End of Term 1

It was fantastic to have James Geluk and Oscar Laven from Wellington visit our jazz band last week. They played with us, traded ideas and taught us heaps. Thanks to room 17 for being a great audience for the open rehearsal-concert and it was also great to have Jeewon from Halswell school visiting too! We look forward to some of their students coming to play with our band soon.

Some pictures from the St Patrick's Day gig at South City. If you missed hearing them, the Irish Band will be performing at the World Fair Trade Day at Trade Aid, Merivale on Sat May 9th as well as at Aranui and Shirley libraries in May.

Thanks to everyone who came to support the lunchtime concert to raise funds for Vanuatu. We filmed the final song https://youtu.be/9UaA_qm-sUg

Closing Dates

April 2nd is the closing date for special groups for the music festival – senior choir, concert band, orchestra. Please see Mrs Bell for more info and the school code. The auditions will run in early May. Audition information can be found on musicfestival.school.nz

Tomorrow is the last theory club for the term (Please bring a gold coin). May 8th is the next closing date to sit a theory exam. (Exam is on June 20), then there is another opportunity later in the year.

April 29 is closing date for rockbands entering RockQuest.

Coming up in the holidays:

• Some Rock band rehearsals in week 2
• Thursday 16th Combo 11am-1pm and "Wednesday" rock band 1-3pm
• Friday April 17th – Jazz Band Day 9am - 4pm including workshop at Orange Studio (2pm-3pm)
• Sat April 18th Sound Tech Training Day 9am-3pm.

The NZ Jazz and blues Festival is on in Christchurch in the first week of the holidays. There are lots of great concerts to go to!

MAY will be full of some cool performance opportunities for Chisnallwood students – There will be NZ Music Month school performances in both the Aranui and Shirley Libraries plus Ryan Bell at New Brighton Library, World Trade Aid day Irish performance (May 9), Hook Line and Sing Along sing-off (May 27), RockQuest (May 23), Buskathon (May 2-3).

Houston-Fox Project concert April 27th. Please note there is a special ticket deal offer for this at bigbandfest.org.nz

SCHOOL HOLIDAY RHYTHM EXTRAVAGANZA – AFRICAN DRUMMING AND RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC
Tuesday, 14th April (week 2)
10.00am – 12.30pm
Chisnallwood Intermediate School
Entry by donation: ($2.00 – $10.00 per person) - all ages welcome.
Bookings helpful. Book here, or phone 0800THEMUSE (0800 843 687)
Email: info@themuse.org.nz

Please keep an eye on chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz for itinerant timetable updates and music group updates. Most performance groups have backstage areas on the webpage to help with their practice at home.

March 26 Music Update

Vanuatu Concert Fundraiser

Throughout NZ schools are organising lunchtime concerts to raise money for Vanuatu.

Chisnallwood will run a short lunchtime concert tomorrow - Friday 27th March at 1.15pm featuring Max, Ryan and Keira from room 17 - an acoustic trio performing popular covers. 

Please bring a gold coin for this. All proceeds go to Vanuatu relief.

Itinerant Lessons

A reminder that students MUST let their itinerant teacher know in advance if they are going to miss a lesson for any reason. Eg. If you are calling the school about absence for sickness, please also let them know if a music lesson will be missed (or call the music department as well). If we know in advance, teachers can work around it, but if no notice if given, teachers can't reschedule in time and so the lesson is charged for. 

Closing Dates

April 2nd is the closing date for special groups for the music festival – senior choir, concert band, orchestra. Please see Mrs Bell for more info and the school code. The auditions will run in early May. Audition information can be found on musicfestival.school.nz

Tomorrow is the last theory club for the term (Please bring a gold coin). May 8th is the next closing date to sit a theory exam. (Exam is on June 20), then there is another opportunity later in the year.

April 29 is closing date for rockbands entering RockQuest. 

Ed Sheeran #SchoolOfEd #MoreFM #Chisnallwood

Please watch out for our Year 8 EdSheeran competition entry. Our YouTube video entry is of some year 8 students performing one of his songs. Please check it out on YouTube and share and like it with #SchoolOfEd, #MoreFM and #Chisnallwood. If it gets enough hits then Ed Sheeran will perform at Chisnallwood for 100 year 8s in the holidays!!!!!

Coming up in the holidays:

Friday April 17th - Jazz Band Day

Sat April 18th Sound Tech Training Day 

Mon-Thurs April 13-16 various rock rehearsals.

