Music Update Week 7

BILLETS

Have you got spare beds or mattresses at your house? Wouldn’t it be great to meet students from the top of the north island? We need billet families on March 31 and April 1st.

We are looking forward to the NZ Ukulele Trust Development Squad visiting Chisnallwood on March 31 and April 1st. They will be performing for our students on Friday morning, and performing at Orange Studio on Friday evening. Please support them! You can get tickets from http://orangestudio.co.nz/show/nz-uke-squad-2016 - or if you have billets, you get FREE tickets!

AFRICAN DRUMMING

For those who especially enjoyed African Drumming last week with Koffie we are offering an extra sessions with him tomorrow in block 3! It will cost $4.50 for a one-off session. If you want to sign up and build on what you learnt, or learn extra harder rhythms, please go to this link: http://goo.gl/forms/TTzmZ9rKJV (or find it on the music website). There are just 15 spaces left.

WORKSHOP
Please note that the previously advertised workshop on March 31 on Learning Strategies for Musical Success is cancelled due to the presenter not coming to NZ anymore. Apologies for any inconvenience.

GROUPS

If students wish to do COMPUTER MUSIC for Leisure Ed next term, please sign up on the sheet outside the music office and you can also sign up on the music website. Limited numbers so be in! This runs for the full 12 weeks and students get the opportunity to learn to use music software, create ads and music for the school radio station as well as other music projects.

Calling all recorder and flute players - please see Mrs Bell about learning 6 pieces for Strum Strike and Blow Festival!

Calling all guitar and ukulele players - we need you on Wednesdays at lunchtime!

In the school holidays we will be holding a sound tech training day, a jazz band day, and rock rehearsals (one per band).

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS FOR AUDITIONS ARE OPEN FOR SPECIAL GROUPS FOR THE SCHOOL'S MUSIC FESTIVAL. Applications close on April 15th (end of term). If you want to apply to be part of the Festival Senior Choir, Orchestra or Concert Band, you will need to ask for the school code from Mrs Bell and fill in the form on musicfestival.school.nz

Did you know there is a Facebook group for ex-Chisnallwood music students? If you have brothers or sisters or friends who played music at Chisnallwood in the past, please tell them to find the group and join (if they're on Facebook)!

Week 6 Term 1

Children's Day 2016

Well done to last year's and this year's bands who performed at the Children's Day event at Spencer Park on Sunday. The weather was hot, and there was a record number of people there including swing dancers enjoying the jazz music. We appreciate last year's members coming back for this gig. It was great to see our brand new jazz band for 2016 play perform for their very first time and hear great soloing from our new members on trombone, trumpet, piano and guitar. Dylan Jonkers had also performed original songs earlier in the day, accompanying himself on piano. 

Extra African Drumming Next week!

We are pleased to announce that Robert Koffie Fugah will be back next week to complete the 3 remaining classes for drums - but also he is able to offer workshops for those who want to take it a bit further! These will cost $4.50 and have limited spaces. Please sign up here is you are interested!

Christchurch Symphony Ambassador

Congratulations to Maisie Bean (violin leader of the Chisnallwood orchestra) who is the Chisnallwood 2016 CSO Ambassador! She will be going to extra workshops and meetings and organising advertising and some free tickets to some of the CSO concerts this year!

Chisnallwood Music group rehearsal times

Orchestra - Friday 1.15-2.35

Jazz Band - Thursday 1.15-1.25

Ukulele Band - Wednesday 1.10-1.45

Marimba group - Friday 8am-8.35

Recorder Group - Wednesday 8am-8.35

Choir - Thursday 10.50-11.55 (note the change!)

Theory Club - Friday 2.45-4.20

All groups have their own pages on the website, and some also have Google Classroom and Class dojo accounts. Irish band and some of the rock band rehearsal times are yet to be tied down.

Billets needed March 31, April 1

Details at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/ukulele-billets/

Please contact Judith Bell at school if you have any questions.

Learning Strategies for Music Success

This excellent workshop by International presenter Michael Griffin is at school is on March 31 and we would like to see AS MANY MUSIC STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE AT THIS!

Tickets are available at https://learning-strategies.eventbrite.co.nz

March 3 Music Update

African Drumming with Robert Koffie Fugah this week.

We have been lucky to have Koffie teaching 18 classes this week. Students have learnt African song, background information and how to play fantastic djembes rhythms together.

He will teach the 3 more classes on march 18th and also offer a special workshop for students who want to take it a bit further. There will be a small cost to this workshop, and there will be limited spaces (due to the number of djembes). Sign up will be on chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz soon.

Childrens' Day this Sunday March 6th at Spencer Park. 

11am-3pm

Look out for Dylan Jonkers singing original songs and last year's jazz band combined with our new members (1.30pm), last year's Irish band(2pm) and our Cosmic Latte rock band (2.30pm).

