Director of Music | Mr Jan Hewerdine

Welcome to Week 3. As you may be aware, we have been fortunate to have a large number of our boys accepted to participate in the Queensland Conservatorium State Honours Ensemble Program. In recent times, this highly regarded initiative has expanded to encompass both primary and middle school aged musicians. What is perhaps less known is that it has also gone nationwide, with the introduction of the Australian Honours Ensemble Program (AHEP) in 2018. Entry standards are high, and few make the cut. We are delighted to announce that Liam Keates-Riley (Year 12) is one such student. Well done Liam!

 Missed lessons 

 Instrumental teachers will make up missed lessons in the following instances: 

• Teacher absence 

• Student illness (teacher must be contacted by 8am) 

• If the student is on camp, retreat or excursion (with prior communication from the student) 

• If the student has an exam (with prior communication from the student) 


Should a student forget a lesson or choose to not attend without consulting the Music teacher, the teacher will attempt to collect them from class. All attempts made to collect the student will be noted in the student OneNote. In the event that the student could not be taught, an email will be sent to the student and parent/caregiver on each occasion. Due to our duty of care if a student of a shared lesson forgets to attend, they cannot be collected. Missed time or lessons in the above circumstances will not be made up. 

Music Practice Hall

Music Practice Hall is held on Mondays from 3.15-5pm. We are seeing more boys coming to this again, so thank you for your support. A valuable way to use this is to work on the aural component of external exams. For AMEB candidates, the material for this can be found in your son’s OneNote Instrumental lessons, under the 'Content Library' tab. We encourage you to support this unique opportunity, whereby your sons can practice and receive guided supervision with tutors from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and other tertiary institutions.

 If you have any queries or concerns, please contact the Music Department  music@terrace.qld.edu.au