All the latest information relating to music at Hillview Christian School
Anneliese Veronese is part of Voices Co. and attends Majestic Church. She is currently teaching singing at Christchurch schools and is offering lessons here at Hillview. Anneliese is a classically trained vocalist, but did her performance music degree in contemporary singing so she is able to provide students with an excellent grounding in different vocal …
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Amazing cast, amazing crew, amazing costumes and two amazing sellout shows! The Hillview community enjoyed our Year 5 to 10 students perform in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat on May 19th and 20th. The show was a terrific success and we were further blessed to have staged it in our new gymnasium. Many thanks …
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Congratulations to Sophie Onslow and Alethea McMillan who have both recently passed Trinity College piano exams. Alethea sat grade 1 and Sophie sat grade 2. This is a wonderful achievement! Keep it up girls.
A selection of Year 5 work is available here. Listening to the students’ work today, I have noticed some really wonderful things happening. Students are using compositional devices such as repetition and changing the register (playing the same idea up or down the keyboard). Many are naturally developing structure in their work. I am impressed by …
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We are currently producing a CD which includes a selection of compositions and original songs bystudents from Years 8-10. This is the first year we have done this and it is an exciting venture. Many of these students have recorded their work in their own time. All students have done their own composing and most of …
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In term four, music students from Years 5 and 6 have been creating compositions that express different emotions. Students selected three emotions from the photos below as well as ‘surprise’. Students used the keyboards to create around 10 seconds of music for each of their three emotions. They used the different voices on the keyboard …
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In October three concert band students sat ABRSM exams on their instruments. We would like to congratulate these students on their great results! Evie-Beth Hoggan, Grade 2 Clarinet Sam Boyes, Grade 2 Trombone Jared Tinga, Grade 3 Jazz Saxophone (distinction) These students have come such a long way in a short time. Well done for …
Year 10 music students were given the daunting task of creating their own piece of music from a source of motivation. This is not an easy thing to do – the creative process is never straight foward. Students were able to use instruments and software of their own choice. Some chose to create backing tracks …
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The Hillview vocal band, consisting of students from years 8-10, performed for the Nurse Maude memorial service, singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘Edelwiess’. It was such a nice way to bless the community and to be part of something bigger than just school events. The girls had heaps of lovely feedback from the Nurse Maude staff …
The following website allows you to sign up for free and then play the games up to level 3. There are some great games here to help develop your aural skills. http://trainer.thetamusic.com/ The screen shot below shows some of the available games. There are plenty more on the site. Try some out!
