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Acting Director of Music | Mr Jan Hewerdine

Congratulations to our large cohort of successful SHEP Middle School candidates.

  • Year 5 – Louis Dubois 
  • Year 7 – Max Beckmann, Tom Beckmann, Thomas Bremhorst, Maxwell Carlile, Adrian Chan, Max Chan, Harn Hur, Nicholas Kim, Bernard King, Lucas McIntosh, Lachlan McNamara, James Merrett, Felix Mihala, Daniel Williams, Ben Zhang.   
  • Year 8 – Jack Barends, Harry Barnes, Ethan Bernat, Daniel Connor, Reuben Dooley, Thomas Druve, Yuvaj Kang, Hinbom Kauri, Edward Lane, Jiwon Lee, George Lunn, Kalen Mills, Hugo Panizza, Parva Patel, Thomas Simpson, Ethan Sun, Rory Whitta.   
  • Year 9 – Thomas Barnes, Gabriel Kolakowski.

Holiday workshops

I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming holiday workshops (please see below) for the ANZAC Day Marching Band and the Red Peppers Pep Band.  For those who will be also trying out for the Years 8, 10 and Open Football trials, please attend the trials first up at 9am, then come across to the band rehearsal. We are all in the same space at Tennyson. The expectation from the sport department is that it won’t take long to assess you. 

Recently, Event Memos for the ANZAC Day Marching Band, Drumline and Pep band outlining details for the remaining rehearsals and performance were sent out via the College App. Separate tour notifications for each element were sent to enable us to create accurate rolls for each rehearsal given that they are outside of school hours and regular rehearsal times. In preparation for the holiday rehearsals, students are reminded to ensure they have their music memorised and spend some time working on marching; doing this in front of a mirror or video recording their practice will help to improve their skills. Year 11 and 12 students in the SWE and Red Thunder Drumline are reminded that this performance forms part of their qualification for an Honour Pocket (see p.151 of the Student Diary) for those ensembles.

Lesson cancellation

Today (Thursday 21 March) is the last day to cancel lessons for next term. To discontinue lessons, please email music@terrace.qld.edu.au at least two full weeks prior to the end of term. Notification after today will incur a full term’s fee for the following term. 

Trousers are available from the Uniform Shop in sizes from 8 to 18. Students who perform only as part of the Years 5 and 6 Band and Strings classes do not need to purchase trousers. 

Music Practice Hall

Music Practice Hall is held on Mondays from 3.15-5pm. We encourage you to support this unique opportunity on a regular basis, whereby your sons can practice and receive guided supervision with tutors from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and other tertiary institutions. Please take advantage of this unique opportunity. 

For those students who perform with our beginner and intermediate level ensembles, it is a requirement that they wear grey trousers for performances. This provides a more formal and unified look as opposed to a mix of trousers and shorts.

Please note: There will be no assembly performance next week due to exams.

Holiday Workshops

  • Monday 15 April 9-12pm Tennyson, ANZAC Day Marching Band, (Consisting of BCB, RCB and Red Thunder Drumline) 
  • Monday 15 April 12.30-2.30pm Tennyson, Red Thunder Drumline  
  • Tuesday 16 April, 9-12pm Tennyson, ANZAC Day Marching Band (as per above + SWE) 
  • Tuesday 16 April, 12.30-2.30pm Tennyson, Pep Band (TJO, BBB, Tuba Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble Two Drumline)

Term 2 Events

  • Thursday 25 April 8am-12.30pm,  ANZAC Day Marching Band Thursday, meet at Terrace, march in Brisbane CBD. 
  • Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 May, Middle School Music Production, selected performers only. 
  • Saturday 11 May, 12.30pm, Pep Band. • Saturday  25 May, 12.30pm, Pep Band.  
  • Saturday 1 June, 12.30pm, Pep Band.   
  • Sunday 9 June, Villanova College. Norman Clarke Concert. Sound checks from 10.45am, concert at 3pm.
  •  Monday 24 June, Drumline and BB2 Workshop • Tuesday 25 June, First Percussion Ensemble BB3 band Workshop  
  • Wednesday 26 June, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, TJC band Workshops 
  • Thursday 28 June – Saturday 6 July, USA Music Tour