Music Notes
Welcome to 2021
Nicole Bull, Academic Dean of Performing Arts
I would like to welcome you all back to what promises to be a sensational year in Music. Ensemble and choir rehearsals are underway for the year. Please check KCEE and the Music Notice Board for any updates to the Music Program. I encourage all students learning an instrument to be part of an ensemble or choir.
We would like to welcome Paul Coyle as our new trumpet and brass teacher and Ashleigh McMaster as our new oboe and bassoon teacher.
Welcome – Choral Captains: Matt O’Leary and Charlotte Glassel
After the year that was 2020, we hope that 2021 will be one in which we can consolidate and expand Kilvington’s choral department. All things working out, we are excited to see the continued development in Contemporary, Krooners, Kadences and Cantata, as we make the return to live music and face-to-face rehearsals.
There are also many exciting upcoming opportunities for all choristers including the Jazz Cabaret, Annual Concert and many more throughout the year. We are also very excited about the introduction of a new extension choir called Kantabile – an auditioned choir that hopes to bring out the very best of Kilvington’s choral program.
If you have any questions, or would like to find out more about joining a choir, please contact one of our Choral Captains: Matt O’Leary (olearym@kilvington.vic.edu.au) or Charlotte Glassel (glasselc@kilvington.vid.edu.au).
We look forward to seeing you join us in choir!
Harmonies for Harmony day: 23 March, 2021
We encourage all music students from Years 7 to 12 to perform on Harmony Day. You can perform any kind of music! If you are interested, please contact Ms Bull or any of the Music Captains.
Friday afternoon soirees
Friday Afternoon Soirees will recommence next Friday, February 19. The Soirees are held in PVC7 from 3.45 - 4.30pm. All KGS music, speech and drama students are welcome to perform, as well as students who attend external lessons.
All performances must be booked in, either by writing your name and details of your performance on the Friday Afternoon Soiree forms pinned up on the Notice Board in the Music building foyer, or by emailing Ms Carmel Slater (Head of Keyboard and Theory) at slaterc@kilvington.vic.edu.au.
Items should be no longer than 3 to 4 minutes, with a maximum of twelve items. Please contact Ms Slater for further information.
Jazz Cabaret Evening
The Jazz Cabaret evening is tentatively booked in for Friday, 26 March. We are currently waiting on confirmation from the Glen Eira Town Hall. Our senior performance groups from Years 9 to 12 will be performing. If you would like to perform a solo item, please check details in the bulletin.
Matilda - the Musical
Rehearsals for the Kilvington production of Matilda have commenced. All students have been working incredibly hard two nights after School each week. Performances will be held 13 - 15 May. Ticket details will be available soon.
Kadenza beginner band
I would like to encourage any new students to the School and the Year 5 Band program students from 2020 to join the Kadenza Beginner Band. Kadenza is a concert band aimed at students who have been learning music for two years or less.
Students are assisted with their playing by Music Mentors from Senior levels. The band rehearses each Thursday from 3.45 – 4.30pm in PVC7. All students are welcome to attend. Rehearsals will begin in the coming weeks.
Brass ensemble
Our new trumpet teacher Mr Paul Coyle will be commencing a brass ensemble on a Thursday lunchtime for all brass students. Please check updates in the bulletin.
Student achievements
Student achievements is a regular segment in our newsletter. Please let the Music Deptartment know of any student achievements in performing arts, such as a performance in an Eisteddfod or a dance competition, a part in a dramatic play, or a performance in the wider community. Please email music.admin@kilvington.vic.edu.au.
Contemporary choir – new members welcome
Contemporary choir is open to all students from Years 7 to 12. The choir rehearses on a Friday before school at 7.30am in PVC7 in the Music School. The repertoire is fun and engaging and includes songs that everyone knows.
New initiatives
In the coming weeks, we will be introducing the 'performer’s lounge' which will be recorded performances of our Senior School students either completing VCE music or completing AMEB exams or competitions. We will also be sharing 'performers of the week'. Watch this space.