Redeemer Record, July 2012 - Redeemer Lutheran College

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18 | MUSIC news | REDEEMER RECORDMusic @ Redeemer – The Year So FarStudents have definitely been hitting the high notes this year withseveral significant performances highlighting how dedicated andtalented our young musicians are.Senior School ensembles have all had productive workshops withrenowned tutors and conductors and this certainly contributedto Senior Concert Band and Stage Band delivering knock-outperformances at the opening of The Rochedale Estates. Studentsin Stage Band also got a major buzz out of playing for ABC 612’sbreakfast program. Of course, our Concert Series continues tobe well-attended and the quality of the music-making from allMiddle School and Senior School ensembles is to be celebrated.Our annual ‘Road Trip’ with Junior Choir, College Choristers,Voiceworx, Flute Choir and Clarinet Ensemble was a big hitwith the residents at The Plains Retirement Village, who weregenuinely moved by the students’ beautiful playing and singing.All students are to be congratulated for the special contributionthey made on this day.Excitingly, all Year 5 students have taken up the opportunity tolearn a band instrument and as a result, Junior Concert Band isthe biggest and most vibrant we have ever seen at Redeemer.Junior String Ensemble is also breaking attendance records thisyear with terrific numbers of students from Years 3 to 5 attendingrehearsals. The support and encouragement parents provideto these students as they begin their life-long musical journeyas instrumentalists is invaluable – thank you. Imagine whatRedeemer Music is going to look and sound like in 2019!Our Concert Series continued on Sunday 10 June at Brisbane’sOld Museum Building where the Senior Singers, College Choraleand Chamber Strings performed with the Queensland YouthOrchestra Wind Ensemble. This has certainly become one ofRedeemer Music’s annual highlights!Finally, Redeemer Music is proud to announce that a touris planned to Victoria and Melbourne for 2013! Studentsin Senior Singers, Chorale, The Fellas, Chamber Strings, SeniorConcert Band and Stage Band will be invited to take part in aseries of fantastic concerts and of course, some great Australiansight-seeing. We can’t wait to take our amazing musicians on thismusically-rewarding journey.Thank you to the College community for your ongoing support ofour fine music program.Mr David LawPerformance Music Coordinator
REDEEMER RECORD | MUSIC news | 19Stage Band on the Air!Students in the RedeemerStage Band participated in alive performance as part of 612ABC Brisbane’s School Bandand Choir competition on Friday 18 May. The performance of thesong “Birdland” was broadcast live from the Kleinschmidt CentreAuditorium to tens-of-thousands of people on their way to workand around their homes on Friday morning as well as recorded liveand posted on the 612 ABC website with a picture of the band.The competition features bands and choirs from throughoutQueensland. The winners of the competition will have theopportunity to perform at ABC Southbank Parklands studios infront of a live studio and be broadcast on ABC digital.If you missed the performance, you can listen to it online via thefollowing link: http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2012/05/redeemer-lutheran-college-rochedale-performing-live.htmlRedeemer Musicparticipates in theOfficial Opening ofThe Rochedale EstatesAs a college, we’ve seen a lot change in the local Rochedale areasince Redeemer Lutheran College was established in the quiet ruralsuburb in 1980! Over the next five years an additional 2,200 homesand 800 townhouses are expected to be built in Rochedale as partof the Rochedale Urban Development, with the suburb’s populationgrowing by a further 10,000 residents in the next 10 years.Redeemer Stage Band and Senior Concert Band participated inthe official opening of The Rochedale Estates Display World onGardner Road, Rochedale on Saturday 12 May as part of ourpartnership with The Rochedale Estates development.
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