Lyneham High School Band Newsletter Term 2, 2015

Lyneham High School Band Newsletter Term 2, 2015 Key Contacts Executive Teacher Music; Year 10 Concert Band; Intermediate Jazz Band Band Coordinator; Year 9 Concert Band; Intermediate Jazz Band; Year 8 Concert Band; Senior Jazz Band; Performance Music Year 7 Concert Band; Musical Production; Performance Music Year 7 Beginner Concert Band; Senior Jazz Band; Live Production Executive Teacher Musical Production and Visual/Performing Arts Performance Music; Vocal Group; Drama Phone debbie.masling@ed.act.edu.au timothy.bowyer@ed.act.edu.au jason.peters@ed.act.edu.au sara.cutler@ed.act.edu.au galen.ashley@ed.act.edu.au sara.cutler@ed.act.edu.au david.mahon@ed.act.edu.au 6205 6427 (staffroom), 0432 757 173, 0435 965 907, 0421 652 223 (mobiles are used for performances and tour only) UPCOMING MAJOR PERFORMANCES (also see calendar later in this newsletter) Lyneham High School Open Night: Tuesday 5 May Musical item Departure time Clothing time Vocal Group 5.45pm 6.30pm Full band uniform Performance Music groups 6:30pm 8:00pm School uniform Year 10 Concert Band 5:00pm 6:00pm Full band uniform The music staff are very much looking forward to showcasing the talents of our students at this very important event on our school calendar. Please remember that full band uniform includes black socks! Faculty Concert: May 11 This semester s Faculty Concert will feature all of our bands performing their eisteddfod pieces. Please see the attached timetable for arrival and departure times. We are dividing up the concert in to thirds with junior, senior and alumni bands all featuring throughout the evening. This will allow the junior students to leave once they have played. Junior students who wish to stay for the entire concert are welcome, but must be in LPAC at all times. Students are not to be wandering around the school building or grounds for any reason. The music teachers need to be inside LPAC and cannot provide supervision outside of LPAC. The year 9 and 10 band students are strongly encouraged to stay to listen to the Ginninderra Wind Orchestra and Twilight Jazz Band to support our alumni students and listen to some great music. All musicians should wear full band uniform. The main school building will not be open, so students will not be able to access their lockers. Please get organised before you leave school that day. A gold coin donation from audience members would be greatly appreciated. Junior Concert Band Performance Dismissed Beginner 7 Concert Band 5pm 5.30pm 5.40pm 7 Concert Band 5pm 5.40pm 5.50pm 8 Concert Band 5pm 5.50pm 6pm Intermediate Jazz Band 5pm 6pm 6.10pm Senior Concert 9 Concert Band 5.45pm 6.15pm 6.25pm

10 Concert Band 5.45pm 6.25pm 6.35pm Senior Jazz Band 5.45pm 6.35pm 6.45pm Alumni Concert Ginninderra Wind Orchestra 6.20pm 6.45pm 7.30pm Twilight Jazz 6.20pm 7.10pm 7.30pm Australian National Eisteddfod: May 21 28 Attendance is compulsory for all band students. Venues: Concert bands: Llewellyn Hall, ANU Campus, Childers Street Acton, ACT. The marshalling area is in the Peter Carmel Building to the immediate left of where we usually meet. Jazz Bands: LPAC (Lyneham Performing Arts Centre) Goodwin Street Lyneham Street Rock bands: Southside Campus Auditorium, Canberra Institute of Technology, Ainsworth Street, Phillip (near Canberra Hospital in Woden). Please note that whilst we encourage students to come along to support their friends, the music teachers will be leaving after the adjudication of the Lyneham rock bands and no supervision will be provided for students who stay further into the night to hear other bands. Upon arrival, we will meet inside the venue, mark rolls and phone students who are late. For those students who are available, it would be terrific if they could be in the audience to hear and support our other bands as well as stay for their own adjudication. In past years very few students have departed before their band s adjudication. What to bring: Home copies of the music Instrument (cleaned and polished but do not use Brasso, Silvo or any other abrasive cleaning agent) Items such as drum sticks, mallets, spare reeds, valve oil and slide cream as necessary What to wear: Arrive in full band uniform as there is nowhere to change. For all bands this includes black trousers, black shoes and opaque black socks (no coloured or white shoelaces, stripes or emblems etc.; no navy blue trousers; no skirts; no silver eyelets on shoes; no stockings). When the student sits down we shouldn t be able to see any bare leg. Band caps are not required. Hair should be neat and tidy, and jewelry and makeup kept to the bare minimum. Rock bands are not required to wear school uniform but appropriate, neat and tidy clothes are to be worn. Shirts must be worn and no item of clothing should have inappropriate words or pictures on them. Ticket Prices: The pre event ticket prices are as follows: Day Season Adult $10 $15 Concession $8 $12 Family $20 $30 It is recommended that tickets are purchased before the event. Please note that there will be no credit card facilities at the Faculty Concert.

