Music

Stage Band at Assembly

Thanks to the Stage Band musicians, conducted by Mrs Cooney, who gave an exciting performance of ‘House of the Rising Sun’ at Assembly last week: Jack Corkins (Year 7), Ben Delaney, Nathan Hilder and William Louis (Year 9), Layla Davis, Reagan Lloyd and Josephine Smith (Year 10), Tom Delaney and Sebastian Aldred (Year 12). 

Music Among the Autumn Leaves

This Springwood Rotary garden event at The Old Farm, Yellow Rock, will take place on Sunday, 2nd May. BMGS’s Stage Band and Rock Band have been invited to play, along with ensembles from other Blue Mountains high schools. Both bands will be preparing repertoire for this event over the coming weeks. A permission note will be sent home shortly. 

Orpheus Strings concert

At 3:00pm on Sunday, 21st March you would be very welcome to join us at Katoomba Public School, Merriwa St, for an enjoyable afternoon of string music. Composers represented at this concert will be Mozart, Piazzolla, Dvorak, Saint-Saens and Albinoni. The orchestra will be joined by guest soloist Karin Hentschel on flute. Tickets are available at the door. This is a COVID-safe event. 

Tertiary Preparation Workshop – Queensland Conservatorium

Registrations for the Queensland Conservatorium’s Tertiary Preparation Workshop are now open. This workshop prepares students to approach the practical and theoretical aspects of the audition process with confidence. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about requirements for tertiary entry, skills required for auditions and interviews, tools for enhancing executant skills, and theory and aural fundamentals. There will also be sessions on stage fright, warm-up methods, practising effectively and an introduction to My Life as a Musician. 

Parents and caregivers will also be given the opportunity to join Queensland Conservatorium Heads of Area as they discuss the Bachelor of Music degree and the future of the working life of a musician.

The workshop will be held at the Conservatorium in South Brisbane from Monday, 29th June to Friday, 3rd July 2021 and costs $495. The schedule will be released later this year. 

For more information, visit https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/queensland-conservatorium/opportunities/open-conservatorium/tpw-online

Diary Dates

ANZAC Day:  Sunday, 25th April 

Blackheath Chamber Festival and workshops:  23rd to 26th April, 2021

Music Amongst the Autumn Leaves:  Sunday, 2nd May, The Old Farm, Yellow Rock

Tertiary Preparation Workshop, Qld Con:  29th June to 3rd July, 2021, Brisbane

Mrs Julie Cooney

Music Department