Instrumental music

Ensemble rehearsals began this week. If your son plays an instrument and is interested in joining an ensemble, please email me at cspannenbu@cns.catholic.edu.au asap. The rehearsal schedule is below:

Combined Saints Colleges Wind Ensemble	L105	Monday 7:20am
Saints Percussion Ensemble	L105	Monday 3:30–4:30pm
Saints Guitar Ensemble	L101	Tuesday 7:20am
Combined Saints Colleges Concert Band	L105	Tuesday 7:20am
Saints Choir	L101	Wednesday 7:20am
Combined Saints Colleges String Orchestra	L105	Thursday 7:20am
Saints Big Band	L105	Friday 7:20am

A reminder that times given above are starting times. All students should arrive at least 5 minutes beforehand. Early is on time – on time is late.

Instrumental lessons also began this week. If your son is interested in learning an instrument, please email me at the address above for more information. We offer lessons in voice, piano, guitar, strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.

Music Camp

The camp is at the end of Week 5. We have invited a clinician, Mr Craig Kennedy, from Brisbane to work with our students to help prepare them for next term's eisteddfod. Mr Kennedy is Head of Music at St Rita’s College, Brisbane and works in the Young Conservatorium Program as well as the State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) around the state. It will be a fantastic weekend of music making and team building to get our groups to gel.

2025

Our program is, as always, busy and vibrant with many opportunities for performances. We entertain at assemblies, perform in productions and music nights as well as provide liturgical music for the College. Our students have plenty of performance opportunities.

Information for events and performances is on the Arts Department Facebook page. This information is also in newsletters and in parent slips. Below is a calendar of events planned so far. This will be added to during the year, so please reread it each edition to check that you are abreast of all that is happening, and make sure you diarise these dates.

Term 1

Date	Event	Where	Group
Week 4 Thurs 20 Feb	Commencement Mass	Lennon Hall	Cantors & Mass Musicians
Week 5 28 Feb – 2 Mar	Instrumental Music (IM) Camp	Music Block and Lennon Hall	CSC Wind Ensemble, CSC Concert Band, CSC String Orchestra
Week 8 20 Mar	College Assembly	Lennon Hall	TBA
Week 10 3 Apr	Easter Liturgy	Lennon Hall	Cantors and Mass Musicians

Term 2

Date	Event	Where	Group
Week 1 Thurs 24 Apr Fri 25 Apr	Anzac Assembly Anzac Dawn Service	Lennon Hall Cairns RSL	Saints Big Band College Choir
Week 3 Thurs 8 May	Mother’s Day Assembly	Lennon Hall	TBA
Week 4 15 & 16 May	Primary Schools Tour	Various schools	Cast and musicians
Week 5 23-25 May	Choir Camp	St Monica’s College	Saints Choir
Week 6 Tues 27 May	Saints Unplugged Junior	L105	Assorted soloists
Thurs 29 May	Saints Unplugged Senior	L105	Assorted soloists
Sat 31 May – Sun 1 June	CQU Jammin’	Saints Music Block	Jazz and contemporary musicians
Week 7 Fri 6 June	Champagnat Mass	Lennon Hall	Cantors and Mass musicians
Week 10 Mon 16 – Wed 19 June	Cairns & District Junior Eisteddfod	CPAC	CSC Wind Ensemble Saints Percussion Ensemble Saints Choir CSC String Ensemble Saints Big Band

Term 3

Date	Event	Where	Group
Week 1 Thurs 17 July	Academic Assembly	Lennon Hall	TBA
Week 3 Thurs 31 July	NAIDOC Assembly	Lennon Hall	TBA
Week 5 Thurs 14 Aug	Assumption Mass	St Monica’s Cathedral	Cantors
Week 5 Thurs14 - Sun 17 Aug	QCMF	Villanova College Brisbane	Saints Big Band, Saints Percussion Ensemble, Saints Choir, Saints Rock Band
Week 7 Tues 26 Aug	Cerise & Blue Open Evening	Saints	All ensembles
Week 8 Thurs 4 Sept	Father’s Day Assembly	Lennon Hall	TBA
Fri 5 Sept	Primary IM Workshops	Lennon Hall and Music Block	CSC Concert Band + primary schools
Week 9 Wed 10 Sept	Ensemble photos	Lennon Hall	All ensembles, musical cast, orchestra and crew
Thurs 11 Sept	Saints Unplugged Senior	L105	Assorted soloists

Term 4

Date	Event	Where	Group
Week 1 7 Oct-8 Oct	Recording ensembles with CQU	Saints Music Block	All combined ensembles
Week 3 Thurs 23 Oct	Valedictory Mass & Assembly	Lennon Hall	Cantors, Mass musicians, senior music class
Week 6 Tues 13 Nov	Saints Unplugged Junior	L105	Assorted soloists
Week 7 Friday 21 Nov	Annual Awards Evening	Lennon Hall	Saints Percussion Ensemble Saints Choir Saints Big Band
Week 8 Fri 28 Nov	Advent Liturgy	Lennon Hall	Cantors and Mass musicians

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