The Arts: Music
Music Scholarships:
- The Marjorie Milliken Music Scholarship is awarded to a girl entering Years 7 or 8 for the duration of 6 or 5 years. Candidates must sit the ACER exam.
- The Bob Balsillie Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a girl entering Year 10 for the duration of 3 years. Candidates must sit the ACER exam.
- The Lindsay Statham Memorial Music Scholarship is awarded to a girl entering Year 11, for 2 years duration. These candidates do not sit the ACER exam.
Academic
Music is offered as a subject through the curriculum at all levels from Year 7 to 12. In Year 7 and 8 each class experiences introductory courses, encompassing the fundamentals of beat, rhythm, pitch and melody writing, with a strong emphasis on development of aural skills. New in 2013 is the Year 8 Performance Music subject which allows girls to use their individual music lessons (voice or instrumental) and College ensemble participation towards their assessment. Year 8 Performance Music is at a more challenging and exacting level than that offered in the core Year 8 Music course.
Students can then choose to continue with music as an elective subject throughout years 9 and 10. Topics covered at these levels include all styles and genres of music, compositional styles and forms, history of music, as well as performance and listening skills.
Senior Music is available as a QSA board subject in Years 11 and 12, and Music Extension is available at Year 12 for students who wish to specialise in an area of their own interest. This subject allows for accelerated development for those students interested in pursuing music studies at a Tertiary Level.
Individual Music Tuition
At Fairholme College, students may elect to study an instrument or voice through a comprehensive music program. Students may study from full time staff members or visiting specialists who offer lessons during school hours, or at lunchtime, before or after school by arrangement. Students complete approximately 15 lessons per semester at the rate of $32.50 per half hour, or a shared lesson rate of $22.50 per half hour (shared lessons not available for piano).
Studies have indicated that students who learn a musical instrument tend to develop their cognitive skills at a faster rate. The physical activity involved with playing a stringed instrument for example, combined with the intellectual focus, engages both sides of the brain in a way that is quite unique! The benefits of learning a musical instrument cannot be overstated!
The following are offered for all students at the College.
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As well as the many performance opportunities for our students during the year, students may undertake AMEB or Trinity College examinations. Many individuals and groups also participate in the Toowoomba Eisteddfod, combined school festivals in Toowoomba and Brisbane and other community events.
Co-curricular Music
Music Groups
- College Choir (Mr Dixon)
- Chamber Choir (Mr Dixon)
- Junior Chorale (Mrs Eldridge)
- Year 5/6 Choir (Mrs Eldridge)
- Year 3/4 Choir (Mrs Eldridge)
- Symphonic Wind Ensemble (TBA)
- Concert Band (TBA)
- Stage Band (TBA)
- Juinior Band (TBA)
- Year 4 Band (Miss Hayden, Mr Gaydon & TBA)
- Flute Ensembles (Miss Hayden)
- Brass Ensemble (Mr Gaydon)
- Symphony Orchestra (Mr Egerton)
- Chamber Strings (Mr Egerton)
- String Quartets (Mr Egerton)
- Junior String Orchestra (Mr Egerton)
- Junior Symphony Orchestra (Mr Egerton)
- Year 2 Strings (Mr Egerton)
