2025 Term 2 Newsletter

Friday, April 18, 2025 by Joanne Trewick | Newsletter

April 18, 2025

MUSIC News

Music With Joanne Trewick Newsletter

In this issue:

· Welcome

· Main Performances in Term 2

· Ozcare visits

· Save the Date

· Exam update

· Professional Development update

· Latest Awards

· Term 2 Showcase information

· Key Action Points

Welcome to Term 2!

Term 1 was bursting with learning and
musical activities, it just flew by.

Term 2 is going to be wonderful as well 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅗𝅥♫

Main performances in Term 2

To register, click here, log in to the MMS Student Portal, find the event date, click on event, click on "+Join the Event" button, select student/s from the dropdown, click on "Register" button.

By invitation - no need to register for these events:

Junior Bursary audition—May 18

QMTA Concert in Cairns—June 1

Entries closed:

Cairns Music Eisteddfod—June 19-29

“A very big thank you to all the families who participated in the Bush Dance!”

“Performance events are an excellent way to hone your skills and increase confidence…”

- Miss Joanne

Saint Augustine’s School Students

Also have the following performances to look forward to:

April 22—Easter Liturgy

April 24—Anzac Remembrance at school

April 25—Combined Schools Choir at
Port Douglas Parade for ANZAC DAY

May 2—Singing with Andrew Chin

May 9—Mother’s Day Concert

May 30—Music Assembly

June 13—Music Assembly

June 19—Visit to Kubirri Aged Care

June 26—Lifelong Learners Concert

“The Bush Dance was so much fun!”

-Music Students

It was such a great experience and I'm so proud of the students who took part in the entertainment at such a big and busy event…

☺ So much to get involved with! ♩♩♩

𝄞 ♬ Musicians love to make music though don’t we ☺

Save the Date

Upcoming events in semester 2

Term 3 Student Showcase—August 31*

Ozcare visits - Sep 13 and Nov 29

Recital and Awards Event—October 18

5-Year Celebration Dinner—Nov 28**

Community Carols—December 7

* Don't forget to register

** By invitation to families who have been in our studio more than 5 years

Term 1 Visit to Ozcare

Miss Rebekah took a small team of students to perform for the residents at Ozcare Aged Care facility recently. Staff and residents were so appreciative of the lovely music and visit from the children. We look forward to doing this regularly, emails will be sent out each time we book a date so that you can register your child to participate.

A very big thank you to:
Miss Rebekah, Miss Rebecca, Erik and Sebastian, Marsden, Elena and Bella!!

Our next visit is planned for June 21, registration is open in the Student Portal so
Please Register your child's attendance if able to take part in this fun event!

Exams

Many of our students have a completed an exam already this year - what an amazing effort! I am currently uploading more videos to the assessment portal and we look forward to sharing those great results with you soon. There are even more students gearing up to complete a graded exam this coming term, we are absolutely smashing goals!

Professional Development

My current reading is on Achieving an Integrated Musicianship Based Approach across the Instrumental and Classroom Program. I am passionate about musicianship being part of how we learn, not a separate subject - aural training and growth is integral to students staying musicians for life and not forgetting theoretical content learned.

Awards Since Last Newsletter

· Louis Bengtsson - Credit
PRELIMINARY GRADE PIANO EXAM

· Elina Bengtsson - Distinction
PRELIMINARY GRADE PIANO EXAM

· Parker Fapani - Distinction
PRELIMINARY GRADE PIANO EXAM

· Bailee Weier - Grade 1 piano 10 pieces

· Hayley Sims - 20 piece drum certificate

· Tyler Morley - 20 piece piano certificate

· Lana Soltwedel - 30 piece piano medal

· Elise Morris - 30 piece piano medal

· Gabriella Ewan-Smith - 20pc piano certificate

· Phoebe Berwick - 20pc piano certificate

· Louis Bengtsson - Grade 1 piano 10 pieces

· Elina Bengtsson - Grade 1 piano 10 pieces

STUDENT SHOWCASE - JUNE 8th - Register Now
This event is for everybody, new or established students, of all ages. It will be a quiet and calm concert performance at the Mossman Shire Hall. We begin the afternoon at 3pm but divide the students into short programs of about 40 mins so that each session is not long for our younger students and siblings to sit through. Your family only needs to attend the session that your children are scheduled for. You must register through the student portal to participate, registration closes on Saturday May 31, anyone not registered at that point will have to wait for the next showcase. An $8 fee to cover some of the event's expenses will be added to your account upon registration. The program will be emailed to you in the week before the performance, so please remember to check your inbox.

CLICK HERE to register » » » also » » »

· Saxon Keech - Grade 1 piano 30 pieces

· Erik Pese - Distinction
GRADE 2 PIANO EXAM

· Ema Parker - High Distinction
GRADE 3 PIANO EXAM

· Nate Hancock - Credit
GRADE 5 PIANO EXAM

· Tiago Wilson - High Distinction
GRADE 5 PIANO EXAM

Please invite friends and family to support our performers, there will be a gold coin donation box at the door to help offset hall hire costs.

Term 3 Showcase - Aug 31

Annual Recital and Awards! Don’t forget to mark October 18 in bold highlight on your calendar as this is the event that involves all students from all classes and is our biggest event of the year - the 2025 Annual Recital and Awards!

Key Action Points:

Register in the MMS Student Portal calendar for Student Showcase on June 8
Register in the MMS Student Portal calendar for Ozcare visit on June 21
Save the date in your calendar for Term 3 Showcase on August 31
Save the date in your calendar for the Big Recital Event on October 18