The Sweet Sounds
Spring Recital 2017
This year's Spring Recital was terrific. Due to the Art Gallery closing, the Music Support Group decided to try a new venue and we performed in the Anglican Church Hall. We kicked the evening off with a cracking performance by the Stage Band led by Michael Timcke. Following the Stage Band, the Unit 2 and 4 Music Performance and Music Investigation students performed pieces from their end of year programs. This included group and solo works in a wide variety of styles from classical and contemporary singing, jazz bands, disco beats, movie theme tunes on piano, viola repertoire, woodwind and violin ensemble to duet singing. The hall was packed to the rafters and once again the Music Support Group laid on a sumptuous spread on for us all to enjoy at interval. The Spring Recital is a wonderful platform for our students to play to the Castlemaine Community. The students performed very well and a lovely evening was enjoyed by all.
Drama performances
All members of the school community are invited to some VCE Drama performances in the first few weeks of term four.
Year 12 Drama – Solo performance , Dress rehearsal , 5pm , Tuesday October 10.
A dress rehearsal for the students assessment in Bendigo during week two .
Year 11 Drama “ The Arrival’, Tuesday November 14, 6 30 pm.
A group devised ensemble performance, exploring a range of styles in a theatre performance which uses Shaun Tan’s , ‘The Arrival’, personal and family experiences to examine the history of Australian Immigration.
Not to be missed!
Darren Lowe- Drama Teacher
Musician of the Year
Calling all performers who would like to be in the 2017 Musician of the Year Competition. Please see Kirsten Boerema in the Music Centre for more details.
A solo performance presented on Wednesday 1st November at 7.00 p.m. at the Blakeley Road Music Centre of CSC. Two contrasting pieces must be presented with a time limit of not more than 10 minutes.
The winner will have their name placed on an honour roll and receive a medal on the night. Two distinguished performers will also be awarded medals. The Musician of the Year will be presented with a cheque for $150 at the Awards Night, and $100 each for two distinguished performers.
Kirsten Boerema
Music Coordinator
Strings Extravaganza
About 20 string students from CSC and 15 string students from Monash University combined for a day's workshop at Buda on Sunday Sept 10th. Together we created a grand string orchestra with awesome tone across the whole range of strings.
Lisa Grosman, lecturer in viola at Monash, helped the orchestra find its voice in Cinema Paradiso, a classic movie theme, with Dante Michielin playing a piano solo. We played Russian music by Rimsky-Korsakov and European folk dances. Monash students presented a viola trio and a violin duet, both played with skill and expression.
As a special treat, the Fidelio String Quartet came from Melbourne and played a short powerful Beethoven quartet that had the audience on the edge of their seats, demonstrating Beethoven's fiery explosive side.
CSC music teachers Libby Anderson on cello and Tom Foster on bass joined with me to make the day a success. Many thanks to Judith McLean, Geoff Ross, Rose Demaria and Beth Mellick for all their help.
Frances Gall
Strings Teacher
Castlemaine Children's Literature Festival Opening
Would you like to sing with the Castlemaine Children's Choir at the Castlemaine Children's Literature Festival Opening?
The Castlemaine Children's choir will sing at the opening of the Castlemaine Children's Literature Festival held on Monday 25th September (school holidays) from 10.30-11am at Castlemaine library.
The Children's choir welcomes any children aged 7 and above to join in the event. To prepare for the opening there'll be a one off rehearsal this Saturday 23rd of September from 10.30-11.30am at Castlemaine Senior Citizens Hall (next door to the library and Phee Broadway theatre).
It's free to participate and no musical experience is necessary.
Keen children will join in with the current members of the choir to perform three easy to learn songs.
Children need to be able to attend both the rehearsal and the opening (see times listed above, on Saturday 23rd and next Monday 25th).
Please book in with Tim Watson (choir leader) before the day by emailing castlemainechoir@gmail.com or by phoning or texting Tim Watson on 0423 747 731