As events approach resulting in timetable changes, students are reminded to please check these on the morning of their Instrumental lesson. Lesson times change regularly!
7-12 Weekly Schedule
The 7-12 Music Schedule is updated weekly on Friday afternoons. Please refresh this page each week to view the schedule for the week ahead.
Term 2, Week 4:
Monday 26 May
7:30-8:30am – Stage Band 3 (FP)
7:30-8:30am – Vocal Jazz 3 (FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Year 7 Rock Band R (FP)
3:45-4:15pm – Stage Band 2 Sectional (KP)
4:15-4:45pm – Stage Band 1 Sectional (KP)
Tuesday 27 May
7:30-8:30am – Stage Band 1 (KP)
7:30-8:30am – Vocal Jazz 2 (FP) (with new conductor Amy Harriott)
7.30-7.45am – String Quartet Rehearsal
7:45-8:30am – String Ensemble (Chapel FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Year 7 Rock Band P (FP)
3:45-5:15pm – Vocal Jazz 1 (KP)
Wednesday 28 May
7:30-8:30am – Percussion Ensemble (FP)
7:30-8:30am – College Choir (FP)
8:00-8:30am – Senior Flute Ensemble (FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Year 8 Rock Band L (FP)
3:45-4:45pm – Senior Concert Band (KP) *CANCELLED FOR WEEK 5
Thursday 29 May
7:30-8:30am – Stage Band 2 (KP)
1:30-2:05pm – Year 8 Rock Band Z (FP)
3.45-5.00pm Jazz Combo (FP)
Friday 30 May
7:30-8:30am – Intermediate Concert Band (FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Yr 9 Rock Band Z (FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Stage Band 3 Sectional (Trumpets, FP)
1:30-2:05pm – Yr 10 Rock Band A (FP) – with Mrs Joyce
3:40-4:20pm – Yr 10 Rock Band Z (FP)
SATURDAY 24th May
Musical Performance 2-4pm
R-6 Ensembles
Junior Primary Choir
A reminder that rehearsals are on Thursdays during the JP lunch time from 12.55 – 1.35.
Catholic Schools Music Festival Choir
Students must be confident with the following pieces:
Songs from a Bygone Era
Corner of the Sky
I Must Clean My Room
Music is Always There
Elvis Medley
In Flanders Fields
Shenandoah
Mrs Rothall will be visiting us again on Tuesday 3rd June (week 6). Students will need to know each song by this stage, including choreography!
Continuing with regular lessons. Students should be practicing a minimum of 3 times per week.
Year 4 Strings
Continuing with regular lessons. Students should be practicing a minimum of 3 times per week.
Year 5 Rock Band
A reminder that rehearsals are on Friday lunch times.
Year 6 Rock Band
A reminder that rehearsals are Monday lunch times.
Information & Reminders
Wishing the entire Music department all the very best for the remainder of 2025. Thank you for being such a wonderful team to work with — it’s been a joy and a privilege. I will dearly miss you all and hope to pop into a few performances later in the year. Looking forward to cheering you on from the audience! – Mrs Joyce
Congratulations to Mrs Purser, who this week announced that she has accepted a position at Our Lady of Grace, commencing in Semester 2, 2025. We extend our heartfelt thanks for her outstanding contribution to our department over the past six years. Her passion, dedication, and expertise have left a lasting impact, and she will be greatly missed. We wish her every success in this exciting new chapter of her career.
🗓️Term 2 Music Calendar
Please find LINKED HERE the Term 2 Music Calendar.
🚌BUS UPDATES
A reminder to please ensure you are ON-TIME to your bus charters.
Please also ensure that you don’t book appointments during your regular rehearsal times!
A reminder to Yr 10 Music 2A students on Wednesday 28th May, must remain at Flinders Park for lesson L7&8 to prepare for the Middle School Concert in the afternoon.
FINDON Co-Curricular Photos
A reminder to Findon Ensemble and Co-Curricular Music Students – your photos will occur on Thursday 5th June (week 6) in the Mackillop Hall.
Music students will require their Instruments
Students must also wear their Winter Uniform & Gold Jumpers as per times indicated below:
Friday, 23rd May – Performance 3: 6:30 PM (Cast 2)
Saturday 24th May – Performance 4: 2.00 PM
💡 Middle School Music Concert | Wednesday 28 May | Wk 5 , T2
Students to wear their Winter Uniform, and are encouraged to go home before the Concert, however supervision is also available for those who cannot.
Arrival time for Concert 1: 5.00pm
Arrival time for Concert 2: 6.30pm
Yr 10 Curriculum Music students are required to attend both sessions.
No tickets are required for this event.
