Kinross Wolaroi Family Bulletin

Junior School 

Performing Arts

Mrs Katie Sinclair, Junior School Music Coordinator

Co-curricular Rehearsals for Term 2

DayTime

Room

Ensemble
Monday 7.45 - 8.45am

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Koristers
Monday3.15-4.30

Glasshouse

JS Jitterbugs (Yr 1-4 Dance)
Tuesday3.15 - 4.30pm

PT

JS String Orchestra
Tuesday3.15 - 4.30pm

JS Music Room

JS Beginner Strings
Thursday7.45 – 8.45am

Glasshouse

JS Upbeats (Yr 5-6 Dance) 
Thursday3.25 - 4.30pm

PT

JS Concert Band

Junior School Performing Arts Concert

This is a wonderful evening of entertainment involving our Stage Choirs, Junior Concert Band, Junior String Orchestra, Koristers, Jitterbugs dance ensemble and speech and drama items. Grab an early dinner by ordering the delicious curry prepared by the Junior School Twig Team, follow the Trybooking here. Tickets are not required for the concert. We look forward to seeing our Junior School community there. 

Masterclass for Kinross Wolaroi Flautist

Earlier this term, Year 6 student, Ella Kerdic, had the wonderful opportunity to work with Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Principal flautist. Masterclasses were organised at the Mitchell Conservatorium by flute tutor, Emma Knott. Ella describes the experience below.

"A couple of weeks ago, I went to a flute masterclass in Bathurst.  Joshua Batty, a flautist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, was our teacher.  He is an amazing flute player! I really enjoyed the masterclass - he showed me how to make my sound clearer, and we worked on one of my pieces that I am preparing for my exam. He had a lot of interesting things to say and gave me lots of great advice.  It was so much fun!"

Making Connections

Last week, our Kindergarten musicians were exploring the concept of beat and rhythm. Students have been listening to how many steady beats they can hear in a song then identifying whether they can hear one sound (‘ta’) or two sounds (‘ti-ti’) on each beat. Once they can distinguish these sounds, they put the correct symbol under each beat. Our ‘detectives’ sing the song (with the magic pointer stick) and check that we have put the correct symbols in the correct places! 

 

Here are Kindergarten Paddington hard at work with the song ‘Starlight’. 

Contacts

COORDINATOR OF JUNIOR SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS: Katie Sinclair – ksinclair@kws.nsw.edu.au 

PERFORMING ARTS OFFICE: Sharon Martin – performingarts@kws.nsw.edu.au 

K-12 INSTRUMENTAL COORDINATOR: Katherine Howarth – kahowarth@kws.nsw.edu.au 

HEAD OF PERFORMING ARTS: Jackie Shields – jshields@kws.nsw.edu.au