Founders Concert Rehearsal and Performance

There is a Founders Concert Rehearsal on the first day back of next term. Only School Choir boys are taking part. Boys will be leaving at the start of recess and returning at 3.30pm. Founders Concert is on Wednesday 17 July at the Sydney Town Hall beginning at 7pm. There is a rehearsal during the day.
A permission note with all the relevant information was sent home on 17 June. Please return the note before the end of this term.

Lindfield School Concert

On Thursday 8 August, Lindfield campus will be holding a concert in Centennary Hall at Stanmore. It will start at 6pm and will conclude by 7.30pm. All boys will be involved. Please make a note of this in your diary.

Rehearsals during the first week.

School choir – there will be no rehearsal in week 1. The new time for choir will be 7.45am – 8.30am on Monday mornings beginning week 2.
String Ensemble – there will be a rehearsal Week 1 on Tuesday at 7.45am
School Band – there will be no rehearsal week 1.

Boys need to be at rehearsals on time. If they walk in late, it disrupts the rehearsal as instruments need to be tuned. It is also not fair to the boys who are there on time.

Practice during the holidays

Playing an instrument is a physical activity. They require physical fitness. If instruments are not played regularly the level of fitness (for the lips in the wind instruments and the arms and finger for the string instruments) drops quite significantly. This is a three week break. I understand holidays are a time for a break but playing an instrument for 5 – 10 minutes a day to retain fitness is not a huge amount of time, especially if it is done first thing in a day. Please encourage your boys to do a little every day if at all possible.

Mrs Vanessa South
Music Teacher