Coming up soon in our school music calendar

Week 6 – Instrumental Recruiting begins

Week 8 – Singfest (Senior Choir)

Do you want your child to play an instrument beginning in 2026?

If your child is currently in Year 2, they can be considered to begin a string instrument.

If your child is currently in Year 3, they can be considered to begin a band instrument (percussion, brass or woodwind).

Expressions of interest have opened this week. Year 2 and 3 Families have been emailed, more information is contained in the email. Here is the EOI link for current Year 2s. Here is the link EOI for current Year 3s. These EOIs close on 7 September. Next week all Year 2 and 3 students will have a demonstration of all of the instruments.

Here is the timeline for the recruiting process. If you have any questions please email Mrs Brydon dbryd1@eq.edu.au

WESTCENT

Back in Week 3 quite a few of our Instrumental Students attended Westcent, a day (or two day) workshop with other schools. Intermediate students attended one day on the Thursday and Advanced students attended two days on Tues and Wed. The days finished with great concerts. So much music learning happened in those days as well as some friendship building across schools. Congratulations to all who attended on your commitment and musicianship. Thanks to Mr Hoey, Mrs Price and Mrs Zorzetto for organising this wonderful opportunity for our learners.

Consistent music learning builds better brains

New research continues to show that children who regularly engage in musical activities, especially learning an instrument, develop stronger verbal abilities and higher general intellectual ability. And it's not about strict hours or daily practice routines (although they help with the music learning!). What truly matters is ongoing, meaningful engagement with music across the years. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

A little bit of music fun

Here are the clips that some upper school students have watched recently in Music. We often only watch part of the clip in class due to time constraints and the learners are always asking to watch the rest. I tell them to ask their parents to show them from the newsletter. Why not watch them as a family and share the fun!

Week 4 -  OK Go - Love (Official Video)

Week 5 – Debussy, Syrinx (for solo flute) ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