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<strong>News</strong>letter Number 2 March 4, 2011<br />
locating your teacher.<br />
Thank you to all the music staff, students and Music Association<br />
parents who assisted in making recruitment night such a success.<br />
Some good news on our most recent ex music students Out of the<br />
VCE Music Class of 2010, 8 students are studying music and the remaining<br />
4 are in Arts or Science. It is pleasing to hear that 5 students<br />
are studying music at Box Hill Institute, the majority in music industry,<br />
1 at Melbourne University, and 2 others studying at the Generations<br />
in Jazz Academy with Graeme Lyall in Mt Gambier. Ex student<br />
Tom Sly is also taking a sabbatical before his last year at Canberra<br />
School of Music to do this very valuable course that is proving to<br />
be a great gate way into university courses after 1 year of study for<br />
those straight out of school and a great preparation year for those<br />
almost finishing tertiary study. The ensemble they are playing in is<br />
considered to be the National Youth Stage Band. Students from all<br />
over the country have been auditioned to study with Graeme Lyall<br />
for a full 12 months. There are a lot of professional players/teachers<br />
who would like that opportunity to work with Graeme, let alone<br />
students, so it is pretty significant that we have 3 ex <strong>RSC</strong> students,<br />
out of the 18 students selected for this year from all around Australia.<br />
Our stage bands, as well as 2000 students from all over Australia<br />
are looking forward to hearing this ensemble perform with James<br />
Morrison and Gordon Goodwin on the Saturday night at the Generations<br />
in Jazz weekend this coming May.<br />
All ensembles are up and running for the year and those people<br />
who have not brought back their contracts yet, please do so in the<br />
next few days.<br />
Also don’t forget if a student is going to be absent from either a<br />
rehearsal or a lesson please either contact the PAC office via phone<br />
or email us on rscmusic@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au preferably before<br />
the event.<br />
Wed May 19<br />
Wed 25 May<br />
Thurs 26 May<br />
Thurs 26 May<br />
Thurs 2 June<br />
Sat 18 June<br />
Vertigan TBC<br />
Junior Concert/Intermediate Autumn<br />
concert<br />
Unit 1 VCE Music Performance<br />
recitals<br />
EMR Concert<br />
Unit 3 VCE Music Performance<br />
recitals<br />
Senior Music Concert<br />
Symphonic Band – Super Dooper<br />
Saturday<br />
Janine Pero<br />
Director of Music<br />
Performing Arts<br />
I would like to begin this edition by heartily congratulating our two<br />
Performing Arts Prefects for 2011 – Kirsty Gayther and Zak Marrinan.<br />
Both of these students have been pillars of our “<strong>College</strong> which<br />
perfoms” over the last five years and have thoroughly deserved<br />
their roles this year. Kirsty, as well as being a mainstay of Production<br />
in every year of her <strong>Ringwood</strong> student career, was a key member of<br />
last year’s Performing Arts World Tour. Zak, another Production stalwart,<br />
is the new poster boy of PA, undertaking studies in all three<br />
disciplines of Music, Drama and Dance in his senior year. I could not<br />
think of better role models for our younger students and I look forward<br />
to working with them during 2011.<br />
The audition process for Kiss Me Kate is now well and truly underway<br />
and we have been overwhelmed by the interest from students<br />
looking to secure a place in the cast for this year’s show. Unfortunately,<br />
there will always be those who must miss out (our stage just<br />
isn’t big enough for more) and I encourage those who receive the<br />
discouraging news to consider being involved in one of the many<br />
other departments available: orchestra, sound, lighting, staging,<br />
makeup or marketing spring to mind.<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS:<br />
Thurs 10 March Training Band Rehearsal 8 am rm 700<br />
Fri 18 March Training Strings Rehearsal lunchtime rm 700<br />
Sat 2 April<br />
Sun 3 April<br />
Mon 4 April<br />
Tues 5 April<br />
Wed 6 April<br />
Thurs 7 April<br />
Stage Band Day Camps JSB & SSB<br />
Stage Band Day Camps TSB & ISB<br />
JSB Master class<br />
TSB Master class<br />
ISB Master class<br />
SSB Master class<br />
Term 2:<br />
Mon 2 May Jazz Night<br />
Wed 4 May Music Photos 7.30am<br />
6-8 May Generations in Jazz Stage Band<br />
Competitions, Mt Gambier<br />
Tues 17 May Boroondara Eisteddfod<br />
Mon 16 May Year 11 Music Performance – Steve<br />
Vertigan TBC<br />
Tues 17 May Year 12 Music Performance – Steve<br />
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This year, we are also relaunching our parent auxiliary body, Extra<br />
p.Arts. This organisation enables parents with an interest and willingness<br />
to assist in the many opportunities afforded by Performing<br />
Arts at <strong>Ringwood</strong> to chip in at a level that suits their skills and availability.<br />
We will be hosting a Parent Information Evening in the Hall<br />
on Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm and invite any parents who are interested<br />
in joining us to learn more about how they can be involved.<br />
Please see the attached flyer in this newsletter for further information.<br />
On a personal note, I would like to express my personal thanks<br />
to Mrs Jenny Smith, whose children have now graduated from the<br />
school, for her tireless commitment to Extra p.Arts and her willingness<br />
to ensure its smooth transition to new hands.<br />
Finally, I would like to congratulate all of the staff in the incredibly<br />
sizeable Music Department, and all of the students in the equally<br />
massive Music Program, for yet another busy and energetic start to<br />
the year. The PAC is buzzing on a daily basis and, despite the occasional<br />
bout of jackhammering outside, the musical sounds are very<br />
encouraging and bode well for another productive and successful<br />
year.<br />
Ben Moody<br />
Director of Performing Arts<br />
Music Association<br />
EASTER RAFFLE<br />
This year the Music Association is again running an Easter Raffle to