Table Jazz Band s Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre Thursday 21 May 2015 B 161 16 Years & Under Jazz Bands Grade B 6. Lyneham High School Intermediate Jazz Band 4:30pm 5.15pm 5.45pm Jazz Band s Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre Thursday 21 May 2015 B 162 16 Years & Under Jazz Bands Grade A 2. Lyneham High School Senior Jazz Band 6:00pm 6.45pm 7.15pm Jazz Band s Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre Thursday 21 May 2015 B 001 & B 002 Open Jazz Bands Grade B & Grade A 3. Ginninderra Wind Orchestra Twilight Jazz (Grade A) 8:15pm 9.20pm 9.50pm Open Concert & Brass Band s Llewelyn Hall ANU School of Music Friday 22 May 2015 B 004 & B 007 Open Concert Bands Grade B & A 6. Ginninderra Wind Orchestra (CB Grade A) 8:00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm ACT High School Band s Llewelyn Hall ANU School of Music Sunday 24 May 2015 ACT High School Bands Beginner 2. Lyneham High School Year 7 Beginner Concert Band 8:40am 9.20am 9.50am ACT High School Band s Llewelyn Hall ANU School of Music Sunday 24 May 2015 ACT High School Bands Intermediate 1. Lyneham High School Year 7 Concert Band 9:30am 10.10am 10.40am 6. Lyneham High School Year 8 Concert Band 11:00am 11.35am 12.05pm ACT High School Band s Llewelyn Hall ANU School of Music Sunday 24 May 2015 ACT High School Bands Advanced and ACT High School/College Bands Advanced 1. Lyneham High School Year 9 Concert Band 11:40am 12.20pm 12.50pm 3. Lyneham High School Year 10 Concert Band (ACT HS/C Advanced) 12:20pm 1.00pm 1.30pm Rock Band s Canberra Institute of Technology Woden Campus Thursday 28 May 2015 Room B 167 16 Years & Under Rock Bands 1. Not All There 4.20pm 4.30pm 2. Alternative Worries 4.30pm 4.40pm 3. Arthur And The Kings 4.45pm 4.55pm 4.00pm 4. Maisy Lyon 4.55pm 5.05pm 5. Road Work Ahead 5.05pm 5.15pm 6. The Choulcrofts 5.20pm 5.30pm 7. Monktown 5.30pm 5.40pm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS These events are subject to change in which case parents will be notified by email. Please ensure that we have your current email address. Extra performances may be added during the year. Abbreviations: BCB: Beginner Concert Band; 7CB: Year 7 Concert Band; 8CB: Year 8 Concert Band; 9CB: Year 9 Concert Band; 10CB: Year 10 Concert Band; IJB: Intermediate Jazz Band; SJB: Senior Jazz Band; GWO: Ginninderra Wind Orchestra; TJB: Twilight Jazz Band Term 2 30 April: 10CB performance for feeder primary schools 9.45 11.01am; full band uniform 4 May: SJB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 5 May: 10CB & Vocal Group; Year 7 2015 Open Night performance 7 May: IJB extra rehearsal after running festival until 4:45pm 11 May: All Bands Faculty Concert; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 18 May: 8CB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 21 May: IJB & SJB Australian National Eisteddfod afternoon & evening LPAC; full band uniform 22 May TBC: Public Education Day Vocal Group performance, 9.00 11.00am; full band uniform 22 May: GWO Open Concert Bands Australian National Eisteddfod evening; Llewellyn Hall 23 24 May: All Concert Bands Australian National Eisteddfod evening; Llewellyn Hall; full band uniform 27 May: Australian National Eisteddfod Primary School Bands in LPAC (Tim Bowyer adjudicating) 28 May: Rock Bands Australian National Eisteddfod afternoon & evening; CiT Phillip; appropriate clothing to represent our school 1 June: IJB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 15 June: 7CB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 15 20June: Musical production bump in week 21 24 June: Musical production rehearsal days 24 June: Musical production assembly 24 27 June : Musical production performances Term 3 27 July: BCB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 3 August: 9CB farewell concert; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 10 August: 9CB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 16 21 August: 9CB Melbourne performance tour 24 August: 10CB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 24 28 August: Limelight ; Cats cast and the Live Production class 31 August: BCB & 7CB; Year 7 Bands in Concert ; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 4 September: Rock bands, Battle of the Bands ; arrive 4:40pm, doors open to audience 5:20pm for a 5:30pm start 7 September: SJB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 9 September: BCB, 7CB, 8CB & IJB ACT School Bands Festival; actual date TBC; full band uniform 10 September: IJB, SJB & TJB, Jazz Bands in Concert ; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 14 September: 9CB, 10CB & SJB; Floriade performance 9.00 1.00pm; full band uniform and picnic lunch or money to buy lunch

