Instrumental Music- Strings

2022 has been a huge year for Instrumental Music! In Term 1 and 2 all of our Instrumental Music students performed for our friends and family at Calliope SHS. This was a great chance for us to show everyone what we have been working on during the term. We also performed in Fanfare during Term 2. Fanfare is a biannual competition for Instrumental Music ensembles in Education Queensland. Our String Orchestra received a Silver award and represented our school very well!

In Term 3, our String Orchestra and Beginner String Ensemble went and performed at the Gladstone Eisteddfod. This was a great opportunity to showcase the skills that we have been developing throughout the year. The String Orchestra received a Highly Commended and all groups played extremely well. We also had a small ensemble compete and received a highly commended against a large number of groups. We also played at the Calliope Arts Spectacular.

Throughout Term 4, the 2022 beginning students have been playing as part of the String orchestra on a Thursday morning. This allows students to apply the skills taught in lessons but also learn to play together and listen to each other to create music which is in time and in tune with one and other. We now have 28 students in the Calliope State School Orchestra and are making an impressive sound! We will all be playing at the Calliope Christmas Carols on Friday the 25th of November and can’t wait to show you how great we sound!

Thank you to all of our parents who drive us to rehearsals and concerts, remind us to bring our instruments every week and encourage us to practice at home! We could not do it without you!

The Gladstone Instrumental Music Trade Show and parent information evening is on this Wednesday 5.30-8.30pm at Clinton SS Hall.