As a Music Leader, Music Camp is the perfect opportunity to get some leadership experience, work as a team, and come up with fun activities for everyone to enjoy. This year our main event involved reimagining our House singing set song You’re the Voice into a new genre. All the new renditions of this Aussie classic were wonderful, especially with such a short preparation time! Congratulations to our winning group who performed You’re the Voice in the style of Latin Jazz, and our runners up teams, Ballad and Country. All performances were so much fun to watch, and the positive attitude and support for all groups was heartwarming.
Our Music Camps often become highlights of students’ time at Tintern, and it was certainly hard to leave on Sunday knowing that this was our last. We’re so grateful for the beautiful memories we’ve made along the way, it’s wonderful to see everyone working together and enjoying something we are all so passionate about. It really does echo our favourite motto, ‘the more you get into music, the more you get out of life!’
Of course, none of this would have been possible without our incredible, inspiring teachers and the Friends of Music. We’d like to thank them for all of their hard work and for giving us memories to look back on for the rest of our lives.
The Music Department is surely an incredible place, full of love, happiness and music! Be sure to come to our Annual Music Concert, this Friday, so you can experience the skill and passion of the Music students and staff in the CM Wood Centre from 7.00pm. Entry is free.
Katie Howell | Instrumental Captain
Ashley Honan | Choral Captain
Over the weekend the Music Department held the Annual Music Concert Rehearsal Weekend, affectionately known as ‘Music Camp’. The weekend, as always, was full of fun, smiles and music!
Each ensemble performing at the upcoming Annual Music Concert on Friday 2 August had a chance to rehearse, showcasing the Jazz Band’s electrifying energy, the choral mastery of the choirs and the orchestral ensembles, whose pieces took flight! Aside from these wonderful rehearsals, our main goal was putting together the massed item Another Day of Sun. Each year students and teachers spend the weekend learning the Concert’s finale piece, and this year we are lucky enough to be performing this upbeat number from the hit film La La Land. All the students involved in the Music program at Tintern take part in this spectacular piece, this year featuring three-part jazzy harmonies with inspiring lyrics, and our Senior Stage Band playing the exciting accompaniment.
Music Camp is a great chance for our Music students to get to know each other, build connections and make new friends. Our younger students get to see where music could take them later in their schooling as they see all the amazing opportunities available. As senior students, it’s an awesome chance to have a weekend full of music (and a break from homework!). Thanks to our weekend of creativity and collaboration, the Music department have some tricks up their sleeves for the upcoming Concert. You won’t want to miss it!
Alison Bezaire | Director of Music
