Music programs
We provide a range of music programs for students. Learning experiences include making music together, engage in beat readiness activities, and exploring the sounds students can make with their voices and body percussion, as well as a range of musical instruments. They compose, rehearse and perform using their voices, everyday objects, untuned percussion instruments, and more traditional instruments. Learners explore how the elements of music can be used to convey a sense of place, describe characters and create suspense.
Choir Group
Year 5 and 6 students have the opportunity to participate in the school’s senior choir. Choir members practise each week, learning singing and performance skills in preparation for the Primary Schools of South Australia Festival of Music Program.
A set repertoire of songs and choreography is learnt and practised by students in readiness for a culminating performance at the Festival Theatre or Adelaide Entertainment Centre late in term 3 of the school year.
Students also learn about context and how songs relate to a range of topics, emotions, themes and messages. They learn vocal techniques, performance etiquette, and the processes and procedures involved in being a performer and part of a larger choir.
Instrumental music program
Music tuition is available through the Instrumental Music Service Strings Program.
Students starting at Year 4 can learn to play:
- saxophone
- trumpet
- trombone
- flute
- clarinet
- french horn
- percussion
Face-to-face lessons provided by a qualified DfE instrumental music teacher who visits the school one day per week.
Students learn how to play, care for and set up their chosen instrument, and how to read music. Learning is generally conducted in small groups tailored to suit the instruments, year and ability levels of the students. An ensemble is also formed for players to learn how to perform as a larger group.
This program is free of charge to students. Families pay a set fee to hire their child’s instrument for the year.