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The Wellington Girls’ College Music Department is a lively part of the school, tucked away behind and underneath the Assembly Hall stage. Some of our co-curricular groups combine with our brother school, Wellington College, and all are directed by staff members or experienced musicians from outside the school. Music Associates (senior students) take student leadership roles within each group.
Recent Successes:
In 2011 the choirs won several awards at the Regional Big Sing.
Teal Voices was selected to participate in the 2011 Big Sing National Finale in Wellington and received a Silver Award. Three members of Teal Voices auditioned successfully for the 2011-2012 New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir.
NEW CHOIR - COMBINED WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND WELLINGTON GIRLS' COLLEGE
2012 is the first year of an exciting new venture with the establishment of an auditioned SATB choir which will have members from both colleges. It will be directed by Michael Fletcher (assisted by Ms Macfarlane and Ms Sutherland) and will have a maximum of 48 singers. Only 6 (at the most) of these singers on each part can be in Teal Voices or the Wellington College Chorale, so there is room for a lot more of you to sing at a more challenging level. If you auditioned for Teal Voices and missed out, this might be the choir for you.
Rehearsals: Thursdays 4.00pm - 5.30pm (at WGC in Term 1). You must be able to make every rehearsal unless you are sick or on a school trip.
First Rehearsal: Thursday 23 February.
TEAL
This is an all-comers' choir and everyone who would like to sing is welcome.
Rehearsals are in the Hall on Thursdays, 7.50am - 8.30am and 1.00pm - 1.35pm.
If you have a significant reason for not making the morning rehearsals (e.g. rowing, or you live in Masterton) please see Ms Sutherland - we can usually make some kind of arrangement.
Teal will prepare music for The Big Sing Choral Festival in June and then take a break (unless selected for the August Finale), resuming again in September to prepare music for Prize Giving.
To join Teal for 2012
First Rehearsal: Thursday 1March.
Training Orchestra
This is a new orchestra for players who are not yet ready for Orchestra. It will run at the same time as Orchestra and you will play simple music, get used to playing with others, and learn how an orchestra works.
CONCERT BAND
This group is for players of saxophone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, bass guitar, drumkit, percussion and keyboard. Sometimes vocalists are also required. Most of the music the band plays is Jazz, Rock or Big Band style. The Concert Band combines with Wellington College for most performances, and for one or two rehearsals prior to performance.
Rehearsals: Wednesdays at lunchtime in the WGC Hall.
If you are around Grade 2 level or above you are ready to join Concert Band. Please sign up on the list on the Music notice board.
Any queries, please email Mr McClymont at peter.mcclymont@wgc.school.nz, or see Ms Sutherland in the Music Office.
For all other enquiries about these groups please see Ms Sutherland in the Music Office, or email nicola.sutherland@wgc.school.nz
Co-Curricular Music Fees
With increasing costs of musical directors, workshop tutors, print music, festival and competition entry fees and local transport, it has become necessary to charge fees for each of the extra/co-curricular music groups in the same way as students pay a fee to belong to a sports team.
Fees for 2012 are as follows:
Orchestra - $120 (fees for a student belonging to all 3 of Teal Voices, Orchestra and Combined Choir would be discounted to $95 per group)
Teal Voices - $120
Combined Colleges Choir - $120
Teal - $40 (members of Teal Voices or Combined Choir do not need to pay this fee)
Concert Band - $40
Training Orchestra - $25
The fees are payable to the Finance Office at the time of acceptance into an auditioned group or when a student signs up for an all-comers' group. Arrangements to pay in instalments can be made with the Finance Office. In cases of financial hardship please contact the Guidance Counsellor, Ms Helen Bissett.
ITINERANT MUSIC LESSONS
For information about enrolling for itinerant music lessons please see attached Itinerant Music Booklet and enrolment form.
Music will show you what to do with your life.
It is necessary to know facts, but music will enable you to see past facts to the very essence of things ...
(Ralph Vaughan Williams)