The NZ Jazz and blues Festival is on in Christchurch in the first week of the holidays. There are lots of great concerts to go to!

SCHOOL HOLIDAY RHYTHM EXTRAVAGANZA - AFRICAN DRUMMING AND RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC
Tuesday, 14th April
10.00am - 12.30pm
Chisnallwood Intermediate School, 
76 Breezes Road, Avondale. Click here for the map 
Entry by donation: ($2.00 - $10.00 per person)
Bookings helpful. Book here, or phone 0800THEMUSE (0800 843 687)
Email: info@themuse.org.nz
We welcome all people, young and old to come together for two workshops. We will split into two groups, based roughly on age (with adults distributed throughout both groups and siblings kept together where desired). Each group will participate in two workshops. Although aimed at meeting the needs of younger people, we welcome people of all ages to join us. The more the merrier.
West African Drumming
Experience the joy and excitement of playing in a djembe ensemble with master drummer, Robert Fugah.
Random Acts of Music
This workshop will be an opportunity to explore improvising on tuned percussion instruments in a musically structured environment. Random Acts of Music workshops help people discover their own creative potential, and experience the joy of playing spontaneously in an ensemble. As usual, we welcome experienced musicians to join us on saxophones, voice etc.

MAY will be full of some cool performance opportunities for Chisnallwood students - There will be NZ Music Month performances in both the Aranui and Shirley Libraries, World Trade Aid day Irish performance, Hook Line and Sing Along sing-off, RockQuest (May 23), Buskathon (May 2-3).

Details published soon!

Please keep an eye on chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz for itinerant timetable updates and music group updates.

March 19th

Irish Band at South City Centre on St Patrick's Day
Well done to the Irish band who drew a crowd at South City Centre celebrating St Patrick's Day and thanks to CJ Musicworks for their fantastic support.

MUSIC CLOSING DATES COMING UP:

April 2nd is the closing date for special groups for the music festival - senior choir, concert band, orchestra. Please see Mrs Bell for more info and the school code. The auditions will run in early May. Audition information can be found on musicfestival.school.nz

March 20th (tomorrow) is the closing date for Hook Line and Singalong original song entries. See Mrs Bell for details.

May 8th is the next closing date to sit a theory exam. (Exam is on June20)

April 22 is closing date for rockbands entering RockQuest.

Please keep an eye on chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz for itinerant timetable updates and music group updates.

March music update (week 5)

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE
On Sunday March 1st the Chisnallwood Irish band, Jazz Band and "Better Than Bacon" were able to perform at the 2015 Streets' Children's Day in windy Wigram. Before that a Chisnallwood acoustic trio performed for locals, 4 politicians and Jo Seagar at the local community fun day. 

MUSIC FESTIVAL SPECIAL GROUPS AUDITIONS
Applications are open for any advancing students who wish to audition for the ChCh Primary Schools' Music Festival representative groups - Senior Special Choir, Concert Band or Orchestra.
You can find the application at musicfestival.school.nz but students must get the school code in person from Mrs Bell first. 

NZSO Concert
Tuesday March 10th, Horncastle Arena, 7pm
NZSO with British piano star Freddy Kempf
Egmont Overture
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ‘Emperor’
Concert duration: 1 hr 30 (including interval)
Special deal - student tickets for $10 - please let Mrs Bell know if you want special tickets by this weekend.

CSO Ambassadors
Congratulations to our two new 2015 Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Ambassadors for Chisnallwood; Aya McLarty and Alice Crighton.


MUSIC STUDENTS
All music students and participants in music groups - remember to keep an eye on chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz 

Most groups are underway, with recorder and marimba due to start next week (8am rehearsals) , and rock bands announced over the next week. New members may join the orchestra, ukulele or choir at any time.

New sound tech applicants will hear back later this term when teacher assessments are done. Successful applicants will get an invitation letter to the training day in the holidays.
Other holiday events in the second week of the holidays will be an extra rehearsal/workshop for rock and jazz bands.

Remember to let your itinerant music teacher know if you can't make a lesson. 

Remember to practice up whatever you were given to work on! Even if you can't get to your instrument on a particular day, you'd be amazed how even just thinking, reading and fingering through your work can advance your playing! Also remember that there is often a music room at school you can practice in before or after school if you need it.
Some more tips on practice:
Practice slowly and correctly.
Chunking - Spend time practicing the bits you need to work on rather than the whole piece.
Have a practice within 24 hours after your lesson so you remember what you need to practice for the week! 

