • Intermediate Groups
    • Keenan Strings: Thursday BEFORE SCHOOL (7:45 - 8:35am)
    • Ovenden Band: Friday BEFORE SCHOOL (7:45 - 8:35am)
  • Senior Groups
    • Symphonic Wind: Monday AFTER SCHOOL (3:25 - 5pm)
    • Orchestra: Thursday AFTER SCHOOL (3:25 - 5pm)
  • Mixed Year levels
    • McKinnon Choir: Thursday LUNCH TIME

Megan Papworth

Head of Performing Arts