14 September: 8CB farewell concert; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 16 18 September: 8CB Sydney performance tour 21 September: IJB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 23 September: 10CB and GWO in Concert; arrive 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start; this concert backs onto the 8CB farewell concert; full band uniform Term 4 18 24 October: 10CB Queensland performance tour 19 October: Rock band assembly performance 21 October: 8CB; Orientation Day performance 2pm 26 October: 7CB farewell concert; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 27 October: Masterclass performance; arrive 5.00pm, doors open to audience 5.50pm for a 6.00pm start 28 30 October: Cluster Spectacular rehearsal 2 3 November: Cluster Spectacular performance 5 6 November: 7CB Merimbula performance tour 12 November: All concert bands Massed Band Faculty Concert & Farewell to 10CB ; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 13 November: Massed bands assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 16 November: 8CB assembly performance; arrive 8.20am; band uniform tops 16 November: Stock take & annual servicing commences all school instruments to be returned including 2nd instruments; instruments to remain in storeroom but can be used for performances and rehearsals; they are not to be taken home 18 November: BCB farewell concert; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform 26 27 November: BCB Batemans Bay tour 4 Dec: Christmas Carols; arrive 4.50pm, doors open to audience 5.20pm for a 5.30pm start; full band uniform with Christmas decorations 14 Dec: 9CB; LHS Presentation Night performance OVERVIEW OF MAJOR EVENTS Thank you to all of our students who have been working very hard to produce the best music possible for our performances. The music staff would like to thank our band families and the rest of the school staff, whose continued support of our students and the Band Program is highly valued. This term promises to be a very exciting one with many great events and performances. The first of the three big events this term is the Faculty Concert on 11 May. The Australian National Eisteddfod which begins on Thursday May 21 with the Jazz Band section will be held at LPAC. Both of our Jazz Bands will be performing at this event so please come along and show your support. On Friday May 22 our Alumni Concert Band, The Ginninderra Wind Orchestra will be performing at Llewellyn Hall in the Open A Grade section. Then on Sunday May 24 our concert bands will be performing at Llewellyn Hall in the Concert Bands of the Australian National Eisteddfod. Finally we have a number of student rock bands entered into the Rock Bands Australian National Eisteddfod which will be held at the Woden CIT on Thursday May 28. All the students have been putting in a lot of hard work so please try to be in the audience to show your support. The last big event this term is the Lyneham High school production of the musical, Cats. The season will begin June 24 and run through to June 27. This promises to be a fantastic production and it is great to see the high level of enthusiasm and excitement that the students have been able to maintain. All in all it is going to be an exciting but busy term and we wish all our students, their families and staff the best of luck.

CONCERT FOR FEEDER PRIMARY SCHOOLS Last week the Year 10 Concert Band hosted a concert in LPAC for the year 6 students from our feeder primary schools. The students performed very well with Rising Dragons being a particularly rousing highlight. Special thanks go to our year 7 presenters who did a marvelous job emceeing the event. The concert was well received by the year 6 students and we are looking forward to them joining our ranks next year. Year 10 Band with the year 7 presenters (stage left) ASSESSMENT Band Moderation In week three of this term all band students will be required to submit their band video performance assessment task. They are to do this by providing a thumb drive or CD with a video of their performance that they produced at home or they can submit it straight to google classroom. Students without access to a suitable device may use the ipads during lunchtime. Students requiring support with the technology should speak with one of their band teachers. Students are required to perform specific excerpts from a piece or pieces of their band music that was identified by their conductor last term. Students may also have to perform technical requirements such as scales or percussion rudiments as set by their conductor. The conductor will review the video evidence and marry this with their knowledge of the students work throughout the semester using an assessment rubric. The results of the review process will inform the students' end of semester reports. Assessment weightings Due Date % 7BCB & 7CB Theory and context Practical, including rehearsals, performances, moderation, individual practice and effective rehearsal practices Ongoing Ongoing 8CB, 9CB & 10CB Theory and context Practical, including rehearsals, performances, moderation, individual practice and effective rehearsal practices Ongoing Ongoing 15% 85% 25% 75%