Coming Up:

Tuesday March 17 - St Patrick's Day - Irish Band performance at South City Mall around 1.30pm

Week 4 music update

COMING UP THIS WEEK:

Sunday March 1st, 10am-3pm. Free admission. Come and enjoy a day out for children with free sausage sizzle and ice cream, pony rides, face painting, bouncy castles and music entertainment all day by children! Chisnallwood student entertainers can be heard from 1.40-3pm - Irish Band, Jazz band and Better Than Bacon, a rock band with Chisnallwood students in. This is at the Airforce Museum, 45 Harvard Ave, Wigram.


Also on Sunday March 1st, for those who wish to stay local, you can hear a couple of our performers at the Wainoini/Avonside Community Fun Day at 12.15pm. This runs 11.30am- 3.30pm

@ 878 Avonside Drive (opposite Porritt Pk).

African Drum workshop tonight (Thursday Feb 26) at Chisnallwood
6pm-7.30pm
$20 with Robert Koffie Fugah from Ghana
Details/registration available at themuse.org.nz/activities/african-drumming-and-dance or 0800THEMUSE









This week we had NZ Opera at Chisnallwood who performed a special school version of "The Barber of Seville". The photo shows when cast was joined by Mr McNabb in a feature role in their second performance at school.

Chisnallwood Music week 3

Last Wednesday the Chisnallwood jazz band played at the World Cricket Fanzone. Our keyboardist, Nic Ryan also sung at the Opening last Thursday night in the children’s choir.

There are a few places left for students wanting to learn instruments. In particular we have some instruments available for hire and tuition at better rates than you’ll find anywhere for flutes, clarinets, trombones! Lesson timetables are in place and can be found at chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/itinerant-timetables

Groups underway or starting this week are: (You can check out all the GROUPS’ timetables here: chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/timetable )

Orchestra – Mondays lunch (set up) and block 5 (rehearsal) – all-comers

Choir - Tuesdays block 3 (11am-12am) with Ravil Atlas

Ukulele Band – Wednesdays lunchtime

Jazz Big Band – Thursdays lunch and block 5

Songwriting club – Thursdays after school 2.45-3.45

Irish Band Friday lunch

Theory Club – Fridays after school 2.45-3.20pm

Starting soon: rock bands (although we have had 2 weeks of great auditions!), marimba and recorder groups.

COMING UP

Djembe workshop next Thursday Feb 26 evening at Chisnallwood 6.30pm

Childrens’ Day at Wigram Airforce Sunday March 1st. Entertainment all day long, including Chisnallwood irish 1.40pm, Chisnallwood Jazz 2pm, BetterThan Bacon 2.30pm

MUSIC - week 2 at Chisnallwood

This week we had New Zealand Playhouse perform at Chisnallwood "The Importance of Being Earnest". This was performed by three actors and puppets with a lot of humour and educational value. 

MUSIC LESSONS have started this week and the remainder will be underway by next week! 

Good news - We still have places and instruments left for clarinet, sax, flute, violin, trumpet and trombone. Other instruments have a few spaces left too. So there's still a chance to sign up with our fantastic music teaching experts. You can sign up at chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz or get a form from the music office.

MUSIC THEORY CLUB: The sign up for 2015 music theory club is online here. This after school club will start this week and runs from 2.45-4.20pm

HIP HOP DANCE also starts this Friday after school.

MUSIC GROUPS:

ORCHESTRA - all-comers - Monday lunch and block 5. Bring instruments next Monday (16th Feb).

CHOIR - Tuesday 11am-12 with Mr Atlas. Check out the choir page on the chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz website.

JAZZ BIG BAND - Thursday lunch and block 5

IRISH BAND - block 5 this Friday, but after that, it will be Fridays at lunch time.

ROCK BANDS - auditions underway (advertised in the Daily Notices)

UKULELE BAND will be Wed lunch. Watch daily notices for the start date.

MARIMBA and RECORDER groups will be before school - watch daily notices.

SONG WRITING CLUB runs for term 1. Watch notices.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

Look out for our Chisnallwood students playing on:

Feb 18 (Wed): 12-12.30pm Jazz Band at the ICC Cricket World Cup Fan Zone (Victoria Square) (Full Programme)

March 1st (Sunday):1-2.30pm Jazz and Irish bands as well as a Chissy student rock band at Wigram Airforce for Children’s Day