Music Notes

Nicole Bull, Academic Dean of Performing Arts 

Welcome

Welcome to Term 3.  We look forward to another exciting term of concerts, soirees and musical performances from our talented students, as soon as restrictions ease. Please see anticipated diary dates for Term 3.

Annual Concert – Friday 13 August 

(Dependent on COVID restrictions)

Information will be emailed to all parents in the coming days to inform everyone of the Annual Concert details. The Annual Music Concert will feature all of our large ensembles and choirs.  

Tickets are complimentary and will be available for booking via the Robert Blackwood link. Please note that although tickets are free, seating is still allocated. 

The Annual Concert will be held at Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton on Friday 13 August. This year there will be no preconcert entertainment in the foyer due to COVID restrictions. 

Guests must be seated no later than 7.25pm. Staggered drop-offs for students will be communicated soon. The concert is expected to conclude at approximately 9.15pm. 

Annual Concert rehearsal - Sunday 1 August

(Dependent on COVID restrictions)

With the Annual Music Concert approaching, a Sunday rehearsal will provide students who are involved in the following ensembles an excellent opportunity to refine ensemble performances and further rehearse the finale singing item. 

This rehearsal is compulsory for students performing in these ensembles (from Year 7 to Year 12). Junior School students are most welcome to attend if they are in Senior ensembles, but it is not mandatory.

Please ensure your child is in attendance at least 10 minutes before their scheduled rehearsal time.

• Dress - neat casual attire
• What to bring - instrument, snacks and water bottle

The rehearsal will finish at 1.15pm.

Dance, Speech and Drama Concert

Unfortunately, due to lockdown restrictions, the Speech and Drama concerts were cancelled.  All items will be recorded and sent home to all parents of involved students.

Welcome Ms Gina Gataveckaite (Piano teacher)

It is with great pleasure that we welcome our new piano teacher/accompanist to Kilvington, Ms Gina Gataveckaite. Gina will be taking over Phoebe Yue’s piano students and filling in as an accompanist where needed. 

Gina is currently employed as part-time piano teacher and accompanist at Ivanhoe Girl’s Grammar, and has previously worked at St Leonard’s College in Brighton, and as an accompanist for the Australian Ballet and VCA Secondary School. 

Gina graduated from the University of Melbourne (MMus) and the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (BMus, Hons). She has worked extensively as a professional concert pianist performing in various leading venues throughout the world such as Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre in London, and the Recital Centre in Melbourne. She has also performed in China, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania and Germany. 

We are very fortunate to have someone of Gina’s experience and ability teaching piano at Kilvington, and we look forward to her involvement in our ever-growing music department. 

Friday Afternoon Soirees

Due to the current restrictions, the Friday Afternoon Soirees are postponed. We look forward to presenting them again as soon as we are able. 

Student Achievement – Elijah Slavinskis

We have another announcement to make for Elijah (fingers crossed COVID stays out of the way).

Elijah has  been cast in the rock musical The Who's Tommy. The Who's Tommy musical has won five Tony awards and one Grammy award. Elijah plays Young Tommy, when he was 10 years old.

Suitable for mature audiences, ages 15 plus. The show will play for eight shows at the Palais in St Kilda from 13 August through to the 21 August, 2021.

Congratulations Elijah!

Polish Music Competition – Australia

Talented young musicians living in Australia are invited to enter the Polish Music Competition.  The annual competition for young pianists and string players is open to musicians aged 17 and under.  It incorporates three distinct age groups for audition and public performance of Polish music, exclusively from Chopin to present day. 

The competition has three stages: 1) participant’s video/sound recordings 2) live auditions 3) final performances in front of the audience at Deakin Edge in Melbourne.

Deadline for submitting applications is 19 September, 2021. Apply online here. 

Diary dates – Term 3 

(Dependent on COVID restrictions)