Outcome descriptors: all bands Interprets rhythm and pulse accurately Interprets pitch accurately Articulates consistently and with good technique Interprets dynamic markings consistently and identifies texture through ensemble balance and blend Conveys expression appropriate to the musical style Exhibits proper playing technique and effective tone production Demonstrates the development of playing skills and musicianship through effective home and group rehearsal practices Demonstrates a sound understanding of theory and context BAND TOURS Thank you to the families who have paid their first deposit for the band tours. Planning for the tours is also well underway. If you have not yet paid your first deposit the costs are as follows: $350 10CB and 9CB; $200 8CB; $100 BCB and 7CB. This deposit needs to be paid ASAP as it was due in late March. BAND UNIFORM The band uniform consists of black trousers, shoes and socks (no coloured stripes or logos), blue band embroidered polo top and band cap. The polo top and cap are available from the canteen. Caps are not required for the photos, but will be worn at outdoor performances. New to our uniform is a zip up blue band hoodie. Students attending the Melbourne tour will be required to wear this at performances. SENIOR & INTERMEDIATE JAZZ BANDS Both jazz bands will be continuing with their eisteddfod preparation this term. Both bands are now rehearsing from 8:00am till 8:45am on Tuesday morning. The last rehearsal for both jazz bands will be during week 7 to allow for staff to focus on this year s musical production of Cats and will resume rehearsals in Term 3. MUSICAL PRODUCTION CATS The musical staff would like to thank everyone involved with this year s musical production for their amazing work over the first term of this year. Tickets will go on sale soon with the first allocation being for the cast. Rehearsals this term will be on Tuesday till 5:30pm and Thursday will be TBA. At this stage we are not rehearsing on Thursdays but this will commence soon so please keep the afternoon free. The band will rehearse at 8:00am on Wednesday mornings.

INSTRUMENTS The initial contact for problems with school instruments is the Band Coordinator Tim Bowyer. The instrument that you are allocated will be for you to use for the entire year. If a repair is required and your instrument is sent away, you need to ask a teacher for a temporary loan until yours is returned. If anything happens to the instrument through lack of care, or if you lose it, you will be liable for the repairs or replacement. It is recommended that you insure the instrument. The Band Storeroom is opened at 8.30am and again at 8.45am for students to deposit their instruments prior to home group. Instruments may be collected at 3.05pm. Students are reminded that the storeroom is not a meeting area. At no stage should instruments be left outside of the storeroom (e.g. in the corridor). If, for some reason, the storeroom has not been opened home group, students should take their instruments to class, then deposit them in the storeroom later in the day. The storage of instruments in school bags is not recommended. Only band students are allowed in the storeroom, so please ask friends to wait outside. The storeroom must be a safe place for your valuable instruments, so if you see anyone tampering with equipment please let us know. Students should never help themselves to an unused instrument or borrow items from an instrument case. Small items such as reeds, oils and guitar leads should be kept in the student s school bag, not their instrument case. COMMITMENT TO PERFORMANCES It is important that students and their families are aware that each of our bands and ensembles are performing groups. As such, the music staff expects that every effort is made to attend all rehearsals and performances. If it is known in advance that a student is unable to attend a performance, please notify the teacher of the group ASAP so that a replacement player can be organised. An example is when a student may be absent from school during the day and has a performance that evening. We are so very grateful when a message comes through to let us know whether or not the student will be attending the evening performance. We do understand, however, that emergencies occasionally arise and always appreciate a call to let us know that the student is safe. Contact details for your child's teacher are on page one of this newsletter. It is a good idea to Cc Debbie Masling into any communication for absences in case the teacher also is absent. IMPORTANT!! EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES This is a reminder that if you have not received an email from your child s band conductor then please contact him or her. The email contacts are on page 1 of this newsletter. Please remember to update your email address if it changes through the year.