Music News
Classroom Music News
Prep students have been busy learning about the beat, fast and slow and loud and soft music this term. Students have been finding different places that they can hear the beat and creating their very own body percussion beat composition and performing it for the class. 
Year 1 have been busy creating their own rhythmic composition with paddle pop sticks and performing it for their classmates.
Year 2 have been working on turning their stick rhythms into actual notes and compositing their very first piece of “real” music.
Well done to all students in the Junior school. Your compositions are excellent and a lot of fun to listen to.
Marimba Ensemble
This term we have introduced a new ensemble into the already busy program here at YSS with the creation of the YSS Marimba Ensemble. This newly formed group is open to current year 5 students who come together and practice on a Thursday first break with Mrs Truce and Mr Grodetki. They have been making fantastic progress and are looking forward to their first public performance in the near future.
Instrumental Music News
Instrumental Music Recruitment
The school's recent Instrumental Music Information Evening was well attended by many year 2 and 3 families. Thanks to the school strings captains and parents for their assistance on the night. Students currently in year 2 can apply for the strings program by following this link: https://forms.office.com/r/PwdW31yz6f Students currently in year 3 (who are not already in the strings program) can apply for the band program by following this link: https://forms.office.com/r/a8WeFvsZw7 The Instrumental Music Handbook can be downloaded from the school's Music Activities webpage https://yerongass.eq.edu.au/extra-curricular/music-activities by clicking on the link on the right hand side of the page. The closing date for applications is the end of this term on Friday September 15.
Students who have applied for strings or band program will then have testing in week 2 or 3 of term 4 to determine their physical suitability to play one of the instruments on offer.
Chamber Strings YSHS Workshop
On Thursday August 24 the Chamber Strings students visited Yeronga State High School to participate in an intensive extension workshop with the high school's strings students. The workshop was lead by experienced and vibrant guest musician Clare Cooney from Camerata- Queensland's Chamber Orchestra. The students formed a combined string ensemble withe high school students and rehearsed two pieces which they then performed at the Yeronga State High School Performing Arts evening the following week.
Southside Senior Music Workshop
28 Year six strings and band students from Yeronga are this week participating in a three-day senior music workshop at Chandler Theatre. The students are combining with other strings and band students from the region to form four large concert bands and string orchestras. The three days will be filled with rehearsals, small group tutorials and choral singing and will culminate in a concert on the third day. At the concert the students will perform three challenging ensemble pieces and three choral works all learnt from scratch while on the workshop.