Chissy Guitarists on What Now

Congratulations to Jed Rimmer, Emmanuel Fruean and Dominic Petelo for their great performance with Avalanche City on What Now last Sunday! 

Billets needed March 31, April 1

Details at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/ukulele-billets/

Learning Strategies for Music Success

This great workshop at school is on March 31 

Tickets are available at https://learning-strategies.eventbrite.co.nz

Feb 25 Music Update

Avondale Bridge Memorial

Thank you to Lena Krakowaik who represented Chisnallwood and played solo trumpet for the February 5th memorial event at the Avondale bridge on Monday Feb 5th. 

Childrens' Day Event

6th March 11am-3pm @ Spencer Park

1.00pm Dylan Jonkers sings original songs

1.30pm 2015 and 2016 Chisnallwood Jazz Band 

2pm         2015 Chisnallwood Irish Group 

2.30pm 2015 Chisnallwood Rock Band Cosmic Latte

WORKSHOP:

31 March 7pm Learning Strategies for Musical Success Details by international presenter Michael Griffin will be held here at CHISNALLWOOD! Details and tickets available at https://learning-strategies.eventbrite.co.nz

This will be a fabulous not-to-be-missed workshop for students and music parents.

BILLETS NEEDED 

FOR 2 nights for the NZ Ukulele Development Squad from Auckland. Chisnallwood is hosting this fabulous group on March 31 and April 1. Details will be at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/category/music-groups/ukulele-band/ It will incorporate an invite to a shared meal on March 31 (helpful for students attending the 7pm workshop).

SPONSORS

We are looking for people to help sponsor some music lessons for up and coming musicians. Please pass this link on to anyone who may be interested http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/sponsor/

WHAT NOW 

Watch out for Chisnallwood guitarists on What Now this Sunday morning!

AFRICAN DRUMMING

Next week we have Koffie Robert Fugah at school teaching all our students some African drumming!

Feb 17 Music update

It's great to see most music lessons underway! 

There are still some spaces if your student hasn't signed up to learn an instrument. We have some great clarinets, saxes, flutes and violins available!!

Timetables for lessons can be found on the music website and will continue to be updated.
Most of the remaining music groups will start over the next week and students can still join these. Students can see Mrs Bell for details if unsure and check details on the music website for details and signups. Daily group rehearsals and new timetables are advertised in the daily notices. 

Note a change of orchestra time: We will have orchestra this FRIDAY block 5 (not Monday as previously advertised). This will be followed by after school theory club for those who wish to join that.
Notes from the Feb 17 music talk can be downloaded from the Chisnallwood Music website.

March 6 Children's Day 

11am-3pm at Spencer Park. 

Games, demonstrations, pony rides and lots of young entertainment including Chisnallwood students and ex-students:

11.10 Better than Bacon

11.45 Dylan Jonkers

11.50 Jackson Roche

1.30 Chisnallwood Jazz Band (2015 group with our new players joining in)

2pm Chisnallwood Irish Group (2015)

2.30pm Cosmic Latte

Music Workshop at school for families

Thursday March 31

7pm Michael Griffin will give a presentation "Learning Strategies for Musical Success". It covers great motivational tips on practicing music. This will be really valuable to all our music families and we encourage students to come along with parents and music teachers! 

Tickets are available at https://learning-strategies.eventbrite.co.nz 

NZ Ukulele

Thursday March 31

The 20 piece 2015 NZ Ukulele Development Squad will be arriving at Chisnallwood for 3 days and we are looking for billets for 2 nights. Please fill in the form at the end of the newsletter if you can take a billet or fill in the form online at chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz.

Week 9, term 4 2015

 

 

 

CDS and DVDS are available for order!

Won’t it be great to be able to listen back to some of the great music that happened this year? And to be able to give the gift of personal music performances to grandparents for Christmas… If you want to order Chisnallwood music CDs or the DVD of the school production, jump over to this link and fill in your order. It’s only $5 CD and $15 for the production DVD.

CD1: Compilation featuring orchestra, choir, Irish, ukes, marimba, and more ($5)

CD2: Jazz featuring the Big Band and the Combo ($5)

CD3 Rock featuring 6 rock bands recorded live at Orange Studio ($5)

DVD: “Raucous Romp Through History” ($15)

INSTRUMENTS AND BOOK RETURNS

All hired instruments and tutor books are now due back at school unless they are being used in orchestra/jazz for the final prizegivings (in which case they are due back at the end of Tuesday’s prizegiving). If students wish to hire over the holidays to get practice in, please collect a hire form from the music office.

