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Director of Music | Mr Jan Hewerdine

Congratulations to the Terrace Saxophone Choir under the direction of Mr Sam Hewerdine, for their performance at the Academic Assembly on Tuesday. 

Thank you also to Mrs Debattista, Mr Esbensen, Ms Amy Phillips and choristers for the musical support at the GTOBA Mass last Sunday.

Please note

Music tours will not be going ahead in 2020. The College App will be updated to reflect this change.

Music Practice Hall

A great initiative of Terrace Music is Music Practice Hall, which is a supervised practice time on Monday afternoons 3.15-5pm. This program is free of charge for any student who is part of our program and provides a practice environment where we employ a Queensland Conservatorium of Music student to ensure the students are pushing forward with the correct tools. The feedback from the students has been outstanding. In particular for percussionists, we appreciate that many families do not have a xylophone, marimba or timpani at home, the afternoon opens our facilities and makes these available for all to work on. I would like to introduce our new Music Practice Hall Tutor Miss Cara Daily. Miss Daily is currently studying her Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music under the tuition of Brent Miller and Michael Askill, majoring in Classical Percussion Performance. She currently teaches at her private teaching studio and is also employed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, as an Outbound Sales Consultant. Alongside studying and working, she is near enlistment into the Australian Army Reserves Artillery Band where she is excited to develop her musical and personal skills. Miss Daily has an aspiration to be an orchestral Percussionist and/or Timpanist, with big dreams of furthering her study in Europe and the UK.

SHEP

The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University is pleased to present the inaugural State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) Middle School - South-East Queensland from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 May 2020 to be held at Queensland Conservatorium's South Bank campus in Brisbane. SHEP provides an opportunity for middle school (Years 6 - 9) wind, brass, percussion, string and voice students to work in an intensive environment of musical excellence with their peers from South-East Queensland, under the leadership of a team of eminent conductors from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Nominations will be made by students’ instrumental teachers. 

Talkin’ Jazz

For students who are looking for avenues to learn about jazz, I would like to point you towards the Talkin’ Jazz programme for high school students. For more information please visit www.talkinjazz.com.au  or email admin@talkinjazz.com.au

Instrument storage

Last week I wrote about securing instruments at the College. I have repeated the message for this week. Most importantly, no instruments should be left outside the Years 5 and 6 bag racks.

In an effort to help you manage the storage of your musical instrument when you arrive at school, can I ask you to do the following please:

  • If you play either flute, clarinet or oboe, please keep your instrument in your school bag
  • If you play trumpet, trombone, euphonium, alto/tenor saxophone, bassoon, violin, viola or cello, please store these instruments at the start of the day in room MU2, which is located in the Music Centre. The shelving is clearly marked.
  • Please refrain from using your classroom bag racks (and walkways) to store your instruments. The chances of the instrument being stolen are high.
  • Additionally, we ask that you do not leave your instrument in the walkways of the Music Centre.

Terrace App

A reminder that the Terrace App is used to store and disseminate information such as the Music and Speech and Drama handbooks, the weekly rehearsal schedule and event memos for performances. There will still be some information found on the College website, but it will be of a more general nature. 

Performance and workshop notifications are emailed via Parent Lounge and will be used to ascertain who will be attending performances and for roll marking. Could I ask that you respond promptly to these notifications as we use this information, among other things, to generate rolls and book transport (when applicable). 

Please keep in mind that it is expected that all members of an ensemble participate in all performances, but we understand that from time to time there may be circumstances that prevent attendance. If you are declining a performance, could you also please inform the ensemble director and cc music@terrace.qld.edu.au 

Finally, as these notices only go out to parents, could you please discuss the event with your son to ensure that he has the details entered in his calendar. You and he will be able to view the Event Memo via the Terrace App. Links to Parent Lounge will be mentioned in this Terrace News article as they become available. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Music Department  music@terrace.qld.edu.au. 

A full list of each term’s events is included at the end of this article and will be updated as required. This list will contain a basic outline of each event with more detailed information being sent directly to those involved via the Parent Lounge.

Term 1 events

  • Thursday 27 February - Chamber Music Concert 
  • Saturday 7 March - Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Festival 
  • Tuesday 17 March - TPA Meeting 
  • Friday 27 March - Terrace Jazz Night 
  • Tuesday and Wednesday 14/15 April - ANZAC Day rehearsals 

Term 2 events

  • Saturday 25 April - ANZAC Day
  • Wednesday 6 – Saturday 9 May  - College Musical School of Rock
  • Friday 29 – Sunday 31 May - SHEP Middle School
  • Sunday 7 June - Norman Clarke Concert
  • Tuesday 9 June 5.30pm - TPA Meeting
  • Monday 22 June - Percussion Ensembles 2 and 3 Workshop
  • Tuesday 23 June - Big Band 3 Workshop
  • Monday 6 July - Big Band 2 Workshop
  • Monday 6 July - Terrace Jazz Combo Workshop
  • Monday 6 July - Terrace Jazz Orchestra Workshop