Music Notes

Welcome to 2022 

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 and the Performing Arts.  

Ensembles and choir rehearsals are underway for the year. Please check KCEE and the Music Notice Board for any updates to the program. I encourage all students learning an instrument to be part of an ensemble or choir.  

We would also like to welcome Ms Samantha Kosky as our new Drama Teacher and Director of the Senior School production. 

Harmonies for Harmony day - 22 March, 2022 

We encourage all music students from Years 7 to 12 to perform! All types of performances are welcome.

If you are interested in performing on Harmony Day, please contact Ms Bull or the School Music Captains. 

Friday afternoon soirees 

Friday Afternoon Soirees will recommence from Friday, Week 5. They will be held in PVC7 from 3.45 to 4.30pm. 

All Kilvington music, dance, 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 - 4 minutes, with a maximum of twelve items per soiree.  

Jazz cabaret evening 

The Jazz Cabaret evening is booked in for Friday 1 April at 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 for details in the Music bulletin in the coming weeks. 

Mamma Mia 

Rehearsals for Mamma Mia, our Senior School Production for 2022, have commenced.  

All students involved will be working incredibly hard two nights after School each week. This is our biggest cast ever with close to 60 students involved.  

Performances will be held May 19 to 21. Ticket details will be available in the coming weeks. 

Kadenza beginner band 

I would like to encourage any new students to the School and the Year 5 Band program students from 2021 to join the band.  

Kadenza is a concert band aimed at students who have been learning music for less than two years.  Students are assisted with their playing by  Music Mentors from Senior levels. The band rehearses each Thursday from 3.45pm to 4.30pm in PVC7.  

All students are welcome to attend. Rehearsals will begin this week. Please contact Mr Chris Higgins for further details at higginsc@kilvington.vic.edu.au. 

Student achievements in music

Student Achievements is a regular segment in our ITK newsletter. Please let the Music Department know of any student achievements in performing arts such as a performance in an Eisteddfod, dance competition, a part in a dramatic play or a performance in the wider community. 

Please contact the Music Department at 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 are songs that everyone knows. 

Krooners (boys choir) – new members welcome 

The Krooners is open to all boys from Years 8 to 12. The choir rehearses on Wednesday mornings at 7.30am in PVC4. The Krooners is a great environment for boys to come together to sing and build camaradery. 

New initiatives 

In the coming weeks, we will be introducing the Performer’s Lounge - 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! 

Term 1 diary dates