Band
Term 4, Week 2
Dear BPS Community,
Welcome to Term 4. This term promises to be a feast of significant musical performances and events. I urge you all to put aside time to witness our Music Program in full flight as we celebrate everything that is amazing about music at BPS.
Please write theses dates into your diaries:
Week 7
2023 Evening of Music
Tuesday 14th November at 6:30pm
(Please note that this a change of date to what was originally posted)
One Church, 184 Surrey Road, Blackburn.
A showcase of Victoria’s best Primary School Band and Ensemble Program. Performances from the Training, Concert and Symphonic Bands, the Beginner and Advanced Guitar Ensembles and the BPS Choir.
Tickets will be available through Compass Tix.
Week 7
Concert Band performing at the 2023 Victorian Schools Music Festival
Thursday 16th November
Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
Entry is free and parents are welcome to attend.
The band will be at the venue between 10:30 and 12:45.
The Victorian School Music Festival involves school bands, orchestras, jazz ensembles and choirs. Performing at VSMF is the full sensory experience with young musicians performing on stage in their ensemble, receiving given immediate feedback on stage from a highly skilled adjudicator. Participants are involved in listening to others in performance, watching how it can be done differently with opportunities to analyse their own performance back at school by listening to the recording and watching the video provided. After their performance, conductors are given the opportunity to work backstage with a skilled conducting clinician, reviewing video footage and engaging in conversation.
Week 8
Band Recruitment Night.
Wednesday 22 November at 5:30pm
BPS Multi-Purpose Room
This is an informative evening for prospective new Grades 2 to 5 students wanting to join the band/ensemble program. Instruments offered include Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Guitar, Percussion and Acoustic Guitar.
The Advanced Guitar Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform at this evening, to showcase the amazing impact that learning an instrument, and participating in our program can have on our students as individuals and as part of a team.
We look forward to welcoming you to our upcoming performances and events.
Yours Musically,
Alwaynne Strentz
BPS Instrumental Music Staff Term 4 2023
• Alwaynne Strentz - Band Coordinator, Acoustic & Bass Guitar teacher, Training Band Conductor, Advanced Guitar Ensemble Director
• Ken Macdonald - Trumpet & Trombone teacher, Concert and Symphonic Band Conductor
• Jake Underwood - Acoustic Guitar teacher, Beginner Guitar Ensemble Director
• Adrienne Garneau - Clarinet & Saxophone teacher
• Jirene Beh – Flute teacher
• Catherine Bates - Clarinet & Saxophone teacher
• Justin Zheng - Percussion teacher