Year 7 

All students in Year 7 experience music education, which focuses on the elements of music, as a term "taster" unit.

Students have the opportunity to engage in making and responding to tasks, where they apply their music knowledge through performing, composing and listening to music.

Year 8

Year 8 students can elect to continue their music education in General Music, where they learn to manipulate the elements of music in a semester-long unit.

Year 9 (Band Performance) 

This is a semester-long course with the following pre‐requisite: Students must be enrolled in the Instrumental Program or engaged in private lessons on the instrument you wish to participate in the course on. Should have completed Year 8 Music and/or have had 6 months playing experience.

This elective is open to all Year 9 students who are learning a musical instrument. While this elective is focused on Band repertoire it is open to strings, guitar and piano students as well as brass, woodwind and percussion. Students will develop their ensemble skills using the Essential Elements Book 1 and Essential Musicianship Fundamentals Book as well as covering band repertoire appropriate to the ensemble level.

A double period is dedicated to performance and a single period on theory and aural aspects of music.

Students should expect to be involved in an extra curricula authorised College ensemble.

All ensembles are open to all students who attend the College. Instrumental Ensembles require the student to be studying the instrument they wish to play in the ensemble. This instrument may be studied through the College Instrumental Lesson Program or privately.

Singing

Youth Chorale

This choir is open to all students Year 7-8, no experience is necessary, just a love for singing.

College Choir

This choir is open to all students Year 9-12 who audition; most students are experienced singers and are usually having vocal lessons.

All our choirs perform throughout the year at various College and community events including Liturgy’s and Masses, Highly Strung and Sung event and the Catholic Performing Arts Festival.

Instrumental 

Sound Beginnings Course

The Sound Beginnings Course provides an opportunity for students just starting out on an orchestral instrument to learn the fundamentals of being a musician in a music ensemble.

SBC (Beginning Ensemble) rehearses once a week and focuses on preparing students for advancement into a more musically demanding group.

Concert Band II

Students who play a band instrument will move into Concert Band II after completing the SBC.   Concert Band II is a natural stepping-stone in the pathway to Concert Band I, where students further develop ensemble-playing skills with a heightened awareness of their surrounds. Listening skills are honed along with continued advancement in their instrumental playing skills.

Concert Band I

On invitation students move from Concert Band II into our premiere College ensemble, Concert Band I.   Students are challenged with advanced band repertoire further refining their instrumental and ensemble skills culminating in an extremely rewarding experience.

Concert Band I, being our premier band, only accepts our very committed student musicians, as it requires a high level of discipline and determination, weekly attendance to rehearsals is mandatory to remain a member of this band.

Concert Bands I and II both rehearse twice a week; one rehearsal is from 3.30–5.00pm once a week and the other is; Concert Band II – one 1-hour rehearsal a week and Concert Band I – 1-hour group rehearsal one morning a week 7.20-8.20am.

Duncan Strings

Students who play a stringed instrument will move into the Duncan Strings after completing the SBC.

Duncan Strings is for students Year 7-12 who are studying a stringed instrument.

Duncan Strings rehearse one morning a week from 7.20 – 8.20am and performs in the Highly Strung & Sung concert, Mother’s Day Morning Tea, at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival and at other performance opportunities around the College.

Rock Band

Selected students meet one afternoon a week for 60-minutes to work on contemporary music.

Contemporary Guitar Ensemble

Selected students meet one afternoon a week for 60-minutes to work on contemporary music.

Singing 

Liturgy Chorus

Open to students Year 9–12 generally more experienced vocalist and usually having vocal lessons.

This choir prepares music for College Liturgies and Masses as well as for performance in the Catholic Performing Arts Festival.

This choir rehearses once a week for 30-minutes.

Instrumental 

Jazz Band

Open to students Year 7–12 generally the more experienced instrumentalist.

Students must be in one other College authorized ensemble, for most this is Concert Band, to participate in Jazz Band.

This Jazz Band is a very hard working and busy band requiring a huge demand on students time therefore only the very committed students are accepted into this band.

Performances are scheduled throughout the entire year including at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival.

Jazz Band rehearses one afternoon a week 3.30 – 5pm.

Frayne Jive

Jazz Combo is generally for students Year 11-12; other year group students may be invited to complete required instrumentation.

This band rehearses once a week for 30-minutes at a recess or lunchtime, which ever is mutually convenient.

Chamber Groups

Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone and Brass Ensembles

These ensembles are for all students who play the respective instrument of the ensemble they’re in.

Contemporary Liturgical Band

Selected students meet once a week for 30-minutes to work on contemporary Christian music for the sole purpose of playing for Liturgy’s and Mass.

Percussion Ensemble

This ensemble is for all students who are studying the drum kit and/or percussion.

These ensembles rehearse once a week for 30-minutes before school or at a recess or lunchtime, which ever is mutually convenient.