Music News

Mrs. Karen Gordon - Director of Co-curricular Music / Coordinator of Strings

Congratulations to Corelli Strings, who played beautifully and received a Silver Award at Music Fest, held at Coorparoo Secondary College on Monday 18 October. Special thanks to Mrs. Slade for accompanying them on the night.

Speech Night

Music will again be a feature at our annual Secondary Speech Night, held on Tuesday 16 November, at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QPAC) Our Senior Choir, Clayfield Choristers and Canzona, and selected Year 6 students have combined this term to prepare and perform two combined choral and orchestral works. Please ensure your child is attending all of their required rehearsals in the lead-up to this special event.

 

 All musicians involved in Speech Night will be required to attend our rehearsal day held at the College on Friday 12 November. All details regarding the rehearsal day at QPAC on Tuesday 16 November will be emailed home closer to the date.

 

String Students: Please refer to the following schedule for rehearsals over the next four weeks.

Secondary String Orchestra

Rehearsal/Performance Schedule – Term 4

Please note, rolls will be taken at each ensemble. If students are unable to attend their rehearsal time or are unsure which pieces they are singing or playing in, please email Mrs. Gordon. 

Term 4Time & VenueStudents involvedRepertoire
Tuesday 26 October 

7:00 am - 8:00 am

MU3

All String StudentsA Million Dreams
Wednesday 27 October 7:00 am - 8:00 amAll String StudentsLacrimosa
Thursday 28 October 

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

All String StudentsA Million Dreams Koussevitzky
Tuesday  2 November

7:00 am - 8:00 am

MU3

All Viotti StudentsKoussevitzky
Wednesday 3 November

7:00 am - 8:00 am

MU3

Combined Strings and ChoirLacrimosa
Thursday 4 November3:30 pm - 4:40 pmAll String StudentsA Million Dreams
Tuesday  9 November

7:00 am - 8:00 am 

MU3

All String StudentsA Million Dreams
Wed 10 NovemberNo rehearsal  
Thursday 11 NovemberNo rehearsal  
Friday 12 November8:30 am - 3:00 pm Assembly HallAll musiciansRoster TBC

Tuesday  16 November

 

Rehearsal day at QPAC

All musicians and 

Prize Winners

Roster TBC

Date Claimers - Term 4

DateGroup

Time

Location

Monday 1 NovemberMusic Support Group AGM

7:00 pm

MU 1

Thursday 11 November Primary Music Celebration

2:00 pm

Assembly Hall   

Friday 12 NovemberSpeech Night Musicians Rehearsal 

All Day

Assembly Hall

Friday 12 NovemberLUX Arts Exhibition

5:30 pm

Learning Resource Centre

Tuesday 16 November  Speech Night- Secondary

7:00 pm

QPAC

Wednesday 24 NovemberPrimary Presentation Morning

8:30 am

Assembly Hall

Tuesday 30 November Carols

6:00 pm

Chapel

 

Congratulations to the following girls who sat AMEB exams recently:

Laura McPherson (Year 4) Preliminary Violin
Victoria Hayward (Year 5) Grade 1 Viola
Myra Dhingra (Year 5) Grade 1 Violin
Beatrice Gilbert (Year 6) Grade 3 Violin
Zara Sinha (Year 4) Grade 1 Violin
Bella Harris (Year 9) Grade 3 Cello

 

Please email Mrs. Karen Gordon kgordon@clayfield.qld.edu.au if you have any music-related news or achievements that we can share and celebrate with our community.

Year 9 Musical Theatre Unit Performances

Last Friday, the Year 9 Music Class performed a range of musical theatre numbers for some of our Primary students as part of their culminating task for the Musical Theatre Unit.

 

In addition, the Music Class performed chorus numbers, vocal solos, string duets, and percussion ensembles.  The performances featured hits from well-known musicals such as Anastasia, Mulan, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, and The Greatest Showman, to name a few.

 

The performances were very warmly received by our Primary students. Our thanks go to all staff who supported the staging of the performances.