Band
Term 4, Week 4
Dear BPS Community.
Term four is shaping up to be a busy term of musical performances and events. Please write these dates into your calendars.
Yours Musically,
Alwaynne Strentz
Week 5
Training Band Performance (between the admin. building & gym)
Wednesday 1st November - 8.30 – 8.45am
Beginner Guitar Ensemble and Choir Performance at Assembly
Friday 3rd November - 2.50 – 3.20pm
Week 6
Concert Band Performance at Assembly
Friday 10th November - 2.50 – 3.20pm
Week 7
2023 Evening of Music Rehearsal
Tuesday 14th November during school hours.
All Training Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Beginner & Advanced Guitar Ensemble and Choir Members involved in the Evening of Music will need to attend a rehearsal/tech run/walk through on the morning of the Performance. Students will be escorted by staff on foot to One Church to conduct the rehearsal during school hours.
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 are now 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.
