Training Band
Training Band is an introductory band for students in their first year of playing an instrument. This band is predominantly for Year 3 students, but it is open to students from Years 3 to 6 who have no or minimal prior experience.
Conductor: Dave Odams
Rehearsals: Friday mornings at 7.20 am in the school hall
Band Colour: Green
String Ensemble
This ensemble looks after all traditional bowed string instruments (violin, viola, cello, and double bass). It is open to interested students from Years 1 to 6 regardless of previous ensemble experience.
Conductor: Vov Dylan
Rehearsals: Tuesday mornings at 7.20 am in the school library
Band Colour: Purple
Intermediate Concert Band
This band is for students who have progressed past their first year of playing in a band and who wish to continue learning their instrument steadily and are enjoying being a part of a band with their friends.
This band predominantly comprises Year 4 students, sometimes with selected senior students from the Senior Concert Band acting as mentors. Band mentors (who are in their third or fourth year of playing) will regularly/sometimes attend Intermediate Concert Band rehearsals and performances to support and lead instrument sections.
Conductor: Luis Madrid
Rehearsals: Thursday mornings at 7.20 am in the school hall
Band Colour: Red
Senior Concert Band
Students who played in the Intermediate Concert Band the previous year may join the Senior Concert Band to extend their repertoire and band participation skills.
Conductor: Dave Odams
Rehearsals: Tuesday mornings at 7.20 am in the school hall
Band Colour: Blue
Jazz Band
This is an extension ensemble comprised of students from the Senior Concert Band and, to a lesser extent, the Intermediate Concert Band. Entry is by audition and there are firm expectations surrounding the practice time band members put in (during term time).
Conductor: Dave Odams
Rehearsals: Wednesday mornings at 7.20 am in the school hall
Band Colour: N/A