Session 1 = 5.30-6.40pm Intermediate Concert Band, Primary Concert Band, Stage Band 3, Intermediate Flute Ensemble, Yr 7 Rock Band R, Year 7 Rock Band P, Percussion Ensemble, College Choir, Vocal Jazz 3
Session 2 = 7.00-8.00pm Yr 8 Rock Band L, Year 8 Music (Mensforth), Year 8 Music (Leach), Year 9 Music (Reynolds), Year 10 Music (both classes), Year 10 Rock Band Z
Please read letter LINKED HERE for further information.
🎺Findon Instrumental Concerts | Semester 1
Please read letter LINKED HERE for further information.
Tuesday 10 June – Students of Emma McMurray, Emily Dennis, Ryan Searle, Lara Berberyan, Lucy Rattigan, Jamie Adam, Saoirse Kowalski, Kath Zoumis
Wednesday 11 June – Ken Cooke, Jackson Cavallaro, Bridget McCullough, Pamela Buccini, Jasmine Hall, Kayla Hinton – please note, Kayla’s student performance date has changed! Alana Muhlack, Alex Roberts, Lauren Logozzo, Phoebe Xeros, Jemima Xeros (formerly with Michael Curnow)
🎸 Battle of the Bands | Wednesday 18 June | Flinders Park Campus for 2025!!
Save the date – more information to come, with ticket sales opening on Monday 26th May, Week 5. Please note > ticket prices are $7.50 and will be available via THIS LINK.
The following Rock Bands will be performing:
Yr 7 Rock Band P
Yr 7 Rock Band R
Yr 8 Rock Band Z
Yr 9 Rock Band Z
Yr 10 Rock Band A
Yr 10 Rock Band Z
Please find LINKED HERE an introductory letter for Secondary Rock Bands.
A consent2go has been distributed.
✔️ Stage 2 Summative Performance Evening #2 | Thursday 19 June | Kidman Park PAS
A consent2go has now been distributed for this event.
A backing band rehearsal has been booked for Tuesday 10th June from 2-3.30pm week 7.
Rehearsal – Yr 12s (Tuesday 10th June)
1.45pm – Lincoln Morris
2.00pm – Saraya Carlin-Smith
2.15pm – Kaeden Herft
2.30pm – Alessandro Di Bartolomew
2.45pm – DUET – Kaeden & Athet
2.50pm – Athet Dhal
SOUND CHECKS – Yr 12 Performance Evening19th June
1.30pm – Commence setting up PAS space (Yr 12 music students)
2.30pm – Daniel Tran sound check (Solo Piano)
2.45pm – DUET Kaeden & Athet sound check
3.00pm – Saraya Carlin-Smith sound check for looping pedal
3.10pm – Lincoln Morris sound check
3.20pm – Leah Brooks sound check (backing tracks)
4.20pm – Athet – (Killing Me Softly, All in Love is Fair)
4.30pm – Athet & Kaeden (You Are the Reason) – WITH BAND
4.45pm – Kaeden (Honesty & Against All Odds)
5.15pm – Lincoln (with band – I’ve Got Rhythm & So What)
5.30pm – Saraya (with band – Settle Down & Please Don’t Ask Me)
5.45pm – Alessandro (with band – Stricken By a Storm, & My Love, Effendi)
6.00pm – Vocal Jazz 1 (When the Party’s Over & Zemabia)
6.15pm – Stage Band 2
6.30pm – Stage Band 1
7.00pm – START ASSESSMENTS
🎼 Catholic Schools Music Festival Auditions | Thursday 19 June | Kidman Park PAS
This year, auditions for Secondary CSMF support act ensembles are to be entered via video submission. Due to this, Students in Stage Band 1 and Vocal Jazz 1 will be bussed to the KP campus on Thursday 19th of June at 10.30am for recording.
Students will need to bring their Music Performance Uniform with blazer to get changed into.
🎻 R-12 Candlelight Strings Concert | Monday 23 June | St Ignatius Church | 6pm
Save the date!
June 10 and 17 – Combined String Ensemble Rehearsal at Flinders Park chapel 7.30-8.30am (for Findon & FP/KP students)
Strings Concert from 6-7pm, with sound checks from 3.30pm onwards.
A consent2go has been distributed.
Please note > Year 3 & Year 4 Strings students will be required to arrive at 5.30pm (with dinner not provided) ready to tune with Mrs Waldron before the concert commences at 6pm. Students will also return to sit with their Parents following their performance. Year 3 & Year 4 String students may also wear their Winter Uniform.
All Findon String Ensemble & Flinders Park String Ensemble students will be required to wear their Music Performance uniform!
Adelaide Youth Orchestra have 2 instrument days coming up that we’d love to have any interested students at! Both are free events aimed at students from year 5 – 12 who are undertaking tuition on Brass or Percussion Instruments. Please see attached letters for further information.
Instrumental tuition lessons are open to all students and can be arranged through our music office. Lessons are mostly conducted during school hours on a rotating basis. The forms and documents below detail many aspects of the music program, including instrumental tuition program fees and enrolment.