We want to help Tamatoa Tuhau  earn enough to get his own good tenor saxophone

Tamatoa was the winner of the Chisnallwood 2015 Talent Quest. He also got the top saxophone award at school. But he now needs to buy his own sax. Tama will be busking at school on Monday, and then later in the week at Re:Start Mall. He has been borrowing a school saxophone, and he nearly has enough for a new tenor saxophone of his own. Let’s help him reach his goal of raising the final $500 by bringing a donation on Monday for his busking… Then over the holidays, look out for him busking around town at the ReStart Mall on Cashel Street.

SANTA PARADE

The Jazz Band had fun at last weekend’s Santa Parade, and now this week, members of our band will be performing in the New Brighton Santa Parade. The parade runs from 10.30-11.15 this Saturday, so if you’re in the area, do come on down to support it! We are grateful to Mr Richardson who will be our awesome truck driver.

CHOIR

The Chisnallwood choir are a special guest choir this Sunday at Knox Church 2pm at the Atlas Voices Christmas Concert!

REPERCUSSION

The following students will be representing Chisnallwood at this annual event featuring professional, community and high school percussion groups: Lia Griffiths, Olivia Welsh, Alisha Isaacs, Cheyne Milligan, Nicholas Ryan, Myffy Roberts,  Jaimee Cartwright, Ella Peoples, Alice Crighton, Aya McLarty, Sarah Powley, Keira Jonkers (drums), Kayne Child (bass), Ryan Bell (guitar)

MUSIC at the PRIZEGIVINGS

The choir, jazz and orchestra will be part of all three prize givings Friday 9.30 and 1pm and Tuesday 11am-12.30. They will be required at 8am on Friday for sound checking.

THEORY CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the following students who gained their theory exam results this week! Jordan Griffin Grade 1 merit, Joshua McCaffery Grade 1 Distinction, Jackson Kelly Grade 2 merit, Keira Jonkers Grade 2 merit, Kayne Child Grade 2 merit. Nic Ryan Grade 2 100% and Distinction, Aya McLarty Grade 3 Distinction.

A few photos from TalentQuest

 

 

 

A few photos from Santa Parade

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Week 8 Term 4

Itinerant Night 2 and 3

Congratulations to all the students who took part in the recent Itinerant Nights. They were fantastic evenings with really enjoyable performances.

Kiwilele Trip (NZ Ukulele Festival)

Our students had a great time in Auckland on Saturday, and although the big festival was postponed due to weather, our students had a really wonderful time. We visited the Depot Sound recording Studio, where Lorde recorded, and got to record with students from Panguru which is north of Hokianga Harbour, Northland. Some of these students will be visiting our school next year from March 31-April 2nd. They performed a powerful haka for us, and later a beautiful waiata. We got to sing through all the festival songs with Maria Winder from the NZ Ukulele Trust, and attend a fabulous workshop with Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart from Australia. We then got a round of mini golf in before heading back to Christchurch. Photos can be seen at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/kiwilele-trip-2015/

Sunday Dec 6 (this Sunday!)

Christmas Santa Parade 2pm-3.15pm
Our Chisnallwood Jazz Band will be in this (if fine).

Saturday Dec 12th

New Brighton Santa Parade 10.30am-11.15am 
Our Chisnallwood Jazz Band will be in this (if fine).

Sunday Dec 13th

2pm " In the Spirit" Atlas Christmas choir concert with the Chisnallwood Choir.

7.30pm Re-Percussion Concert at Cashmere High with our marimba group (combined with ukuleles and recorders)

Chisnallwood School 2015 CDs

CD orders are available at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/CD/
The cost is just $15 for the 3 CD set! Or if you only want one kind of CD, it is $5 per CD.
The CDs are:
1. Compilation CD featuring orchestra, choir, marimbas and ukuleles and Irish band.
2. Jazz CD featuring both the Big Band and the Jazz Combo
3. Rock CD featuring 6 rockbands
They will be ready in time for Christmas :)

Production DVD - A Raucous romp Through History

These will be available for $15 each and can be ordered on the same form at http://chisnallwoodmusic.org.nz/CD/

Community Music Notices - this weekend!

Christchurch Boys Choir
My name is Nic Ryan and I have been a member of the Christchurch Boys Choir for four years. The Christchurch Boys Choir is a group of boys with unbroken voices who sing choral music at performances and once annually go on a tour to somewhere in New Zealand or sometimes even overseas. This year the choir is turning 30, and to celebrate this milestone the choir is having a gala night on Saturday 5th of December. On this night the choir will sing Benjamin Britten's Ceremony Of Carols, which the choir has been learning for the past six months. Order tickets from www.dashtickets.co.nz/event/93vgsnxr0 with children from $10 and adults from $25.

Doug and Doug Concert

Sun Dec 6, 4pm

St Margaret's Charles Luney Auditorium

Garden City Big Band play a tribute to the music of Doug Kelly and Doug Caldwell.

http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2015/doug-and-doug-tribute-concert-by-garden-city-big-band/christchurch-city